It’s What Every New Hire Wants to Know, And What Few Employers Explain
Employers have long recognized that a solid onboarding process can make a real impact on improving retention. In fact, one study showed...
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Sep 15, 20214 min
Just When You Thought It Was Back to Business As Usual...
I normally avoid compliance-related topics, but the Biden Administration’s September 9 announcement of a vaccination mandate for...
Sep 3, 20213 min
Before You Create That Incentive Program, Remember Dale Carnegie's Advice
After a few years of frustration and uneven results as a people leader, many managers come to wonder whether their challenges with making...
Jul 19, 20214 min
Want to Learn Effective Hiring? Play in a Band
In my younger days I played guitar in a 7-piece jazz-rock band for over 15 years. It wasn’t famous, but it was popular enough to sell a...
Jun 14, 20213 min
Why Your Employees Do The Things That Drive You Nuts
I was discussing health care with a client not long ago, when he started sharing his company’s experiences with employee health care...
Apr 27, 20213 min
Six Days That Changed My Brain
Just after college, I read a remarkable book called The Day the Universe Changed. Author James Burke takes the reader through an engaging...
Mar 22, 20213 min
Lessons on Leading Change from Charlie Brown and Lucy
At last, you roll out your big change initiative to your organization. You’ve done your planning, brought the key decision makers on...
Feb 12, 20214 min
You Can't Make Your Ideal Leader
Every day, everywhere, for almost all time, businesses have operated on the same model: figure out what a market wants, design a product...
Jan 7, 20212 min
Developing Employees the Jedi Way
I’m not a particularly big Star Wars fan. There’s plenty of whiz-bang fun, but the series’ plot inconsistencies and logic lapses keep me...
Nov 23, 20202 min
The Truth About Employee Attitude
If managers were to categorize their disciplinary problems, they’d probably say that their overstuffed bucket is the one marked...
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