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Career Confessions from Gen Z: Texas Tops List for Women Entrepreneurship!!
Did you know that, currently, there are more CEOs named “John” than all women CEOs combined? But fear not! There is hope on the horizon. Texas has recently been named the best state for women...
View ArticleAre you ‘Manager Shaming’? #WorkHuman
Do you know what’s wrong with companies and organizations? I know the answer because I go to a lot of conferences and listen to a lot of speakers. All of them will tell you exactly what’s wrong with...
View ArticleIt’s Okay to Tell Your Critics to Suck It!
In the corporate world, everyone is a critic! Everyone! We’ve gotten really good at a learned behavior. No longer can we send out a final product the first time. Why? Because everyone wants to trash...
View ArticleAre You A Coach in HR?
I read an article in The New Yorker, probably the best article I’ve read in a while, on the importance of “Coaching” by Atul Gawande. Atul is a writer and a surgeon, smart and creative – I should hate...
View ArticleLeadership Isn’t Raised on Promises
I’ve had a lot of conversations with c-suite leaders recently who are concerned they do not have their next generation of leaders on their team. Let’s be clear, they have people on their team, but they...
View ArticleDo you remember your first time!?
I was twenty-six years old. At the time, I was living in Michigan and working in my first job right out of college. I had been doing pretty well for myself and began moving up in the company. I had...
View ArticleThe First Question Every Leader Needs to Ask Themselves!
I’ve been blogging now for ten years. Writing every day for eight years. If you go around writing and telling people you know something about something, guess what? They’re going to ask you to tell...
View ArticleWhat if you just hired without interviewing?
I have this idea floating around in my head that there is this line. The line is where information about a candidate begins to make us less efficient in hiring. Could be too much information or too...
View ArticleHas Your Job Lost that New-Job Smell?
Was on the phone with a friend of mine last week talking about their new job. He had all that passion you hear from folks who just start a job! Everything is new, it’s cool, it’s fun, it’s engaging....
View ArticleShould You Be Promoted Every 3 Years?
If you didn’t catch it this week, a job board executive came out with how often you should be promoted early in your career. Basically, he said it should be every three years. Do you agree?...
View ArticleHow do you tell an employee they need “development”?
I’ve been doing a video series over at Saba Software called Talent Talks for the last year or so. Yesterday they put up the latest video where I discuss how does one of your managers tell an employee...
View ArticleWhy Do We Have Chronic Low Performing Employees?
Do you guys want to know a little secret? You know how I like hanging out with smokers because they have all the cool inside information before anyone else? Your chronic low performers have a similar...
View ArticleBad Hires Worse!
If I could take all of my life, leadership and HR education and boil it down to this one piece of advice, it would be this: Bad Hires Worse. In HR we love to talk about our hiring and screening...
View Article5 Tips for Displaying Company Culture During the Hiring Process
So, why is company culture important? We inherently understand why a company’s culture is valuable, sure. It sets up the rules, procedures and best practices for a place where you spend 40-50 hours a...
View ArticleIs Your Company a Magnet for Talent? #Greatness19 @OCTanner
I’m out at O.C. Tanner’s Influence Greatness conference this week and got a sneak peek at their 2020 Global Cultural Report by the O.C. Tanner Institute and it’s loaded with some exceptional findings!...
View ArticleWhat is the biggest driver of Employee Engagement?
I got to see Marcus Buckingham speak at the HR Technology Conference in Vegas a couple of weeks ago. I think it’s the 2319th time I’ve seen him speak. I’m not sure if I’ve seen Marcus or Josh Bersin...
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Who are the best companies to work for? And why?
I don’t put much stock into “Best Company to Work For” lists. That said, the data provided by Universum in there World’s Most Attractive Employer Report is pretty cool and gives you some insight on how...
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What we say versus What we want in a Job!
My wife always tells me it’s actions, not words that make a difference. You can say all of this great stuff, but if you do nothing, it’s meaningless. I think we would all agree with this. So, when we...
View ArticleDo you believe your HR leadership style is that of a “coach”?
I read an article in The New Yorker on the importance of “Coaching” by Atul Gawande. Atul is a writer and a surgeon, smart and creative and I should hate him, but he’s so freaking brilliant! From the...
View ArticleThe 12 Steps to Recovery for Being a Passionate Asshole!
I wrote a post titled, “The 5 Things HR Leaders Need to Know About Developing Employees“. In that post I had a paragraph: When I was young in my career, I was very ‘passionate’. That’s what I liked...
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