Engagement, Extrication, & Light Saber Leadership
It seems like everyone these days is talking about engagement. Whether it’s employee engagement, customer engagement, client engagement, or candidate engagement. In our Conversation Culture series, I focus specifically on workplace culture and engagement because things impact your customer, client, employees, candidates, and even social media. Companies like Zappos create an engaging workplace culture to […]
Generational Leadership
Explore the concept of Generational Leadership. Learn how different generations work, think, and act and how leaders can adapt their styles.
We’re All (HR) Vendors
Earlier last week I had an active email discussion between someone I respect very much in the human resources industry I’m sure many of you know. John Sumser was questioning my motivates as part of a campaign I helped launch. John asked if my intentions and involvement were out of the goodness of my heart […]
Opportunity & Learning from Failure
We can learn a lot from failure. We can learn from our mistakes and from poor decision making. I watched my daughter (my CMO) take her first steps bravely removing her hands from my living room sofa only to fall and fall hard. She learned a valuable lesson that day while nearly breaking my heart. […]
Bringing Out the Best in Your Sucky Boss
Learning to Manage Talent to Improve Your Business Relationships Bosses. We’ve all had them. Some of them are disfunctional jerks, complete idiots, micromanaging a-holes, or maybe some just plain suck. Yes, managing your boss can be a challenge. And aside from changing jobs, most of us are stuck with the hand that we’re dealt with […]
5 Reasons Why Recruiting Sucks
5 Reasons Why Recruiting Sucks Let’s face it recruiting sucks. It’s difficult. It’s time-consuming, and it’s expensive. But it’s just recruiting? Hiring good candidates couldn’t possibly be tough. Let’s take a look at 5 reasons why recruiting really sucks. $$$$$. Recruiting candidates and advertising openings let alone the time it takes to interview and […]
