Creative Genius Employees Are a Leader’s Worst Nightmare But Drive Amazing Business Results
In the war for talent, adding creatives to your teams can provide you with a competitive advantage. Creatives can be game changers. They are organizational linchpins, unicorns and the purple squirrels of not just your business but possibly the entire industry. They have special skills and abilities that make them unique. And maybe just maybe you’ve […]
Five Ways to Use Snapchat Spectacles Around Your Workplace
A week before the Thanksgiving holiday, it was 7:00 AM and I was in my car making the trip to Dallas from my home in Oklahoma City. It’s a three hour trip one way. I was in route to a meeting when I got a frantic text from my friend asking how far I was […]
3 Types of Job Hunters Who Can’t Find Work
You’re kicking off a new job hunt, and you’ve sent out a fresh resume. And…radio silence. Did something go wrong? Unfortunately, you may have overlooked one detail. There are three types of job seekers whose resumes are more likely to tank even if they’ve put the best skills on their resume for that job. And […]
The Importance Of Empathy In HR
There’s a problem brewing in the world of HR, and it has to do with the public perception of our profession. You’ve been around long enough to be familiar with some of these grumblings: HR people always take the company’s side regardless of the matter, we’re too concerned with policies to actually solve real problems, […]
Books Your Newbie Business Leaders & Managers Need
Something I’ve always done whenever I have taken a new job or consulting gig has been to immerse myself in books. I want to quickly absorb knowledge, information and resources so that I can hit the ground running. It’s a coping mechanism of sorts. Journals, white papers and magazines while effective often only go surface […]
Business Ethics in a Millennial World
Millennials have made a significant on the business world. As they make up nearly a quarter of US consumer buying power and nearly as much of the workforce, they have a considerable sway. And companies are listening. Perhaps one of the most influential ways millennials are impacting the workforce is through their ideas of what business […]
