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Three years after the start of the pandemic, the call by CEOs to return to the office is faltering for several reasons. There is no grand “fix” for hybrid working. The ideal solution for each organization will depend on the…
Read More Returning to work is faltering: Seven steps for productive hybrid working
Private sector and government research and development (R&D) labs now have empirical guidance from InnovationOne, LLC, on how to develop transparent, learning, and collaborative cultures of innovation. We show how a focus on just six simple factors can improve an…
Read More Comparing Six Innovation Factors Among Firms & R&D Labs
Many managers complain about providing performance management feedback. They find it unpleasant, say it leads to more trouble than it is worth, and complain that employees don’t always make the changes needed to improve performance. An IT manager once told…
Read More Improve employee performance by focusing on the positive
According to news reports over the last decade or so, performance management is on the way out. It has survived after many changes, like dropping forced rankings. Today, some believe it is too anxiety-inducing and the terms “feedback” and “performance…
Read More Trust is essential for performance management feedback
We have long advocated the importance of cognitive diversity for successful innovation. Successful innovation teams have much higher cognitive diversity. The trick is identifying cognitive diversity among people for more successful teams. We have long advocated the importance of cognitive…
The Labor Day holiday had me reflecting on the future of work. Dramatic changes are forecasted by McKinsey, Korn Ferry and other prognosticators. As is often the case, futurists make predictions of trends that have already begun. In many ways…
Read More Most companies are stumbling with the future of work
Before the pandemic, I was giving a seminar on implementing hybrid work to drive up productivity, better attract and retain employees, and cut costs. Part of the training included recommendations on the technology to enable hybrid work, such as video…
Consulting companies with expertise in benefits are projecting that employers should expect higher benefits increases in 2024 — in the range of 5.4 percent to 7 percent. The days of three percent benefit increases and shifting costs to employees are…
Read More Employers should expect higher health care costs in 2024
Companies need to continue focusing on hiring and retaining their most talented workers, regardless of race or gender. That’s why you shouldn’t worry about lawsuits over Title VII affirmative action practices. And this is despite the US Supreme Court ruling…
Several surveys show that employers are planning on a 4 percent pay increase in 2024, down from the 4.4 percent delivered in 2023 and up from 3.1 percent in 2021, which was the approximate pay increase percentage for several years…
Read More Employers are planning on a 4 percent pay increase in 2024
