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Should innovation be its own profession in large organizations? Can pharmaceutical, biotech and green tech innovation occur without incubators? How do companies continually renew themselves in our fast changing, fourth industrial revolution[i]? Is the triple Helix for innovation really a…
Read More Latest research and best practices on innovation revealed at ISPIM in Boston.
Does your executive leadership team want an engaged workforce that provides discretionary effort, makes valuable innovative suggestions, and surpasses their goals – one that acts and feels like owners? If you do, I suggest that you implement the following employee…
A recent U.S. analysis on the top reasons why employees leave companies points to compensation as the No. 2 reason, preceded only by “personal reasons/life changes.” Perhaps most striking was the differing perceptions about fair pay. Although 73% of employers…
Read More Personal Reasons and Compensation Rank as Top Turnover Causes
Does demographic diversity lead to more innovation, or is it just so much talk? In my own experience, the answer is yes, especially when organizations have educational, business professional, and cultural diversity. Successful demographic diversity requires that management spend more…
Read More Does Demographic Diversity Lead to More Innovation?
There is an urban legend going around that learning is 70:20:10 - meaning that 70% of learning occurs on the job, 20% from mentoring and coaching and 10% from classroom training. This claim comes from experiential learning theory and the…
During the past week, Zenefits’ founder and CEO, Conrad Parker, resigned over a breaking scandal that Zenefits had hired benefits brokers who were not licensed to sell Zenefits’ services in Washington State and other jurisdictions. And worse, that Zenefits had…
Lately, some pundits have been critical of employee engagement and its research. Gallup is arguably the most prolific researcher of employee engagement and has been publishing its State of the Global Workforce report for 16 years. In its latest report,…
We are naturally inclined to cheer on a dramatic success and reward the winning outcome - the basketball player who makes the game winning shot at the buzzer, or the salesperson with the highest sales. When a success is big…
Read More Rewarding Success Comes Naturally. Do You Reward Failure in the Pursuit Of Innovation?
I had just finished building a great team of recruiters and sourcers, refined our branding and social marketing, and trained management on the new applicant tracking system. We were ready to shift into high gear for serious recruiting to add…
Read More The Often Ignored Importance of Getting Pay Right!
When I began consulting, a human resources leader called me from a successful, innovative San Francisco biotech company to discuss diversity: “We haven’t moved the needle. We are looking for solutions that work.” I told him he was not alone. …
Read More Traditional diversity initiatives haven’t moved the needle. These seven strategies will…
