Innovation teams need cognitive diversity

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…

Employee monitoring has mixed results.

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…

Use digital technologies to transform recruitment and hiring

Recruiters and human resources leaders have had access to chatbots, machine learning, and artificial intelligence for years. But HR has been slow to put these digital tools to use with recruiting. The business cost of losing the talent war is…

Gallup: The office alone has no magic to create a great organizational culture

Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workforce reveals a wealth of information about the workplace and the workforce. For example, did you know that: Employee engagement and job opportunities in the US and Canada stand at 31 percent, down from…

Importance of Building Trust with Employees

Welcome to the Pivot2First Podcast, your go-to source for all the latest trends, tips, and strategies in the world of recruitment. Join us as we chat with the leading experts in the industry about the latest recruitment tools, best practices,…

How to ensure your performance management engenders trust

Organizations typically conduct their annual performance reviews and make decisions on merit pay increases and pay adjustments at the end of the year. Employers need to remember that the most effective and innovative teams are built on trust. Executives need…

It’s foolish to punish quiet quitters in this small-growth economy.

Last week’s The Wall Street Journal article on Quiet Quitting and Quiet Firing includes observations from me on this popular topic. The very next day, Friday, I was interviewed by Fox26 Houston to provide advice to employees who find themselves being a…

Three Strategies to Help Employees Fight Inflation

US inflation is at 9.1 percent, the highest level in over 40 years. While wage increases are also at their highest level in four decades — 4.8 percent according to a new Pearl Meyers survey — they are not high enough…