A pay raise? A compliment from the boss? The answer may surprise you - 80 to 90% of the workforce wants to be telecommuters.[i] And why not? As telecommuters, workers are typically more productive, have higher morale, save commuting costs,…
Tag: talent management
It’s Mid-Year. Are Your Talent Management Strategies Leading to Improved Business Results?
Organizations that have comprehensive talent management strategies benefit from exciting work environments, higher performing, innovative employees, and top-tier financial success. So, halfway through the year, how are your talent management strategies working out? Are they accelerating the profitable growth of…
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Employers Need to Brace For a Tight Labor Force and Higher Wages!
Buried in the news of robust U.S. job growth in June (287,000 jobs added) is that pay has risen at the fastest annual rate since 2009 (2.6%). Also, the labor market has tightened. The shoe has shifted to the other…
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Old Fashion Collaboration Still Powers Innovation at 3M!
I recently had the opportunity to mix with dozens of 3Mers at The Conference Board’s 4th Annual Master Class on Innovation, held at the 3M Innovation Center in Maplewood, MN. 3M has a long, glorious history of innovation and is…
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Does hiring for “cultural fit” really work?
Lately, I have received many questions regarding whether hiring for “cultural fit” works. Or, is hiring for “fit” the lazy way to hire? Even worse, does it lead to discrimination in hiring decisions? Hiring for “cultural fit” began in the…
The worst kept secret in talent management
What’s the worst kept secret in talent management? It’s the fact that annual performance evaluations with ratings are subjective, demotivating, destroy collaboration and innovation, and are time consuming. Ultimately, they do little to motivate, align and improve the performance and…
Incomplete science has shrunk learning organizations. Time for a comeback.
If you listen to some of the pundits or review the marketing materials of technology platforms that offer instant on-line learning, you could come to the conclusion that there is no need for organizational learning. I couldn’t disagree more. In…
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Three Lessons to Learn from the Zenefits Scandal…
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…
Is Employee Engagement a Hoax?
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,…
Traditional diversity initiatives haven’t moved the needle. These seven strategies will…
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. …
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