Over the past few weeks, you hear people talking about the many reasons that employees are leaving their jobs. And those reasons vary –...

As we’re hearing more about vaccines, it’s only natural to talk about people gathering together. And that of course, leads to a...

Want to know a little secret? I’m a sucker of pop culture. I like reading young adult novels and cool business books that tell us to not...

Back when I was still working in the hospitality industry (I was a Master Trainer and HR manager for a global hospitality brand in my...

Meetings aren’t exactly the most popular workplace activity, as illustrated by this passage from the book jPod by Douglas Coupland:...

One of our big mantras to clients is that a manager's primary job is to hire and train their replacement. Managers shouldn’t be...

Employees like time off. According to an article in Harvard Business Review, flexible hours and vacations are the two most popular...

We’ve sent our metro clients many emails on how New York’s new “Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act” law will affect their business (and...

Over the past two years or so, I've heard and talked about measurements like employee net promoter score (eNPS) to understand employee...

I ran across an article on the Association for Talent Development site titled “Financial Skills Every Manager Should Be Able to...

Fortunately or unfortunately, employee engagement is a hot topic. Don’t get me wrong, engagement is important. There’s a proven link...

Why all of the confusion about what is assertive behavior versus aggressive behavior? Please allow me to share my thoughts, observations...

We’ve all watched (and some of us have helped) Social and Mobile (SM) rise to the forefront of the world of work. It’s applied a new...

Smile and set the stage. A smile can loosen up the entire tension in the room. Treat your candidates like a guest who has come to visit...

According to Intuit, by 2020 40% of American Workers will be freelancers. Another study conducted by MBO partners found that today there...

Here's a worthwhile thought I'd like to share for this week: I was listening to a podcast from last year this past week. Josh Bersin,...

As busy HR professionals we use the word focus in many ways, whether it be in terms of what project we need to focus on next, what the...

How many times did you hit the snooze button this morning before you finally dragged yourself out from under the covers? C’mon, be...

Earlier this year, Gallup issued a fascinating study that looked at why great managers are so rare. It concluded that while one of the...