What we really need is employee DISengagement
We’ve been barking up the wrong tree on “employee engagement” for a decade, so here’s a new curveball. Continue Reading
Leadership
People spend billions of dollars a year, and fly all over the world, to discuss and debate and analyze leadership. But what if it’s simpler than that?
So, when do we think hiring ageism now begins?
Basically, what we do is lie to candidates (and the broader market) about what actually matters to us as employers. Continue Reading
So, are most CEOs sociopaths?
I wouldn’t say “most” as that would imply over 51 percent. It’s less than that, but it definitely exists in the workplace. Continue Reading
Crawling towards 39, mostly pathetic, and trying to get to a place I’m proud of
I’m largely a failure as I near the end of my 30s, and I need to own that and start the process of doing better. Continue Reading
Yea, uh, sorry Bill, but no one in this office actually cares about that thing
Everything in some organizations can feel important and urgent and “I needed this yesterday.” A lot of that is just BS. Continue Reading
For this whole “data revolution” to work, we need to remove the fear from it
The whole idea of “big” data and how we deify it as the new oil is actually scary and overwhelming to most employees. Continue Reading
Ah, look, another HR Tech conference where nothing actually changes…
HR Tech conferences go round and round in a circle, year after year, full of sound and fury but signifying little. Continue Reading
You can drive a Mack Truck through senior leadership double talk
How can an executive truly care about climate initiatives or pay equality when their incentives are about cutting costs? Continue Reading