Employee spotlight pages are a diversity box-check, typically
This isn’t the place, or the way, to show how progressive you are. Continue Reading
Employee Morale
The chase of full employee potential
Organizations aren’t always set up to drive human flourishing, but there is a path. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 74: Poor Fred and the art of respecting people at work
We care a lot about new PRODUCT features at work. Cool. Could we ever care as much about new people features, i.e. life changes? Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 71: Why can’t bosses respect their people?
Why are so many bosses so hideously inept at respecting and acknowledging their employees? Continue Reading
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
The Blunder Years, Episode 5: The Encouragement Engineer and the “reality of life kicking in”
Work-life balance, losing parents and losing kids, not being able to give 110 percent at work anymore, and the “value chasm” of individuals. Continue Reading
We way, way, way over-complicate why people leave jobs
Turnover is not a complicated issue. At face, just don’t be an asshole and pay people fairly. Continue Reading
Why your boss ignores your ideas
Is it because they are set in their ways, or because they can’t do much about the idea in the first place? Continue Reading