Your employee handbook sucks. Let’s fix it.
But the easy idea of “move it to marketing” has flaws too. Continue Reading
HR
Leadership pipeline: Let’s get it right
Let’s stop with the bluster, BS, and excuses. Continue Reading
The attention to detail paradox
If you’re hitting your real targets, your “attention to detail” can be sloppy as hell. But if your boss doesn’t like you, this will keep you in a box. Continue Reading
An organizational development consultant can’t save you
Rushing in because the execs can’t be bothered to think about culture issues but fear disruption, what happens next for our hero? Continue Reading
Talent management strategy should leave HR
I know: let’s put the acquisition of people — a company’s biggest cost and greatest resource — into the hands of a department that executives barely care about. This will end super well. Continue Reading
Performance metrics: Evolve or die
The performance metrics you use (both internally and externally) are probably outdated for the digital age. So, what now? Continue Reading
How to quit your job (and train your dragon)
Hint: less emotional grenades and psychological napalm, and more preparation and transparency. Continue Reading
Succession planning is about psychology
To some guys, this is the most emotionally-intense part of work: you essentially have to admit that your company can exist without you. OH LORDY. Continue Reading