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Do these five things well and you’ll make money and keep your best people

Keys To Employee Engagement Purpose At Work

This is a great post by Josh Bersin at Forbes if you’re the type of person who believes in employee engagement and the development of corporate culture, which you might not be. (This might be your attitude.) I recommend you… Continue Reading

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Let’s talk realistically about LinkedIn publishing for a second

Pros and Cons LinkedIn Publishing

Just read this article on Forbes about LinkedIn publishing and how it’s poised to become the next great media company. Not sure I 100 percent agree, but my opinions are neither here nor there; I’m one person, and I’m not… Continue Reading

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No one really cares about Human Resources, and now HR is mad

Human Resources And Strategic Value

2015 saw a 7 percent drop in those who believe HR plays an important role in their organizations. Just over half of HR professionals (55 percent) are happy with the way their HR team is perceived by the rest of… Continue Reading

Student loans will mentally devastate you

Student Loan Debt

I just paid Installment No. 1 of my graduate school student loans two days ago. I hit “Submit” on that online form, basically muttered to myself “Here we go…,” realized it was probably another 30 years until I’d be totally… Continue Reading

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Can we solve the problem with job descriptions?

Probably not. Continue Reading

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For good work teams, consider C-Factor

Better Work Teams And C-Factor

In my long-running quest to become a better human being, one aspect I added recently to my mornings at the gym was “listening to business or influencer podcasts on my phone.” Admittedly some of these things tend to be lots… Continue Reading

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Holacracy has some issues with vocabulary and compensation

Holacracy Organization

I’m broadly a fan of the idea of holacracy — essentially, running a company without true management titles in a way that’s supposed to foster healthier approaches to conflict and allow for more fluid movement between roles — because, to… Continue Reading

Employee feedback: Confidentiality screws up accountability

Anonymous Employee Feedback

One of the most remarkable things to me about the evolution (revolution?) of business in the modern era is this seeming dichotomy: Organizations now strive to get real-time feedback from customers (think social media, tracking tools, etc.) Organizations still basically… Continue Reading