Why people hate their boss
People filled out surveys about their boss and often put “please retire or quit.” That’s not good. Continue Reading
Human Resources
How about promoting off potential and not performance?
I’m turning 35 this fall and I’ve never really even been a manager anywhere — depressing — so I don’t know very much about what tends to get people promoted, honestly. I’ve observed the promotions of other people, and I think it has… Continue Reading
On fixing the bad first impression
If you’re a Mad Men fan and have been watching these final couple of episodes, you may have seen the sequence last night where Mathis — basically a flack for Peggy — barges in on Don, tells him everything’s been handed to… Continue Reading
360 degree feedback = concentration camp
When I was doing the whole UMN HRIR thing — which kind of broadly regressed my life in some ways — one of the major companies that came to speak to us was Anheuser-Busch. I love beer, and St. Louis… Continue Reading
So, what do employers want in 2015?
I wrote this a while back, about the top 10 skills needed for a job based on some LinkedIn research. Actually spent some time in Northampton, MA over the holidays after I wrote that post (was with friends), and one… Continue Reading
How long will this “gut feel” vs. “use analytics” debate go on?
This is a super-long, but super-interesting discussion between two UPenn professors (Adam Grant and Cade Massey) on the rise of people analytics, how teams can work effectively, and how we should be hiring, amongst other topics. A video is also… Continue Reading
Algorithms to pick the C-Suite, eh? No one will use this.
If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom. Interesting article on Harvard Business Review about hiring C-Suite’ers via an algorithm. (Algorithms are everywhere, as an aside.) Here’s… Continue Reading
Why is it so complicated for people to understand Google’s people success?
Stop treating people like farm animals and you’ll do alright for yourself. Continue Reading