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The quality of an employee’s work experience not only influences their productivity, their engagement and their loyalty; it has a material impact on a company’s ability to attract future talent, drive innovation and satisfy customers. Organizations that focus on the experience of their employees stand out. They are included more…
Just about every organization out there can cite its vision and mission statements at the corporate level. But few recognize the importance of promoting and recognizing the very values it is built on at the employee level. Thanks to social recognition that’s changing. In fact, shared values are becoming a…
American Pharoah won the Triple Crown recently; the first horse to do so in over 30 years. Winning three major events in a row is not easy. It requires a unique combination of speed, agility and — pardon the obvious — horsepower. There is no triple crown for winning at…
Then you’re ignoring the data. Yes, the number of “net” new jobs is stuck in the low 200K range, but those aren’t the figures you should be worried about. Actually the number of open job postings — a whopping 5M in total — represents the real problem for companies looking…
With the July 4th holiday coming up shortly, I thought it apropos to talk about freedom. The independence to live your life the way you want to is a founding principle upon which this great county of ours was founded. While we often think of freedom in the context of…
Breaking paradigms has always been what good HR leaders do. They effectively rethink the obvious and address people-related challenges and opportunities in new ways through available tools. That makes them innovative and efficient and positions them as a more valuable resource to senior management. Take the way some have responded…
As business results become more talent-dependent, “leadership” as an executive function must also become more employee-centric. Creating the means to attract and retain top people has become the number one imperative for business leaders. So why aren’t they more visible in the initiatives that do just that? Why aren’t they…
One of the most often overlooked benefits of recognizing current employees is the effect it has on future recruits. The labor situation has become a “sellers’ market.” The number of vacant jobs is the highest it has been in 14 years. Five million positions are currently unfilled with only about…
One of the leading growth priorities for today’s CEO revolves around what some call “team member excellence.” That’s a level of talent performance that’s optimized across the entire enterprise. Something that’s made possible through outstanding people practices inducing programs that impact everything from recruitment to retention. Reward strategies are a…
December’s Jobs Report, released last Friday, made news for a variety of reasons. The 252,000 net new jobs created along with positive revisions made to previous postings were considered healthy signs by experts. But to me the real story was not in the monthly numbers, but in the aggregate figures…
