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Double the Incentive – Reduce the Impact
I am a fan of incentives. I’ve on record defending them when the book Drive came out 8 years ago and basically tried to shunt them into the dust bin of management and motivation ideas. But they...
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How I Created a Stealth Recognition Program
If a trophy falls on your head in a forest and no one hears you say “ouch” were you recognized? It’s a fair question. If no one knows you were recognized were you? Many would say yes, since the person...
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Will Morality be the new HR Focus?
It used to be 6-Sigma. Then it was technology. Then it was a focus on recognition and now HR just HAS to be in the “big data” camp or you’re just not doing it right. Well – let’s add one more thing to...
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Family Ties and Corporate Culture
Five years ago while I was leading a conference session on how to influence employee behavior and drive engagement, I brought up the idea that being a good manager was like being a good parent. I...
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HR Needs to Teach Humanity and Let go of Data
A few years back I wrote a post for HRExaminer called “Pushing HR to the Edges.” A few years ago? It was 2010! That’s a lifetime! In that post, I suggested that the work HR does (that would be work in...
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Organizational Prozac: Anxious Employees May Act Unethically
A week or so back I wrote that morality may be the next frontier for HR. Focusing on the “morality” of the company and highlighting ethics and ethical behavior drives quality recruiting outcomes,...
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The one where he linked to Seth Godin…
I’ve gone on record that it doesn’t make a lot of sense to share a Seth Godin post in that it probably has been shared by more people than the population of Denmark – but sometimes it make sense. This...
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You are the Brand
I was a 20-something grad student working at Starbucks when the owner of a wealth management firm offered me a job. At the end of the interview we exchanged excitement over the future and then he...
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Encouragement & Connection: What We Need to Succeed.
Two weeks ago I met an Indian professor who had the bold idea that kids in Indian slums with little to no formal education had the capacity to teach themselves the same material other children were...
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The Four-Letter Word You Can’t Say at Work
I’m a “love” person. It’s a regular part of my communication. “I loved hanging out”…”We’d love to visit with you”…”I’d love to help”…it adequately captures my emotional expression in the moment. But...
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