Management - Leadership

Since new state laws have been passed in Colorado and Washington surrounding the issue of recreational use of marijuana, many employers are asking how to keep their workplace drug-free and …

Are the "reasons" you aren't a better boss just excuses? Here are ten things you should never to say to yourself... and what to do instead"

A new VP rides into town for the holidays! This past week in New York, as in other cities, there were Christmas parties all over town. In this case, the department got together with drinks, food and holiday festivities.

Do you know what motivates others at work?  Probably not explains Dr. David Facer in a recent article for Training magazine.  Facer, a motivation expert and senior consulting partner with The Ken B...

In fact, a company that measures the quality of hiring decisions made by non-HR leaders may have a competitive advantage.

During the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen several media articles and blog posts on this topic.

Asking questions is a great management tool. Questions are seldom threatening if asked in an even tone, and they force the person listening to think instead of to react. Here are a few questions I believe every manager should routinely ask his or her employees:

Did you even notice that the NFL Pro Bowl, a massive recognition program, was played last Sunday in Hawaii? Maybe that's because you have been conditioned to watch football on the weekends …

Some people think culture is some esoteric concept that translates into: keeping employees happy. According to Hal Halladay, SVP of Corporate Development at Infusionsoft, culture isn’t about making employees happy, but rather.

Whether your plan for it or not, the post-holiday lull is inevitable.

Fourth of five parts By David Goldsmith with Lorrie Goldsmith With each passing year, the number of job candidates who are qualified for leadership positions decreases.

One step at a time. Create a motivation baseline and move in the desired direction a step at a time. Start small and build on your success. Ask, “Who wants to help?” and run with those individuals who see the need and are positive about the change. Build momentum, which can become a critical mass and lead to a quantum leap in which every manager in your operation one day knows the value of recognition and acts on it as a matter of course in his or her daily behavioral repertoire with employees.

If you haven’t seen the movie Lincoln yet, stop whatever you’re doing, go to the nearest theater and watch it right now.

Here’s the only big surprise about the big flap erupting this week over the television “reality” show Undercover Boss: that it took so long for a flap to ensue and expose this show for what it is – a …...

I want to focus on posting positive articles on this Scoop.It topic -- but there will always be exceptions.  Here's a great one clearly criticizing "Undercover Boss" -- it fascinates me that any organization CEO would be willing to be on this show.  Here's what I wrote about this show -- back when it just started:  

http://www.hrtracking.blogspot.com/search/label/Undercover%20Boss