A couple of recent studies have looked at what companies can do to retain key information technology staff when there is no budget for raises. Slightly more than one-third of the technology professionals polled by Dice.com said that they want their company to give them a guarantee of job security. Who wouldn’t want that given [...]
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Last week I attended a meeting for human resource professionals. The dinner speaker talked about fun in the workplace – an unusual topic given today’s economic climate. The speaker’s examples of workplace fun were along the lines of employee parties, picnics, and catered lunches. As I sat there, I had to wonder, who can think [...]
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Did you know that coaching is being used more often and in new ways to help the bottom line? According to a study by the Center for Creative Leadership and Cylient, businesses plan to expand their use of coaching into 2009.
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A colleague sent me a link to a short film on YouTube that reminds us of the impact we have on the people we encounter as we go about our daily lives. The film, Validation, runs about 16 minutes. After watching Validation, ask yourself these questions: What kind of impact do I want to have [...]
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One of the best books I read last year was What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith. In case you aren’t familiar with Goldsmith, he is the author of many books and a well respected executive coach. In this latest book, Goldsmith makes the observation that the characteristics that many executives [...]
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If you are in a leadership position within your organization, it is quite likely that one of your responsibilities is coaching your staff. In a poll conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership of its Leading Effectively e-newsletter readers, 70 percent of the 262 respondents said that coaching others is part of their job description. [...]
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When I was working as a manager in corporate America, I was discouraged from being too ‘touch-feely’ in my dealings with employees, customers, and management. I was instructed by my management to be ‘all business’ at work, stick to the facts, and use critical thinking skills to make decisions. I never felt quite right about [...]
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Does it pay to be one of the companies featured in Fortune magazine’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies To Work For in America? According to Alex Edmans, finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the answer is a definite “YES.” Professor Edmans found that the stock returns of companies cited as good places [...]
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When I’ve shared my vision of a world without yearly performance appraisals with colleagues, especially those in HR, they have looked at me like I was from a different planet. In my utopian corporate world, the annual performance review wouldn’t be necessary because everyone would ask for and receive feedback on a daily basis. And, [...]
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Does your manager sometimes remind you of the pointy-haired boss in the Dilbert comic strip? According to a survey by KeepEm.com, bad bosses belittle people in front of others, lie, demean, and micromanage. Not surprisingly, bad bosses can drive good people away, wrecking havoc on employee retention rates.
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