Tag: talent management

March 31, 2023

Retaining employees should be at the top of any company’s priority list. Nevertheless, sustaining good talent has become much more difficult today, exemplified by trends like the Great Resignation. Modern workers crave meaning in their jobs, so many leave for […]

December 14, 2022

When an employee’s conduct, attitude, or performance doesn’t meet expectations, it can have a significant impact on the workplace. While it may be tempting to ignore these issues and hope they resolve on their own, without intervention, they can — […]

September 22, 2022

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) has been at the center of conversations around building healthy, thriving organizations. It makes sense — having a DE&I strategy is essential to attracting top talent, as recent ADP research found that 76% of workers […]

February 21, 2022

The relationship between Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Chief Human Resources Officers (CHROs) is transforming along with everything else in the workplace. CHROs are gaining influence in the C-suite as organizations position themselves for success in the post-pandemic world. The […]

November 22, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to systems or models that can perform tasks simulating human intellect and improving performance iteratively as they collect information and process it. It is capable of speech interpretation, decision-making, visual perception, etc. AI is multifaceted and […]

August 10, 2021

That the COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for people and organizations around the world is a gross understatement. Aside from the millions who perished because of the disease, businesses have found it difficult to maintain adequate staffing levels. Many small […]

June 22, 2021

At the risk of shocking people with the term “Bosshole,” I want to assure you that no managers were injured in the pursuit of creating “Bosshole-Free Zones” in organizations. The term itself is one that we’ve used for years to […]

June 11, 2021

As a performance coach, I cannot tell you how many times I have heard that phrase, especially since the pandemic arrived. However, half the time after having gone through the particulars, I find myself concluding that the person was not […]

February 10, 2021

Envision a campfire. The light illuminates the darkness, heat emanates from the flames. The fire will endure and thrive when tended with care, the added fuel and available oxygen combining to recharge the flame. This metaphor speaks directly to how […]

January 28, 2021

One of the major themes of the responses to the Coronavirus outbreak in many organizations has been a renewed focus on cybersecurity. In the wake of many employees being required to work from home, the adoption of security tools and […]

January 22, 2021

As we enter a new year, organizations continue to adjust to the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, including an extension of work-from-home policies for many employees. As more time goes on between “what used to be” and “the new normal,” […]

December 15, 2020

We may look back on 2020 as the year when the future of work truly arrived. The question for learning and development professionals is how to take stock of a difficult, tumultuous year and navigate what is ahead. Now, more […]

June 30, 2020

Where in the world are your employees located? Do you know where they have been or where they need to be? The COVID-19 pandemic has made painfully clear the problems with the way many companies have been operating. One area […]

December 10, 2019

A reader of the current business press is confronted by two extremely different points of view regarding the basic question of whether managers should provide feedback to their direct reports. On the one hand we have those who advocate extremely […]

December 9, 2019

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers basketball teams, was known for his ability to pivot — keeping one foot in place while moving the other into a different space. This footwork technique, a fundamental […]

October 2, 2019

Earlier this year, on the morning of June 5, Sephora closed all of its U.S. stores, distribution centers, call centers and its corporate office to host hour-long “inclusion workshops” for its employees. This was following backlash the makeup giant received […]

June 12, 2019

The U.S. job market is facing the consequences of a quandary 50 years in the making. With the projected labor shortage of skilled workers looming in the near future, Lowe’s Home Improvement, in partnership with more than 60 companies, has […]

March 28, 2019

How often do you think about the future? Are you on auto-pilot when it comes to development programs, stories and statistics? What if you continued this same course over the next one, two or five years? What would the impact […]

March 19, 2019

The average HR department is awash in unprecedented amounts of data generated by its core HR information and talent management systems. But despite that wealth of data, many departments remain knowledge-poor due to a fundamental shortcoming: an inability to combine […]

March 7, 2019

Fueled by relative economic strength around the world, all signs point to a prolonged talent shortage that will plague global businesses for the coming decade. As companies of all sizes grapple with how to attract and retain outstanding employees, more […]