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4 Relationship Struggles that Indicate Your Employee Is Considering a Move
Do you ever “phone it in” in your relationships? I’m pretty sure there’s an annual conference somewhere in Mexico each summer where marketing executives from the greeting card, candy, and flower companies get together. I have this vision most often in early February. Right before Valentine’s Day.
Larry Nassar: What Leaders Should Take Away
I want to focus on what leaders and HR professionals should be considering in the wake of the Nassar trial and as the #MeToo movement continues to unfold. I believe there are two main takeaways.
Phil Interviewed on Leading with Purpose Podcast
What does it mean to lead with purpose? Kind of hard to answer, isn’t it? That’s because in a lot of ways, it’s individual. To the leader. To his goals. And to the company’s mission. What challenges are you and your teammates facing today?
Phil on Leveraging Learning Outcomes
The question isn’t just, “Can these learning outcomes be measured?” It’s also, “Once measured, what is the correlation between those results and our desired business goals?”
Phil Interviews Steve Browne on His New Book HR On Purpose!!
We are excited to introduce our community to Steve Browne and his great new book, HR On Purpose!! Those of you in the HR community may already know Steve (he's kind of a big deal :)) But for many others you are in for a treat. HR On Purpose is...
5 Performance Issues that Signal Your Teammate is About to Quit
Jason’s one of those guys you can count on. Not flashy or a top performer. But reliable and consistent. He does his job and contributes to the stability of the ship. Recently though, you’ve noticed Jason’s performance is slipping. It’s not so bad that you’re going to write him up or anything. But you’re starting to have to double check his work because mistakes are being made. What’s more, you now have to remind him to do things he would normally do automatically. It’s starting to annoy you.
Phil Wilson Quoted By The Economist
“Leaders who rely on power get burned, and yet, many of them rely on position or formal authority to get things done.” Phil Wilson was responding to questions about bad habits executives can fall prey to. Terri Williams, writing for the Executive Education Navigator,...
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Retention: How to Tell if Your Employee is About to Jump Ship [Part 1]
Retention. Retention. Retention. It is your last interview for a big HR job. Your future boss and 2 other leaders finish their questions.You feel pretty good. Then your future boss finishes the interview with this question: “What questions do you have for...
3 Tips for Creating Trust in Organizational Leaders
People who trust their immediate managers are much more likely to trust organizational leaders. This, from a 2017 study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology. Ashley Fulmer, one of the authors of the study lays out a brief synopsis of her “trickle up” leadership theory in this HRB article. The basic idea is that the key to creating trust in an organization is to focus on one-on-one relationship-building between leaders and those they lead.
Phil Quoted in Fast Company Article on Employee Motivation
Fast Company’s recent article “The Link Between Employee Motivation and Their Manager’s Mental State” dives into a new study from the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes that looked how a leader’s mindset affects his or her team’s performance…
5 Books on Doing Great Work
A few months ago, Michael Bungay Stainer asked me to list my Five Essential Books for Being a More Approachable Leader. It inspired me to list some books I’ve been reading this year. Here are 5 books on doing more great work.
5 Turnover Excuses That Signal Your Managers Are The Problem
Have you ever quit your boss? You wouldn’t be weird if you did. In fact, you’d be right in the middle of the bell curve. Because in a recent Gallup study of 7,272 U.S. adults a whopping 50 percent of employees said they left a job “to get away from their manager to improve their overall life at some point in their career.” I want to point out one phrase again: “to improve their overall life.”
5 Clever Ways to Get Turnover Under Control
Anyone looking to stop the “corporate death spiral” and get turnover under control? Here are 5 tips to turnaround your turnover issues.
Turnover Costs: 8 Hidden Costs of Employee Turnover You May Have Missed
Turnover costs a lot. But have you really considered how expensive? Voluntary turnover is projected to be 20% this year. And it will directly cost employers over $11 billion. Here’s 8 hidden costs you may have not considered.
