Recognize This! – Don’t bother to survey employees on their engagement unless you’re willing to invest time and money to resolve difficult, deep, cultural challenges their answers may bring to light.Sometimes, we need to air our HR dirty laundry. Let’s bring into the light of day how surveys are traditionally conducted and then acted upon. Indeed, let’s stop torturing our employees…See More

Recognize This! – Never assume the local approach for employee recognition and rewards will work equally well globally.Today on Compensation…See More

Recognize This! – A culture of recognition is one of the most powerful means of retaining top talent.In the last few months in my travels to lead workshops with clients and to present at various HR and strategy conferences around the world, I’m hearing a repeated refrain about employee retention. In my (admittedly unscientific) survey of these large, global companies, the…See More

You probably wouldn’t think so, but Helen Keller had some advice for today’s HR leaders. "The only thing worse than being blind," Keller wrote, "is having sight but no vision."Today, HR leaders in enterprise organizations often have access to huge piles of data. It sits before them, a sight to behold, a mountain of data compiled from reports and analytics. But do HR leaders gain vision from what they see?  …See More

Recognize This! – All employees own the company culture because their daily actions and behaviors impact how the culture is experienced by themselves and others.Culture. I write about it all the time, yet…See More

Recognize This! – Managers must be willing to engage in the difficult aspects of managing others in order to help all employees achieve to their best ability.As I continue to catch up on a backlog in my readers and research feeds, I’m seeing themes emerge. One is around the importance of trust for employee engagement. Employees who do not trust company leadership will not (indeed,…See More

Recognize This! – Only the employee can define what is meaningful work to them. Leaders, however, are critical for helping them catch the vision.Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of engaging in…See More

If you’re in a competitive industry (and who isn’t today?), you need to know with confidence that your organization’s benefits and compensation plans are helping you find top talent and retain your best performers. But with the increasing complexity of plan designs, and with the rapidly changing demographics of the…See More

Recognize This! – People leave bosses, not companies. Good managers make sure their employees succeed before themselves.We’ve all heard the truism that people quit managers not jobs. If retention of top performers and key talent is a priority for you, then one of the first places you should look for improvement is in the relationship between managers and employees. …See More

Recognize This! – Knowing the mission, how to contribute and being empowered to do so drive employee happiness and innovation.Regular readers know I’m a big proponent of Big Data – especially…See More