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Worthless Words about Priceless Memories
I’m going to start off this blog with a few (seemingly) random facts. First, it’s springtime. Second, my friends and I are in our late twenties. Finally, I participate in social media. These facts are relatively meaningless on their own, but, when taken in combination, they can mean only one thing…
The Greatest Talent Solution—Ever
Has unwanted turnover got you down? Tired of open positions taking months to fill? Worried about leaders retiring and taking years of expertise with them? I’ve got a solution for you. It’s strategic workforce planning. And, it’s the most fruitful human capital management process you’ll…
Four Myths About Millennials in the Workplace: Debunked
There’s a lot of talk among employers about how different Millennials are from the Gen Xers and Baby Boomers who came before them. But recent APQC research on Preparing for the Future of Work found that what younger talent really wants might surprise the organizations competing to hire them. Here…
Importance of Regularly Gathering (and Contributing) Employee Feedback
Are you a dog lover like I am? I was very intrigued to read a recent article in SHRM’s HR Magazine about the benefits of bringing dogs to the office, something that I certainly am in favor of but our HR director, not so much. According to the recent article from SHRM, a policy of allowing employees…
Managers, You've Got a Bigger Productivity Problem Than March Madness
This is the best time of the year if you are a college basketball fan and the worst time of year if you care about organizational productivity. We are at the beginning of a three-week period called March Madness where college basketball takes center stage. Even people who are not typically fans…
The Meaning of Work: What Drives Employees to Work Hard
I’ve always considered myself a life-long learner; I love learning about new technologies, human behaviors, and productivity hacks, to name a few. Most of my learning comes from the information I seek out on a regular basis and two of my favorite sources of information are TED Talks and NPR’s TED…
Is the Employee Survey Process Broken Too?
A lot of attention is given to the broken performance review process. But, has this focus on performance reviews led us to overlook another human capital management process that is also in need of fixing? Recently, I read a blog post that had me asking this question. The blog post, Innovate,…
6 Proven Knowledge Retention Ideas To Avoid Disaster
We’ve all heard the saying “the only constant in life is change.” Change is happening faster than ever in companies around the world—whether it’s implementing new software, automating processes, or hiring/losing employees—your company will inevitably face change. One of the most valuable…
Deep Work: Is Knowledge Management Friend or Foe?
In my last blog, I introduced Cal Newport and his concept of deep work, which raises some uncomfortable dilemmas for KM. Cal is author of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, a very provocative work from the perspective of KM. Here is his definition of deep work and why it…
Making 2017 My Year of "Personal Accountability"
My husband is a college basketball coach. Over the holiday break, he gave each of his players a copy of the book, QBQ: The Question Behind the Question®. He had noticed that when his players made mistakes on the court, their first response was to blame a teammate. By…