Augmented reality—AR for short—has the potential to completely redefine what it means to be a skilled worker. I read this prediction in a recent Entrepreneur magazine article: The Augmented Reality Workforce is Coming. Here are some snippets from the article.    “…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

In my last blog, I wrote about the pros and cons of the annual performance evaluation and asked for your personal opinion on whether performance evaluations should stay or go. If you haven’t had a chance to vote in our poll, click on the image below to tell us what you think. But, what if…

The end of the year can mean many things for employees and their managers: a few days off for the holidays, a little down time to clean out files and inboxes, or a great time to start planning ahead for the New Year. At many companies, it is also the time when managers call employees into their…

My life has become a never-ending quest.  Evenings and weekends, I’m roaming the streets of my town in search of Pokémon. Yes, my boys are hooked on the latest gaming craze: Pokémon Go. Pokémon Go is a mobile app that takes gamers through the physical world in search of virtual Pokémon.…

Have you heard of the new phenomenon: The Digitally Deluded Leader? It’s the topic of APQC’s June Human Capital Management Webinar. This is a new topic for me and I am guessing it is also new to many APQC readers. So, I asked guest speaker Steve Hearsum of Roffey Park, an internationally renowned…

That’s not a typo. I meant to say “your responsibilities” in the title. Employee engagement is commonly thought of as an HR concern. However, as I learned in conducting a recent email interview with engagement expert Don MacPherson, this is just one of many myths about employee engagement. In…