August 9th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Right Management, in a recent newsletter, The Shrinking Talent Pool, laid out four pieces of data that managers would do well to take note of: (late 2009) 60% of employees planned ...more »

May 27th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

The final finding from the TowersWatson survey on which I want to shine a light has to do with treating each employee individually with respect to the constellation of attitudes, ...more »

May 20th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

It's that time of year again when TowersWatson (formerly TowersPerrin) publishes its always informative Global Workforce Study. The 2010 report, conducted between November/09 and January/10, covered 20,000 full time employees ...more »

May 17th, 2010 at 5:54 pm » Comments (2)

A rich debate blossomed overnight in a long string of comments to a recent blog post by CV Harquail where she lays out "three reasons why employee engagement is a ...more »

May 13th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Over the last 18 months you've tried hard to keep as many of your people on the payroll as you could. Perhaps those who were retained felt a measure of ...more »

March 22nd, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

A recent issue of Workforce Week shares the results of a nuanced piece of data on performance feedback, from the Gallup organization. They surveyed 1000 US employees, placing them into ...more »

February 11th, 2010 at 3:05 pm » Comments (0)

A professional speaker colleague of mine, Sam Geist, talks about the most important three feet for a sales person–that three foot distance lying between you and your customer. He even ...more »

January 14th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Hewitt Associates has just announced the results of their 2010 Best Employers in Canada study and it has some useful message for all companies. They assessed three factors: STAY – Willingness to ...more »

December 14th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman in their latest book, The Inspiring Leader, share a remarkable piece of data about how to move your leadership ability to its full potential. Their ...more »

December 10th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

So many people–some studies put it the number as high as 50%–are not happy in their current their job. Almost all of these, I reckon, believe that their job is ...more »