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 »

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

Seth Godin recently wrote a blog post about how our true expertise and professionalism is reflected when we do what's needed to be one of the best, in that top ...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 »

February 18th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Managers have been sorely challenged in 2009 and this year to keep optimistic and not succumb to the ongoing, sometimes mind-numbing stress of work and, at best, tenuous job security. ...more »

January 28th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Scads has been written about how to lead your people, keep them motivated, and mitigate the stress-and-worry effects of the recession. Here's a really comprehensive article from Workforce Management, entitled, ...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 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

McKinsey & Company did an online survey of 734 executives in September to compare "the most important behaviors for managing corporate performance" in the future–once the good times start rolling ...more »

November 30th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

There is mounting evidence that many full-time employees, especially the best ones, are not happy with the way they have been treated during this horrendous downturn. A recent article in ...more »

October 19th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

I am once again inspired by The Washington Post's feature, The Question, this time in the October 18 edition. Given all the recent hoo-haw about Barack Obama receiving the Nobel ...more »

October 5th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Movies, plays and stories from the middle ages often include a character called the "jester." He was the only one at the royal court who could speak the truth about ...more »