Workplace Learning Doesn’t Have to be Broken
Workplace learning is broken. It takes too much time, is costly, has insufficient practice, is rarely reinforced, and doesn’t show results. A recent article by Melanie Fellay, “5 Steps to…
A Contrary Opinion About Quiet Quitters
There is a lot being written about “quiet quitting.” They’re not talking about employees who aren’t doing their jobs, which would seem to me to be the real quiet quitters.…
Isn’t It Time You Stopped?
If you are a human resources manager, you wear many hats. You may oversee staffing, classification, training, compensation, and benefits programs, handling and trouble-shooting daily employee and program issues. You…
How to Build Trust in a Hybrid Work Situation
Remote and hybrid work is going to be the new reality for many organizations. Its effectiveness will require mutual trust, transparency, and open communication between managers and their employees. According…
Why I Focus on Management Development
I have always taught that managers’ primary responsibility is to set their employees up for success. That encompasses creating a positive work environment, providing timely and constructive feedback, recognizing employee…
Employees Don’t Leave Companies, They Leave Managers
The fourth quarter production figures were in, and they didn’t look good. Joseph, the CEO of Granier Inc., wasn’t happy. Apparently, neither were his employees, based on employee survey responses…
Trouble Getting Decisions Implemented?
Some managers choose to make decisions by themselves and then are frustrated when they face difficulties getting the decisions implemented. They don’t understand that a decision's potential effectiveness is related…
Management Benefits With Peer Learning Groups
Peer learning groups help managers get the skills they need to increase employee engagement, productivity, and retention. They are easy to set up and schedule just-in-time when managers are faced…
It’s Hard to Let Go
If you’ve spent years becoming an expert in your field, it can be extremely difficult to let that go when you become a manager. Sue was a loan officer in…
Why Managers Don’t Coach- and Why They Should
A Gallup survey discovered that, instead of directing their employees, great managers weekly coach them to higher performance. Coaching benefits the employees, the managers, and the organization. Coaching is collaborative,…