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Are You Being Creative?
Guest Blogger: John Whitaker - HR HardballAre you being "creative?" Consider this: In America, there's roughly a 50% chance you think "creative" is one of your character strengths. That's actually a...
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Millennials – Managing a New Breed of Employee
I’m Generation X myself, but I’ve managed and worked with both ends of the spectrum. I like to think that I’ve been able to relate to both the Boomers and the Millennials and see the strengths on each...
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No More Top Performers Please!
I was explaining to a potential client recently about how we benchmark Top Performer behaviors to help in the selection of candidates to increase the probability of new hire success. It’s a common...
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13 Courageous Questions from the 2013 Global Leadership Summit
Guest Blogger: Joe Baker - PeopleResultsI recently attended the 2013 Global Leadership Summit in Chicago. This was a phenomenal two-day experience where world-class leaders across all walks of life...
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Scrambling to Scaling – The Importance of “Servant-Leadership”
Many of you reading this might be lucky enough to be a part of a fast growing organization. (Of course, this might be unlucky if your habits and behaviors fit more of a traditional steady-state sort of...
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The Hot Potato, Part 2:
Guest Blogger: John Whitaker - HR HardballSo, back to our conversation….What if HR was responsible for attrition? No qualifiers, no carve-outs of accountability, all turnover falls in the lap of Human...
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Work-Life Balance of US Employees
When I first graduated from university in England, I started at an entry level position with a 10 person company. The pay was average (£10,500 back in 1990 if I remember correctly), and I had an...
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The Culture of Defining Culture
Read any HR journal today and you’ll nearly always find some article going on about the importance of “culture” within an organization. Either it’s the quest to understand the culture, the need to...
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Categorizing the Stewpot of Human Behavior
I’m a “net-net” kind of person. You know – start a long conversation about how the Starbucks grinder missed it’s regular maintenance due to the technician having a freak lottery win and my comment will...
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Responsiveness in the New Age
In a recent team development workshop a client asked about the habit of responsiveness and whether we had seen a trend of the responsiveness habit increasing due to the demands of today’s society and...
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Keep Calm & Retain Your Best People
Guest Blogger: Cindy Yared - President, Mom Corps DallasThe private sector added 178,000 jobs in May, and 165,000 in June. The labor market is slowly getting tighter. Hiring is happening. Unemployment...
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Recruiters: The Love Hate Relationship with Assessments
When recruiting new hires, everyone involved in the process (employer, employee, staffing agency) wants to see the right candidate placed into the right role and be positioned for long term success...
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Other People’s Players (O.P.P.)
Guest Blogger: John Whitaker - HR HardballO.P.P?Yeah you know me! This "O.P.P." refers to the Major League Baseball (MLB) phenomena referred to as "Other People's Players."read more
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Govt. Shutdown - Avoiding Conflict in Teams
We're on day 2 of the government shutdown and it makes me think of how differences in teams and groups across various industries can lead to extremely dramatic situations of conflict. It's not often...
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What Shape is your Rubber Band Today?
I'm a bit out of shape today and it's not becuase of the jelly donut sitting next to my coffee. No, I'm talking about the shape of my rubber band that represents my natural habits and behavior. You...
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Boss's Day - Celebrate their Behavior!
Did you know it’s National Boss’s Day today? Traditionally it’s been a day for employees thank their bosses for being kind and fair throughout the year (did I lose any readers yet??). I was going to...
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Stomach for the Fight?
Guest Blogger: John Whitaker - HR HardballEveryone has a blog these days, right? Apparently, the answer is, “yeah, almost”…. According to Wordpress, more than 385 million people view more than 13.3...
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HR Southwest 2013: Trends and Insights from the Showfloor
Last week was the annual HR Southwest conference and exposition here in Fort Worth. We were proud to represent one of the many local and national companies that support the HR industry and fly the...
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Guest Blogger: Cindy Yared - President, Mom Corps DallasLean In, Opt Out, how do you decide what is best for you and your family? Most often when women make the decision to opt out they make it alone –...
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Critical Call Center Behaviors
This holiday season, how long do you think you will spend talking to a call center of some sort when ordering gifts (or trying to return them), or organizing travel, etc.? We all cringe as soon as we...
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