Mistakes Are Just the Icing on the Cake
I have friend who is a total foodie. He has no problem spending Sunday mornings sprawled on the couch watching a full week of recordings from the Food Network. One of my his favorite shows is Ace of...
View ArticleOne for all, and all for one
I’m sure many of you will recognize the blog title as the rallying call in Alexandre Dumas’ story, The Three Musketeers. One of the most memorable scenes for me occurs at the end of the story, at...
View ArticleLeading the Informal Learning Revolution
Last week I attended the CLO Breakfast Seminar in San Francisco, hosted by CLO Media, where we discussed how to define, deliver and measure learning’s value to an organization – essentially how do we...
View ArticleThe leadership cop-out, the employee hot potato
Dan was talking this week about how real leaders do the right thing, even (or especially) when it means that you have to let a poor performer go. You all know that I’m a big believer in job fit....
View ArticleStrategic HR
The CHRO and CFO oversee the two main assets of a company. They have enormous opportunity to add value to the CEO. Yet, they sometimes fall short of expectations. Their strategic function is not about...
View ArticleWhat does your attrition rate tell you?
Do you believe that you are doing great job just because your attrition rate is as per industry benchmark or lower than your competitors? If you reward your entire workforce in almost same fashion, who...
View ArticleBrown nosers at work
King tales inspire so much to some people that they start behaving like a king and aspire to create their own kingdom at work. Behaving like kings, make them fall in the power trap. They enjoy formal...
View ArticleManagement by “Fear”…
Managing workforce by playing with their fear factor is frequently used but rarely acknowledged management practice. Strong Belief in formal power, frequent use of forcing as a conflict resolution...
View ArticleIt’s not important now as “nothing is at stake”!!!
Attitude of focusing only on things which can save you from the trouble-in-hand and ignoring the rest often results in a bucket full of important activities to be addressed later. When you ignore...
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