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Employee Motivation: Finally An Explanation That Makes Sense
Employee motivation and cholesterol have a lot in common! First of all, both are essential for life. We need motivation to thrive. We need cholesterol to protect us from heart attacks and strokes. Next, we can have too much motivation or too much cholesterol, both...
Lies We Believe about Employee Engagement
Thanks to the Gallup organization, employee engagement has become part of nearly every organization’s vocabulary. Gallup and other companies like Deloitte, McKinsey, and BCG highlight the value high employee engagement generates: higher customer satisfaction, more...
Hire Forward: Past Performance Isn’t Enough
Managers need to hire forward with the future in mind and stop hiring looking in the rear view mirror. Companies and its managers must begin to rely on potential instead of past performance. Here are the reasons why. For centuries, “employee” selection was made based...
Stop Reaching for the Battery Cables to Motivate Employees!
How many times have you looked forward to vacation only to feel depressed and de-energized as you head back to work? Or maybe you thought that graduation from college, a new job, a promotion, or reaching a certain age was all you needed to turn on the success...
Past Performance Is Out, What is a Credible Hiring Test?
For decades and maybe even centuries, past performance has been a reasonably good predictor of future performance. It still is if … the job is repetitive and routine. Unfortunately that limits its use to primarily low-skill-low-pay. But since our world is changing...
OverReliance on Discover Your Strengths Blinds Managers | Part 2
In my last post I pointed out how ignoring your weaknesses was a flaw in the strategy to discover your strengths. Even Gallup admits that its research has been distorted. Let’s now move on to the second reason why relying on strengths alone is a path that may lead to...
The Weakness Behind Discover Your Strengths
Recruiting and retaining talent is the highest priority in many companies. Discovering employee strengths is a popular strategy. Why wouldn’t management want to know if a candidate or employee had “the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance in a...
The Rise (and Fall) of “Trophy” Workers
We have all seen them. We might have even made fun of them. They “hover” over their kids, protecting them from the many horrible harsh realities of life – like losing a baseball game, getting a “C” for average work, or even being disciplined by a teacher or boss for...
Moody Managers Bad for Performance Reviews?
Shhh! Do you hear those painful cries and sighs emanating from behind company walls? Those aren’t from the goblins and witches but employees and managers. The reason: It’s annual performance review time! As if the mere mention performance reviews isn’t enough to set...
Are Workplace Personality Tests Fair?
Despite decades of research, validation, and business case studies, the mere mention of using workplace personality tests in your hiring process seems to spark controversy. Lawyers, government agencies, social advocacy groups, job applicants, and even human resource...
