When I spoke with Scott Miller, Executive Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer at Franklin Covey, I must admit that I was more than a little...
Everyone Deserves a Great Manager
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How Focusing on Health and Wellness for Yourself Trickles Down to Your Staff
I got a chance to sit down with Mark Mohammadpour, a PR executive turned health and wellness coach and trainer. I knew that this stark career change...
The Evolving Recognition Programs at Xenium
We all know that it’s important to recognize when our team members are going above and beyond, making a solid impact, or implementing a creative new...
Mentoring Redefined
I got a chance to talk with Reshama Shaikh, who is not only one of our podcast listeners but also an independent data scientist and statistician....
How Organizations Should Measure Their Talent and Staff Their Teams Using Workforce Planning
Lacey Partipilo and Brandon Laws of Xenium HR discuss how organizations can use a workforce planning process to identify talent in the organizations...
The Dangers of Crowdsourcing Wage Data
The other day, I received an intriguing email string with a couple of articles and an attached document. It turns out that my colleague Lacey...
How to Shift Your Mindset
Not everyone can turn a tragic loss into a positive force in their life. But Karen Millsap did just that. She rebuilt her life by coaching other...
The People, Places, and Policies of the Talent Mobility Revolution
From a transcriber in the Philippines to a web designer in Boise, this blog post has had quite a journey. In fact, one of my copywriters wrote this...
Reinventing Feedback
We know feedback is important. But that doesn’t mean we like it. Consultants M. Tamra Chandler and Laura Dowling Grealish wanted to understand why...
How to Inspire Success and Meaning at Work
"The truth is that organizations are run by people, and people run on emotions. Our feelings supply the energy to fuel our pursuit of profit and...
How to Expand Your Employee Assistance Programs—And Why You Should
Finding a balance between work and life is all about managing situations in our personal lives that affect our work, and vice versa. In order to...
5 Tips for Keeping Work from Getting Crazy
So many of us talk about work being “crazy.” But what do we mean when we say that, and why do we often say it with a tinge of pride? For an episode...
HR Mailbag with Paige Tamlyn
As an employer, you might have a lot of questions about what potential employees look for in a company before they apply. And you may also wonder...
Simple Ways to Engage Your Employees
Every year, companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars to increase employee engagement. But is it working? And why is it so important? To get...
How to Build a Coaching Culture
The team is losing, the players are defeated, and the coach steps into the locker room. Even though we know what’s going to happen next, we hold our...