Hire SWANS and let them swim

  • March 29, 2017

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. The return on investment will be extraordinary.

Performance reviews: a two-way street

  • March 23, 2017

Performance reviews are an excel­lent time to exchange important information with employees. But to be effective, there must be a genuine exchange.

Get employee buy-in on job descriptions

  • March 15, 2017

Do you have current job descriptions for every position on your team? If they're more than six months old, you may have a lot to gain by updating them.

Get them to solve their own problems

  • January 05, 2017

Yes, your door is always open to your employees. But you shouldn’t tolerate a steady parade of workers into your office looking for answers to every little problem.

Facebook’s hacker culture drives it

  • January 03, 2017

At Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg adopted an unusual motivational strategy from the start. Rather than prod employees to excel, he and his co-founders left them alone.

Work-at-home abuse? Demand accountability

  • December 05, 2016

Are you sure employees are working when they are supposed to be? Or are they abusing your flexible rules about taking time off and working from home?

SHRM Survey: Average cost per hire is $4,129

  • September 08, 2016

It costs American employers an average of $4,129 to hire a new employee, a process that on average takes 42 days, according to the Society for Human Resource...

Manage a disruptive boss

  • September 06, 2016

Between distractions, troublesome co-workers and all the red tape at work, it’s a wonder you get your job done at all. What measures can you take when your boss is...