We are in the midst of a great reset. While Covid isn\’t in the rearview mirror quite yet the world has moved on. And let\’s face it, we\’ve got other things to concentrate on. Climate change for one. I just spoke with someone from the Karratha Chamber of Commerce and Industry about speaking at […]
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You heard it here first! I\’ve started my new book. This is the big one and will align to my new keynote, 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘍𝘪𝘵: 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘖𝘋𝘈𝘠\’𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦. I will be covering 6 key themes in both book and keynote: 🔹 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁
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I\’m a huge fan of Hulu’s The Bear. I started watching it because I love Jeremy Allen White and anything set in Chicago, (two hours from where I grew up and where my sister currently lives). I think that the show is a fantastic blend of comedy and drama. It delves into the messiness of
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Recruiting people should never be easy, and that\’s precisely the point. In last week\’s newsletter, I talked about the dehumanization of the workforce caused by popular management styles, mentioning the legacies of Jack Welch and Frederick Taylor. Their emphasis on efficiency and performance resulted in dehumanizing the workforce, leading to substandard performance, low employee engagement,
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A friend started a new job this week. The job is fully remote but she is spending the first 3 days in the office. They gave her a desk/cubicle with her name on a nameplate – spelled wrong. Okay, she has a unique spelling to a common name. She\’s used to that and didn\’t think
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$8.8 trillion dollars or 9% of the global GDP. That’s how much the Gallup Organization estimates our disengaged workforce is costing the economy. I’ve written and spoken a lot about the role managers have to play in employee engagement (spoiler alert – it’s the single biggest cause). Today I’d like to talk about the erosion
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In my last 3 posts I’ve talked about bad behavior and why so many managers and organizations let it slide (to their own and others’ determinants.) I want to end this series by sharing a success story. In 1997 I managed the Austin office of Robert Half International. I hired a young recruiter who was
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In my last 2 posts, I talked about the consequences of putting up with bad behavior can have. So why does this happen so frequently? Here are the top 7 things that I see in organizations. • People don’t report it and instead blame themselves, thinking, “it’s just me” • People don’t want to make
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In yesterday’s post I wrote about my personal experience with bad behavior in a professional context and the cost that putting up with bad behavior. Today I’d like to talk about passing someone’s bad behavior onto another manager or company and the, literally devastating, consequences that can have. Have you ever passed along a problem
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When I worked as a recruiter I heard many stories of people leaving their jobs because of bad behaviour on the part of their manager or colleagues.
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