Every week, there are new headlines about how AI is changing how we work and find jobs. But in all of this discussion about AI, there is an important truth that rarely gets highlighted. The more AI infiltrates our lives and work, the more important our human...
The performance appraisal process is broken. While positioned as a tool to manage performance, it’s primarily designed to create documentation to justify both compensation and disciplinary decisions. If you’re in a position to fix this process for your organization,...
Leadership isn’t just about speaking, it’s about listening. And not just hearing words, but truly understanding, engaging, and responding in a way that fosters trust and connection. In today’s workplaces, where distractions are everywhere and meaningful conversations...
Few things trigger more angst for less payoff than the annual performance review process. Just the thought of it is enough to send a lot of people into panic mode–employees, managers, and HR alike. I’m not suggesting that the review process is entirely without merit,...
A few weeks ago, I read an article in The Atlantic titled “Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out” and I can’t stop thinking about it. (FYI: The article requires a subscription to read it, unfortunately.) The gist of the article is that...
Change can be messy. And the change to hybrid schedules has proven to be pretty messy for a lot of organizations. Many of the leaders I’m speaking with are struggling to make sense of this messiness. In one case, a leader was puzzled over why less than half of his...
