If you’re of a certain age, you may remember a Seinfeld episode during which George struggles with dating power dynamics and laments, “I have no hand. No hand at all. She has the hand. How do I get the hand?” While it’s funny to see the battle for the upper hand play out in…
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A Leader’s Guide to Retaining Talent When Dollars Don’t Cut It Competitive pay has always been essential to attracting and retaining talent. And today, it’s become an increasingly significant piece of the puzzle. Recent US job growth numbers amplify the hyper-competitive hiring conditions in many sectors. Inflation places pressure on family budgets. And pay transparency…
While conducting interviews in preparation for an upcoming keynote presentation, I asked my standard: If you could ask your leader for just one change that would enhance your engagement and effectiveness, what would it be? One employee, Toby, quickly responded, “just kill me”, which seemed to be a dark answer to what’s normally an…
The end of the year brings with it a host of traditions and rituals. Budgeting. Holiday events. And the annual performance review. If you’re like most people, you’ll spend an average of 40 hours preparing for your review… an activity that 59% of employees report has ‘no impact’ on personal performance. Want to make 2022…
More than two decades ago when I was designing commercial training products, I worked on a ground-breaking project. The central premise was that mid-level managers faced a profoundly unique challenge, finding themselves between a rock and a hard place as they balanced, navigated, and frequently absorbed the pressures from those who reported to them and…
Quiet quitting, one of the most talked about topics in management circles, is not a new phenomenon. The term, credited to Mark Boldger, an economist at Texas A&M was used as early as 2009. And it’s been used millions of times over the past several months to lament a slump in ambition and professional drive.…