Corporate ladder, meet elevator
Corporate ladder, meet elevator
A company culture will make or break a company with retention. Thoughts on Company Culture.
Corporate training has come a long way. Our attitudes toward training should also move forward.
To train or not to train employees
When employees resign after a company invests in employee training, it is not just a gut punch, it’s a kick in the ding-ding when the manager is down. With the average length of career tenures getting shorter,
Who can help gender equality?
Gender Equality and Pay
As an HR guy, I hear a lot about gender equality/inequality and pay. Fair warning: This post isn’t going to be politically correct. If you are not able to handle season 4 of the TV series Sons of Anarchy or Breaking Bad, better move along cuz’
Obligatory HR Trust Fall shot (not my idea of building team trust)
Building team trust
is difficult. Sometimes individuals on our teams don’t seem to want to build a relationship with us as managers. Some folks may have had a bad experience with management in the past and others may look at the job as just a “Jay.Oh.Be”.
Day 1, the only time the interns are shown any attention
Can interns manage their manager?
Today’s post is on mentors, mentee’s and all of the feel-good that surrounds what is right about these relationships. If you have read this blog for any amount of time, you know I am a big proponent of mentors and I believe they can make one of THE LARGEST DIFFERENCES in a career.
How do you get this kind of mentorship and long-term engagement?
The mentor program of all mentor programs
Last week I posted on the topic of why I believe most mentor programs fail. I would be remiss and irresponsible if all I did was bitch on any topic and not provide a solution.
How long did your mentor program relationship last?
Are mentor programs failing us?
I believe that one of the best things that any of us can do for our careers is to find and work with a mentor. Mentors have been there and done that, and with a mentor by our side, we don’t have to re-invent the wheel.