Retention Issues? Focus on Culture First

Even in a down economy, employee retention is a key management issue.  Despite rising unemployment, some employees have critical skills and intellectual capital that make them very attractive to your competition.  These employees, likely amongst your top performers, will look for continuous reinforcement that your company is right for them, and that they should stay.  [...]

The United State of Pop Personal Development

I love the concept of this video – taking the best parts of the 25 hottest pop songs from 2009 and create an audio and video mashup that provides a collective output that no single song can by itself offer the listener. I’m a proponent of taking a similar approach to your personal development.  If [...]

It’s about the Fuzzy Stuff: People and Trust

Back in March, I was asked to write the monthly ‘Living the Value Proposition’ column for my company’s monthly newsletter.  In a very Jerry Macguire-esque effort – I stayed up all night thinking about value propositions – the tough to define, ever-continuous search to define the elusive catch-phrase that pops into peoples minds when they [...]