A while back, Erik Samdahl, Director of Marketing for the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), asked if I’d like to contribute an article to their blog HRM Today, which of course, I was happy to do. The article is called Flight of the Employee Network and it’s about how the loss of well-connected employees might…
What’s Your Office Politics Pet Peeve?
My blog post Networking Inside the Company Walls, which was part of a blog series onPositive Office Politics, has been on of the most popular posts on The People Equation. As the name of the blog series implies, the focus was on the positive aspects of office politics. (Yes, there are positive aspects. Check out…
Can a Computer Show Altruism?
Super-Smarts without Compassion: A Dangerous Combo I’ve been enjoying the press surrounding this week’s Jeopardy game show match-up of IBM super-computer Watson against two of Jeopardy’s most prodigious players, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Of course, there have been many accounts of the “man versus machine” angle. My personal favorite came from an interview in…
Supervisory Influence and the DISC Model of Human Behavior
Early in my career as a corporate trainer, my work team leader introduced me to a self-assessment tool called the Personal Profile System (now in a revised version called the DiSC® Classic Profile). We used the DiSC profile as part of our company’s curriculum for newly hired supervisors. The DiSC section of the coursework always…
Supervisory Transition: Roles, Relationships and Remarkable Principles
A Conversation with Guy Harris on His New Book “From Bud to Boss” Last week I talked with Guy Harris, co-author of the new book From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership In the book, Guy and co-author Kevin Eikenberry craft a comprehensive treatment of the topic. It’s a practical guide…