This is the 2nd part of a 3 part blog series on where we take a hard look at organizational survival rates after historic recessions. In last week’s blog, I reported some stark statistics revealed by the Harvard Business Review (HBR). Over the last 3 recessions,...
As the nation emerges from one of the longest recessions in recent history, businesses are finding themselves wading through unprecedented waters. The newly emerging economy is experiencing slower than usual growth, high unemployment rates, a struggling global...
Losing a co-worker to a sudden death is devistating to a family, community and most certainly the workplace. Here are a couple of resources that will help managers and HR Team Members. Training Judith Hurlburt, senior consultant and NLP coach, reports that how a death...
When it comes to important business negotiations, do anger and threats get you what you want? Conventional wisdom about showing anger in negotiations is sometimes contradictory: You should not be transparent and instead hide your true feelings behind a poker face,...
Earlier this year, I conducted a survey of over 2800 HR professionals worldwide. I polled these business professionals to see what organizational values would emerge as top priorities to improve workplace relationships between employees and managers. The results of...
Here’s an interesting statistic for HR Executives and Leadership Teams. Employee absenteeism costs an estimated $225.8 billion a year in lost productivity in the United States. This is a faily hefty chunk of change. So what prompts an employee to “call in sick?” ...
