Are You A Monster or a Resource?

Are You A Monster or a Resource?

Head of HR at ABB on talent management and good leadership

Head of HR at ABB on talent management and good leadership

One More Time: What Do People Want At Work?

Getting the very best (or most) from employees has become the holy grail of business. Millions of dollars are spent to determine how to achieve a state where workers function at high levels of productivity and, supposedly, satisfaction.

Every employee survey I’ve seen over the past 30 years shows the same results as this, conducted in 2007 by Towers Perrin. The survey population was 90,000 employees, worldwide.

Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You?

My Dad was a blue-collar worker. His favorite job was working on the railroad, but the only job I really remember him having was at an oil refinery in Oklahoma. It was a dangerous, dirty job, but he never complained.

Little Overlooked Things Can Destroy a Company Culture

A company culture trumps its products, services, or even people. It is that important.
I was reminded of this over the weekend when I was talking with someone who
recently joined a local company. This company even has an external positive buzz
about it. But it still has a negative culture.