It seems that, in the past month, I’ve had a lot of things go wrong. I’ve had my car recalled for defective air bags, and they didn’t have the parts to fix it, so I had to park it, they...

Some time ago, I consulted with a company that prided itself on its sales-centric positioning. Truth be told, all for-profit companies should be sales-centric, but that’s a story for...

With the USA, Canada, and Mexico being awarded the 2026 World Cup, it reminded me of leadership development and a recent movie I watched on Netflix: Pele: Birth of a Legend. For someone...

I received an advertisement the other day from one of those big off-the-shelf management training providers. You can select from two tracks. One is more basic than the other, but in a few...

Many years ago, when I was working for a large company, annual increase time finally arrived. But, when I opened my pay advice envelope, I noticed my compensation — how the company measured...

I packed up my HR bags a number of years of go. It was time. I was tired. And my replacement was high-energy, ready and a perfect fit. “I do have one question for you, Rex,” my replacement...

Applicants for jobs are just like us: they are human. So why do we not treat them as humans during rejections? Sounds silly even to consider, but I also know one of the most difficult...

There are two paths in the discussion of sexual harassment: one path is illegal harassment, the sexual predator, and the other path is the ignorant or stupid harasser. If there is a sexual...

After a presentation, I receive great reviews and often really nice compliments about my presentation, slide design, style, etc. But… What does someone who doesn’t receive these sorts of...

I recently received my annual performance appraisal. This is only of note because I entered the for-profit world after college in 1989, and this was my first performance appraisal… ever....