Imagine you are asked to play a game. You are given ten $1 dollar bills. Your goal is to end the game (which lasts 10 minutes) with $10....

There is no clear-cut answer to this question. Informal learning is traditionally difficult (if not impossible) to measure and it also...

One of the major challenges when developing a new skill is retaining the skill. Using the skill to get better and retain it is the...

My oldest daughter is finishing up her internship and getting ready to apply for jobs. She is facing something that too many...

Is it easier to learn a skill or to have to unlearn something and re-learn something. This has huge impacts as we have to learn and...

Job Titles are meaningless. Except they aren't. We focus too much on them and they say nothing. There used to be the joke that you...

No one will be surprised that employee stress levels have been high since the Covid pandemic started in 2020. Things have gotten better,...

A key role of the manager is not only to develop individuals on your team to keep them engaged, but to prepare the organization for the...

I have nothing against personality testing. I have taken many over the years that were accurate in their assessment and helped me learn...

In the old days, managers were the expert. They worked their way up, learning all the various things and through experience and practice,...

I have predicted, several times, that while companies are going to offer remote and hybrid workplaces, within 18 months those experiments...

When I talk with business leaders, particularly small to medium sized businesses, a tight labor puts one thought in their mind. Increased...

If you have not been bombarded with the concept of the "Great Resignation", then you have figured out how to not watch the news or be on...

One of the most fundamental ways that the manager's role has changed has been in the area of expertise. In the past, the manager was the...

I admit that one of the biggest philosophical questions in the workplace is something I struggle with - do you focus on your strengths or...

I wrote a post about why companies are so bad at identifying high performers. Another area that should be explored is how to prepare high...

Every employee should have a development plan. A great manager is constantly reviewing and holding the employee accountable on that...

There is no simple answer to the question "why are there so many bad managers?" One of the reasons is imitation. We learn from other...

In the realm of high performers, the area of least concern is in identifying high performers. After all, it is usually something that can...

A scary stat - according to a recent survey, 54% of workers will need significant reskilling by 2022. This is scary for a few reasons....