If you’re in the business world at all, you’re probably hearing the word “authenticity” a lot lately. It’s become one of the biggest buzzwords in business. Marketing has to be authentic. Sales pitches have to be authentic. Products have to be authentic. Leadership is under pressure to be authentic. But when it comes to leaders, being authentic might not always be the wisest [...]
Interview Process – When to Bring up your Non-Negotiables
While you’re interviewing for new jobs, it’s important to know what you’re looking for. I often suggest that job seekers separate their needs into two different lists: 1) Nice to haves 2) Non-negotiables While nice-to-haves might include things like your perfect schedule or full-time remote work, for the right job, you’d be willing to compromise on them. But non-negotiables are the things you [...]
Comparison – Selecting Crypto to Picking Your Next Employer
If you pick which crypto to invest in based on what’s trending, you might want to rethink your strategy. Recent studies show more than 50 million Americans may purchase crypto soon. Choosing by popularity is bound to be… well, popular. But popularity really doesn’t correlate with underlying value. What does? •Technology behind the coins •Circulation volume •Real world utility And while you’re at [...]
Attracting New and More Employees
How are you making your workplace more enticing for new people and existing employees? If you’re an HR leader, chances are, you’ve increased the number of employees eligible to receive a cash bonus. At least, according to a Grant Thornton report, which says 68% of HR leaders took that step in 2021. Other perks reported by HR Dive include companies paying for their [...]
Workplace Wellness as a Critical Employment Metric
Among the trends Harvard Business Review called out for 2022, the one that really caught my eye was “wellness as the newest metric companies will use to understand their employees.” Wellness as a concept has arguably always been important, but in business, it’s not officially important until it reaches the level of having its own metrics. And after two years of a pandemic, [...]
Dr Who and Fresh Faces in Your Organization
Science fiction fans of a certain (long ago) era remember with fondness the Doctor Who television show on PBS. It was a nerdy British affair that still holds up pretty well today. But I’m not here to talk about TV. I’m here to talk about a really interesting study some folks conducted. By analyzing the contributors to each Doctor Who episode that aired [...]
Best Jobs in 2022
What are the best jobs in 2022? It depends how you’re measuring. US News and World Report doesn’t hesitate to rank healthcare roles the highest. When listing their “100 Best Jobs” across industries, healthcare roles constitute four out of ten, with nurse practitioner as the very most desirous healthcare job. Above that? Information security analyst, a job I’m not surprised to see in [...]
Workplace Happiness in 2022
There’s always a lot of negative if not downright scary news to ponder. But occasionally you’ll find a nugget of positivity in there, if you look hard enough. Here’s one such nugget: Heading into the early part of 2022, 74% of people claim they feel like they have control over their professional lives. Part of this, of course, is because the war for [...]