Once upon a time I held a job that has long since disappeared from my resume. You won’t find it on my LinkedIn profile, I never mention the name of the company aloud, and I’m fairly successful (except in times
Don’t Blame the Manager When Employees Leave
There is a business axiom, taken as gospel amongst HR professionals, speakers, pundits, and authors trying to sell books that I despise with every fiber of my being: “People don’t leave their job, they leave their manager.” This, my friends,
There’s Nothing to Fear! Well, Maybe a Little…
“Drive out fear, so that everyone may work effectively for the company.” W. Edwards Deming I’ve long been a fan of Deming. Back in the day, when working as an HR Director for a large health care organization, I spent
Workplace Socialization and Inclusion
Several years ago, while working on a re-design project for a company’s onboarding, I became familiar with the work of John Van Maanen and Edgar H. Schein. In “Toward a Theory of Organizational Socialization” (1979), they identified 6 major dimensions
