“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
Why Your Employee Engagement Tactics are Destined to Fail
Organizational leaders and HR professionals love tossing around the word engagement. They’re quite fond of saying things like “we need to increase our employee engagement” or “let’s do an annual survey!” or “what’s the budget for employee engagement activities?” (more
I’m Hesitant to Ask, But…
Over my years as an HR practitioner, in a fair number of organizations, I had employees stroll into the HR Department and start a conversation with “I’m not sure if you can get this for me, but…” This phrase, or
