First, let’s define accountability in real-world business terms. You have financial, sales, service, and operational goals that enable your company to grow and thrive. Company leaders, managers, and employees must “do stuff” every week to meet those goals. Any amount of “not doing” (lack of execution) will keep you from achieving your goals. Accountability is […]

[Part 2 in an ongoing series about millennials in the workplace. See part 1, which outlines “The Top 5 Things Millennials Want from You“] According to a 2015 Gallup survey, more than two-thirds of Millennials believe it’s management’s job to provide accelerated development opportunities to encourage them to stay. Other surveys show that the average […]

[Note: This is the first in a series of articles on hiring and working with millennials, stemming from conversations Suzanne Hanifin and Karen Anderson of Acumen Executive Search and I are having with a mix of millennials. The Podcast recordings of these conversations will be released soon. If you’d like to get on our Podcast […]

Gallup loves them some data. In a lengthy report, they characterized millennials as the least engaged generation (29%), the most indifferent about their jobs, and the most open to “new job opportunities” (60%). According to many experts, millennials most desire a job that feels worthwhile. They may choose purpose or meaning over money – a […]

Harry pulled back on the throttle in a last-ditch effort to ease his single-engine Cessna onto the razor-thin beach. His plane skidded, then tumbled end over end on the fine black sand, coming to a stop inches before the jungle’s edge. Hours later he awoke, gingerly stepped from what remained of his only transportation off […]

What is “Employer Branding”? Hiring the best people is hard work. Ask any recruiter worth his or her credentials. And, in today’s employee-driven market, employers are looking for new and better ways to lure top people into their company. Hence the birth of a new buzzword: Employer Branding. Like old-time cattle ranchers, marketers love to […]