Showing Posts from: David Harder
The Shocking Reason Many Stand at the Sidelines
3rd in a series in How We Kill Off Change & Engagement: Welcome to Aimlessness. In today’s world, there is an epic to-the-death fight taking place between many of our people and change. Thus far, change is winning every round. One of the reasons average organizations have such dismal […]
How To Kill Change On-The-Spot
Yesterday, we published an introduction regarding how we use four “filters” to kill off change. All of these filters are driven by fear of change. The first one is cynicism. I’m sure we can find that in our culture. It is the filter we use to slowly talk us out […]
Five Filters That Kill Personal Change
Successful people take more risks, they usually have had more failures than others and most of them are used to the experience of fear. The biological point of fear is to take action. Only a small percentage of us have been properly trained in how to respond to fear in […]
This Book is Cooked!
13% global work engagement isn’t a business problem, it is a tragedy that impacts our families, our customers and virtually every aspect of our lives. The vast majority of employee engagement initiatives produce mediocre results or fail altogether. In 2008, we began working with University of Southern California […]
Growing Old Disgracefully
A few days ago, someone a few years younger than I blamed ageism for his unemployment. I responded quite strongly, “Well, of course, you’re not getting a job because you are carrying around that energy.” Resignation is giving up and it is usually driven by the notion we are not […]
The Great Sales Disconnect – Why some people don’t even sell themselves
There is a huge disconnect between what constitutes old and new sales techniques. Drawing healthy and effective attention to ourselves is one of the most crucial skills of thriving in the modern world. It is more of a skill library than one single ability and it includes being able […]
Is Generational Differences a Racket?
Every decade or so, a new marketing phenomenon hits the talent development field. I promote any idea that produces learning and growth. However, generational differences, in my mind, is becoming foolishness. In many cases, it supports rather than dismantles bias. It is often manipulative and confusing. Yesterday, a very […]
Why Active Learners Own Our Future
We used to derive our security from a job. Today we find our security from growth. If that’s true (and it is), consider what a vast change in consciousness and outlook this represents for most of us. In finishing my book The Workplace Engagement Solution (Career Press), I have […]
When Human Resources Ought to Keep Their Bags Packed
Pretty scary title? Well, this story can have an even more uncomfortable outcome. There is a pattern that goes on all of the time between CEOs and the Chief Human Resource Officers. I’ve encountered the pattern in my work with a sizable number of chief human resource executives as individual […]
Why Some Chief Human Resource Officers Will Make Great CEOs
Virtually every business publication and relevant academic research paper indicate that attracting, developing and motivating talent is the single most important element in successful business today. One of the most common failures with CEOs not reaching the objectives of their business plan is in their refusal to take charge of […]