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Why You Should NOT Have a Culture Chief
Hopefully this doesn’t come across as picking nits but I read a post on the Achievers blog the other day called “Top 3 Reasons Why You Need a “Culture Chief.” And I think they are wrong. I hate saying that because there are so many nuances when looking at ways to drive culture in [...]
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The Martians Are Coming – What They Think Is What They Act On
………. “We know now that in the early years of the 20th century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own. We know now that as human beings busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a [...]
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I’m Changing My Name Next Week at the #LASHRM Meeting
Yup. You heard it here first. I’m traveling to the Louisiana State SHRM meeting next Wednesday to connect, converse and create with some great folks. And while I’m there I will put on my alter-ego Paul Hébert – super Cajun, gator hunter and influence guru. While pretty much everywhere else I am Paul He- bert [...]
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Hey Forbes – I Award You No Points And May God Have Mercy On Your Soul
Some days it is almost too tiring. Too Sisyphean. It really is almost not worth it anymore. Forbes published a recent post called “How to Boost Employee Engagement With Two Simple Words.” Many incentive and reward blogs linked to it – high-fived themselves and waited for the phone to ring from people wanting to learn [...]
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Bad Corporate Behavior – It’s Viral
Wonder if the behavior of your executives has any affect on the behavior of your rank and file? Wonder no more. Dan Ariely – professor at Duke and author of bestsellers Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality (must reads, btw) provides some interesting study results that probably won’t make any difference in a company [...]
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What Do Stickleback Fish Know About Changing Corporate Culture?
Business people love big ideas. We like to hear, read and see people who have made the big decision and succeeded. We love to hear about the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. We strive to be the next game-changer, paradigm-shifter, ipad-maker person. We think with one idea we will change the world. And we [...]
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Why Incentives Shouldn’t Be Your Go-To Strategy
Until I win the Mega Millions I’ll continue to say that incentives are your worst first option. The fact that I’m posting today is evidence it wasn’t the case this past week. Sure money motivates. I bought a ticket. You bought a ticket. Rational people who know the odds of winning the lottery are the [...]
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Crowdsource Your Reward Program NOW!
Crowdsourcing is all the rage today. But do you have the guts to crowdsource your bonus payouts? Philip Rosendale does. Rosendale, founder of Linden Labs and Second Life, decided to let his employees decide who gets bonuses and how much. Yup… he cut out the middle-person manager and let the troops decide who gets what.. [...]
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