The People Group

Friday afternoons can be fabulous for your people and good for productivity too.
Take Friday afternoon off and include your employees. You likely cannot take every Friday afternoon off, but a Friday here and there is a good way for leaders to take a break and make time for their people....

We all are temporaries in this job market.  All of us.
If you have an executive position in a corner office with great benefits and a pension plan that would make a trophy wife squeal, your job is temporary.
If you have a full-time position with 20 years service at a rock solid, well-known company, your job is temporary....

Beware of fake friends.
When I was chief human resource officer of a multi-billion dollar company, there were many people who wanted to meet with me, offer me favors and be my friend. Non-profit organizations wanted me to serve on their board. Vendors would invite me to sporting...

U.S. workers are miserable.
Close to 70% of U.S. workers are miserable at work. According to Gallup’s last employee engagement survey, 68.5% of U.S. employees were either not engaged or actively disengaged at work.
As leaders, we can do better.