Behind the Coffee, Part 2: Starbucks’ Howard Behar
(Part 2 of 2) How do you put noble values like “people come first” and “lead from the heart” into daily practice in a …
Workplace Culture
Behind the Coffee: Starbucks’ Howard Behar
(Part 1 of 2) How do you put noble values like “people come first” and “lead from the heart” into daily practice in a …
Amazon.com’s Culture – Toxic or Thrilling?
A recent New York Times front-page story probed Amazon.com’s hard-driving workplace culture. The company itself boasts its standards are “unreasonably high.” Is Amazon’s culture abusing its …
Employee Perks – A Cheap Fix?
From Casual Fridays to ping pong tables to unlimited vacation time, companies offer employees fun perks to attract and retain top talent. But these …
Are We Too Casual At Work?
Have we gotten too informal at work? In dress, manners, language? Jim dons his comfortable curmudgeon cloak and argues that we’ve swung the …
De-Zombifying Your Workplace
Workplaces aren’t designed for humans. Sounds counterintuitive, but once you hear Kim Adams of Triskele Collaborative enlighten Jim & Steve about how workplace …
Lack of Workplace Diversity—Whose Fault?
Microsoft has come under fire for its lack of employee diversity, but the fact is the tech sector in general is overwhelmingly …
What HR Will Never Tell You
Suzanne Lucas, the “Evil HR Lady” (that’s not really her in the photo, BTW) joins Jim & Steve to demystify the infamous …
The Human Workplace
Jim & Steve interview Liz Ryan, one of the most widely read workplace columnists in the world, reaching 30 million readers per …
Encouraging Conflict at Work
We’re all afraid of conflict, but workplaces without conflict aren’t healthy — aren’t growing, changing, and adapting. Jim & Steve explore why …