The Workforce Institute

On The Road With Elements of Successful Organizations

Joyce Maroney — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:32:38 +0000

I’ve had a lot of fun recently promoting our new book, Elements of Successful Organizations. We’re selling books at a steady clip on Amazon, and have received great feedback from those who’ve read it. By the way, don’t worry about the “out of stock” message on Amazon. Stock is on its way to them. I talked [...]

Right Person, Right Place, Right Time

Joyce Maroney — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:59:05 +0000

I’ve had several outstanding customer experiences in the last two weeks that point to the importance of empowered and engaged employees on the front lines of an organization. I don’t know how these organizations hire or train their people, but I know that the results are working (at least for me). Following is the story [...]

Peace on Earth and Good Will to Workers

Joyce Maroney — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:57:37 +0000

We hosted an interesting tweet chat this week with an illustrious group of HR experts regarding their reflections on 2011 and predictions for 2012. We talked about a variety of issues that have been hot topics in 2011 and that will undoubtedly continue to be important in 2012: employee engagement, closing the skills gap between [...]

Would you (still) marry me?

Joyce Maroney — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:10:42 +0000

Today is my 26th wedding anniversary. At 6:30 this morning, my husband called me from the road to ask me to marry him. He’s done this every year since 1985, the year I clinched the best deal of my life. And every year I say yes. This got me to musing about the fundamentals of human [...]

The ‘Learn and Earn’ Baker’s Dozen

Joyce Maroney — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:57:42 +0000

Within the next few weeks, our new book Elements of Successful Organizations will be available for order on Amazon. This anthology follows the book we published last year, Creating the Workforce – and Results – You Seek. In this sequel, we continue the conversation. I’ll fill you in more about the contents of the book [...]

The Pleasures of the Commute

Joyce Maroney — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:53:51 +0000

Recently, I had a podcast discussion with our board members John Hollon and Sue Meisinger about the benefits of working from home for both the employer and the employee. As the cartoon here illustrates, telework is not an option for all jobs. I was thinking about that while driving to work this morning. I have a [...]

Day One of HR Tech

Joyce Maroney — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:58:52 +0000

Welcome to the city of sin (which is actually Lynn, Massachusetts), but I’ll let Las Vegas take the honors this week. According to organizer Bill Kutik’s opening remarks, this is their largest turnout yet at over 4000 attendees. The keynote speaker, John Boudreau, gave a solid talk on evidence-based change efforts as a teaser for [...]

Going Mobile

Joyce Maroney — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:52:20 +0000

I’m off to HR Tech on Sunday to represent Kronos, catch up with old friends, and check out what’s new and exciting in our industry. I’m also leaving my laptop at home and relying solely on my iPad (and her kid sister, iPhone) to keep up with my computing needs. Although I’ve had the [...]

Generations, Inc. – A Conversation with Meagan and Larry Johnson

Joyce Maroney — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:46:29 +0000

I recently had the pleasure of talking to Meagan and Larry Johnson, a daughter-father team who co-authored Generations, Inc. – an instructive manual on how to manage in the inter-generational workplace. Their firm, the Johnson Training Group, has helped a wide variety of organizations with management innovations including American Express, Harley Davidson, and Nordstrom among [...]

Today’s Tweet Chat about Absence Management

Joyce Maroney — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:11:43 +0000

We had a lively tweet chat today about the results of our recent global absence survey. If you didn’t have the chance to join us live, you can find the chat on twitter with hashtag “kronossurvey” or just scroll through the chat transcript below. What’s the most creative excuse you ever heard from an employee [...]