Cindi’s HR and Hiring Advice
88% of Employees Think You Don’t Care
“I don’t need to justify caring. How do you justify not caring?” The conversation that changed how I think about leading.
Book Buzz: The Deadly Sins of Employee Retention
There are not many good books on retention. This one is under 100 pages and I am buying copies for clients.
Book Buzz: The Advantage
50% of CEOs say they spend too much time on employee issues. Lencioni’s answer is that being smart is only half the equation.
Book Buzz: The Ideal Team Player
Every client we work with gets a copy. Not as a gift-with-purchase — because it changes how they think about their people.
Book Buzz: Unreasonable Hospitality
A restaurant book, read by an HR person. What if we did unreasonable things for our employees the way Eleven Madison Park did for its guests?
Book Buzz: Wellbeing at Work
If I took ten of your employees to lunch without you and asked them to rate their wellbeing at work, what would they say?
Book Buzz: Alive at Work
The way we approach work doesn’t match how our brains are wired. That mismatch is what disengagement actually is.
Book Buzz: Love + Work
Only 31% of people are engaged at work. Marcus Buckingham has a theory about why, and it starts with what people love doing.

