Author: Greg Barnett, PhD

6 tips for managing a hybrid team
Here are 6 tips for managing a hybrid team to boost team dynamics, collaboration, and performance.


8 ways to create psychological safety in the workplace
Psychological safety in the workplace leads to higher performance and less employee turnover. Follow these 8 tips to build trust on your team—and across the company.


Tips to successfully manage a remote team
Study after study highlights the benefits of remote work. In this article, learn 9 tips for successfully managing remote teams.


Most reports are wrong; employees aren’t that disengaged.
The media regularly states that 70% of employees aren’t disengaged at work—but that stat paints an inaccurate picture of the American workplace.


The change Facebook drastically needs
Facebook has been in the limelight lately—and not for good reason. They need a drastic change to the way they do business. They need talent optimization.


Talent optimization: why you should invest in leadership development
The science says that leadership development programs are effective in developing current and future leaders, as well as improving organizational results.


Cutting edge human resources: trends in talent optimization
Talent optimization is the future of work. Science, technology, analytics, and research will all help you leverage your people. Check out these resources.


This is why Tesla needs talent optimization.
Tesla is suffering from a variety of business challenges from executive turnover to layoffs. What’s the answer to its problems? Talent optimization.


Snapchat, it’s time for a talent optimization triage.
A recent article on Recode explained that in the last 18 months, Snapchat has had massive turnover at the executive level. At least 10 executives who reported directly to CEO Evan Spiegel left the company. High turnover at the top is brutal to a company. It tells the world: “Even these highly-paid people aren’t willing to…


Talent optimization: making the case for budget
Recently, we reviewed the 21st HR Metrics and Analytics Summit report: How to Hire and Retain the Right Talent in 2019. It shed light on HR’s journey with regards to using metrics, data, and people analytics in the workplace. Some highlights of the report were: HR’s priorities focus on optimizing talent through better hiring, engagement, and retention. HR…


How talent optimization can help you hire and retain
I’m a big fan of industry reports and annual summaries that include survey data. Today I took a look at the 21st HR Metrics and Analytics Summit report: How to Hire and Retain the Right Talent in 2019. Based on the survey responses of more than 150 HR leaders from a wide range of industries,…
