45 Things
AUGUST 5, 2010
Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 5, 2010 Are You Willing to Step Down the Career Ladder? Many of us identify ourselves by what we do for a living. Its not uncommon at a neighborhood cookout to hear "So, what do you do?" from folks just meeting one another.
Josh Bersin
AUGUST 16, 2010
Despite the uptick in business optimism from our mid-year TalentWatch® report, the US economy continues to be slow. This month we learned that there are 14.5 million Americans looking for work and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Business Trends Enterprise Learning Apollo Group Capella Devry reskilling Strayer unemployment upskilling.
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The Bamboo Project Blog
AUGUST 6, 2010
Jane Hart is spearheading an effort to collect information on why you should NOT ban social media in your organization. Below, my rebuttals to the reasons most commonly given by organizations to keep social media out. Social media is a fad. While specific tools may be more or less popular at any given time or in a particular industry, the principles of social media are here to stay.
Conversation Matters
AUGUST 1, 2010
I have posted lengthy descriptions of each of the three eras of knowledge management and here I have made a brief summary of all three. I have also made substantial changes to the third era in this post. If you would like to view each era in more detail just click on the heading of that era in this post. Since the term “knowledge management” came into popular usage, there have been three significant changes in how organizations have thought about their knowledge.
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QAspire
AUGUST 1, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Excellence: Lessons From Anupam Kher I have believed that most good things in life are either free or inexpensive. A good walk, a great hug, a few moments spent together, a long drive, a free lecture, time spent with friends and so on. I write this because over the weekend, I experienced some of these. Monsoon is at its best.
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45 Things
AUGUST 2, 2010
Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, August 2, 2010 3 Ways to Quit Being So Rude With Technology In the good old days, you put in your time at work then went home. The boss didn’t bug you after hours unless it was an emergency, and co-workers didn’t bother you at home because they didn’t want to think about work, either.
Josh Bersin
AUGUST 8, 2010
Our mission as a research and advisory services company is to help organizations “dramatically improve their business performance through their talent, learning, and HR strategies, processes, Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: HR Systems hr technology conference ibm kenexa Oracle SAP Softscape successfactors taleo workday Workscape.
The Bamboo Project Blog
AUGUST 30, 2010
Glen Ross of the American Cancer Society recently shared this hilarious video of a typical conference call. I probably spend a good 10-15 hours a week on these things and I have to say that the video pretty much captures my experience. So in support of more effective conference calling, here are some resources that might help: Fast Company's 10 Rules for Effective Conference Calls --Great tips, but I particularly enjoy the dialogue for how violating the rules plays out in a call.
True Faith HR
AUGUST 24, 2010
'It''s hard to believe that next week, I will start my 16th year of teaching. There''s been trials and tribulations and ups and downs. I come from an academic family, so, even as a youngster, I thought I would know what to expect when I entered the classroom. Yet, I''ve had a few unexpected turns in my tenure: Having a student have her water break and go into labor during a class session.
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QAspire
AUGUST 15, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer 10 Pointers to Build Comfort Within The Team It pains to see teams where people work on a common goal but don’t get along well with each other. We work in teams and knowing how to get along well with others is extremely crucial. So how do you get along well with others and establish required comfort? Here are 10 broad pointers that may help.
Working Girl
AUGUST 12, 2010
'Quick update: I was recently in California and stayed with a friend who has a really soft guest bed. I returned home on the warpath and demanded that my husband Ralf remove the 20-year-old army cot we''ve been sleeping on and replace it with the Sealy mattress we bought while living in California, which I then loaded up with memory foam. He did this and promptly hurt his back, so now he has to go for physical therapy and we''re looking for a new bed.
45 Things
AUGUST 31, 2010
Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Are You Boring Your Network Silly? I dont watch soap operas anymore, but I certainly did when I was younger. I scheduled my college classes around "The Young and the Restless." (Tom Selleck was HOT.
Josh Bersin
AUGUST 8, 2010
Our mission as a research and advisory services company is to help organizations “dramatically improve their business performance through their talent, learning, and HR strategies, processes, and systems.” . In this never-ending quest, we continuously find that one of the most challenging (and important) parts of building a modern, high-performing company is the implementation of well.
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The Bamboo Project Blog
AUGUST 17, 2010
Culture View more presentations from Reed Hastings. There was an interesting article over the weekend in the Telegraph from Dan Pink on Netflix's "no policy" approach to HR policies. It's an outgrowth of their corporate culture, captured beautifully in their "Reference Guide on our Freedom and Responsibility Culture" outlined in the Slideshare presentation above--well worth a read through.
True Faith HR
AUGUST 27, 2010
'I sometimes like easy categorization. For example, I can divide the world into two simple categories: 1. Never gets old 2. Grows old quickly I''m a big Michigan State fan. You would think after going to the Final Four in men''s basketball for the 6th time in 12 years, diminishing returns would set in, and my enjoyment would''ve gone done. Nope - it never gets old.
QAspire
AUGUST 22, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra Akshaya Patra Foundation in India is a shining example of how social entrepreneurship combined with power of innovation can make a HUGE difference. First, some background information. Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 million children across India on all school days.
Working Girl
AUGUST 9, 2010
'Today I reviewed a whole bunch of slides depicting the employee lifecycle for inscrutable reasons of my own and two things became clear to me: 1) We do more ''to'' employees than they are able to do for themselves. 2) This needs to change. Consider your basic employee lifecycle: plan -->source --> hire --> on board --> evaluate --> compensate --> develop --> separate How involved is the employee in each of these steps?
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45 Things
AUGUST 10, 2010
Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4 Ways to Say "No" at Work Often the most difficult word in the English language is "no." Many of us hate hearing it (especially when it goes with "No.you arent getting the promotion") but its just as difficult for many of us to say it.
Evil HR Lady
AUGUST 31, 2010
I have an employee who, in the past few months, has had to take leave without pay several times because she has exceeded the sick and vacation time she earns. Some of that time has been FML and documented with our HR office, but not all of it, in fact not most of it. After it seemed like she was taking Leave Without Pay (LWOP) consistently (3 months in a row), I had a talk with her about her absences.
The Bamboo Project Blog
AUGUST 19, 2010
I've written before about the importance of reflective practice in professional development --the process of reflecting on your development as a professional and recording those thoughts somehow. The problem for most people is that getting in a regular practice of reflecting and recording can be difficult. Developing new habits can be hard, so having a tool to help you along can be invaluable.
Workday
AUGUST 26, 2010
'My friend and industry colleague Bill Kutik, a leading expert on human resources technologies, asked me some time ago why I had left the analyst world and joined Workday. Were the industry watchers correct, he asked, in assuming Workday hired me to help it build out the best talent-management suite in the world?
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Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.
QAspire
AUGUST 5, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Engagement, Leadership and Power of Storytelling Last week, I had a short conversation with one of my colleagues in HR about the all important topic of employee engagement. In an impromptu conversation, we touched upon a very important point: People love (and remember) stories, not facts. We loved it when our grandparents wrapped important life lessons in form of stories.
Working Girl
AUGUST 5, 2010
'A recent post over at Steve''s HR Technology about jobs that require degrees got me thinking. I believe that how well someone will do at a job has more to do with who they are than what sort of degree or experience they have. There are exceptions: If you''re going to perform surgery on my brain or represent me in a court of law, I want to see a degree or two after your name and I don''t want to be your first client after graduation.
45 Things
AUGUST 19, 2010
Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, August 19, 2010 How to Network -- and Not Hate It One of the reasons I wanted to be a newspaper reporter -- and not a television reporter -- was because I didnt want to be in front of a camera. I didnt want people looking at me.
Evil HR Lady
AUGUST 30, 2010
What do you do when your HR manager hates you and prevents you from moving forward with your career? First, stop blaming her. Evil HR Lady tells you why. My HR Manager is a Nightmare Photo by Geishaboy500 , Flickr cc 2.
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The Bamboo Project Blog
AUGUST 2, 2010
The other day, Stephen Downes posted the graphic above --without comment, which it didn't really need because the graphic says it all. And the graphic reminded me of a wonderful recent blog post by Kivi Leroux Miller on creating website content your visitors really want, which suggests that most people who visit your site or blog or whatever come with specific questions and your job is to answer those questions.
Workday
AUGUST 19, 2010
'When most people think about business intelligence (BI) they think about dedicated BI tools such as IBM’s Cognos, SAP’s Business Objects, and Oracle’s Hyperion products. You don’t hear them talk about applications that offer great BI.
QAspire
AUGUST 10, 2010
Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer In Pursuit Of “Customer Delight”: Getting The Basics Right A lot of companies have the phrase “delighting our customers” in their well-crafted mission statements and quality policies. I see “customer delight” as a cherry, with the cake being “solving their problems and meeting the expectations” – so when we say “cherry on top of the cake”, the cake has to be right.
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