Sat.Nov 20, 2010 - Fri.Nov 26, 2010

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Today’s Chief Learning Officer: Tamar Elkeles – A CLO of the Decade

Josh Bersin

One of the privileges I have in my role is the opportunity to meet some of the great world leaders in corporate learning and development. In the interest of helping our industry understand the. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Enterprise Learning Learning 2.0 career development chief change officer chief culture office chief performance officer chief talent officer cio clo high impact learning culture qualcomm southe

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5 Employee Engagement Myths

David Zinger

Are You Mything Out on Employee Engagement? Employee engagement has been capturing the attention of organizations because of the potential benefits ranging from better financial results to employee well-being. Here are 5 myths or mistakes that many organizations make with their employee engagement work. Engagement measures must be anonymous. Engagement requires a name and a face not an anonymous survey.

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Lessons in the Power of Creative Destruction

The Bamboo Project Blog

Last night I had dinner with my husband, my two daughters, my ex-husband, his wife and their 5 month old baby girl. We ate Chinese in the house my ex and I bought together 10 years ago, gathered around the dining table his new wife brought to the house when they married. My daughters sat at one end passing their baby sister back and forth between them, while the four parents sat at the other, watching what we've created together in the past 7 years.

Company 72
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Catch-up with Workday

Strategic HCM

'w I’ve had a couple of interesting conversations about developments in HR technologies recently. For example, at one of the panels at Enterprise 2.0, I was asked about to what extent HR systems limit HR’s ability to rise above compliance activities. I suggested that this was largely an echo of the past – that technology shouldn’t be a a barrier to performance as it was maybe just ten years ago.

Workday 69
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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Managers: Time to Talk Turkey

Working Girl

'As we go into the holiday season, consider talking turkey with your employees. If you''re a typical manager I''m guessing you don''t do this too much. Other stuff gets in the way. You have your agenda and work schedule and meetings. Your employees seem reasonably happy and productive. You probably assume things are fine. And maybe they are. But extrapolating from recent studies about employee engagement, they probably aren''t.

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Five Ways to Make a Job More Bearable

Evil HR Lady

Your company has not been nice ever since the economy started to go south. In fact, their general attitude is that you should just suck it up because at least you have a job. Here are 5 things you can do to make it more tolerable.

Company 40
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Thoughts on the HRO Europe Summit: Social Outsourcing?

Strategic HCM

'So as I wrote on Friday, last week I was in Amsterdam for the HR Outsourcing (HRO) Europe conference. I was there mainly to catch up with people and see how the outsourcing market had changed since my last involvement in it (working on GSK’s HR outsourcing to ACS). But I also caught some of the sessions, and was on a panel together with: Consultants Andy Spence and Jane Owen Jones Nigel Perks from one of my old clients, BT Global Services Peter Cappelli from Wharton.

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Hard to Imagine Talent

Working Girl

'My youngest daughter had her fifth birthday a couple of weeks ago. We celebrated at the local pony club, where she and several friends from Kindergarten rode miniature ponies around in a circle for about an hour, followed by pizza and cake. A former equestrian myself, I was proud to note my older daughter’s straight back and general competence on a horse.

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Employee Engagement: What do you C?

David Zinger

An Employee Engagement Leadership Classic. One of the employee engagement classic articles is: What engages employees the most or, The Ten C’s of employee engagement by Gerard H. Seijts and Dan Crim. They offer their 10 C’s of what leaders can do to engage employees’ heads, hearts, and hands. If you are a leader, read the list and grade yourself.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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Petty Tyrant

Evil HR Lady

So, I've written about workplace bullies before. ( My HR Department Bullies Employees , Workplace Bullies , and Bully Boss.) But, nothing, and I mean nothing compares to this This American Life episode: Petty Tyrant. Here's their description: In Schenectady, NY, a school maintenance man named Steve Raucci works his way up the ranks for 30 years, until finally he's in charge of the maintenance department.

Meeting 40
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cHRchat

Strategic HCM

'Spurred on from successes with our tweet-ups and unconference , Connecting HR has now launched a series of weekly Twitter chats when we tweet about a particular topic linked to the key themes we identified at the unconference, ie: General HR Knowledge Share HR in the Age of Austerity HR in the Social World HR supporting the Social Business (enterprise 2.0) HR 2.0 (web 2.0 / social media within HR) Use of social media.

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On Delivering

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer On Delivering In software world, delivering is generally associated with painful process of testing, rework, defect fixing, perfecting, packaging and then shipping. We build our reputation as professionals by the stuff we deliver, quality of what we deliver and timeliness of our shipments. Here’s what I have realized: All deliveries have associated pain.

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Zing-Review: Employee Engagement and Life Cycle

David Zinger

Do your employees have a shelf life? Daily HR tips fused employee engagement and the employee life cycle from orientation to disengagement. Here is the tip: Take a look at your key employees and determine their place in the ELC. Identify any actions or interventions you need to take—particularly for employees at ELC stages 4 and 5. Click here. Now go read the article and see if the life cycle perspective can bring more engagement to your organization.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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I’m Sabotaging My Employees’ Job Searches Through LinkedIn Connections

Evil HR Lady

Dear Evil HR Lady, I have several recommendations from co-workers listed on my LinkedIn profile. As I’m currently shopping my resume, I’m assuming that they are being contacted by recruiters to verify employment and dig for any issues. It would explain some of the recent resentment I’m experiencing at work and some non sequiter comments from the people who made recommendations.

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A Royal Revolution

Strategic HCM

'No, I’m not quite proposing that! But Will and Kate haven’t left me much time to escape from the UK before the royal wedding ! So, either I just try to bring forward my plans (a bit of pressure can be a good thing, after all). Or perhaps I just try to arrange a short project or speaking engagement at the time the wedding’s on. One option is HRevolution on 29-30 April ( tickets here ).

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Project Social: Seeing Green

Working Girl

'Although briefly distracted by the news that Google employees will be getting a 10% increase and servants to run errands and assemble their IKEA furniture for them – have you ever tried to assemble IKEA furniture?? - I''ve managed to shrug it off and focus on what really matters: Sustainability. I was recently asked to write a Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) for my company, so I''ve been busy researching Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and existing sustainability reports.

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Workaiku: Sun

David Zinger

inert cloudy day. nothing to show for effort. finish task sun shines. Tags: Employee Engagement.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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I'm Sabotaging My Employees' Job Searches Through LinkedIn Connections

Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady Why am I evil? Well, Im not, but thats the perception of all of us in HR. Need to fire someone? Come to HR. Need to explain to someone why, even after working their rear end off all year, that their annual increase is 2.7%? Come to HR. Need to come up with new mountains of paperwork? Come to HR. So, come join me on the Evil Side. Oh, and send me your HR questions.

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Petty Tyrant

Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady Why am I evil? Well, Im not, but thats the perception of all of us in HR. Need to fire someone? Come to HR. Need to explain to someone why, even after working their rear end off all year, that their annual increase is 2.7%? Come to HR. Need to come up with new mountains of paperwork? Come to HR. So, come join me on the Evil Side. Oh, and send me your HR questions.

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Five Ways to Make a Job More Bearable

Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady Why am I evil? Well, Im not, but thats the perception of all of us in HR. Need to fire someone? Come to HR. Need to explain to someone why, even after working their rear end off all year, that their annual increase is 2.7%? Come to HR. Need to come up with new mountains of paperwork? Come to HR. So, come join me on the Evil Side. Oh, and send me your HR questions.