Sat.May 19, 2012 - Fri.May 25, 2012

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Interviewing Ryan Blair at the Economist's Talent Management.

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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Company vision and values are more than just a plaque on the wall: Help employees see the bigger picture

Achievers

Do you find yourself dreading work on Monday morning, because of the repetitive grind and monotonous daily tasks? Do you ever ask yourself these questions: “Why am I doing this? How do my actions contribute to the overall success of the company? What’s the point ?”. Don’t let this happen to your workforce. As an employer, you need to be aware that employees can get stuck in monotony and require more motivation outside of their daily tasks and individual goals in order to be engaged.

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SuccessFactors Unwraps Turbo-Charged HR Analytics Solution

Josh Bersin

The HR analytics market has gotten white hot. With all the HR and talent management software out there, companies are now starting to invest very heavily in their HR analytics strategies. (For more on this topic, read about our BigData in HR research.). Our research shows that only around 7% of HR organizations have reached. Read more» The post SuccessFactors Unwraps Turbo-Charged HR Analytics Solution appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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How to Toot Your Own Horn Without Annoying Others

45 Things

I participate in several LinkedIn groups, and one question that caught my eye the other day was whether journalists should have a blog as a way to promote their personal brand. I answered the question by pointing out that by developing a personal -- yet professional -- blog, I've been able to make some really cool connections and find wonderful sources.

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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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Wise Words.But Not From Me

NoExcusesHR

'I was thinking hard about a powerful message to write. Something that would not only impact me, but perhaps touch others in some small way. It''s interesting how life gives us an opportunity to feast at the humble pie buffet. That''s how I felt after watching this short video. This young man has it all figured out. Please pass another slice of that pie.

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SuccessFactors Unwraps Turbo-Charged HR Analytics Solution

Josh Bersin

The HR analytics market has gotten white hot. With all the HR and talent management software out there, companies are now starting to invest very heavily in their HR analytics strategies. (For more. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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SuccessFactors Unwraps Turbo-Charged HR Analytics Solution

Bersin with Deloitte

The HR analytics market has gotten white hot. With all the HR and talent management software out there, companies are now starting to invest very heavily in their HR analytics strategies. (For more on this topic, read about our BigData in HR research.) Our research shows that only around 6-7% of HR organizations have reached […]. The post SuccessFactors Unwraps Turbo-Charged HR Analytics Solution appeared first on Bersin by Deloitte.

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Good Ol’ Boys Can Not Lead. Ever.

NoExcusesHR

'I can''t stand the term good ol'' boy. I don''t mean the rarely used positive reference to being a southern gentleman; I''m talking about the negative, often exclusive connotation. Think white guys with chauvinist and racist tendencies. When I hear good ol'' boys and leadership in the same sentence it makes me want to hurl. I know what you’re thinking, there is no leadership when the management team is a bunch of good ol'' boys, right?

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Managers need recognition, too! 3 steps for employee retention

Achievers

Dear A Advisor, I need your help! My company is having trouble with employee retention. We offer competitive salaries and we’re a strong competitor in our industry, but we just can’t seem to keep staff happy enough to stay with our company. What tools can we use to make our employees more satisfied and engaged? Thanks for your help! Mr. Lonely. Dear Lonely, Employee retention can be a very difficult issue, but we do know that employees don’t leave jobs: they leave managers.

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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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Employee Engagement Program Guidelines

David Zinger

This is the most popular blog post on this site. It is read 10 to 20 times every day since it was posted well over two years ago. The post originally appeared on December 1, 2009. At that time, the Employee Engagement Network had 1750 members as opposed to the 4800 members who currently belong to the network. I have re-posted it because of the popularity for the content and the helpful guidance it offers for employee engagement program developers.

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#SAPForum Doing Ulrich – or a return to the flexible resource pool?

Strategic HCM

'Today I was at SAP Forum in London. There were a couple of interesting technology oriented sessions (which to me, more than anything, showed the similarity of issues faced by IT and HR departments) and a few good HR ones (with a couple of less good ones too). The best of these I thought was one on Ulrich – and beyond, presented by Accenture and providing some early insights into some research they’re doing currently (there’ll be a book).

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Like A Moth To Flame

NoExcusesHR

'Transitions of power. In some countries those transitions are filled with violence and bloodshed. In Corporate America the pain is less obvious.but the impact can still be damaging and permanent. Sometimes the process of transition is filled with posturing, behind-the-scenes moves, and attempts to secure power and control. At other times, it can be a process of collaboration and breakthroughs from an old culture to a new and more open way of doing business.

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After the big Facebook IPO, is talent a risk for Facebook? 3 tips to retain top talent beyond money

Achievers

After eight years of innovation, expansion and hard work, Facebook is now a publicly traded company worth $104 billion. But as the IPO dust settles and begins to fade, what happens next for Facebook and its employees? Many employees have newfound wealth and, as a result, Facebook management faces a risk of losing talent. With their fortune, employees may start their own company or pursue other ventures.

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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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Announcing: The ASTD Management Development Handbook

QAspire

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) recently released a fantastic collection titled “ The ASTD Management Development Handbook ”. This book provides current thinking on various management aspects by practicing management professionals. Lisa Haneberg , the editor of this book invited about 37 bloggers/authors to contribute their thinking – people who are active NOW, who are exploring the emerging trends in management and are willing to share their thinking on the best management

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Making meetings more exciting?

Strategic HCM

'There was some interesting research out a few weeks ago from Epson and CEBR suggesting that the average UK office worker wastes 2 hours and 39 minutes in meetings every week. £26 billion: the amount lost from UK economy through time wasted in meetings in 2011 2 hours 39 minutes: the number of hours workers feel are wasted in meetings during an average week 49 minutes: the number of wasted minutes in meetings not made up for later 10 hours or over: the amount of time one in five senior managers

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Noise Pollution

NoExcusesHR

'"It''s time for a reorganization." "I want to develop a whole new strategy." "What we need around here is a fresh perspective." "I just wish our HRIS could meet our needs." "My employees are driving me crazy." And on, and on, and on. I have three kids who can get pretty noisy. But the noise ( read here => excuses ) I''ve heard generated over the years blows away the decibel level at my house.

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HR: Now tech savvy!

Achievers

“HR has never been known for being at the leading edge of new technology or communication. However there are many new technologies that now help increase engagement and productivity making it imperative for HR to jump on board. Today’s employees have high expectations, Gen X and Gen Y are demanding that their employers become early adopters of technologies such as social media to excel in their job functions.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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9 (More) Ideas for Effective Trainings

QAspire

Trainings are at the core of most knowledge-oriented organizations and often considered to be key driver of employee behaviors, and hence culture. It is a lot of hard work, a lot of time, effort and energy spent. It better be effective. Here are 9 (more) ideas to ensure that trainings are effective (related ideas in links below): Training is not a silver bullet.

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HR Performance 2012

Strategic HCM

'Straight after that I’m following Dave Ulrich back to London for another session on HR supporting social media in the business at HR Performance in London. Other speakers include: Sandy Begbie, Group People and Operations Director at Standard Life Binna Kandola, Senior Partner and co-founder, Pearn Kandola Vance Kearney, Vice President Human Resources, Oracle Europe, Middle East and Africa Jez Lanhorn, Vice President People, McDonald’s UK Darren Newman, Consultant Editor, XpertHR and writer, Eq

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Team Collaboration: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Quickbase

Teamwork is drilled into our heads from an early age. From joining Little League to completing school projects, we’re encouraged to get along with others. (Heck, our report cards even noted how well we got along with classmates!) As adults, we’re still led to believe that collaboration is the key to getting work done. While […].

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Training Troubles? Why Your Teaching Style Is Likely To Blame

Insperity

When it comes to on-the-job training, you’ve probably noticed that some people seem to learn quickly, while others require more time and attention. But have you considered that your method of teaching might be to blame for the varied responses from your staff? Just because a new employee doesn’t understand your instructions doesn’t mean he can’t be taught.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Happy World Turtle Day! If Only Turtles Could Use Humanity’s Workforce Management Software…

Humanity

Today, May 23, is World Turtle Day! It is a day, sponsored yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue, is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive. The Humanity team adores turtles and tortoises, who could benefit from some effective management!

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Middle East HR Summit ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital (HCM)

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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What U.S. Region Has the Most D.I.Y. App Creators?

Quickbase

As you may remember, we released a study surveying more than 900 information workers across the country. The results included interesting insights on the growing generation of D.I.Y. information workers, who are independently deploying technology to address customer and workflow problems. What may come as a surprise is the region where most D.I.Y. workers are […].

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FROM THE BLOOPER BOOK

Aurico

'Getting let go from a job is no laughing matter, except when the reasons why are this off-the-wall. Here are some real responses people have given to why they’ve been asked to leave, along with other reasons why they headed for the nearest exit. Have you ever been discharged or asked to resign from any position? (checked yes) If yes, describe in full: “Would NOT except Doctor excuss from my mommy.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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If you're a student, what you should be doing this summer

45 Things

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall — Reflections of Performance: Five tips for writing an effective self-assessment.

Reviewsnap

'There it is — the email invitation from your manager suggesting a date for your next performance appraisal. No sweat, you think. You’ve been killing deadlines and kicking the competition for the past six months. But what’s that last sentence? “A self-assessment should be completed prior to the meeting.” Unless you’re a practicing narcissist, the idea of assessing one’s own performance leaves most employees either cold or confused.

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Massachusetts Expands New CORI Reform

Aurico

'The Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law was completely revamped by St.2010, c.256, s.2-37. Most substantive changes, such as limits to CORI given to employers and others, are effective in May 2012; restrictions on CORI questions on job applications became effective in November 2010. Sequence of Events: CORI Reform Bill was signed into law by Governor Patrick on August 6, 2010.