Josh Bersin
JULY 15, 2007
Talent Management” has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training today. In this article we will explain the history, principles, and processes of talent management and help readers understand this important area. From Personnel to Strategic HR to Talent Management. To understand why Talent Management has become so important, we.
Nobscot
JULY 5, 2007
'I hate that this great phrase is being used by political spinmeister Frank Luntz as the subtitle for his new book. Words That Work: It''s Not What You Say, It''s What People Hear is about using verbal chicanery to manipulate people''s viewpoints.
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The Bamboo Project Blog
JULY 11, 2007
The Bamboo Project Blog « The Age of Conversation E-Book Coming July 16 | Main | Three Ways to Stand Out From the Crowd » The Rise of the Do-It-Yourself Portal In the past few days, Ive found a number of new portals online. Im starting to wonder if we cant learn a thing or two from whats happening. First, via Eisenblog , came Open Learn Universitys portal , created by Stuart Brown in Netvibes to support OU students and instructors.
Strategic HCM
JULY 1, 2007
I graduated from Imperial College, London in 1987 and joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a systems development consultant. After ten years in IT, change and then HR consulting, I joined Ernst & Young as an HR Director, working firstly in the UK, and then, based in Moscow, covering the former USSR. More recently, I have worked as Head of HR Consulting for Penna and Director of Human Capital Consulting for Buck Consultants (the HR consultancy owned by ACS).
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Josh Bersin
JULY 23, 2007
(This post was recently updated after conversations with. SuccessFactors VP of Product Marketing.). Recently SuccessFactors Inc. filed their “S-1” statement, a prospectus to file for public offering. SuccessFactors is one of the most interesting and fast-growing software companies in the talent management market. Looking at the S-1 filing helps us understand many things about this.
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Nobscot
JULY 6, 2007
'An interesting, albeit somewhat rambling, post from Marc Andreessen with his thoughts on employee turnover and retention. Andreesen is the software entrepreneur best known for co-founding Netscape shortly after his graduation from college.
Nobscot
JULY 6, 2007
'Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but is also a disruption of thought. - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860) I''m a Baby Boomer which means I get work done by starting, concentrating and finishing.
Nobscot
JULY 8, 2007
'There''s a nice article on metrics in last month''s (June 2007) CFO magazine. The article brought up my favorite financial ratio - the "Happy to Grumpy" ratio which Wells Fargo uses to measure actively engaged employees to the actively disengaged. Says Wells Fargo''s CFO Howard Atkins, We want to measure what drives our results, and that includes team-member engagement.
Nobscot
JULY 9, 2007
'Pundits, professors and providers of technology are scurrying around trying to predict how Web 2.0 will successfully enter the workplace. There is talk of wikis and blogs and tagging and collaboration and social networking. Everyone recognizes (correctly) that Web 2.
Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research
Does your organization need more productivity (and less pain) from your HR software? With the increase of technology-dependent remote work and highly sophisticated cyber threats on the rise, it's critical to successfully implement an HR platform that can help your organization see actionable information in real-time to hit all your key workforce KPIs.
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Nobscot
JULY 11, 2007
'In today''s connected world where everyone is just a few degrees away from everyone else, how difficult do you think it would be to reach out to the person of your choice and ask them to become your mentor? If the CEO & President of a niche HR software company in Honolulu wanted to have, for example, Meg Whitman as her mentor, would she be able to connect with her?
Nobscot
JULY 19, 2007
'You may have heard about Nobscot''s unique film marketing project/contest. Aspiring filmmakers and marketers are competing to create the best YouTube-style video on why people really leave their jobs.The rules require that the video begins with a person or person-on-the-street being asked via voice-over: "Why did you leave your last job?
Nobscot
JULY 21, 2007
'Aside from feeling a little bit like a stalker, the Mentor-Me-Meg mission is off to a great start. It began with this post explaining my quest for connecting with Meg Whitman, CEO of Ebay. After I posted about the mentoring mission, I enthusiastically charged ahead with some of the steps I had outlined in hopes of quickly reaching my goal.
Nobscot
JULY 24, 2007
'Jill asked a great question on the Mentor-me-Meg Update post - Why should someone be a mentor? What''s in it for them? To help answer that question, I have put together a list of the top 10 benefits of being a mentor.1) Sharpens your skills. Working with a mentee requires you to stay on top of your game.
Speaker: Ben Eubanks - Chief Research Officer, Lighthouse Research & Advisory
The world of HR has changed so much in recent years, and so have the technologies and tools that support HR and talent leaders. But frankly, keeping up with the ever-changing HR tech landscape can feel like another full-time job. That's why we're sharing with you this webinar session with Ben Eubanks, Chief Research Officer for Lighthouse Research & Advisory.
Nobscot
JULY 26, 2007
'Chick-fil-A Chairman S. Truett Cathy and his sons Dan T., CEO and "Bubba," SVP routinely making hiring and firing decisions based on their applicants'' and employees'' religious and marital status. More astoundingly, they make no attempt to hide the fact and speak openly to the press about it.
Nobscot
JULY 30, 2007
'I always like it when I see a company provide public praise and recognition for one (or more) of their employees. Tonight I ran into a nice post on the Twitter blog from Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey about Twitter "Support Superhero" Crystal. Jack had received an email from a happy customer about the exemplary performance that was provided to him by Crystal.
Nobscot
JULY 30, 2007
'Did you know that if your company is a Costco member, you are eligible for a 40% discount on your job postings with CareerBuilder.com? Since I''m probably the only person that reads the Costco Magazine cover-to-cover, I thought I''d pass news of this discount along. The example provided in the August issue said that for a 30-day posting on CareerBuilder.
Nobscot
JULY 30, 2007
'An article in the summer MIT Sloan Management Review on dynamic pricing reminded me how much I dislike the concept of variable and negotiable pricing. Dynamic pricing is described by author Arvind Sahay as "where prices respond to supply and demand in real or near-real time." Sahay suggests that dynamic pricing provides a way to "reap higher profits" in every individual sale.
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Nobscot
JULY 26, 2007
'Mentoring is not only popular in companies and associations, it also makes for a great theme in films and television. Peer Resources has compiled a fun, comprehensive "Hall of Fame" list of fictional mentoring relationships.Do you remember any of these?Rounders - 1998 motion picture, directed by John Dahl. John Turturro''s character Joey Knish mentors Matt Damon''s Mike McDermott.
Nobscot
JULY 7, 2007
'In my last post, I said that I was a Baby Boomer. It turns out that I was wrong. I have just learned that I''m actually a Jones. A Jones? Apparently a movement to redefine the generations has been brewing for the past 7 or 8 years. From a 1999 news article They grew up watching The Brady Bunch, not Leave It to Beaver. Their attitudes were shaped more by Watergate than JFK.
Strategic HCM
JULY 2, 2007
As well as posting on this blog, I have written, and continue to write on a broad range of business and employment issues for a variety of publications. However, my main work is my book, ' Strategic Human Capital Management: Creating Value through People '; This features case studies from RBS, BT, Orange, Ernst & Young, BBC, the Cabinet Office and other leading organisations (some of which have been developed out of my own consulting projects) and was published by Butterworth Heinemann at th
Strategic HCM
JULY 2, 2007
rix, I am an experienced, dynamic and provocative speaker. I also lecture in HR and change management at the Cotrugli Business Academy in Croatia. And I deliver the Human Capital Strategist programme in the UK and Europe for the Human Capital Institute (HCI). Some of the topics I am ready to present on include: Human Capital Management: the art and science of people management and measurement The Social Business: how organisations can harness social media to develop social capital as a basis for
Speaker: Jeanne Achille - CEO, The Devon Group
Is your HR department running around barefoot like the shoemaker's children? If so, you're on a collision course with the ever-changing realities of the workplace, which necessitate strong HR tech skills. In this webinar, we'll look at why HR should invest in learning to ensure organizational resiliency and employee retention. Consider it self-care as we discuss how to future-proof your own career through the opportunities provided by upskilling.
Strategic HCM
JULY 1, 2007
The mission of Strategic Dynamics Consultancy Services Ltd is to help organisational and individual clients successfully implement HR strategies in an environment of uncertainty and continual change. Most recently, we have specialised in developing and implementing innovative Human Capital Management (HCM) strategies that extend beyond HR's current agenda.
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