Sat.Nov 27, 2010 - Fri.Dec 03, 2010

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A Knowledge Management Conference that Actually Used KM Principles

Conversation Matters

Like many organizations, the US Army holds a Knowledge Management Conference each year. And like most conferences there are three kinds of activities, 1) keynote speakers, 2) practitioners telling about their KM successes, and 3) long breaks for people to network. The speaker format is also typical - three or four speakers in a row with a few minutes of Q & A at the end of each speaker’s time and then on to the next speaker.

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Reason 543 Why You MUST Stop Site Blocking: Your Employees Can't Solve Their Problems On Their Own

The Bamboo Project Blog

Yesterday was a typical day for me as a knowledge worker--lots of unrelated problems to solve, ranging from troubleshooting an issue with a Wordpress blog I was setting up for a client to gathering information on employment statistics for people with disabilities. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone in having this kind of wide-ranging work to do. Even the specialists among us have found their job duties broadening in this tight economy.

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Why Employers May Not Be Hiring Veterans

45 Things

Do you know a veteran? Do you know a veteran who can't get a job? Then, this column I did for Gannett/USAToday may be a real eye-opener for you. If you're an employer, I hope it hits home for you and the next action you take is picking up the phone to find a vet to hire. With a national unemployment rate of 9.6%, finding a job is challenging for many Americans.

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High-Impact Learning Culture in Europe

Josh Bersin

I spent this week in Europe (nice Siberian snowstorm here), attending a client meeting in the UK and the Online Educa Berlin (OEB), the largest e-learning conference in the world. This conference, Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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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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7 Powerful I-Statement to Maximize Employee Engagement

David Zinger

Eye-I for Engagement. The following 7 internal “I” statements were inspired by my work with Crucial Conversations. To me, they are the essence of a strong foundation for interpersonal connection that builds relationships and achieves results. Crucial Conversations is designed for situations of high stakes, differing opinions, and strong emotions. These statements can form the underpinning of most engaging interactions.

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How To Keep Your Good Ideas From Being Shot Down at Work

45 Things

Long before Debbie Downer ever came along -- or Michael Scott or Dwight Schrute hit the airwaves -- there have been naysayers in the workplace. You know exactly who I'm talking about. Those people who shoot down your good ideas before they even get off the ground. The negative co-workers or bosses who always seem to have an argument as to why your plan won't work.

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Relationships in social recruiting

Strategic HCM

'There have been some fairly consistent views about social recruiting expressed this morning at Alan Whitford and Vic Okezie’s social recruiting conference… Views which I think contrast to the way many if not most organisations looking at social recruiting are trying to do it, and to those expressed in a few different articles recently, eg this one from John Sumser.

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Vicious Streak

True Faith HR

'As a culture, we have always embraced the bad boy, the anti-hero. In the 1950s, Marlon Brando was a consummate bad boy in “The Wild One. When asked “What''re you rebelling against, Johnny?” he replied “Whaddya got?” In the late 1960s and 1970s (heck, even today), Jack Nicholson captured this role in several films, such as “Carnal Knowledge” and “Five Easy Pieces.

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Zings: Focus and Energy

David Zinger

Employee Engagement: Do you have energetic focus for your work? Dr. Ed. Hallowell has done tremendous work on focus and energy. He recently wrote a post on the Harvard Business Review blog: Will Focus Make You Happier? The post outlines the challenges to bring focus to our work, how current work makes it a challenge to focus, and the benefits for happiness and productivity when we focus.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

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

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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A First for My Website

45 Things

I've started something new today I've never before done on this blog or my website. I'm now accepting advertising. This wasn't an easy decision, and one I've avoided for years. As a journalist, I've always worried about a conflict of interest. I didn't want anyone to think I covered an issue or wrote about someone because they advertised on my site and I made money from the deal.

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Pay transparency– in the news (and on cHRchat)

Strategic HCM

'Sir David Walker never actually suggested publishing details on each individual bankers’ pay, fearing that this would jeopardise their privacy (ah, poor dears!). And he’s since pulled back from his milder suggestion that banks publish ‘bands’ showing the pay and bonuses of all employees earning over £1m while hiding individual employees’ names. It seems this can’t be done unless all countries do the same thing (which was never going to happen anyway).

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Thursday Thought: The “Real” Worship

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Thursday Thought: The “Real” Worship A quick thought. A lot of people worship religiously by following age old traditions, maintaining rituals and visiting religious places. That is the kind of worship that connects us to the Almighty. In my view, the “real worship”, the one that deeply connects us to our own selves , is to: first be ‘human’ in everything we do. know how to ‘give’ generously (and unconditionally). fully express ourselves

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Employee Engagement Enchantment

David Zinger

Employee Engagement: Do you try to capture employees or enchant employees? Enchantment means captivation, a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual. How do we create liking and wonder for work and engagement? Enchantment is the art of changing hearts, minds, and actions. View the slide presentation below on Guy Kawasaki’s 10 suggestions to find enchantment.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Seven Spectacular Career Comebacks

Evil HR Lady

Just because you've had a big setback doesn't mean your career has to be over. Meet seven people who bounced back after making spectacular mistakes, and learn how you can, too.

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G4Social

Strategic HCM

'The last presentation today (just before a Bill Boorman panel) is with Colin Minto , Global Head of Resourcing at G4S. I’ve been following the progress of G4S’ new system since meeting Colin at a Connecting HR tweet-up earlier this year. And the system’s now been live for one week and one day. For G4S, social recruiting is an aspect of their direct resourcing strategy which supports their EVP / employer brand (on the slide).

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Teaching, Improvement and Change: A Few Parallels

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Teaching, Improvement and Change: A Few Parallels 12 years back, I started my career as a tutor who taught Oracle and PL/SQL to students belonging to different age groups. One thing I realized very early in my career as a tutor is that everyone of us has a different rate of learning – the speed with which we grasp new things, accept changes and change our own thinking.

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Workaiku: Iceberg

David Zinger

Titanic error. failing to see what’s below. a leadership sinks. Tags: Employee Engagement.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Blackberries, iPhones and Androids: Do SmartPhones Belong in Meetings?

Evil HR Lady

People text, e-mail, surf the web and even, watch videos (presumably with the sound off) during meetings. So, the question is, if everyone is doing it, should you bring your little SmartPhone. Blackberries, iPhones and Androids: Do SmartPhones Belong in Meetings?

Meeting 40
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Thoughts on the HRO Europe Summit 2: Presenting with Peter Cappelli

Strategic HCM

'So as I wrote last Friday , the week before last, I was in Amsterdam for the HR Outsourcing (HRO) Europe conference 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. Cappelli had just presented on his Talent on Demand book before the panel.

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Cultivating Curiosity

The Bamboo Project Blog

Peter Bromberg over at ALA Learning is asking about how you create a culture of curiosity , something that's been on my mind of late. He points out that curiosity is the. only known antidote to the single biggest block to learning: the idea that we already have the answer (and it’s 1 st cousin, “I don’t care about the answer”.) Being in a state of curiosity means looking out at the world, collecting data, observing human behaviors and interactions, and asking “why?

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Project Social: Green Jobs

Working Girl

'My Project Social partner Dave Ryan and I met this week to coordinate our next post. Up to now, I’ve been focused on the corporate sustainability side of green technologies while Dave the HR Official has been thinking more in terms of job creation. My kinda HR guy! For his next post he plans to visit a recycling plant with his camera and film a short vlog about who works there and how it all works so stay tuned.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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How To Handle a Bully Boss

Evil HR Lady

Dear Evil HR Lady, My immediate manager feels betrayed/jealous because I applied for another position within my company. I just received news that she badmouthed me and lied about my performance when they called to ask about me. One of my coworkers overheard her on the phone, because her desk is in the main area. Additionally, when a customer commented on how they were going to lose me to another branch, my boss said “Stacy, is not going anywhere!

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People first, social second

Strategic HCM

'So I’m at another social recruiting conference today where I was chairing a panel on engaging employees through and with social media, with Charlie Elise , Heather Taylor and Doug Shaw. I was trying to keep an eye on the twitter stream behind me (and on my iphone), but didn’t manage to catch them all. Eg this tweet from Peter Massey : #SRConf Do u think companies'' values more impt than social media?

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Apprentice Lessons - How to Sell Yourself in the Boardroom (Job Interview)

Nobscot

'The Apprentice boardroom provides an excellent lesson for job applicants in selling themselves to their prospective employer.In this week''s episode, Donald Trump had to decide which candidate of the final three to fire. Liza and Brandy had just come off from a winning task. Clint was the favored candidate and survivor from the opposing team.Donald asked each candidate, "Why should I hire you?

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Your Employer Wants You to “Resign”: How to Fight Back

Evil HR Lady

You probably can't stop your boss from firing you, but you can negotiate the terms of your dismissal.

How To 40
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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Evil HR Lady: How To Handle a Bully Boss

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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Your Employer Wants You to “Resign”: How to Fight Back

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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Evil HR Lady: Blackberries, iPhones and Androids: Do SmartPhones.

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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