Achievers
JANUARY 20, 2012
If you talk to any employee, you’ll hear that everyone has a favorite reason for working at A chievers. We show off our popcorn machine, we brag about our great people, and we boast about our Top 100 Reasons Why It’s Great To Work at A chievers list (we even made a video about it!). But did you know that the hills are alive, with the sound of A chievers?
Josh Bersin
JANUARY 19, 2012
Are you a great instructional designer looking for an exciting new opportunity? Would you like to help design cutting-edge, market leading instructional content for a global audience? Are you. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.
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The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 17, 2012
Yesterday I posted on how to make your career dreams come true. One of my dreams is to work with people from around the world to explore the concept of social artistry and how we can use the skills of the social artist at work and for learning. So I'm going to make it happen. . Announcing: The Virtual Knowledge Cafe on Social Artistry. Brent MacKinnon and I are organizing a 9-week Knowledge Cafe that we plan to run online, starting February 20, 2012. .
45 Things
JANUARY 16, 2012
Last Friday I took a couple of hours off to run some personal errands. I wish I had stayed home, because my retinas are forever emblazoned with the visions I saw in "casual Friday" workplaces as I went to take care of my business. Casual Fridays were instituted as a sort of morale booster years ago, a way to let employees ditch the tie and pantyhose and wear something a little more casual.
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Achievers
JANUARY 19, 2012
Hi A , How can you target different generations with recognition? We’re finding in our workplace, with rewards and recognition, that what motivates a baby boomer may not motivate a Gen X’er or Millennial and so forth. Thoughts? Sincerely, Ageless Concern. Ageless Concern, There are many different intrinsic and extrinsic factors that motivate people differently.
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The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 20, 2012
I've been thinking lately about our focus on "managing" people. I spend a lot of time with front-line supervisors in various capacities and they are obssessed with how to control people's behavior. The discussions are of two basic types--How do you get staff to do the things you want them to do? How do you STOP staff from doing things you DON'T want them to do?
Strategic HCM
JANUARY 18, 2012
'I''m at Lumesse''s international customer conference in London today. The most interesting things for me have been: Listening to Josh Bersin - always great value even if I don''t agree with everything he says - eg the development of Strategic HR into Integrated Talent Management (agreed) and then a business enablement function vs a separate function managing people (disagree).
Achievers
JANUARY 17, 2012
Can’t keep it up? You’re not alone. Employers worldwide can’t keep it up either. If you’re experiencing snowball effects such as: Increased turnover rates. Decreased employee empowerment. Unsatisfying performance results. Poor team culture. …then it’s time you admit that your employee engagement strategy needs a makeover. Aon Hewitt recently released their disturbing analysis on employee engagement levels in 2011 in workplaces across the world.
45 Things
JANUARY 19, 2012
You may be so busy at work that you're lucky to hit the bathroom once a day and find time to grab a sandwich to eat at your desk. When your boss offers you more training, your immediate response may be to decline. More training? Who has the time? But in this story I did for Gannett/USAToday, you'll see that it's to your advantage never to turn down a chance to learn something new.
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The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 16, 2012
I'm at the end of Week 1 with my Career Clarity Camp and we're heading into Week 2, where we'll start to turn our career visions into some meaningful action. . One thing I'm realizing as we go through this process is how often we sideline our dreams. We worry that we may fail in our efforts or that we will do something stupid or embarrassing. Sometimes we wait around for someone else to go first.
Working Girl
JANUARY 15, 2012
'One of the early goals of project social was to see how different themes drove more visits and comments. My project social partner Dave Ryan and I are occasionally (OK, frequently) baffled by which posts get lots of traffic, which receive the most comments and which are comparatively ignored. Which makes it interesting to take stock at the beginning of a new year to see which posts were the most popular overall and compare these to the ones we thought were the best.
Achievers
JANUARY 16, 2012
Guest post written by: China Gorman. chinagorman.com/about/. I’m not big on predictions. I’m big on surveying the environment, looking at the data, and then figuring out what needs to be done and doing it. But it’s that time of year. Predictions are everywhere. Want to know what venture capitalists think is looming large in 2012? Read this. How about the top 10 issues for small businesses?
Strategic HCM
JANUARY 20, 2012
'The other key event that I’ll be presenting at next week will be Learning Technologies (with Learning and Skills, and Learning without Frontiers) at the Olympia in London on Thursday. In the red corner , Paul Jagger at IBM will be arguing that L&D needs to break free of HR in order to take its rightful place at the heart of organisational strategy.
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Aurico
JANUARY 19, 2012
'Some applicants self-select themselves out of the candidate pool right from the start, making our job so much easier. Here are some actual answers we’ve seen on job applications. For the record, none were applying for a job as a stand-up comedian. What are your strengths? “Creative, hard working, GREAT looking” What are your weaknesses? “perfection (I strive for)” What are your weaknesses?
True Faith HR
JANUARY 18, 2012
'Ray, J.L., Baker, L.T., & Plowman, D.A. 2011. Organizational Mindfulness in Business Schools. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 10(2). pp. 188-203. Last week, we examined the concept of surprise and organizational bricolage. In many instances, organizations can fall victim to surprise because they are unprepared. One way to prepare for surprise is to be "mindful," by paying close attention to their surroundings and maintaining the ability to act on unexpected signals.
QAspire
JANUARY 15, 2012
If process is a vehicle, purpose is the compass. Purpose gives a definite direction to processes. People (and their expertise) are the drivers. Technology acts as an accelerator. Most system implementation or change initiatives focus enough on the P-P-T – People, process and technology and somewhere along the lines, the focus on purpose blurs. I have seen improvement experts who are always on the quest to find the next new thing, a fancy template or a complex matrix document that they can includ
Strategic HCM
JANUARY 19, 2012
'Next week I’ll be chairing the second day of the HR Directors Business Summit in Birmingham, UK. My key role will be running the plenary panel session at the end of the day, facilitating a ‘big conversation’ about some of the key themes from the conference (including the unconference which is forming part of it). However, we’ll also be looking for inputs over social media, so if you want to participate in the conference, and can’t be there in person, do follow the hashtag #hrevent , and join us
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Aurico
JANUARY 19, 2012
'Avoid Fair Credit Reporting Act Violations; New California laws that impact employers We want to remind all of our clients that it is extremely important to follow FCRA regulations as it relates to Consent and Disclosure and Adverse Action. Consent and Disclosure: The Consent and Disclosure form must be provided prior to requesting a consumer report and within three days of an Investigative Consumer Report.
Insperity
JANUARY 15, 2012
Flooding in one region. Drought and wildfires in another. Natural disasters are an unpredictable reality across the country, and their impact on small businesses can be devastating. Economist Ray Perryman, founder and president of Texas-based The Perryman Group, estimates that in Texas alone, the current drought and ensuing wildfires will eventually have a $20 billion economic impact.
NoExcusesHR
JANUARY 19, 2012
'As a child my friends and I played " tag." It was a simple game where one person was "it" and the others ran around trying not to get tagged. If you were caught you were now "it." The game always started the same way, everyone involved shouted out "Not It!" so they could avoid the punishment of being the one. The punishment of being the one. Don''t Say It One of the things that frustrates me is the avoidance strategy many leaders use when it comes time to confront someone.
Strategic HCM
JANUARY 19, 2012
'This is an (updated) article I wrote to support the HR Director’s Business Summit next week: The next HR Directors Business Summit taking place in January 2012 will, for the first time, feature an unconference. Since this format may be unfamiliar to many delegates, I have written this article to explain a little about the history of unconferencing, and what you can expect if you attend one of the unconference sessions at the Summit.
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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.
Aurico
JANUARY 19, 2012
'With the unemployment rate at 8.6% in November 2011, many prospective employees are “beefing up” their resumes. Much news has been made over the years about truth in advertising, but little emphasis has been placed on truth in hiring. The Society for Human Resource Management states 45% of all resumes contain one major fabrication, while The Wall Street Journal reports that 34% of all job applications contain lies regarding experience, education and the ability to perform essential job function
Inpower Coaching
JANUARY 18, 2012
Sometimes we have to accept the reality that innovation can’t always be planned, but when we find a pattern to help us increase the likelihood of spontaneity – why not try to learn it and bake it into the corporate culture? In their new book “ Great by Choice ,” Jim Collins and Morten Hansen have identified some of these patterns. One I loved was “Zoom In Zoom Out” that describes how executives at innovative companies “Zoom Out” to take a strategic view of the situation before “Zooming In” to t
Insperity
JANUARY 17, 2012
In today’s competitive marketplace, deciding to outsource a portion or all of your human resource (HR) responsibilities could go a long way toward boosting your bottom line. By entering into a co-employment relationship with a professional employer organization (PEO), you will be free to focus on what really matters—growing your business. A PEO relationship involves contractual allocation and sharing of employer rights, responsibilities and risks with its client companies and their workforce.
NoExcusesHR
JANUARY 17, 2012
'Are these words at odds with each other? Is it possible to develop a strategic plan and also lead the execution of that plan? I''m not talking about assigning the implementation steps to a support team; I''m asking if the same person can effectively develop a high level strategic plan and then provide the leadership to make it happen? Should the same person make it happen; or, at least be involved enough to ensure the project is completed?
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.
Aurico
JANUARY 19, 2012
'In January 2012, Aurico was designated an NAPBS accredited organization. The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) is the leading national resource for issues related to the background screening industry. NAPBS promotes ethical business practices and fosters awareness of privacy rights and consumer protection issues. It is the foremost leader in the movement toward establishing generally accepted and reliable standards for background screening professionals and organ
Reviewsnap
JANUARY 15, 2012
'Employees need to understand what is important for them to focus on in the course of doing their jobs. That is an obvious observation. But are the selected competencies really the most critical relative to the focus employees will place on them? In other words, will focusing on those competencies help optimize contribution to team and organizational success?
David Zinger
JANUARY 17, 2012
6. Leverage Strengths – An outline of why employee engagement needs to be strong stuff. (Part 6 of an 11 part series on how managers can improve employee engagement). Let’s get strong in 2012. Engagement is strong stuff. When you know your strengths, live your strengths, and leverage your strengths in the service of others you will have increased engagement, happiness, and well being.
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