The Bamboo Project Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

. Last week I wrote about an elephant in the room of careers and employment that we aren't really acknowledging or discussing--the fact that there are 3.3 job seekers for every available job opening. . Today I want to acknowledge another elephant in the room that is the reality for both those who are unemployed and those who are currently working. It is this (and pardon my bluntness here): From a job seeker perspective, many, many jobs suck.

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 14, 2013

'I''ve been doing a lot of thinking about transformational leadership and what role Human Resources should play when an organization is committed to undergoing change in a meaningful way. Is HR there to pick up the pieces as leaders begin to quiver and shake at the slightest hint of a required change? Does HR move through the process along with the others who are impacted by new expectations, new goals, and ultimately a new and more effective corporate culture?

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TheHRBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Human Resource managers may ask tricky HR interview questions to save time and try to figure out what kind of employee you really are. Joyce Lain Kennedy, a nationally syndicated careers columnist says outlines the 10 Trickiest Interview Questions & Their Answers Kennedy says that even if job hunters have rehearsed anticipated topics, an unexpected HR interview […].

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Reviewsnap

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

'For many companies, the answer to this question is a resounding, “Yes!” The reason—their employees aren’t conducting self-reviews. If this is the case at your company, your “comprehensive” feedback is not only incomplete but it’s also causing you to miss out on a golden opportunity—the opportunity to drive truly targeted performance improvements, to raise employee engagement levels and to manage your talent more effectively.

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David Zinger

DECEMBER 29, 2013

'Employee engagement involves both push and pull. The push part of engagement is our effort, focus, concentration, and contribution to a specific element or block of engagement. The pull part of engagement is how an element or block engages us or pulls us towards it. For example, I take 10 minutes to recognize a few people I work with. I am engaging or pushing towards the recognition block of the pyramid of engagement.

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Conversation Matters

OCTOBER 5, 2013

' . In Part I, I explained why “we know more than we can say” including, 1) how our brains store knowledge, 2) how we create knowledge 3) the values and relationships that are involved in tacit knowledge. I gave examples of situations in which knowledge workers, who understood something very deeply, were unable to clearly articulate what they knew to others, although they were themselves able to act on their deep knowledge.

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Quickbase

JULY 31, 2013

Employers want to hire workers who can prioritize and manage their work. In today’s workplace, more is being demanded of workers than ever before. You have to accomplish more in less time, with fewer resources. This puts a lot of pressure on you to be able to manage your time more efficiently so you can […].

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SuccessFactors

MAY 2, 2013

'By Rebecca Sowards-Emmerd, Onboarding Product Management Starting a new job is one of the more emotional experiences someone can go through. Traditional onboarding systems focus on paperwork and process, forgetting about the emotional transition of a new employee. While process efficiencies are important and can save company’s money, significant cost savings can come from reducing […].

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True Faith HR

JANUARY 10, 2013

'Hey restaurants owners. We get you''re unhappy about some of the regulations in Obamacare that require you to provide basic health care to your employees who work over 30 hours a week. How about you Taco Bell? Johnna Davis has worked at the Taco Bell in Guthrie since September. She''s seen a 200 dollar cut in her paycheck since a new store policy went into effect.

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Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

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Working Girl

JULY 20, 2013

'One of my most admired colleagues, whose advice carries the weight of an edict with me, asked me to write a post about working with ambiguity. She believed it would be cathartic for me personally but she also felt that sharing my experience working through ambiguity could be beneficial to others. “Everywhere I look,” she said, “I see people struggling to move forward and add value without understanding what they should be doing or what’s going to happen next.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2013

'Each day in December, I''m asking a juicy question to help you plan for a healthy, resilient 2014. The questions are in no particular order--just meant to provoke some thinking and get you moving in fresh directions. You can see previous questions here. . . This question asks you to go out on a limb and to accept that big rewards in your life only come when you''re willing to risk failure. .

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NoExcusesHR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'I really love human resources work. You should too. What other profession deals with the most challenging human behavior? Who else is expected to have a global view every day while still managing the details of workforce planning, new technologies, staffing shortages, endless regulations, and still be ridiculously positive every step of the way? Human Resources, that''s who.

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TheHRBlog

AUGUST 20, 2013

Your resume is a potent tool that can land you a HR interview call and maybe a dream job you’ve been waiting for. These resume writing tips can increase your chances of securing an interview call. Your Resume Communicates How You Fit the Job A resume is actually a short account of a person’s career, which can demonstrate […].

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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.

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Reviewsnap

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

'At its core, performance management is all about giving our people the information, resources and guidance they need to achieve specific goals. Sounds simple enough. Of course, the devil is in the details. One reason performance management is so challenging—the business world isn’t static. Our organizations evolve. Our business goals and targets shift.

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David Zinger

DECEMBER 16, 2013

'Replace a pyramid of people with a pyramid of behaviors and actions. Most of us would agree that it is important for leadership and executives to be engaged at work and that executives can set a tone throughout the organization. Unfortunately our way of thinking about roles at work and the way some of us lead thwart engagement. Here are 3 phrases from a recent post on executive engagement by a well known engagement consultancy: In any company, engagement comes from the top.

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45 Things

OCTOBER 28, 2013

'There have been many complaints by some companies that they can’t find people to fill positions, despite a 7.3% unemployment rate. What gives? Are the unemployed a bunch of no-talent, bottom-of-the-barrel drudges who should never be given a job? Hardly. Check out Twitter or LinkedIn, and you’ll find experienced, smart, driven people looking for work.

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Conversation Matters

AUGUST 11, 2013

'“We know more than we can say” is a popular phrase heard at KM conferences and quoted in the many KM blogs. It is quoted to encourage attending to tacit knowledge, rather than exclusively focusing on explicit knowledge. But those quoting the phrase seldom go beyond referencing it to Polanyi , providing little explanation or reasoning for why, if we know it, we can’t just write it down. .

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Future of Work

DECEMBER 17, 2013

'December 2013. As a self-proclaimed workplace futurist I get asked all the time "What will the future of work really look like?" And it’s an appropriate question to contemplate at the end of the year, which is always filled with both looking back and looking forward. But rather than pretend that I can tell you anything definitive about the future of work, instead I want to offer some observations about why predictions of any kind are difficult, and could even be dangerous.

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SuccessFactors

JULY 10, 2013

'By Kira Swain, Social Media Manager Updated: On Tuesday July 16th we had an #SAPChat on Employee Central and Core HR. For a full transcript of the chat Q&A, please click here. Stay tuned for updates on our next upcoming chat! The convergence of social, mobile, cloud and big data is significantly changing the […].

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True Faith HR

JANUARY 28, 2013

'Are you ready for a HR gameshow? With unemployment hovering above 7%, and millions of people looking for a new opportunity, it was inevitable that someone would create a show focusing on the job search. Premiering on CBS on Friday, February 8 at 8/7 Central,, Mark Burnett of "Survivor" fame and Michael Davies, the Executive Producer of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" have created " The Job ," which centers on five qualified applicants who compete to land their dream job.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 11, 2013

'In that leadership workshop, the trainer and the participants were discussing about the importance of humility in life and leadership. Some people defined humility as ‘modesty’ while others said it was about ‘seeing the self as a means to an end and not an end in itself.’. After listening carefully, the trainer said, “ Humility is like the banks of a river that gives direction to the flowing water without possessing it. ”.

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Speaker: Jeanne Achille - CEO, The Devon Group

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The Bamboo Project Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2013

'Each day in December, I''m asking a juicy question to help you plan for a healthy, resilient 2014. The questions are in no particular order--just meant to provoke some thinking and get you moving in fresh directions. You can see previous questions here. . Today''s question comes from Jeffrey Davis, who has several other great New Year''s goal-setting questions in this post. . . .

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 7, 2013

'One the things I find fascinating about working in the healthcare industry is the significant disconnect between the high quality of care provided to patients, while simultaneously seeing the staff take very poor care of their own health. Little or no exercise, bad nutritional choices (you can''t hide your "comfort food decisions") combined with a stressful workplace are. ahem. a recipe for disaster.

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Strategic HCM

OCTOBER 7, 2013

' I''ve had this article published in Computer Weekly. It''s meant for CIOs but if you''re a CHRO you may still find it interesting. It builds on Thomas Otter''s focus on the HR nexus (I''ve relabelled it the perfect storm) at HR Tech Europe last year, in the run up to this year''s conference that I''ll be chairing again. It''s always good getting published but I''m particularly pleased with getting into CW finally - about 20 years after I gave up my regular subscription, leaving the world of

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Reviewsnap

DECEMBER 4, 2013

'A Bersin by Deloitte study has shown that organizations with highly effective employee development plans have about twice the revenue per employee as organizations with poor plans. And earlier research from Bersin & Associates revealed that senior leaders who coach and develop employees (and who hold others accountable for doing so as well) are three times more effective at producing improved business and talent results than those who do not.

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