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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Future HR Competencies: How to Prepare for the Third Evolution of HR
Thank you for all of your support and interest in the Future of HR Competencies presentation. If you would like a copy, please click on the link below: Future HR Competencies_summary
Job Shopping: The Role of Brand
Recently, one of my children bought a very nice piece of clothing on sale on the internet. She was very proud that she found a dress made by a big designer at a really good price. I asked her why … Continue reading
Posted in HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance, Workforce
Tagged brand, labor market, recruitment
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Recruiting: How to Approach It
Like many human resource processes, preparation will increase the chance of recruitment success. We discussed the tangible and intangible investment that is made when we add a new team member in the last post and clearly the cost of recruiting … Continue reading
Posted in HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations
Tagged recruitment, recruitment process, selection
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Recruiting by the Numbers
As we discussed recruiting in the last two posts, a few readers posed questions over the average cost for hiring someone new. As human resource professionals or managers we regularly make the comment that it is very costly to lose … Continue reading
Posted in HR Operations, Organizations, Performance
Tagged cost of hiring, recruitment, recruitment process
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Do Not Make Me Hire
We all know that hiring someone possesses a certain amount of risk. At a minimum, most of us worry about the depth of the candidate’s abilities, the candidate’s ability to fit in with the rest of the team and the … Continue reading
Posted in HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged hiring, recruitment, recruitment process, selection
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Lessons from the Cereal Box: Prize Inside
One of my childhood memories is anxiously waiting to open a new cereal box to find the prize inside. The cereal companies did a great job of combining a child’s natural desire to collect toys and fondness of sugar with … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged culture, recruitment, selection
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Fight or Flight
How many times have you met with an employee about an issue and the response has been other than what you hoped for? Sadly, the typical response to criticism in the workplace is tuning the speaker out, running away, or … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged communication, culture, feedback, leadership, personality
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Use Bottom Cushion for Flotation and Communication
Several years ago I was on a plane and talking to the man and his family sitting beside me. They were the typical American family: suburban, two incomes, young children, and in need of a break. They were heading west … Continue reading
Posted in HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged communication, filtering, leadership, messaging
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The Truth is Deceptive
With the recently resolved US debt ceiling crisis, people have returned to talking about who owns America instead of will there be anything left to own. As the media returns its focuses to the Chinese ownership of US debt, it … Continue reading
Posted in HR Operations, Leadership, Organizations, Performance, Uncategorized
Tagged culture, perceptions, performance, truth
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Disengagement: When It Seems All Wrong
Over the last several decades, engagement has become an accepted predictor of organizational success. Although increasingly leaders verbally confirm the importance of engagement, there is still considerable variation in understanding of what engagement encompasses, how it really works, and how … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Leadership, Organizations, Performance, Uncategorized
Tagged culture, disengagement, engagement, performance
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