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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Making the Mix Work
Most of us have felt the economic downturn in one fashion or another. The impact on employees has varied from low morale coupled with heightened stress and anxiety to outright loss of employment. For most of us, this is the … Continue reading
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Tagged change, hybrid staffing models, staffing, work change
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Power of the Nexus: HR and the Future
A nexus is a means of connecting members of a group or elements that collectively produce a desired result or outcome. Most of us as human resource professionals deal with the interaction of various people, process, and business forces on … Continue reading
Posted in Development, HR Operations
Tagged competencies, human resource skills, human resources, nexus
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Go for the Goal
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one’s business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged career planning, goal setting, goals, planning
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Temperament
We talk a lot about temperament in the workplace when we want to describe how employees interact, the reaction we receive when we make an assignment, or what leads to conflict. Just like other more physical traits, temperament is fixed … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged personality, productivity, temperament, workplace interaction
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Performance Curve: What About Consistency?
I have worked with several organizations over the last few years which on paper looked to be phenomenal, but ended up with less than consistent results. Most possessed a very talented staff, good leaders, solid customer service, and a demanded … Continue reading
The Performance Curve
This week I spent some time working with a group of long term employees from more than ten organizations from the same region. The primary topic of discussion centered on how short as well as long term performance could be … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged growth and development, perfomance curve, performance
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All Good Things Go Together
We want to believe that all good things go together. We are taught as children that a successful person has it all: fulfilling relationships, good education, nice house, beautiful family, great job, and happiness. In our individual lives, we want … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organizations, Performance
Tagged balance, build on strengths, good things go together, performance
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