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Leading Through Volatility
As I write this on April 5, 2012, the Dow is above 13,000 and all indications point to signs of recovery. Notice the disclaimer, ‘As I write this.’ If we have learned nothing else in the past four years, let us remember that a stable, predictable economy may be a thing of the past. We [...]
Read moreThe Four Cornerstones of a High Performance Culture, part 3
3. Create corporate mission & values that employees are aligned with. The foundational material — mission and values — of a company can be critical to the overall success of the organization – but they’re often forgotten. The corporate mission and values are created by the senior leadership team, captured on posters, and strategically tacked [...]
Read moreTalent Management Best Practice 3 – Know the Organizational Value of Each Employee
It’s become cliché to say employees are an organization’s most valuable assets. Do you really know the organizational contribution value of each individual working for you? Unfortunately, most executives and managers would have to respond negatively to that question. How is it that we affix a value to our physical assets, assign returns on investment [...]
Read moreHow have you progressed since the third grade?
“What I did on my summer vacation.” Every one of you have given a speech, or written a paragraph or essay about what you did on your summer vacation while you were in grade school. You wrote about the lake, the mountains, or the week at the beach. Or you gave a speech and your [...]
Read moreComplimentary Resource – Six Pitfalls of Workforce Planning
Six Pitfalls of Workforce Planning by SuccessFactors Know the pitfalls that companies can fall into when doing strategic workforce planning. With aging workforces and a shortage of critical talent being among the biggest challenges facing today’s businesses, strategic workforce planning–the discipline of forecasting future gaps between demand and supply of critical talent–has become one of [...]
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