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Users First, Company Second

March 8, 2010
By systematicHR

I feel like I always talk about change management and adoption.  When implementing a new system, I can definitely say that over the last few years I’ve seen a marked improvement in the diligence of internal implementation project managers in stressing the importance of behavioral change and end user adoption.  It is honestly so...
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Process Excellence – Push it forward

March 3, 2010
By systematicHR

What defines process excellence?  There are probably (at least) two parts of the equation.  Efficiency is the most obvious, as people reengineer processes to make them faster and cheaper.  The second part is equally important though, and achieving high quality must also be achieved...
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Great Individual Contributors <> Great Leaders

March 1, 2010
By systematicHR

I hate taking things from the sports world because other than the occasional job, riding my bike more than I should and watching the Boston Celtics in the post-season, I really don’t follow sports. Fact is, I usually don’t even realize it’s Superbowl...
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Internal Staffing Through Social Media

February 24, 2010
By systematicHR

We all know that the best way to find a job is by having great professional networks.  God, looking for a job through job boards is possible, but oh so difficult.  Shouldn’t the same go for internal staffing?  Rather than having internal job boards...
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Getting on the Non-Social-Media Bandwagon

February 22, 2010
By systematicHR

A friend of mine was recently telling me about taking his son and son’s friends to a movie.  At the end, rather that talking to each other , they all got on their cell phones and started texting each other and friends who were...
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