HR Strategy
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Arinso Service Center diagram
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Arinso has a very nice whitepaper on service centers. They segregate the strategy and the service center organizations in a very nice visual. I just thought this was a…
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IBM HR Transformation for HRO
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I have written about this before, but IBM has put out a nice white paper on how an organization should prepare for HRO and how to set pre/post implementation…
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Work Life balance and the next generation
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Business Week had this article about work life balance. While it’s not in my general realm of technology, I think it has some loose lessons in terms of learning…
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More on HR Communications
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One of the things that bothers be about blogspot.com is that I can’t have comments automatically showing up on the board – you have to click comments to see…
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Branding, Communications, Service Delivery
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Perhaps the post should be “Branding, Communications, Service Delivery… Again.” Actually, there have been a couple of interesting things on the web. The first is a post by Andrew…
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The candidate experience
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You know – sometimes I talk so much about the technology of how things work, that I feel like I’m giving the wrong imprssion of what’s actually important. Andrew…
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HR Service Delivery, Call Centers, and Outsourcing
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So how does an organization actually improve HR service delivery? What is HR Service Delivery? Quite simply it’s the ability and effectiveness with which an employer delivers key services…
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The tie in: Onboarding and Commitment
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Vertitude put out this article that addresses some of my previous posts. It’s interesting to me how many people think that onboarding starts with day 1. Without some enphasis…
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Telecommuters make many office visits
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As a quick follow-up to Michael’s work life balance post, I recently saw this article on telecommuting and how telecommuters still go into the office more often than they…
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Choosing an HR consultant
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As an HR consultant with a major global HR firm, I really enjoyed this article about selecting an HR consulting partner. I would also say the below rules also…
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Engagement, Engagement, Engagement!!! Again!!!
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In the latest rendition of the engagement conversation, Michael had these words to say. It would appear that we’re (the bloggers) not the only ones talking about engagement. Here…
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Commitment vs. Engagement
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In response to a recent post, Regina said: I am back and something is niggling at me these days about “engagement.” I guess I am struggling with the differences…
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Human Resource Lessons Learned from Star Wars
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This was a rather amusing post on talent management and Star Wars. You will also be able to gather from my previous posts on employee engagement and my readings…
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Talent optimization and engagement
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Somehow, I’ve gotten myself into a bind by promising a write-up on what I perceive to be the linkage between employee acquisition, retention, satisfaction, and engagement. I’ve mentioned it…
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Total Comp Statement Implementations
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Regina had this to say about total compensation statements (TCS) and branding. I absolutely agree. However, I wanted to write about some of the technical considerations around TCS as…
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Work life balance and retention
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Also from World at Work, Watson Wyatt announced a new study saying that work life balance is a major driver of retention. However, the study that 80% of employee…
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Employee Engagement Study and Commentary
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Regina pointed to Neville Hobson who pointed to a very interesting study by Northwestern University. I’d like to add my 2 cents to their existing commentary. Fist of all,…
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Management capabilities and catalysts for business innovation
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This article found on the Harvard Business School website really addresses the capabilities of management and their ability to apply real change to the organization. As competition intensifies, organizations…
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More international implications for SOX
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Well, Canada has decided that they will pursue a Sarbanes Oxley-like legislation. This follows Japan, and the EU meaning anyone doing business internationally will need to file for SOX…
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Strategic HR Budgets
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ok – so there’s been extra money in the HR budget for a few years as the economy is generally picking up, and HR “has a seat at the…