Talent
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Jeitosa’s Top 5 for 2007
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I was adamant this year about not putting out a list, so instead I’ll borrow from someone else. Jeitosa is an interesting organization built with industry experts with strong ties to organizations such as ADP and Workday. In fact, the…
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Shrinking of the Younger Population
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In the developed countries, the dominant factor in the next society will be something to which most people are only just beginning to pay attention: the rapid growth of the older population and the rapid shrinking of the younger generation……
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How to Develop People
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Any organization develops people; it has no choice. It either helps them grow or it stunts them… In developing people the lesson is to focus on strengths. Then make really stringent demands, and take the time and trouble (it’s hard…
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Performance Appraisals
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Appraisals – and the philosophy behind them – are far too much concerned with “potential.” ((Drucker, Peter F. “The Daily Drucker.” HarperCollins, 2004. Page 274)) Instead of focusing on the future, Drucker says to focus on the prior positions and…
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The Crucial Promotions
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If a company is to obtain the needed contributions, it must reward those who make them… The crucial promotion is not a person’s first – though it may be the most important one to her and to her career… The…
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The Succession Decision
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What are the positive ways to handle the succession decision? Look at the assignment. In this institution, what is going to be the biggest challenge over the next few years? Then look at the people and their performance. Match the…
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Attracting and Holding People
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It is highly desirable to have specific objectives for manager supply, development and performance, but also specific objectives for major groups within the non-managerial workforce. There is need for objectives for employee attitudes as well as for employee skills. ((Drucker,…
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People Decisions
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People decisions are the ultimate – perhaps the only – control of an organization. People determine the performance capacity of an organization. No organization can do better than the people it has. ((Drucker, Peter F. “The Daily Drucker.” HarperCollins, 2004….
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Attraction versus Retention
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I’ve always stated that while cash compensation and benefits might be the largest factors for attracting talent, they are by no means the factors for which employees stay with the organization. In order to have high employee retention you have…
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A Return to Sabbaticals
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A few months ago I wrote about sabbaticals and wanted to swing back around and clarify my position – especially since I may have been proven wrong about a couple things. In my original article, I stated that sabbaticals were…
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The Applicant Decision Process
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So how does someone actually decide to work for you? What is that process and how can knowing about it be leveraged to your advantage? Knowing the step can help you tailor your recruiting process and capitalize on your strengths….
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Recruiting The Different Types of Job Seekers
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There are many types of job seekers, and knowing which you’re recruiting for can make your job attracting the right applicants and getting them through to the offer process much easier. Here’s a profile of 3 major types. The High…
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What’s to be done about performance reviews?
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Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has a current discussion about performance reviews and what can be done to make them more effective. Quite a few interesting comments have been posted so far (discussion closes on November 24). I’ve written quite…
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Predictions of M&A and Employee Acquisition
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There are many reasons companies buy or merge with other companies. Sometimes, you just want more market share and it’s easier to buy it that to grow organically. Other times you want to acquire products or expand into new market…
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Sleepless Nights in HR Part 5
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3. Workforce Strategy – U.S. Domestic Labor Pool and developing tomorrow’s leaders The theoretical “shrinking talent pool” doesn’t have to have a huge effect on your organization. We’re all anticipating it (we’ve heard enough about it and even I’ve written…
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Sleepless Nights in HR Part 2
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So obviously being dissatisfied with the HR.com list of leading concerns, I had to make up my own list. The following is the systematicHR version of what I think should be keeping you up at night. What keeps you up…
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ADP Acquires Virtual Edge Talent Acquisition
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In a great move by ADP, they finally got their hands on a great talent acquisition system. Truthfully, they have been on the hunt for several years, but the deals seemed to keep falling through. This time though, ADP struck…
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Talent Acquisition Systems Updates
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I’ve been remiss in my lack of system and vendor updates. Truth be told, not much has actually changed in the vendor landscape other than a few mergers. The vendors I liked last year and early this year are the…
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Branding, Communications, Compensation, Engagement, HR Strategy, HR Technology, Talent Mgmt, Vendors, Workforce Planning
We Have Work to Do
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For all our lofty talk about employer branding, employee engagement, communications and change management, and for all the money we’ve been spending on implementing technology, process and workflow, we don’t seem to be tying the two together. I won’t be…
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Succession Planning for Leadership Development
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There are now studies and metrics coming out that the “talent crisis” may not be as bad as we once thought it would be. Yes, the baby boomers are getting older, and yes, they are reaching retirement age more quickly…