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Fooling Ourselves
Read more: Fooling OurselvesI’ve been watching with fascination over the last couple years as countires have rebelled against their governments (Arab Spring in 2011), and American citizens have condemned corruption, and congratulated the populous for rising up and forcing change. It’s fascinating to me because we are so unaware of what has been going on around us for…
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Prosperity Growth and the Satisfaction Gap
Your grandfather probably worked to live. Your mother and father most likely fired to make a living. Your children will be working to define a life. – Jeff Hunter, 2006 ((Hunter, Jeff. October 31, 2006. “Economics to Identity.” Retrieved from http://www.talentism.com/ on November 12, 2006.)) There’s really no argument that the industrialized world has gotten…
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“Dreamworks” as a perfect brand
A while back I wrote about UBS’s employer brand (employee value proposition). UBS is a great example of putting the external marketing brand to good use in the internal employer brand. But lately I’ve been noticing another brand that I consider now to be the perfect brand: Dreamworks. In terms of what your employees want…
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Managing the “A” Player
Reading Harvard Business Review’s “How to Keep A Players Productive” ((Berglas, Steven. Setpember 2006. “How to Keep A Players Productive.” Harvard Business Review, September 2006.)) I was intrigued by their description of the what an “A” player is. The normal stuff we all know intuitively. “They have the natural self-confidence and brilliance to stay at…
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Motivation versus Transformation
I often hear managers asking how they can best motivate their employees to do better work, be more productive or have better attitudes. What most managers (and maybe people in general) don’t understand is that they are asking the wrong questions. Employee engagement is not about motivation. Employee engagement is about TRANSFORMATION. What’s the difference…
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Fear Automation, Not Oursourcing
People in the U.S.often complain that the loss of jobs to countries like Mexico, India and China are ruining the economy. Unemployed people from manufacturing sectors can’t find jobs, and the easy culprit to blame are those countries taking a few of the jobs. Here’s the truth – it’s not outsourcing and offshoring. It’s automation.…
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Engagement Insights From a Dumb Little Man
Hey… Dumb Little Man is the name of his website, ok? Coming from a non HR practitioner he has some great insights about retaining engaging employees. In fact, I’d be impressed if some of these ideas came from HR practitioners too. Here are some nuggets, but then go read the whole thing for yourself: I…
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Where are the HRO Successes?
Because much of my practice focuses on helping companies and HRO providers improve the outsourcing relationship for cost, quality and service levels, in my job I see many broken HRO relationships. It’s the nature of the business. So it comes as no surprise to see the article published online at Workforce.com yesterday: ACS, Delta Change…
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Quantifying Talent
Sean over at Talent Ecology recently wrote a piece that got me thinking about how we think and process our talent, nut just as people but as distinct sets of competencies. After new accounting rules for property went into effect in 2003, about $325.1 billion in military equipment appeared on the books for the first…
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The ROI of Sales Incentives
Online Conversion recently referenced a great study from Northwestern University that surveyed the economic impact of $1 trillion of sales incentives annually. What does not work as well as managers hoped are non-cash incentives. The study found that: “What employees most desire might not be best for optimal business results. Employees indicate a preference for…
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The Best Places to Launch a Career
Andrew from Resourcing Strategies wrote this a while back in September of 2006, but then again, I’m about that far behind on my reading. Why do I get excited about where a great place to work and “launch a career” would be for a new grad? Because it gets down to the core of your…