By Clinton Wingrove - hrmagazine.co.uk Living in the iPad, Twitter and texting world, nobody can be unaware of the power of contemporary technology. Theodore George Paraskevakos first patented the concept of combining intelligence, data processing and visual display screens with telephones in 1973 but probably never...
By Halley Bock - hr.blr.com Fierce, Inc., leadership development and training experts, offered 5 predictions for management and business communications for 2013. These predictions are based upon the company’s training experiences with organizations ranging from global Fortune-level businesses to startups and non-profits across the country. Fierce expects to see business communications and leadership...
By Naheed Mirza - hrmagazine.co.uk Critical to organisational success, leaders need to embrace every opportunity to demonstrate leadership. This includes communicating the direction and vision of an organisation frequently, consistently and with absolute clarity to both customers and employees. Yet few leaders appear to truly grasp the...
By Sharlyn Lauby - mashable.com Sharlyn Lauby, SPHR, CPLP is the HR Bartender, whose blog is a friendly place to discuss workplace issues. When she’s not "bartending," Sharlyn is president of ITM Group, Inc. which specializes in leadership training and human resources consulting. We are a visual society. We enjoy looking at...
By Andrew Mayo - personneltoday.com Economist Theodore Schultz invented the term "human capital" in the 1960s to indicate the stock of skills and competences available to produce economic value. He believed human capital was like any other type of capital - it could be invested in...
Hayley Brooksbank - hrmagazine.co.uk A new job brings new perspectives. During my time as head of global brand at an HR consultancy firm, my team and I tended to regard HR as a function with little more relevance to our strategic objectives than the IT, Risk...
By Jack Zenger - forbes.com Today I have interviewed Zenger Folkman President, Joseph Folkman about the keys to building a great organization. What are the critical issues? If the answers were clear, every organization would likely change. There are literally thousands of variables that leave leaders...
By Dave Ulrich - Personneltoday.com EXCLUSIVE Leading HR thinker Dave Ulrich writes exclusively for Personnel Today. Dave Ulrich is the HR guru's guru, credited with developing the "HR business partner" model and other influential ideas in books including "HR Champions" and "The HR Value Proposition". Here, Ulrich explains...
By Marjorie Derven - astd.org This five-step strategy serves as a vehicle to promote shared responsibility with key clients and obtain their commitment up front to engage in action planning for positive change. Are your learning initiatives adding value to the organization? That is a simple question,...
By Karen Beaven - hrmagazine.co.uk It takes a lot of commitment and passion to effectively drive the HR agenda in any organisation and those working within the profession are sure to agree it is a demanding but hugely rewarding responsibility. In addition, HR directors today also share...