By Corey L. Jamison For many, the status quo is a comfortable place to live, to work, and to be safe. Policies, processes, ways of interacting are familiar, and people are invested in them. Routines are easily followed and don’t require a lot of thought. And...
By Lisa Quast - forbes.com Managers are bombarded with an almost constant stream of data every day. According to David Derbyshire, “Scientists have worked out exactly how much data is sent to a typical person in the course of a year – the equivalent of every...
Today, we conclude Stephen Shapiro’s three-part series on Innovation as a Weapon in Global Competition with his best thinking on creating a culture of innovation. Last week’s post addressed strategies that have worked, such as making everyone accountable, replacing rigid processes with clear business objectives,...
By Nick Kemsley - Personneltoday.com Business leaders increasingly agree that taking a strategic approach to planning the future workforce will unlock great value, but effective strategic workforce planning remains an elusive, somewhat mythical beast. Only a small number of organisations are really making it work for...
By Mary Anne Kennedy - HR.BLR.com Succession planning isn’t just a touchy-feely concept; it really can be applied across a broad spectrum of business types and sizes and has legitimate benefits. Succession planning is how you prepare your workforce for the future, today. Employees today have to...
By Sue Miller - hrmagazine.co.uk On the job learning continues to be the most important aspect of any learning and development (L&D) plan, with industry statistics showing that 70% of what people learn is gained through real life experience, 20% through learning from others and 10%...
By Duane Dike - Management Issues Change, especially change in organizations, progresses through small, almost imperceptible movement. Change is evolutionary in nature until it reaches what T.S. Kuhn labels a 'crisis moment', one that causes a paradigm shift. For the most part, this evolutionary view of...
By Irving Wladawsky-Berger - CIO Journal A few weeks ago I attended the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. The theme of this year’s Symposium was Piloting the Untethered Enterprise: “In today’s world of mobile, big data and the cloud, how does a CIO successfully pilot his organization...
By JONDI GUMZ - Santa Cruz Sentinel - MercuryNews.com APTOS - Imagine this scenario: You must talk with your team about a budget cut and the possible impact on your work environment. For any manager, it's a challenging situation that could result in employees disengaging and...
New York is the lowest risk city in the world for recruiting, employing and relocating employees, according to rankings released today by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources business of Aon plc (NYSE:AON) . Aon Hewitt's 2012 People Risk Index measures the risks that organizations face...