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...
By Rupert Emson - hrmagazine.co.uk As the trial against the former UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli continues this week, Rupert Emson, CEO of Vero Screening explores the role of ongoing monitoring in identifying potential fraudsters and considers the warning signs to look out for. Former trader, Kweku Adoboli...
By Terry Pasteris - hr.blr.com Compensation surveys are often used to determine the appropriate market pricing when posting a new job or when evaluating an organization’s pay structure. They can be a key component of HR strategy when it comes to creating competitive pay structures for...
By Julia Hanna - http://hbswk.hbs.edu What skills do today's executives need to develop to become effective global leaders of tomorrow? And how do corporations teach these skills to their own leaders? "The shift from a country-centric corporation to one that is more global in its outlook will...
By Gabriella Jozwiak - hrmagazine.co.uk Every workplace has its idiosyncratic seasonal events, and HR is perhaps most visible during the annual performance appraisal. Why? Because employees dislike them. They are time-consuming, involve too much paperwork, HR would even do better to drop them altogether and find...
Your company does not need an employee engagement or retention program. No, you didn’t mis-read that last sentence. After working with thousands of companies, helping them attract, engage and retain staff I can say with certainty that you do not need a special program to...
By Michael G. Winston - Fortune 50 Executive, Speaker, Adviser Innovation is the lifeblood of any business. Whether it is a groundbreaking invention or an incremental change in process, innovation is about generating new ideas that will give the company's products and services a competitive edge....