Josh Bersin
JANUARY 21, 2009
It’s now official. After surveying our entire research membership and having more than 30 conversations with leading HR and learning leaders (including with Xerox, Accenture, British Telecom, Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.
The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 28, 2009
I've written before about some of my thoughts regarding the responsible use of social media and whether or not we can count on people do the right thing when it comes to blogs and Facebook and Twitter. In general I tend to believe that if you can't trust your employees to behave appropriately on a social network, then you probably shouldn't be trusting them to go to meetings, answer phones or have customer contact in any way.
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Evil HR Lady
JANUARY 27, 2009
I was recently laid off with 60% of my department. I got 3 months of severance pay by signing a General Release that basically said I won’t sue the company for any reason, and I can’t work there for 6 months. I’ve tried to find out why this “6-month rule” is part of the General Release. Two hiring managers want to hire me back, but are hitting the 6-month rule roadblock.
Transparent Office
JANUARY 6, 2009
Since I spoke last month at Social Media for Government , I've been having a lot of conversations with beltway folks. There's a ton of interest in social media in government. It all started back in 2006 when the intelligence community launched Intellipedia as a community-based forum for sharing vital information across intelligence agencies. I started getting involved with government uses of social media when I joined Socialtext in the fall of 2007.
Every company aspires to be the best, and performance reviews are the cornerstone of that journey. However, discrepancies in how managers rate their teams can lead to unfairness.
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Nobscot
JANUARY 30, 2009
'I''ve been having great fun over the last couple years following the hottest recruiting oriented blogs and more recently connecting with recruiters in the Twitterverse. (You can follow me on Twitter: here.) It''s been excited watching all the changes in methodologies since my recruiting days back in the 80s and 90s.
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Josh Bersin
JANUARY 9, 2009
This week Barack Obama appointed a Chief Performance Officer for the Federal Government, focused on assessing the performance of government programs and finding opportunities to reduce waste and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: lean Leadership Development Lowes chief talent officer starbucks people performance model people model chief performance officer Talent Management Performance Management six-sigma Enterpri
The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 12, 2009
I'm currently reading Lewis Hyde's wonderful book, The Gift: Creativity and the Ar tist in the Modern World. In it, he explores the nature of the "gift economy" vs. the market economy and how creative types are caught in between these two fundamentally different ways of operating in the world. One of the issues Hyde discusses is the difference between labor and work.
Evil HR Lady
JANUARY 27, 2009
My mother sent me this joke: Some cannibals get a job in a big corporation on the condition that they don't eat any of the other staff. Things go very well until their boss calls them into his office one day and gives them some bad news--a janitor is missing in mysterious circumstances and the cannibals are under suspicion. The cannibals get together after work.
45 Things
JANUARY 29, 2009
Many of us are more comfortable sending e-mails or memos at work, never having to directly face other human beings who — gasp! — want to ask us questions. But sometimes you have to speak with people face-to-face, and sometimes it can get uncomfortable. Like when you're required to make off-the-cuff remarks or answer difficult questions. “Why are you late with that project?
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Reviewsnap
JANUARY 20, 2009
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Nobscot
JANUARY 20, 2009
'Isn''t it great the way we onboard the President of the United States? After the President was "hired" on November 4, 2008 we provided a transition period for him to prepare for the new job. He was able to spend time with his predecessor and plan his strategy. On his start date, today, January 20th, 2009, we celebrated his hire, introduced him to. err.
Josh Bersin
JANUARY 30, 2009
We just finished an assessment of our research members and felt it was urgent to publish this important research. If you are trying to find ways to improve the operational efficiency and reduce the. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.
The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 7, 2009
Yesterday's p ost on reducing my personal mental clutter apparently struck a chord with a lot of people. Farhan and Steve Bridger are with me on the whole multiple open tabs thing. So is Talia. And Sarah Stewar t apparently distracts herself with Twitter, while Christine Martell shares my angst about needing to get clearer about her big goals. This is good.
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Evil HR Lady
JANUARY 27, 2009
I was recently laid off with 60% of my department. I got 3 months of severance pay by signing a General Release that basically said I won’t sue the company for any reason, and I can’t work there for 6 months. I’ve tried to find out why this “6-month rule” is part of the General Release. Two hiring managers want to hire me back, but are hitting the 6-month rule roadblock.
45 Things
JANUARY 23, 2009
There have been many requests for a piece of the bailout pie from lots of companies, including Hustler magazine and the guy from "Girls Gone Wild." Exactly who is going to finally get some of the TARP (Trouble Asset Relief Program) money remains to be seen, but here are 8 signs your company may have received a bit of that bailout pie: 1. The boss arrives for work in a plane piloted by Tom Cruise.
Reviewsnap
JANUARY 19, 2009
'The use of 360 degree feedback surveys has grown and is continuing to grow at a very fast rate. The idea of surveying employees isn’t new, but the notion of having multiple employees rate a specific “target” employee to provide as much unbiased input about that person’s performance is a relatively young concept. But why does 360 degree feedback work and what can it do for an organization?
Nobscot
JANUARY 15, 2009
'Another interesting, controversial and not exactly correct bit of advice from the self described brazen careerist "Penelope Trunk." While I love "Penelope''s" writing style and her generally acerbic wit, I get concerned that people might actually take her seriously.In a recent post, she lambastes five career tips often given to women in the workplace.
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Josh Bersin
JANUARY 16, 2009
The Training Measurement Book is on Amazon’s Top 10 Business Books for 2008 This week we published the Corporate Learning Factbook® for 2008 and sure enough, corporate learning and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: gotomeeting the training measurement book training costs adobe flypaper articulate i-linc training budgets webex training measurement brainshark suddenlysmart altus interwise adobeconnect Ent
The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 20, 2009
In a comment on yesterday's post on the tyranny of dead ideas , Ken Allen wonders how we identify the the dead ideas--that is, of all our beliefs, which ones are actually dead? I think that's a great question and one that got me thinking. I agree with commenter Kate Riel that it starts with getting clear about the assumptions we make in regard to ourselves, our relationships, the organizations in which we operate, etc.
Evil HR Lady
JANUARY 27, 2009
My mother sent me this joke: Some cannibals get a job in a big corporation on the condition that they don't eat any of the other staff. Things go very well until their boss calls them into his office one day and gives them some bad news--a janitor is missing in mysterious circumstances and the cannibals are under suspicion. The cannibals get together after work.
45 Things
JANUARY 20, 2009
As Barak Obama begins his first days in office, he'll be surrounded by trusted advisers. Before he makes a decision, he's likely to consult members of his Cabinet. He'll probably ask their opinions on everything from foreign policy to domestic issues. In the end, of course, the final decision will be his. But he will make that decision based on input he's received from people he trusts and respects.
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Reviewsnap
JANUARY 9, 2009
'Competing in today''s markets can be difficult. It is made even more difficult by a lack of awareness of your business, product or service on the part of prospective customers. Positioning your company properly in the minds of potential customers is a critical, yet often overlooked part of promotional strategy. When you are faced with several competitors in a market, it is likely that the firm with the highest level of market awareness will have some level of credibility established unless it h
Working Girl
JANUARY 5, 2009
'Lots of people have weighed in on this question and after years of painstaking research I found a list of manager qualities I like here. And in case this site moves or vanishes, here''s the summarized list from Jan Gordon, Executive Career and Personal Coach, with my comments: Creativity – capture people’s attention and pull different elements and players together into a cohesive whole Structure – work within structure without getting bogged down by it Intuition – make good decisions on a gut l
Workday
JANUARY 29, 2009
'Cliche, perhaps, but please indulge me as we start the year. As I sat down to think about the year to come, what’s interesting is that in spite of all the talk of global uncertainty there are some things about 2009 that seem pretty crystal clear. Let me know if you agree.
The Bamboo Project Blog
JANUARY 6, 2009
Being away from my computer for much of the past few weeks really showed me how much mental clutter I've been accumulating as a result of my bad digital habits. Over the past several months, I've taken multi-tasking to new and dangerous levels and had noticed a precipitous drop in productivity that seemed like it was spiraling out of control. I literally felt like my brain might explode.
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Evil HR Lady
JANUARY 26, 2009
I have a question I am hoping you can answer as I have been searching the Internet for about three hours now and have found nothing. I did what was probably a really stupid thing to do. I was very ill and so not using my best judgment I wrote an email to our (evil??) HR lady. In this email I expressed my gross intolerance for a coworker. I posed, in a not so nice way, the question of why someone as inefficient as them could be allowed to keep their job for so long.
45 Things
JANUARY 15, 2009
Be creative. These are the words being echoed in workplaces across the world. Be creative in coming up with new ideas to grow the business. Be creative in finding ways to outsmart the competition. Be creative in finding ways to work more efficiently. Be creative in coming up with ways to cut costs. They're just words, but two words that pack a wallop for a lot of people.
Reviewsnap
JANUARY 8, 2009
'We believe there are attributes that are common to successful businesses. While there are probably others, we feel that the twelve attributes below represent the most important: 1. They are focused on the customer and gather feedback and input from the customer on a regular and consistent basis. 2. They understand the concept of relationship development, both internally and externally and they work hard at forming new relationships and strengthening old ones. 3.
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