Human Resources Today

The key to winning is analytics. Jill Ellis is the coach of the U.S. World Cup championship team. recent article from the June 22, 2015 Vice Sports article by Leander Schaerlaeckens sets the tone well: "In the year since her. appointment, Ellis has delved deep into advanced metrics, hoping to set her team apart. Some other countries use heart rate and GPS monitors. A few may be using some analytics as well. But none seem to exploit these newfangled tools as extensively as the Americans now do.". highly recommend reading the entire article. Sales Performance MORE >>

John Webb, VP of industry strategy and alliances at Workday, leads a team that works with customers and product teams to develop industry-specific features and applications. Webb has spent his career focused on developing and delivering enterprise applications, and  we sat down with him to learn more about Workday’s industry strategy, and what makes Workday—and our customers—unique in how we approach this effort. You spend a lot of time with customers. What are you learning from those conversations? How does Workday support the specific needs of customers across different industries? MORE >>

What’s missing in the middle is a set of skills for navigating specific challenges that leaders haven’t acquired or mastered at lower levels MORE >>

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ” ~ Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt dropped some knowledge about the tipping point to any creative endeavor, from launching a dream startup to penning that first word of the novel that has been illuminating your mind for years. To succeed as an entrepreneur, you need to start with what you have and who you are. If your pioneering spirit feels suffocated while you wait on the shore, then start swimming into the wild, bountiful sea of entrepreneurship. With dogged determination, you'll learn to craft a raft. MORE >>

I confess I am tired of hearing about how we need to increase gender equality. No duh. How do you get there? I don’t know of any magic bullet but here are my 12 suggestions. Each of these could be a separate book, let alone a separate blog. Increase The Gender Representation On Your Board of Directors. Where the board of a company has at least one woman on its board, it is likely to crush the competition. Unlike in the employment context, you can specifically target women for positions on the Board. No discrimination issues. For example, consider circulating to managers resumes without names. MORE >>