This weekend I had the chance to work on another Eagle Scout project for one of my scouts. always enjoy working on these because I love to see the scout’s advance, do great work and it’s a chance to follow their lead. His project, like most of them, has a large scope. He’s building a new backstop for a High School girl’s softball team that his sister played for. MORE

This weekend I had the chance to work on another Eagle Scout project for one of my scouts. always enjoy working on these because I love to see the scout’s advance, do great work and it’s a chance to follow their lead. His project, like most of them, has a large scope. He’s building a new backstop for a High School girl’s softball team that his sister played for. MORE

* This article is part of a White Paper called “ How to Create a Painless Software Change Experience in the Financial Service Industry.” ” Getting it right in change management is obviously a worthwhile objective. Challenges. Three key challenges of software change management are: Controlling the technical risk of the change. Controlling the human and process risk of the change. MORE

How to move your corporate sustainability initiatives forward via your supply chain MORE

There’s lots of talk about skills gaps in the workforce. Today I want to talk about one specific skills gap – digital. I ran across this very good article on the Undercover Recruiter blog discussing some of the strategies we need to employ to bridge the digital skills gap. It’s worth a read. Technology is a wonderful thing. Its capabilities are amazing. It’s not a quick fix with a single answer. MORE

I got into HR in 1980 from a finance background – it seemed like a good idea at the time…. Four years later, the same company asked me to computerize the payroll, which at that time was on a manual Kalamazoo system. From that point on, I always seemed to get work related to HR or payroll software on the basis that I “ knew about that software stuff ”. Bear in mind the only line of code I have ever written was on a Sinclair Spectrum truly back in the mists of Time, so I truly do not qualify as a geek ( I hope ). 24th June * Webinar with Denis Barnard * HR Systems. It is Not Really Scary! MORE

Progress is a powerful motivator. When individuals and teams achieve small wins, they have a big impact on the overall motivation. It also generates positive momentum and energy to take further steps in the journey of achieving the purpose. The converse is also true. Setbacks and lack of visibility into progress (as a team and as an organization) can be powerful de-motivator. Enable Progress. MORE

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. New hire keeps coming in late. Our work day starts at 8:30 a.m., though due to city traffic and some gradual bad habits, we have 2-3 people who sometimes come in between 8:45 and 9. We recently hired a new person who has made it clear she’s interested in starting later than 8:30. Today she was 20 minutes late (her supervisor is on vacation so I know she hasn’t requested a new schedule). But how do you tell someone they’re not allowed to do something that they can see others are doing? ” 3. ” 4. short answers MORE

* This article is part of a White Paper called “ How to Create a Painless Software Change Experience in the Financial Service Industry.” ” Getting it right in change management is obviously a worthwhile objective. Challenges. Three key challenges of software change management are: Controlling the technical risk of the change. Controlling the human and process risk of the change. MORE