November, 2010

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Is There Hope for a Job Hopper?

Evil HR Lady

Dear Evil HR Lady, I am 48 years old with an MBA in business management from a non-traditional university. In my younger years, I would skip around from job to job as boredom would quickly overtake the excitement of a new career path. Today, I find myself unemployed after being part of a department-wide downsizing a year and a half ago. For the past year and a half, I have been self-employed and have worked to build name recognition, but now I want to go back to being an employee.

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Today’s Chief Learning Officer: Tamar Elkeles – A CLO of the Decade

Josh Bersin

One of the privileges I have in my role is the opportunity to meet some of the great world leaders in corporate learning and development. In the interest of helping our industry understand the. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Enterprise Learning Learning 2.0 career development chief change officer chief culture office chief performance officer chief talent officer cio clo high impact learning culture qualcomm southe

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A Knowledge Management Conference that Actually Used KM Principles

Conversation Matters

Like many organizations, the US Army holds a Knowledge Management Conference each year. And like most conferences there are three kinds of activities, 1) keynote speakers, 2) practitioners telling about their KM successes, and 3) long breaks for people to network. The speaker format is also typical - three or four speakers in a row with a few minutes of Q & A at the end of each speaker’s time and then on to the next speaker.

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A 4-Step Process to Learning When Your Organization Isn't That Into It

The Bamboo Project Blog

I'm sorry to say that I've been spending a lot of time lately with staff working in organizations that aren't that into professional development. Because of time and financial constraints, training is not a priority and there is little attention paid to ensuring that staff have the skills and knowledge to perform their jobs. The best these people can hope for from their employers is that they will be allowed to sit in on a webinar or attend a 1-day training session once a year.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Employee Engagement: 15 Advantages of Working From Home

David Zinger

Employee Engagement Homework. David Zinger, founder and host of the 3000 member Employee Engagement Network , has worked from his home for over 30 years. David recently completed his first book, ZENGAGE: How to Get More Into Your Work to Get More Out of Your Work. David believes working from home is a strong pathway to robust work/life balance and a great contributor to engaged well-being. 15 Benefits of Working From Home: There is no commute so the journey from home to office is under 20 seco

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The Power of One

Workday

'I’ve obviously been to many customer conferences, and still, year after year, the Workday Rising conference amazes me with the positive mood that prevails when our customers, partners, employees, and even some prospective customers gather together.

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Why is it so Hard to Hire During the Recovery?

Josh Bersin

Our soon to be published TalentWatch® research for Q4 2010 shows a tremendous growth in hiring going on: in mid 2010 32% of organizations cited talent shortages as critical to growth; this month. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Sourcing and Recruiting employer job seeker recovery unemployment.

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A Few Parallels Between Sports, Life and Leadership

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Few Parallels Between Sports, Life and Leadership Last few months, I have been playing Table Tennis regularly. From a complete novice to a reasonably comfortable player has been a wonderful road so far. With each game, I am getting more confident because I learn some new tricks, understand the nuances and find better ways to handle different situations.

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Cultivating Curiosity

The Bamboo Project Blog

Peter Bromberg over at ALA Learning is asking about how you create a culture of curiosity , something that's been on my mind of late. He points out that curiosity is the. only known antidote to the single biggest block to learning: the idea that we already have the answer (and it’s 1 st cousin, “I don’t care about the answer”.) Being in a state of curiosity means looking out at the world, collecting data, observing human behaviors and interactions, and asking “why?

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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5 Employee Engagement Myths

David Zinger

Are You Mything Out on Employee Engagement? Employee engagement has been capturing the attention of organizations because of the potential benefits ranging from better financial results to employee well-being. Here are 5 myths or mistakes that many organizations make with their employee engagement work. Engagement measures must be anonymous. Engagement requires a name and a face not an anonymous survey.

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Relationships in social recruiting

Strategic HCM

'There have been some fairly consistent views about social recruiting expressed this morning at Alan Whitford and Vic Okezie’s social recruiting conference… Views which I think contrast to the way many if not most organisations looking at social recruiting are trying to do it, and to those expressed in a few different articles recently, eg this one from John Sumser.

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Managers: Time to Talk Turkey

Working Girl

'As we go into the holiday season, consider talking turkey with your employees. If you''re a typical manager I''m guessing you don''t do this too much. Other stuff gets in the way. You have your agenda and work schedule and meetings. Your employees seem reasonably happy and productive. You probably assume things are fine. And maybe they are. But extrapolating from recent studies about employee engagement, they probably aren''t.

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Slow Jam

True Faith HR

'These have not been the best of times for SHRM. Departures from the C-Suite. Blogger peanut gallery. Rival factions. SHRM is so under siege, I half expect Steven Seagal to be elected next CEO. Yet, the highlight of the SHRM year (at least that is what they have said at each of the previous 10 opening sessions) is the descent of the SHRM volunteer army attending the SHRM Leadership Conference.

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Protect Your Business: Tackle the Future of I-9 Fraud with Expert Strategies

Speaker: Speakers

Is your business ready for the future of document fraud? AI advancements have made forgery easier, increasing risks for employers. With 85% of identity fraud last year linked to impersonation, proactive compliance is essential. Join WorkBright’s webinar on October 8 to equip yourself with crucial insights for protecting your business from fraudulent I-9 documents, including: Understanding Risks: Learn about new fraud tactics impacting your business.

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Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Quality of Planning = Quality of Execution: 7 Lessons When a project is executed, a plan is established. Work is broken down into smaller pieces and a neat schedule is created. Team members ( often referred to as “resources”, unfortunately ) are assigned, milestones are created and the schedule is circulated to all concerned.

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Asking the Right Question: "What Do You Need to Change Your Life?"

The Bamboo Project Blog

A Facebook friend shared an excellent link today to an article in The Economist on a new study about the most effective ways to serve the homeless: Broadway tried a brave and novel approach: giving each homeless person hundreds of pounds to be spent as they wished. According to a new report on the project by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a think-tank, it worked—a success that might offer broader lessons for public-service reform and efficiency.

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The Improved and Simplified Zinger Model of Engagement

David Zinger

Changes to the model for 2011. The Zinger Model of Employee Engagement has been revised for 2011. The biggest change is a move to more simplicity with each element having just 2 words while the core of CARE is one word for each letter of CARE. The revision makes the model easier to view and more visually appealing. Other changes include: Change element to: esteem organization.

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G4Social

Strategic HCM

'The last presentation today (just before a Bill Boorman panel) is with Colin Minto , Global Head of Resourcing at G4S. I’ve been following the progress of G4S’ new system since meeting Colin at a Connecting HR tweet-up earlier this year. And the system’s now been live for one week and one day. For G4S, social recruiting is an aspect of their direct resourcing strategy which supports their EVP / employer brand (on the slide).

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Project Social - The Role of HR During Good and Bad Times

Working Girl

'My Project Social partner Dave Ryan and I were talking about what topic we wanted to tackle next and decided on the role of HR during good and bad times - Dave''s post can be found here over at HR Official. An old friend of mine came over for coffee on Sunday. She currently works as a recruiter but worked for years in HR at both big and small companies.

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Your Employer Wants You to “Resign”: How to Fight Back

Evil HR Lady

You probably can't stop your boss from firing you, but you can negotiate the terms of your dismissal.

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Improvement, Change and Strength of Belief In Outcomes

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Improvement, Change and Strength of Belief In Outcomes We all find it difficult to stick to our new year resolutions beyond a few months. A lot of people wish to focus on their health and start exercising. Many people I know want to quit smoking. We have a lot of “wishes” on improvement, but we often fail to take some real actions.

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Lessons in the Power of Creative Destruction

The Bamboo Project Blog

Last night I had dinner with my husband, my two daughters, my ex-husband, his wife and their 5 month old baby girl. We ate Chinese in the house my ex and I bought together 10 years ago, gathered around the dining table his new wife brought to the house when they married. My daughters sat at one end passing their baby sister back and forth between them, while the four parents sat at the other, watching what we've created together in the past 7 years.

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[Free Templates] Plant the Seed for Successful Onboarding!

Our Free Welcome Email Templates (designed for both in-office or virtual employees) are ready for you to customize and use to plant the seeds of success for new team members.

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What are you doing to increase employee engagement 20%?

David Zinger

Increase Employee Engagement by 20%. Last Thursday we began the 20% campaign on the employee engagement network. The goal is to increase employee engagement 20% by the year 2020. This is our 20/20 vision for work and the near future. What have you done to take steps to increase employee engagement today? This could be for yourself, a person who reports to you, a person you report to, the organization, etc.

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How to… Develop an HR 2.0 Strategy

Strategic HCM

'I’ve got an article on HR 2.0 in the current edition (volume 9 number 6) of Strategic HR Review. I suggest that HR practitioners wanting to gain benefits from social media need to: Develop a vision of the future Take their first steps towards the vision Provide governance and training Sponsor HR 2.0 themselves Monitor and improve. There are good examples of organisations following this sort of approach in the journal – although it’s a shame that some of them are rather similar to each other eg

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Hard to Imagine Talent

Working Girl

'My youngest daughter had her fifth birthday a couple of weeks ago. We celebrated at the local pony club, where she and several friends from Kindergarten rode miniature ponies around in a circle for about an hour, followed by pizza and cake. A former equestrian myself, I was proud to note my older daughter’s straight back and general competence on a horse.

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Five Ways to Make a Job More Bearable

Evil HR Lady

Your company has not been nice ever since the economy started to go south. In fact, their general attitude is that you should just suck it up because at least you have a job. Here are 5 things you can do to make it more tolerable.

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The Upskilling Advantage: Transforming Your Workforce For Future Growth

Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too

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Teaching, Improvement and Change: A Few Parallels

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Teaching, Improvement and Change: A Few Parallels 12 years back, I started my career as a tutor who taught Oracle and PL/SQL to students belonging to different age groups. One thing I realized very early in my career as a tutor is that everyone of us has a different rate of learning – the speed with which we grasp new things, accept changes and change our own thinking.

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Veterans Day Blog at Hospira

Transparent Office

Usually I use this space to advocate use of social software "in the flow" of work. I write a lot about business processes, workflows, incentives, and IT integration. Today I want to talk about something completely different. Yesterday, medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals leader Hospira created a Veterans Day Blog on their internal Socialtext implementation.

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We Need Hopeless Employee Engagement

David Zinger

Now versus Hope. I have no hope for employee engagement. Hope is an emotional trap that gets us focused on the future. We need less hope and more gumption and robust engagement with work. Let the future take care of itself by engaging in the task in front of you right now, connecting strongly with others at work, and strengthening your connections to results and your organization.