QAspire

APRIL 1, 2012

Namaste! Welcome to the April 1st 2012 Carnival of Leadership Development. I’d like to dedicate this edition of Carnival to Earth Day 2012 , celebrated every year on 22nd April as a movement to protect the beautiful planet we all have inherited. This month, we again have a great line up of posts on leadership, management and talent development. All you need to do is remember to use them.

Coaching 45

Coaching Competencies Talent Development Groups 45

David Zinger

APRIL 3, 2012

Questioning Engagement. participant at a mining conference I presented at in South Africa asked what happens when the Pyramid of Engagement is broken. It was an excellent question that created a small epiphany for me about an inverted pyramid. Here is an upside down picture of the pyramid of engagement. It represents employee engagement falling away or draining out of an organization. Following the inverted pyramid image is a list of 21 signs that employee engagement is broken for an organization or an invididual. 21 Signs. Too many results are attempted without enough capacity.

Employee Engagement 26

Employee Engagement Conference Tools System 26

Peoplefluent

APRIL 5, 2012

Thursday, April 5, 2012 :00am. The Changing Landscape of Wage Discrimination: Lilly Ledbetter, Paycheck Fairness Act, and the OFCCP By Danielle Williams. If you are a member of a company’s human resources department, legal department, or executive team, regardless of your political views or affiliations, it is difficult to ignore the changing landscape of wage discrimination.

Discrimination 24

Discrimination Resources 24

NoExcusesHR

APRIL 4, 2012

This is another post in the #NoFearHR project Mike VanDervort and I have kicked off. Mike , I like the way you''re moving this conversation.and you''re absolutely right. If HR still isn''t on board with social media it''s their fault. The proverbial train has left the station. Now onto putting social to work in business. As you mentioned, we are integrating social media into everything we do here , and it is much more than a facebook page. But before we went running off " launching a strategy " I needed to get the team on board. Great question. But What About the C-Suite What about them?

Tools 16

Tools Training Strategy Resources 16

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Groups

Peoplefluent

APRIL 6, 2012

Friday, April 6, 2012 :00am. Who Owns Contingent Labor in Your Organization? By Tom Tisdale. Driven by the economy, globalization and the need for organizations to be agile and save costs, the utilization of contingent workers is on the rise. As the pervasiveness of contingent labor grows, organizations are facing a hard truth: the costs related to managing temporary labor are also on the rise.

Corporate Strategy 14

Corporate Strategy Strategy 14

TheHRBlog

APRIL 5, 2012

Work- Life Balance is one of the most debated topic in today’s world. Some believe that this is not being looked at holistically and may not be doable. Jack Welch, former GE CEO says that -“There’s no such thing as Work- Life Balance. There are work- life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” […].

Productivity 14

Productivity Strategy Resources 14

45 Things

APRIL 4, 2012

Achieving work/life balance has been credited with making workers more productive, more loyal and less stressed, and yet a recent survey from Harvard Business School shows that even global executives feel the need to be on the job 24/7. One even commented that his own inability to delegate means that subordinates should “be prepared to get emails at night.” magazine. You’re creating memories.

Survey 14

Survey Productivity 14

NoExcusesHR

APRIL 2, 2012

I think sharing information is the right thing to do. You probably do too. Maintaining a transparent environment is often a precursor to a workplace that actually values trust. Values trust. What About Timing? So what happens when there is news to share; or a plan needs to be rolled out; or there is the possibility that something new is on the corporate horizon? Absolutely not. No Excuses.

Resources 14

Resources 14

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True Faith HR

APRIL 4, 2012

Thanks to the graciousness of my good friend Kelly and the kind people at the CBS television network, I just returned from New Orleans where I attended my 11th Final Four in the last 15 years. In many ways, the Final Four is much like the SHRM Annual Conference : Lots of talk about talent - Like SHRM, there is a lot of discussion of talent. In this case, the teams playing. Who is he? I don''t know.

Coaching 4

Coaching Conference Recruitment Wellness 4

Strategic HCM

APRIL 3, 2012

Sorry for not blogging for a while ? sometimes I just loose the motivation (it always comes back again though!). The challenge when I've had a lull though is choosing which of those things I've missed commenting on that I'm

Diversity and Equality 4

Diversity and Equality Guidelines Analysis Recruitment 4

45 Things

APRIL 6, 2012

People known for their charisma must have been born with it — because if charisma could be learned everyone would have it, right? Olivia Fox Cabane says charisma can be learned, but many people don't understand how to go about it. They make attempts that fall flat or use strategies that make them seem fake, annoying and arrogant. You can be born with a predisposition for charisma," she says.

Coaching 10

Coaching Time and Attendance Study Meeting 10

NoExcusesHR

APRIL 6, 2012

I hate looking foolish. No, that''s not strong enough.I loathe looking foolish. The reason I know this is that I''ve done it so many times, I''ve come to understand just how much it bothers me. How Are You Being Fooled? Have you convinced yourself you''ve figured it all out? Or that you''re making the right choices? Or you believe without you the organization will fail? Look for criticism.

Data 10

Data 10

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ReviewSNAP

APRIL 3, 2012

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Resources 4

Resources Coaching High Performance Culture Compliance 4

TheHRBlog

APRIL 3, 2012

Look around yourself and you will find people constantly struggling with their identity, their life remains a constant process of adjusting to everyone’s feedback. They keep on doing this, hoping to be perfect – they suppress their originality and never reach the worldly desired image. You will also find these individuals immersed in self-help books […]. Accepting Oneself Self Esteem Stress Management Accepting Yourself Jappreet Sethi Love Oneself Self Confidence Self Help Ying Yang

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Calibrating Performance Appraisals

ReviewSNAP

APRIL 1, 2012

Calibration, according to Webster''s Dictionary, is a set of graduations to indicate values or positions. In the realm of performance management, calibration can be important to getting performance appraisals as accurate as possible by introducing graduated review of the performance appraisal to help ensure it is as accurate as possible. The process of having other individuals or groups review appraisals is the basis for performance management calibration. That is a significant quality assurance process that is lacking in many organizations.

Performance Management 0

Performance Management System Analysis Groups 0