45 Things

MARCH 8, 2011

Here's my gift to you today: I'm not going to blog about Charlie Sheen. I'm not going to give you advice about how you shouldn't follow Sheen's career strategy. Honestly, if you're dim enough to even think about listening to Charlie Sheen, you need a heck of a lot more advice than I can ever give you. And some really good meds. charlie sheen celebrity career advice bad behavior Anita Bruzzese

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QAspire

MARCH 9, 2011

We live in times where more and more work is executed by teams that are geographically distributed. Leading a virtual team, fostering collaboration and binding them to common set of objectives is one of the key challenges for business leaders. In most of the troubled projects I have seen, the real challenges were not technical/engineering ones but communication/collaboration ones. Having been a part of distributed team and having managed a few projects with virtual teams, here 10 most important lessons I have learned: Leadership. Command and control leadership model generally fails.

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David Zinger

MARCH 10, 2011

Get the Picture on Employee Engagement from A to Z: Almost 19,000 views. Here is a classic slide presentation I created on Employee Engagement 3 years ago. It was posted on SlideShare and had over 18663 views and  2373 downloads. The presentation take you through the Employee Engagement alphabet in 26 visual and cogent slides. Enjoy. David founded the 3500 member  Employee Engagement Network.

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Strategic HCM

MARCH 9, 2011

I’ve ( nearly ) completely missed out on posting on Dan Pink’s book, Drive , previously somehow. I don’t know how that happened – it’s certainly something I talk about a lot. accept most of Paul Herbert’s case (which I still think are the best constructed arguments) against Pink’s thinking. So having done so, I thought I’d share a few perspectives here. People are finely tuned to fairness.

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 7, 2011

Dear Evil HR Lady, There are two of us in equal positions at my office. The excuse our Manager used for not promoting either of us was that there could only be one promotion and therefore it would not be forthcoming this year because if one was promoted the other would make too much fuss. find my boss is buying everything she says. Ways to Stop a Coworker From Sabotaging You

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True Faith HR

MARCH 7, 2011

Next month, Laurie Ruettimann and I will be presenting "Pop Culture, Politics, and HR" and the 3rd rendition of HREvolution in Atlanta, April 29. With the multitude of options and topics, you may be wondering why we are having this discussion in a session, instead of over drinks in the hotel bar? The relevance is big picture HR. People should be stepping back in our session and asking why they are in this field. What was one of the biggest HR books in 2010? David Ulrich''s " The Why of Work." Our presentation essentially gets to "The Why of HR." Why do we go to work? Is it simply a paycheck?

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Survey 17

Working Girl

MARCH 9, 2011

During a recent chat my project social partner Dave Ryan and I agreed that HR certification doesn’t automatically confer expertise in all the myriad facets of HR and a new post topic was born! Be sure to check out Dave’s latest post about the many hats HR must wear. HR is like housework: There are things you have to do every day, like dishes and picking up toys. There are some things you’d like to do to make your house look better but you never have time, like re-painting the kitchen or sewing curtains. Without this information it’s hard to build a business case for strategic HR.

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Strategic HCM

MARCH 6, 2011

Actually, it’s not just that HCI / the MIX didn’t select my hack , that’s OK (everyone makes mistakes!). It’s more that I don’t think the best of the rest have been selected either. However, some of the stories (suggestions rather than ideas) that have been selected are very impressive. My favourite story of all though isn’t on this list, and is one describing celebrating failure at NixonMcInnes.

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 9, 2011

You would think that with unemployment being so high that hiring would be super easy. After all, you simply tell your employees that you’re hiring and post the job on your company’s websites. Within minutes LinkedIn is buzzing with all that networking and your company’s servers are being overwhelmed with hundreds of applicants. So, Why is the Hiring Process So Slow

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Company 13

David Zinger

MARCH 8, 2011

Are you changed by work? Working on work as work works on you. I had a two-cent epiphany today. think we are fully engaged in work when work changes us in a more constructive, richer, or complete way. Have Have you ever been working on something and then you realize it has been working on you? Zinger gets a stinger. The work was both evolutionary and transformational. Transformational working.

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Working Girl

MARCH 11, 2011

My latest post over at Compensation Cafe looks at how companies can pimp up their compensation with low-cost perks and benefits. Compensation engagement

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Strategic HCM

MARCH 8, 2011

Just a quick reminder that I’ll be writing more about social HR (including learning) - that I’ve been writing about in my last couple of posts - in this webinar on Tuesday 15th March. Do join me if you can! Events Social learning Social media Social recruitment

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 11, 2011

Dear Evil HR Lady, Now that employers aren’t reading resumes - instead just putting them through scanners to find keyword matches - do they still read cover letters? I’ve got no problem crafting specific cover letters for the various jobs I’m applying to. That said, my job search is time-consuming enough without spending time and energy on a cover letter no one is going to read. Is Anybody Even Reading Cover Letters? And if you don't have time (or desire) to read my article, linked above, make sure you read Alison Green's (Ask a Manager) article on cover letters.

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David Zinger

MARCH 11, 2011

Here is a list of recent posts from David Zinger Associates Employee Engagement: Get the Picture on Employee Engagement From A to Z. Employee Engagement: When the Work You Do Changes You. Workaiku: More Snow? Executive Vulnerability: A First Step in Employee Engagement. Employee Engagement: Follow Your Bliss and Blisters. Workaiku: Hurry. Employee Engagement: Management Moxie Through Subtraction.

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Working Girl

MARCH 7, 2011

Everything you ever wanted to know about leadership is right here , hosted by Dan McCarthy over at - what else? Great Leadership. carnivals leadership managers

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Strategic HCM

MARCH 5, 2011

Strategic HCM has been chosen by analysts at the Human Capital Institute (HCI) as one of HCI''s Top 50 Talent Blogs for 2011. You may remember that I had entered a competition at the end of last year to win a prize at the Management Innovation eXchange (the MIX) which would have given me a ticket to HCI’s summit in Atlanta this week. Blogging Events

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Training Strategy Wellness 11

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Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Is there anything that can be done about it?

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True Faith HR

MARCH 10, 2011

Last night, in a bold move, Republicans voted 18-1 to strip collective bargaining rights from many of Wisconsin''s public employees (remember that Police and Firefighters were not part of this bill). The action today will help ensure Wisconsin has a business climate that allows the private sector to create 250,000 new jobs. So far, I''m seeing jobs being destroyed, not being created.

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Josh Bersin

MARCH 5, 2011

The ever-changing market for Learning Management Systems (LMS) continues to evolve. Last year, Taleo, the largest provider of recruiting software, spent $100 million acquiring mid-market LMS vendor. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. HR Systems LMS, LCMS CornerstoneOnDemand Halogen Software lms Plateau sumtotal systems taleo

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NoExcusesHR

MARCH 11, 2011

Part of the human condition is to screw up from time to time, and sometimes to screw up rather badly. In the fourteenth century there was a young man who earned his living as a scribe at the monastery. He worked in the writing room called the Scriptorium. His job was to copy the Bible for the Monks. Now the manuscript before him was in two columns as almost all ancient manuscripts were. No Excuses.

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Strategic HCM

MARCH 7, 2011

I’ve had your questions from my webinar last week. But firstly, let me briefly repeat my responses to the questions I did answer: 1. What about 360 degree feedback – isn’t this social? To an extent yes, but 1.feedback also needs to be shared back with the people providing it, and 2. How do you select the best technology for online learning? What’s the difference between a network and a community?

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 7, 2011

Dear Evil HR Lady, There are two of us in equal positions at my office. The excuse our Manager used for not promoting either of us was that there could only be one promotion and therefore it would not be forthcoming this year because if one was promoted the other would make too much fuss. find my boss is buying everything she says. Ways to Stop a Coworker From Sabotaging You

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David Zinger

MARCH 5, 2011

Brain circuits overload. more to do and more to do. snow falls seasons change. Employee Engagement

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Employee Engagement 1

NoExcusesHR

MARCH 9, 2011

There have been many famous mountains throughout history. The stories that come from them have shaped the lives of millions of people around the world. Consider this short list: Horab, Carmel, Calvary, Vesuvius, Everest and Suribachi. All have important stories to tell. All have made a difference in the lives of those who were there, (some terrible, and some incredibly beautiful.) have too.

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Health Care Needs New Heroes - The Talent Implications of Health Care Reform

DDI's Talent Management Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2011

Change is driving the need for health care to reconsider what it needs from its executives, physicians, leaders, and staff

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 11, 2011

Dear Evil HR Lady, Now that employers aren’t reading resumes - instead just putting them through scanners to find keyword matches - do they still read cover letters? I’ve got no problem crafting specific cover letters for the various jobs I’m applying to. That said, my job search is time-consuming enough without spending time and energy on a cover letter no one is going to read. Is Anybody Even Reading Cover Letters? And if you don't have time (or desire) to read my article, linked above, make sure you read Alison Green's (Ask a Manager) article on cover letters.

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 9, 2011

You would think that with unemployment being so high that hiring would be super easy. After all, you simply tell your employees that you’re hiring and post the job on your company’s websites. Within minutes LinkedIn is buzzing with all that networking and your company’s servers are being overwhelmed with hundreds of applicants. So, Why is the Hiring Process So Slow

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NoExcusesHR

MARCH 7, 2011

Monday morning. Inbox is full. Time is set aside to stay on top of several major projects. Two dozen meetings are waiting for me between now and Friday. I''m not complaining.in fact, I have the "fire in my belly" to have a great week. have the fire. So I''m starting my week thinking all about me. My email. my projects. my meetings. Could I get any more self-absorbed? Could I walk past my colleagues any faster to get to my desk and start on my work? Maybe I should consider a different strategy for doing my "work." It has a whole bunch of really important items listed. Where''s your fire today?

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