QAspire

APRIL 3, 2011

Drucker got it wrong. Drucker famously wrote that “ the purpose of business is to create and keep a customer. ” I’m as much a fan of Drucker’s as any management scholar, but I have to part ways with him here. The purpose of business is NOT to create or to keep a customer. Certainly it is an objective, even THE primary objective of business. Still, objectives are not purpose.

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45 Things

APRIL 4, 2011

I've been on vacation for the last week, and that weird tic in my eye has disappeared. While it's always a hassle to get ready to go on vacation, I keep reminding myself that it's worth it. want to catch you up with my Gannett/USAToday columns, so here's one I wrote on trust in the workplace. Do you trust anyone at work? Your co-worker? Your CEO? It becomes very depleting," she says.

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David Zinger

APRIL 5, 2011

50 Free Copies of: Change Anything – The New Science of Personal Success. What ? Change Anything is a new book from Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler. The book is dedicated to Albert Bandura and is based on the insights and principles of Albert Bandura and other social scientists. There are a number of reasons. Employee engagement Now What ?

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Strategic HCM

APRIL 8, 2011

See below for information on www.thehaygroupconference,com. I’ve been posting recently on the importance of a differentiated HR Point of View ; of influencing business from this POV; and of talking in a more people focused language to support this. But it’s also about the changing nature of employment, and the increase in service, knowledge and team based work. This post is sponsored by Hay Group.

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Working Girl

APRIL 8, 2011

Dave Ryan and I were chatting earlier this week about various topics and decided it''s time for a project social check point. You can read Dave''s observations over at HR Official. Here are mine: We started project social last October, so it''s been about 6 months. In that time, we''ve written quite a few posts and chatted almost weekly. look forward to my weekly chats with Dave. Any takers?

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Strategic HCM

APRIL 5, 2011

I’m delighted to announce the publication of a new book, The Executive Guide to Integrated Talent Management , edited by ASTD’s Pat Galagan and I4CP’s Kevin Oakes. My chapter is on the intersection between learning and development and compensation & rewards. I’ll give you my overall opinions when I get hold of a copy. Book review Learning Talent management

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David Zinger

APRIL 2, 2011

Thank you for joining and being a part of the Employee Engagement Network. We will change employee engagement and you can change anything! Bestselling authors, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler are releasing their brand new book, Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success. The offer ends April 8th. Employee Engagement

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Evil HR Lady

APRIL 4, 2011

Dear Evil HR Lady, I am curious as to why companies have people who have no idea what a position does conduct 1st round telephone interviews? Makes the job hunting process even more frustrating. There are two answers to this question: One nice and one not so nice. Let’s start with the answer that gives recruiters and companies the benefit of the doubt. Why Is the Recruiter an Idiot

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Working Girl

APRIL 2, 2011

According to a recent survey, 25% of supervisors are younger than the people they supervise. That’s not really surprising given that not everyone over, say, 40 is a supervisor and someone has to be managing all these people. It’s also not surprising that we see a large volume of blog traffic on the topic of young managers, managing older workers and dealing with generation gaps in the workforce. called lots of meetings and did most of the talking. worked crazy hours and had limited respect for people who didn''t. I had all sorts of great theories that didn''t work very well in practice.

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Strategic HCM

APRIL 2, 2011

The CIPD has still got some away to go in its development before I feel very comfortable paying my fees each Summer, but recent developments show it’s moving in the right direction. The new website is a vast improvement and I like the new monthly People Management too. It could do with just a couple more articles still, but those that this edition includes are pretty good.

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David Zinger

APRIL 8, 2011

A core value in Japan is gaman, “patience and perseverance,” which is expressed in a high level of consideration for others, even under great stress. 10 Things to Emulate from Japan. View more presentations from Effect Works. Thanks to Effect Works in Chennai India for putting this together. Employee Engagement

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Evil HR Lady

APRIL 8, 2011

Are nit-picky workplace rules and government legislation necessary to force us into acting like grown ups, or is this just unnecessary intrusion into workers' lives? Are Today's Workers Too Immature

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Working Girl

APRIL 5, 2011

Finally, the definitive link between money and engagement! Just kidding, lots of people have tried to explain this. But if you''re interested in this topic, check out my new post Think of Money as the Bottom Line at Compensation Cafe. Compensation engagement leadership

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Strategic HCM

APRIL 5, 2011

I’ve recently attended Dachis Group’s Social Business Summit in London (see my two posts at Social Advantage ) and thought I’d post here on one of the sessions which was presented by Charles Hull at Archrival. The sessions was titled Social Marketing to Millennials which didn’t get my hopes up. I’m not a Gen Y denier ( like some ) but I tend to think I know as much as I need to on this subject.

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True Faith HR

APRIL 7, 2011

In three weeks, I''ll be heading to the HREvolution unconference in Atlanta to present on HR & Popular Culture with the Cynical Girl herself, Laurie Ruettimann. However, two days prior to the start of HREvolution, I get to present the prime appetizer in the form of hosting the April 27th Edition of the Carnival of HR. However, instead of simply accepting the best blog posts of the past two weeks, we will be going in a slightly different direction. Since HREvolution should be about evolving and change, the blog posts I want should answer one of the following questions: 1.

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Evil HR Lady

APRIL 6, 2011

Dear Evil HR Lady, I would like an insider like yourself to answer this instead of getting my info from crazy internet conspiracy theorists. You give wonderful advice to working professionals, but I'm wondering if you won't take a moment to give a hand up to us "regular Joes." Why is it SO hard to find a JOB? Just a regular job? Why are these employers so full of themselves and out-of-touch?

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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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Working Girl

APRIL 5, 2011

Don''t miss the April Leadership Development Carnival hosted by Sharlyn Lauby at HR Bartender. another great line up of leadership posts! I was going to highlight a few with teasers but they''re all good. carnivals leadership

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Strategic HCM

APRIL 3, 2011

The first event I’ll be attending after my quiet April , and Connecting HR’s second unconference on 5th May, will be on 9-10th May when I’ll be delivering a workshop on social business and HR management at the European HR Forum in Brussels. Let me know if you’re going to be there, it would be good to say hi. Events Global HR

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True Faith HR

APRIL 6, 2011

Last weekend, I attended my 10th NCAA Men''s Basketball Final Four in Houston, TX. Here are some quick observations: Houston is not a great site for the Final Four. It is very spread out, forcing attendees to rely heavily on cab rides to get around town. Further, the cab drivers we had were very unfamiliar with the city, and at least 3 times I had to search my smartphone for the address, and even had to enter one address into the cab driver''s GPS. That did not convey a positive view of the city. Further, the sprawl of Houston made for less of a Final Four feel. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

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NoExcusesHR

APRIL 4, 2011

I''ve made plenty of choices over the years. Quite frankly some of them were pretty bad. Actually, some were downright awful. Like this one. needed to change a holiday pay practice and was attempting to get the buy-in from the rest of the senior leadership team. We only came to consensus at the very last minute. felt terrible afterward. consider myself a strategy-guy. But I learned. learned to be.

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David Zinger

APRIL 2, 2011

It just seemed so good. small down payment and mortgage. price drops drown in debt. Employee Engagement

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Strategic HCM

APRIL 8, 2011

For the last couple of days, I’ve been to the CIPD’s HR (HR Development) conference in London. I was there as press and my intent was to post regularly throughout both days. Unfortunately my (T-Mobile) dongle wasn’t working and there was no wifi(!), so I wasn’t able to post. Ben Betts of HT2 would understand. I met Ben earlier in the day and attended some of his workshop this afternoon as well.

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Evil HR Lady

APRIL 8, 2011

Are nit-picky workplace rules and government legislation necessary to force us into acting like grown ups, or is this just unnecessary intrusion into workers' lives? Are Today's Workers Too Immature

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Josh Bersin

APRIL 7, 2011

How do you build a high-impact learning organization?  As many of you know, it’s not as easy as it looks. Back in 2008 we essentially wrote the book on this topic when we launched our. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Content Development Learning Programs LMS, LCMS hilo

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SuccessFactors

APRIL 6, 2011

I had a brief exchange with my good friend and former colleague, who is also a Strategic Workforce Planning Leader in a non-HR corporate function, about where within companies Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) flourishes. My company, SuccessFactors (formerly Infohrm), has long maintained that SWP is a business process that HR contributes to (or facilitates). But […]. Workforce Analytics & Planning

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Strategic HCM

APRIL 5, 2011

But from 18-22 July, I’ll be speaking at what may turn out to be my favourite conference so far – the International Human Resource Management Congress at the famous ''five star'' Kairaba Beach Hotel in Banjul, Gambia: The program will introduce to the participants best practices in human resource management (HRM) which are characterized by “long-term perspective'' and “people-centered” approaches.

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NoExcusesHR

APRIL 6, 2011

Leaders make choices. We get paid to, and we must. There is no wiggle-room. If you''re incapable of making a choice, you''re going to be out of a job soon. If someone makes the big choices for you; you''re out of a job soon. If your boss makes all of the major strategic and disciplinary decisions for you, you''ll be out of a job soon. Get it? Step up, and make a choice. How many times have you worked with leaders that simply will not make the choice that is so obvious, even to them? Sadly, I''m guessing you can''t count the number on one hand. Neither can I. It doesn''t matter. No Excuses.

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