David Zinger

JANUARY 24, 2012

Make meaning – why work? Part 8 of an 11 part series on how managers can improve employee engagement). Finding direction through meaning. Meaning. For work to sustain and enrich people it must be meaningful. Those who have a why to work can bear almost any how and a sense of meaningful work instills a strong and rich intrinsic motivation. Finding and Defining Meaning. Master your Mojo.

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QAspire

JANUARY 22, 2012

“…leadership may be defined as: the ability to enhance the environment so that everyone is empowered to contribute creatively to solving the problem(s).” – Gerald M. Weinberg. People do their best work when they are “intrinsically motivated” and one of the most important intrinsic motivator for people is autonomy in work. People need a space to perform and they need a say in how their work should be performed. Workplace autonomy feeds self-esteem and fosters creativity. You can only foster autonomy when you have team members who you can rely on.

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45 Things

JANUARY 26, 2012

I remember the first recommendation an editor wrote for me. It was glowing. It was wonderful. It told editors they would be idiots not to hire me. still have copies of that recommendation. found one the other day and preened around the rest of the day, even though the cats seemed singularly unimpressed. What would I have done without that glowing report? They're going to find people who will talk."

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Josh Bersin

JANUARY 27, 2012

SAP, the world’s largest application software company, just announced the best revenue and earnings growth the company has made in many years. The company’s revenues grew by 12% to over. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. HR Systems LMS, LCMS Talent Management bigdata hana SAP

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True Faith HR

JANUARY 27, 2012

For the longest period of time, SHRM dominated the HR conference scene. From the bevy of state conferences to the behemoth that is SHRM Annual, SHRM was the 800 lb. gorilla setting the tone for what a HR conference should be. Of late, however, a number of new learning opportunities are popping up. From the TRU Unconferences to the ever popular HRevolution series, the competition for your educational dollars has never been stronger. So, with the many available HR conference options out there of late, why should attend Transform?: 1. Billy Beane is the keynote speaker. The agenda is fantastic.

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Josh Bersin

JANUARY 21, 2012

Talent management makes money. If you are trying to build a business case for a corporate talent management program, here is some astounding data: Of the 700+ organizations we studied in 2010 and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Business Trends Talent Management microsoft

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45 Things

JANUARY 24, 2012

Let's say that despite all the good advice out there (including, ahem, my own) you decide to go out with some people after work and hit happy hour. And once again, despite the good advice (did I mention my own?) you get a little past tipsy and say or do something that in the bright light of your cubicle the next morning seems, well.stupid. To make the best of the situation: 1. Stay mum. Be honest.

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Strategic HCM

JANUARY 25, 2012

So I’m back here again. The main highlight today is Ed Lawer on one of his rare trips to the UK. We start on the need to build changeable rather than simply great, but stable, organisations. This is the difference between new normal and old normal - change and accountability. We’ll never go back to the days of fixed job descriptions. HR needs to create, not just be at the table. Change hrevent

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True Faith HR

JANUARY 26, 2012

In college, a friend and I, used to strive to include 4 words in every paper we wrote. Those words? Boon Moist Torrential Cavalcade The reason why these words in particular were chosen has faded away into the mists of time, but we had the belief (perhaps mistaken) that if we could incorporate each of these words appropriately, the natural result had to be a grade of "A."

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 23, 2012

Have you ever been caught off guard ? I don''t mean a little surprise, I''m talking holy moly type of caught off guard. We all have a list of examples from our personal lives: trips to the Emergency Room, slips and falls, fender bender accidents, etc. Those can be a little scary.sometimes they can be a lot scary. But what happens when you''re caught off guard at work? Is Preparation Possible? We all like to believe we can stay calm, cool and collected in times of crisis. In fact, sometimes bigger issues are easier to deal with than those small annoyances that seem to never get resolved.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Employees can be quite cunning when it comes to performance reviews. We''ve all seen the employee who slacks off during much of the year and then some weeks prior to their review being done, they really pick things up and work harder or become more effective. Recent activity bias (often called recency effect) is more common during performance reviews than we might imagine. Managers see the improved work effort and/or quality and when it comes time to do the review, it tends to stand out in their mind more than the less than acceptable work done during the earlier part of the review period.

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Strategic HCM

JANUARY 21, 2012

If you get IHRIM’s Workforce Solutions Review, do take a look at this article in the new December 2011 / January 2012 edition. This is the exec summary: “The increasing use of strategic workforce planning is a welcome development in the HR profession. This embedding of workforce planning is particularly important when operating in today’s turbulent economic environment.” Workforce planning

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True Faith HR

JANUARY 25, 2012

Chi, N.-W., Chung, Y.-Y., & Tsai, W.-C. How do happy leaders enhance team success? The mediating roles of transformational leadership, group affective tone, and team processes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology , 41(6), 1421-1451 A large body of research exists on "employee happiness" and the impact leaders have in influencing it. Who hasn''t been affected by a leader in a bad mood? However, less is known about the relationship between positive leader moods and subsequent team performance. members'' determination to achieve a goal), team satisfaction, and team helping behavior (i.e.,

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 27, 2012

Have you ever found yourself working with someone who you didn’t get along with? I don’t mean someone who is a bit annoying; I mean someone that you knew in your heart would never be someone you could trust? That’s a difficult place to be. When that person is a high level leader it makes the relationship that much more complicated. Do not get caught up in a battle against the other person.

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SuccessFactors

JANUARY 23, 2012

With SuccessFactors and Jobs2web you can deploy a recruiting execution strategy on one platform that powers talent attraction, talent engagement and talent selection engine. Are you ready for the next generation approach to hiring better talent?

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Strategic HCM

JANUARY 26, 2012

HR has been trying to become a better business partner for some time in order to help deal with the challenges I listed in part 1 of this post. In improving on these results, HR’s structural model has been one of the major change in organisations. The major problem has been HR functions going native – only thinking about their line of business, not the corporate as a whole. Your thoughts?

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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

JANUARY 23, 2012

A young Tim Sackett in action This is the story of how I met Tim Sackett. January 1977. East Lansing, Michigan. It was another cold January morning of rec basketball. The usual punks from Dewitt were bringing their tough brand of defense to the parquet floor of Pinecrest Elementary School. There was no way this little wisp of a boy was going to make an impact. Boy, was I wrong….

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 25, 2012

“I’m very loyal to my company. I’ve always been a team player and make decisions based on what’s best for the team. If we don’t work together, we’ll never make real progress.” We all totally believe that….and and have said it…and probably meant it some of the time too. Loyal To Who? The concept of being loyal to an employer is an intriguing one, particularly for those employees that are highly motivated to advance. What happens when several high performers are competing for a limited number of promotional opportunities? What if they’re all part of a project team? How does that work? No Excuses.

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SuccessFactors

JANUARY 22, 2012

SuccessFactors Jam unleashes the creativity, spontaneity, and teamwork to power your social learning, onboarding and other talent processes. Jam makes sharing and finding relevant information and experts easier than ever. Jam’s remarkably simple video and screen capture lets everyone share his or her expertise.

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Workday

JANUARY 24, 2012

A colleague, Laura Schroeder, who has an eye for the interesting and important pointed me to this article some time ago that qualifies as both: "Finance Keener on HR strategy than HR

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