David Zinger

JANUARY 17, 2012

Leverage Strengths – An outline of why employee engagement needs to be strong stuff. Part 6 of an 11 part series on how managers can improve employee engagement). Let’s get strong in 2012. Engagement is strong stuff. When you know your strengths, live your strengths, and leverage your strengths in the service of others you will have increased engagement, happiness, and well being.

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Aurico

JANUARY 19, 2012

With the unemployment rate at 8.6% in November 2011, many prospective employees are “beefing up” their resumes. Much news has been made over the years about truth in advertising, but little emphasis has been placed on truth in hiring. The Society for Human Resource Management states 45% of all resumes contain one major fabrication, while The Wall Street Journal reports that 34% of all job applications contain lies regarding experience, education and the ability to perform essential job functions. Padded resumes can hit a company hard. Background Screening Hiring

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Strategic HCM

JANUARY 20, 2012

The other key event that I’ll be presenting at next week will be Learning Technologies (with Learning and Skills, and Learning without Frontiers) at the Olympia in London on Thursday. In the red corner , Paul Jagger at IBM will be arguing that L&D needs to break free of HR in order to take its rightful place at the heart of organisational strategy. Picture credit: Cpl. Megan L.

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QAspire

JANUARY 15, 2012

If process is a vehicle, purpose is the compass. Purpose gives a definite direction to processes. People (and their expertise) are the drivers. Technology acts as an accelerator. Most system implementation or change initiatives focus enough on the P-P-T – People, process and technology and somewhere along the lines, the focus on purpose blurs. have seen improvement experts who are always on the quest to find the next new thing, a fancy template or a complex matrix document that they can include in their ‘kitty’ of best practices. Bottom line?

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 19, 2012

As a child my friends and I played " tag." It was a simple game where one person was "it" and the others ran around trying not to get tagged. If you were caught you were now "it." The game always started the same way, everyone involved shouted out "Not It!" so they could avoid the punishment of being the one. The punishment of being the one. Why is that so difficult? What message does that send?

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APQC

JANUARY 18, 2012

2012 Keynote Speakers. Dr. Carla O''Dell. President, APQC. read more

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45 Things

JANUARY 16, 2012

Last Friday I took a couple of hours off to run some personal errands. wish I had stayed home, because my retinas are forever emblazoned with the visions I saw in "casual Friday" workplaces as I went to take care of my business. Casual Fridays were instituted as a sort of morale booster years ago, a way to let employees ditch the tie and pantyhose and wear something a little more casual. No shorts.

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Aurico

JANUARY 19, 2012

Some applicants self-select themselves out of the candidate pool right from the start, making our job so much easier. Here are some actual answers we’ve seen on job applications. For the record, none were applying for a job as a stand-up comedian. What are your strengths? Creative, hard working, GREAT looking” What are your weaknesses? perfection (I strive for)” What are your weaknesses? comptu camp comp comuter cumpester interenett Spelling” What are your weaknesses? Blooper Book Hiring

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Josh Bersin

JANUARY 17, 2012

After more than three years of decline in spending, corporate training budgets just jumped up 9.5% last year. Just released, 2012 Bersin & Associates Corporate Learning Factbook®). Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Content Development Learning Programs Organization & Governance

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Strategic HCM

JANUARY 19, 2012

Next week I’ll be chairing the second day of the HR Directors Business Summit in Birmingham, UK. My key role will be running the plenary panel session at the end of the day, facilitating a ‘big conversation’ about some of the key themes from the conference (including the unconference which is forming part of it). look forward to hearing from you. Events Social media

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APQC

JANUARY 19, 2012

2012 Logistics. All pre-conference training and conference events will take place at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa and APQC headquarters (located adjacent to The Houstonian). read more

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NoExcusesHR

JANUARY 17, 2012

Are these words at odds with each other? Is it possible to develop a strategic plan and also lead the execution of that plan? I''m not talking about assigning the implementation steps to a support team; I''m asking if the same person can effectively develop a high level strategic plan and then provide the leadership to make it happen? But how they manage is critical. That''s right, mandatory.

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Josh Bersin

JANUARY 19, 2012

Are you a great instructional designer looking for an exciting new opportunity? Would you like to help design cutting-edge, market leading instructional content for a global audience? Are you. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Enterprise Learning

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Strategic HCM

JANUARY 19, 2012

This is an (updated) article I wrote to support the HR Director’s Business Summit next week: The next HR Directors Business Summit taking place in January 2012 will, for the first time, feature an unconference. What is an Unconference? Unconference attendees are also encouraged to take responsibility for their own participation. What will be happening at the HR Directors Business Summit ?

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APQC

JANUARY 20, 2012

Intel’s corporate finance group has long been known as a beacon of innovation and continuous improvement among the U.S. finance community at large. This case study focuses on how Intel’s financial planning and analysis function is structured, and how it operates in solid alignment with business decision makers. The case documents a number of best practices in action. Forecasting Financial Analytics Planning, budgeting, and forecasting Finance and Accounting Articles and White Papers 8.1 Perform planning and management accounting 8.0 Manage Financial Resources 8.1.1

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Aurico

JANUARY 19, 2012

In January 2012, Aurico was designated an NAPBS accredited organization. The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) is the leading national resource for issues related to the background screening industry. NAPBS promotes ethical business practices and fosters awareness of privacy rights and consumer protection issues. It is the foremost leader in the movement toward establishing generally accepted and reliable standards for background screening professionals and organizations. Background Screening

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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 18, 2012

Ray, J.L., Baker, L.T., & Plowman, D.A. Organizational Mindfulness in Business Schools. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 10(2). 188-203. Last week, we examined the concept of surprise and organizational bricolage. In many instances, organizations can fall victim to surprise because they are unprepared. One way to prepare for surprise is to be "mindful," by paying close attention to their surroundings and maintaining the ability to act on unexpected signals. business schools and provide evidence of its five dimensions. Focused on a particular discipline? Implications for HR 1.

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Strategic HCM

JANUARY 18, 2012

I''m at Lumesse''s international customer conference in London today. The most interesting things for me have been: Listening to Josh Bersin - always great value even if I don''t agree with everything he says - eg the development of Strategic HR into Integrated Talent Management (agreed) and then a business enablement function vs a separate function managing people (disagree). HCM technology

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APQC

JANUARY 19, 2012

2012 Pricing. Registration is now closed. Knowledge Management Conference. Member Price. Nonmember Price. Early-Bird. After March 26, 2012. read more

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Working Girl

JANUARY 15, 2012

One of the early goals of project social was to see how different themes drove more visits and comments. My project social partner Dave Ryan and I are occasionally (OK, frequently) baffled by which posts get lots of traffic, which receive the most comments and which are comparatively ignored. Which makes it interesting to take stock at the beginning of a new year to see which posts were the most popular overall and compare these to the ones we thought were the best. It turns out that personal preference is rarely a reliable indicator of popularity. Sometimes you strike a chord.

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Are You Measuring What Counts?

ReviewSNAP

JANUARY 15, 2012

Employees need to understand what is important for them to focus on in the course of doing their jobs. That is an obvious observation. But are the selected competencies really the most critical relative to the focus employees will place on them? In other words, will focusing on those competencies help optimize contribution to team and organizational success? Sometimes the competencies selected for measuring performance don''t match the most critical elements of the job. It helps to start with an "inventory" of the critical aspects of the job.

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APQC

JANUARY 17, 2012

2012 Agenda-at-a-Glance. Monday, April 23 Pre-Conference Workshops Day 1. 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast. 8:30 a.m. Knowledge Management Strategy. Knowledge Mapping. read more

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