Academic Results Linked to Smart HCM?
August 16, 2007
Out here in California, school starts next week. Being new at selecting schools for my kids, I learned that there are at least two things parents seem to be studying when they make a decision on where to place their…
With a quarter of the workforce working remotely, how are you going to manage your people and drive results for your business?
August 10, 2007
According to a recent study commissioned by Cisco, mobile workers are expected to account for a quarter of the world’s working population by 2009. With this in mind, how:
• Can your organization afford not to drive real performance from your…
Stop wasting time! Or don’t.
August 2, 2007
Max’s note: We’re proud to present this guest post by SuccessFactors’ Director of Research, Erik Berggren.
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What’s the best way to be productive? I wager 99% of you just thought to yourself – “waste less time.” After all, if we used…
Focus on the ones you’ve got
March 19, 2007
With all this talk of the war for talent, it often goes overlooked that an organization’s best place to look for employees is among the employees it already has. In other words, if you can make sure to hang on…
No, I don’t know everything
March 5, 2007
A humble post at Execupundit entitled “Note from boss to employees.”
An excerpt:
- I am sometimes under enormous pressure from upper management; pressure that you seldom see. Anything that you can do to make my job easier will be greatly appreciated.
- Your interests…
Wrapping up the ties
February 21, 2007
A ways back, I had some thoughts on the wearing of ties in the workplace. Apparently so did you. After more than 250 votes in our sidebar poll, it has become clear that a fair percentage of readers (~61%) feel the tie…
You’re fired. No, sorry. You’re hired.
February 18, 2007
Need a good argument for why thinking about employee retention is worthwhile? Via Auren Hoffman’s blog comes a slightly different take on it than you’re probably used to. The story goes something like this:
- Man wants to work for company X
- Man ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNS…
I agree not to be an a-hole
February 6, 2007
There’s been a ton of coverage relating to Bob Sutton’s new book - The No Asshole Rule, which I wrote about recently after Bob came to speak at our last company meeting.
From The Today Show to Guy Kawasaki, Bob’s book…
At Dell, No Performance = No Pay
February 3, 2007
Some of the big business news this past week came out of Texas, where CEO Kevin Rollins left Dell Computer and founder Michael Dell returned. Back in the CEO slot, one of Dell’s first actions was to shoot this email…
HR Manager the 4th best job in America
February 2, 2007
This was a tidbit I couldn’t ignore. According to Money Magazine and Salary.com, being an HR manager is the 4th best job in America - following only Software Engineer, College Professor and Financial Advisor. Job growth for the position is forecasted…
