Carrying Rocks or Building a Castle
December 15, 2008
What does it take to truly build something? Plans? Yes, plans are important. Materials and People? People are the most important factor when building anything. Before you can start to look at plans and gather materials, your people must be…
HCM is good for the Green
April 24, 2008
Recently Saugatuck Technologies released a study showing that SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) Human Capital Management software contributes at least 2-3% to top line growth – definitely good news for companies seeking more green. An article in this week’s San Francisco Chronicle made me start…
Does People Performance Really Matter?
November 5, 2007
Imagine you are on the football field – What if 15% of your performance is dependent on the play you select, and 85% of your performance is dependent on your ability to make the play? Where would you invest most…
A sad, sad fable…
June 1, 2006
About an American company. As told by Jason Corsello.
It’s an entertaining tale, you should read it even if just for a laugh. But it make you take note of the fact that Performance management ain’t a cure for stupidity, –…
Cascade hopes and caviar dreams
May 18, 2006
Not the dishwasher detergent. Actually I’m talking about the concept of the goal cascade. In most cases, this means a manager pushing her goals down to her employees. For many, that’s all it is. Honestly, that’s all I thought it…
Stress this!
April 3, 2006
Guess what? Senior executives and managers are stressed at work. No, seriously.
This is an obvious conclusion for many of us, but nevertheless the result of a nationwide survey from last month. The top three sources of stress were “deadlines (52%), interruptions…
Performance Reviews most pressing HR issue
March 29, 2006
You may have noticed a poll in the left-hand column over the past couple of weeks. Though clearly not scientific in any way, the poll has provided some insight into what’s on the minds of our readers.
We asked, “What is your…
HR as hospital strategic partner?
January 30, 2006
Via a google search I came across an interesting interview at a site called the Business of Healthcare. Specifically, I found a podcast with a gentleman named Steven Barney on the topic of Human Resources in healtchare. Mr. Barney is the…
On-demand HR apps for SMBs
December 14, 2005
Interesting report from AMI Research showing that On-demand HR applications are taking off among small and medium sized businesses. There’s a very strong case to be made for software as a service (SaaS) use among SMBs - low upfront costs, easy…
Google does Goal Alignment
November 29, 2005
Business 2.0 talks to Google CEO Eric Schmidt about goal alignment (even if they don’t use the words). Here’s "the … formula he uses to stay on track while innovating: Spend 70 percent of your time on the core business, 20…
