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…
Is self-awareness a competency?
January 27, 2006
I came across this interesting interview at HCI.com on the nature of self awareness as a tool for managers. The interview is with Dr. Miriam Lacey, a professor at Pepperdine University who focuses on organizational behavior and development. The point with…
Frank Lynn guest posts: When you have an army of direct reports
January 10, 2006
During the holidays, one of my good friends from Germany visited me with her boyfriend, Elger. At 33, Elger is one of the youngest Chief of Detectives in Germany. He’s an amazing guy—black-belt in Judo, fluent in Russian and German,…
Top 2006 Technology Trends for Small Business
January 10, 2006
The small business trends blog has a list of the top technology trends for small business. One of them (they aren’t numbered) is hosted applications. The author points out that:
While traditional PC based applications have a role to play,…
On-Demand is a power plant
December 27, 2005
A pretty good article in the San Francisco Chronicle on Christmas day about On-Demand software. More or less a primer on On-Demand, it profiles a number of SaaS (Software as a Service) companies including RightNow, Salesforce.com and NetSuite. Here’s a snippet…
WooHoo, it’s performance review time
December 19, 2005
Over the weekend, Newsday - a NY newspaper - published an article called "Hey, boss, improve those performance reviews" that quoted some of the stories that have been submitted to our Worst Review contest. The article is about some of the reasons…
Succession planning beef, anyone?
December 14, 2005
Sometimes all the high-level talk about performance management can leave you - how should I put this? - wanting more. Today I sat through a 45 minute webinar that left me thinking - "alright, I know you CAN do it,…
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…
