Ready, Willing, but not Able: Succession Planning in Ireland & the U.K.
July 21, 2008
Companies embrace the idea of Succession Planning and Talent Management with great enthusiasm, but rarely put the mechanisms and tools in place to effectively follow through on their initiatives. SuccessFactors Research recently conducted a survey of Succession and Talent Management…
What’s the time? - It doesn’t matter it’s always now…
April 11, 2008
I was preparing for a presentation about change management and how HCM technology drives results that I plan to deliver at an HCM conference when I saw this video. I must say that Sam Zell really nails it when addressing…
Building bench strength is a myth
February 27, 2008
Why is that? Per definition that would imply that the person on the bench has more potential and capacity than what is currently being used right now. Well how many star players are happy sitting on the bench waiting for…
Insource the strategic stuff
November 19, 2007
Cost, talent, or innovation – which of these three challenges will drive Human Capital Management decisions in the future? The answer is easy: all of them. The question of how to address these drivers is a far more strategic and important…
Making HR strategic isn’t hullabaloo, just ask your bottom line
June 25, 2007
Max’s Note: We’ve been following an interesting discussion over at Vendorprisey (and Jim Holincheck’s response) on the delta between survey data that shows CEOs consider people issues strategic and the lack of any substantive action in involving HR in strategic matters. Our own Erik…
Think you can do better than your boss?
June 20, 2007
Max’s Note: As part of our quest to post more and more often, I’m proud to present this guest post by Sammi Nuttall.
According to a new survey completed by Korn/Ferry International, nearly 73% of executive level employees believed that they could…
The sins of our bosses
October 16, 2006
DDI and Badbossology.com (that’s actually a real site) did a survey of 900+ employees to determine the worst (and best) qualities of a manager. And, the survey says:
A bad manager:
- Tries too hard to be everyone’s friend
- Micromanages
- Ignores conflict
- Arrogant
- Wishy-washy
- Impulsive
- Unable to delegate
- Impatient
- Stubborn
- Unprofessional
Loyalty is fragile
September 19, 2006
A colleague sent me this article from the Studer Group called “The Long Goodbye”. It caught my eye because it formalized something I’d been considering for a long time: When someone decides to leave his or her company, it’s rarely…
Joe Torre on management
September 14, 2006
I was sent this article written by Joe Torre, the manager of the New York Yankees, that was recently published in BusinessWeek. Now, regardless of what you think of the team, you have to admire Joe. Just being able to remain the…
Is a bonus better than a raise?
August 29, 2006
Depends on who you ask.
Via digg.com, I came across an article from the WSJ entitled “Employers increasingly favor bonuses to raises” - which discusses the whole concept of performance-linked bonuses. According to the article, 80% of companies will offer some from…
