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February 6th, 2012

Tim Szonyi – From strategy to action: aligning organizations to deliver on business goals

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Tim Szonyi is a Partner at Mckinney Rogers, a global consulting company that helps organizations translate business strategies into tangible results.   Tim discusses the factors that are necessary to translate organizational strategies into actionable goals and “missions” understood and owned by employees across the company.   Some of the critical concepts he shares include what it means to be “mission driven” and the importance of creating an unbroken “narrative chain” that creates a connection between the corporate strategy and what employees  do each day in their jobs.

Gain valuable insight into what it takes to drive business execution by listening to someone who has done it with dozens of companies around the world – listen to Tim Szonyi this week on Business Execution Radio.

December 19th, 2011

Marc Demerest – Leading knowledge intensive organizations under duress

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Marc Demerest is CEO and Principal of Noumenal Inc., an international management consultancy providing strategic and operational consulting services primarily in the information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology and energy markets. Marc explains the unique challenges associated with leading organizations that provide complex, technology enabled solutions to customers. Being successful in knowledge intensive markets requires the confidence and commitment of employees possessing scarce and critical intellectual capital. Leaders in these markets often make fundamental errors when their organizations encounter duress, whether it is stalled growth, market contraction, disruptive change, poor productivity, or simply not executing to plan.

Learn how to get the most from your intellectual capital and avoid errors such as the point & preach dysfunction, they are me fallacy, spin city problem, Chappaquiddick syndrome, or plethora of avenues. Effective methods for managing duress:  this week on Business Execution Radio.

December 8th, 2011

Dan Finnigan – Getting the people you need to get the work done: social technology and staffing

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Dan Finnigan is CEO of Jobvite, the leading recruiting platform for the social web. Dan explains how social technology is creating profound changes in methods used to find talent. Recruiting is no longer just for the staffing department. Every employee is now a potential recruiter. Leading edge companies are unleashing the power of employees’ personal networks by creating cultures where employees see bringing talent into the company as a way to support their organization by giving career opportunities to their colleagues.

In addition to general strategies for using social technology to find the best employees, Dan also shares some interesting research findings about which types of social technology tend to provide the best employees. Are better candidates typically found on Facebook, Linked-in, or Twitter?  Find out by listening to Dan Finnigan of Jobvite – this week on Business Execution Radio.

Resources:

Jobvite website

Social recruiting survey

Customer videos

Product tours

November 8th, 2011

Todd Gentzel – Aligning strategic change, company culture, and leadership communication

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Todd Gentzel is Chief Strategist for Yaffe-Deutser, a consulting firm specializing in alignment and integration of corporate strategy, culture, and communication.   Todd discusses common mistakes that undermine efforts to drive strategic change. This includes focusing too much attention on people who resist change, and not spending enough time with the majority of employees who are open to change provided they understand it. Todd also questions common change management beliefs such as the importance of having a “burning platform” or a charismatic change leader.

Any efforts to increase business execution ultimately require getting people to act differently in the future from how they acted in the past.    Get insights into how to make these changes happen – this week on Business Execution Radio.

October 6th, 2011

Tony Beshara, Babich & Associates – Acquiring talent in a post-recession economy

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Tony Beshara is owner and president of Babich & Associates, the oldest placement and recruitment service in Texas.  He is also author of several books for job seekers including “The job search solution”, “Acing the interview” and “Unbeatable resumes”.  Tony has experienced 5 recessions over the course of his career and he shares some common mistakes companies make rebuilding their workforce following an economic downturn.  His comments are particularly relevant to smaller businesses of 200 to 500 employees where a single hire (or missed hire) in a key position can have massive impacts on the company’s ability to execute is growth strategies.

Learn tips for balancing speed versus quality in hiring, who to involve in the interview process, and what actions every company should do right now to ensure it has the people it needs when it needs them, this week on Business Execution Radio.

September 15th, 2011

François Ronai, Learning Strategist – Moving from traditional Learning Management Systems towards collaborative knowledge sharing technology

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François Ronai is a Learning Strategist and Consultant who assists companies in developing technology-enabled learning and education solutions to build workforce skills and capabilities.  François discusses how the advent of social learning and collaborative technology is shifting the nature of learning technology systems.  Traditional Learning Management Systems (LMS) focus more on administrative tracking of course participation and certifications and less on actual knowledge sharing and acquisition.  But technological advances similar to popular sites such as YouTube or Facebook are now enabling companies to rapidly create online “communities of practice” to more effectively share knowledge within their organizations.

Get advice on how to accelerate learning and knowledge transfer within your organization from someone with 20 years experience in the field, this week on Business Execution Radio.

July 26th, 2011

Adrian Bray, Shirlaws – Aligning employees around the things that drive company valuation

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Adrian Bray, Business Coach and head of Professional Services for Shirlaws Consulting, discusses methods for increasing the overall valuation of organizations.  He discusses how companies can integrate financial strategies with executive coaching techniques to radically increase the overall valuation of the organization.  Adrian explains why companies must look beyond profit as the sole driver of a company’s financial value.  He also shares what is required to get employees to move away from traditional business mindsets and embrace innovative strategies that will accelerate a company’s market value.

It is rare to find a person with Adrian’s unique mix of financial knowledge and executive coaching skills. Learn what happens when you mix financial know how with change management expertise – this week on Business Execution Radio.

Additional Resources: www.shirlawscoaching.com/successfactors

May 31st, 2011

Susan Meisinger- SPHR, JD: Making HR relevant to business leaders

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Susan Meisinger is former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).  Since leaving SHRM, Susan has focused on writing,speaking, and consulting on human resource management issues.  Susan shares insights from her experience as CEO of the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management.  She identifies common mistakes that occur when HR professionals try to make HR topics relevant to non-HR business leaders.  Susan also talks about strategies to ensure HR is collaborating with line leaders to drive business execution, and how to avoid having HR be seen as purely an administrative, support function.

When it comes to knowing what HR does well and how it can do things better, there are few people who can match Susan Meisinger’s experience.  Hear what she has to say – this week on Business Execution Radio.

April 21st, 2011

John Hollon- TLNT.com: Workforce management in post-recession economy

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John Hollon, Vice President of Editorial for TLNT.com and ERE Media discusses changes in the talent landscape that are occurring as the US economy transitions into apost- recession economy.   Drawing on his extensive experience reporting on the world of work, John shares some alarming data related to turnover risk as the economy recovers.   He then discusses how the need to increase employee engagement is leading to innovations in the use of collaborative technology to improve the cores skills required to be an effective manager.

Research suggests one in three of your employees may be actively seeking work in a company other than yours.  Want to know what can you do now so they don’t leave tomorrow?  Listen to John Hollon, this week on Business Execution Radio.

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March 4th, 2011

Todd Raphael- ERE Media: Four changes transforming how companies recruit talent

Listen to Business Execution Radio Episode 95:

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Todd Raphael is chief Editor in Chief at ERE Media, a leading provider of information on talent acquisition and recruiting.  Todd discusses what companies are doingto build the workforces required to support their business strategies, and explains four issues that are driving major changes in the world of recruiting:

·         The rise of social media.  Social media allows companies to fulfill the vision of maintaining external candidate pools.  But it poses challenges on how to differentiate your company’s message from the large amount of job information bombarding candidates.

·         Growing use of contingent workers.  Contingent and temporary workers have become a significant portion of many company’s workforce.  This poses challenges around how to effectively select and retain employees “who aren’t actually employees”.

·         The aging workforce.  We still aren’t getting any younger.  Companies have known about the aging workforce for more than a decade, but now that they are starting to retire companies are grappling with what it means to lose large numbers of your most skilled employees.

·         Greater need for skills translation.  As the economy shifts we are seeing surpluses of workers in certain sectors (e.g., construction) and shortages in others (e.g., healthcare).  Leading companies are finding ways to transition candidates from one sector of the economy to another.

Want insight into the next generation of recruiting techniques?   Listen to Todd Raphael, this week on BizX Radio!


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