The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We felt like pieces of equipment or just another set of assets — human resources — wrapped in skin. Organization consultant John Scherer calls this approach “gap-zap.” Eyes roll, and credibility slips when the team knows this person is a chronic underperformer and usually an example of what not to do.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

The role of the Chief Human Resources Officer is changing, evolving, and expanding. Can she highlight any benefits and perks gaffes that organizations usually make? And, in the past year, we have strengthened our internal efforts by adding even more resources and programming for our employees.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 19, 2012

A priorities map reveals the network of priorities for people in your organization. For example, the CEO may have very different priorities than the VP of Human Resources. To help you understand these differences, consider creating priority map for your organization. Pick Your Tool. Establish Boundaries.

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HR Digest

JUNE 28, 2021

What is makes organizations like Apple, Google, Facebook rule the market? Human resource is the most valuable asset to any institution, though often undermined. The progress of an organization depends on their proper management. A motivated workforce is a key to the rise of any successful organization.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

And what skills will matter to you and your organization in the future? . “If If you don’t solve the skills riddle with agility, curiosity, and smart technology capabilities, your organization could fade from existence.” Organizations with healthy growth curves rely on their staff to help them sustain a competitive edge.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And just to make things interesting, do it in a decentralized organizational construct where laws, standards, and procedures aren’t as tightly controllable as within a single company. They’re the metaphorical walls that separate different departments or teams within an organization. And do that with over 99.999999 percent reliability.

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Chart Your Course

JULY 24, 2017

It’s great to think of creative ways to motivate workers, such keeping an office pet to make the workplace more fun, or organizing office games like voting on the Super Bowl winner. Companies can offer discounted gym memberships or even construct a gym or walking track that can be used during lunch breaks or off-hours.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2011

When I give my ‘No Nonsense Retention’ speech to groups across the country, I get frustrated feedback from audience members about poor leadership hurting retention in their organization. Why are some organizations able to retain their best people while others struggle with above average turnover?

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

To get you started I will expand on the list that MIT research scientist Peter Gloor calls the “genetic code” of collaboration: learning networks, ethical principles, trust and self-organization, knowledge sharing, and transparency. When human learning slows down, people tend to lose creative and problem solving capacity.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2011

There isn’t an organization anywhere that doesn’t have a problem with some type of personnel turnover problems. Why are some organizations able to retain their best people while others struggle with above average turnover? Size of the organization does not matter. Why good employees leave your organization, and how to stop it.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy. Consider, for example, the bathtub.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2016

Like “exit interviews” these “declined offer” interviews can yield a lot of information about your own organization as well as valuable data about your industry and competitors. The feedback that candidates provide can fall into several categories.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

Bricolage , a French word by origin, means the construction of things from a set of available items. The bricoleur is a French term for the person who employs such construction methods—in short, a handyman or jack-of-all-trades. Another way to pursue digital bricolage is to share data and applications across organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I've worked in human resources for over 25 years, the past six with Newell Rubbermaid, and this is not a new endeavor for me. Adding legitimacy to this skepticism are new technologies that enable automation of routine transactions, offshoring and shared service organizations that specialize in managing many tactical elements of HR.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

To date, she has occupied positions in human resources, product development, and stakeholder engagement. “I would define myself as a person under construction,” she said to me. Before that happens, seek a new role, and perhaps a new organization, that rebalances your equation. Inspiration was nominal.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

One of the most surprising aspects of that work was that people would open up to me, an outsider, about all the elephants in the room — but they were too polite or embarrassed to call out the obvious issues or blame their peers inside their own organizations. These are the questions that keep me up at night as a CEO.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Those currently entering the workforce are expected to engage in even more job hopping than prior generations, suggesting that employers may want to move beyond the simple notice policy in the company handbook and learn to encourage employees to resign in constructive ways. Avoidant resignations occur when employees let other employees (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Respondents are asked, “Last week were you employed by government, by a private company, a nonprofit organization, or were you self-employed?” MBO Partners, for example, predicted in 2011 that by 2020, “70 million people, more than 50 percent of the private workforce, will be independent.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you'll receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or strategy. While you may be tempted to enjoy this deference, the silence will not help you, your organization or your career. Request examples. No one wants to offend the boss, right?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

.” Kim Castelda, a senior vice president at the software company Bullhorn, oversees talent and human resources for 600 employees worldwide. Additionally, twice a year she surveys employees to ask whether they’re receiving positive and constructive feedback from their managers. This is not constructive.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

Here are some examples that we’ve seen at GE: An exceptionally talented financial controller was moved to head IT and in just a year was able to re-energize the organization. Human resources Leadership Leadership development' Placed in leadership positions, such candidates can redefine outcomes for the better.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Predictive analytics can enable a customized employment value proposition that maximizes mutual benefit for organizations and their talent; but at what point do predictive analytics become too creepy? For example, predictive analytics can reduce employee turnover costs. How should those safeguards be constructed?

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 21, 2021

Employee mobility is a new reality that many organizations will wrestle with in coming years. To help more workers thrive, and to make organizations more agile and efficient, we must understand these changes as they are occurring and redesign both business operating systems and our contract for work in America. Maximize Talent.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

These findings suggest that a shift in managerial approach may have a constructive role to play in alleviating sweatshop labor conditions. For example, we found improved compliance in India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, but no effects in China, the world’s largest exporter of apparel.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

There is no doubt that we need transparency to know what is happening in our organizations, and that we can use the information in constructive ways that reduce wrongdoing. We found that distrust was significantly higher in the organizations where cc’ing was the norm. The consequences of too much transparency.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

They grow faster, make more money, and are more valued than companies organized around products and services. But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. Human capital.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2015

A survey by Calling Brands found that working for an organization with a clearly defined purpose is second only to pay and benefits in importance for employees, and ranks ahead of promotion opportunities, job responsibilities, and work culture. Two-thirds said a higher purpose would motivate them to go the extra mile in their jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Here are four examples: The Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative , founded in 2004, unites local governments, community colleges, and businesses in the San Francisco area. One-stops are the main federal vehicle for assisting unemployed workers, but they typically lack the resources or capabilities to focus on sector-specific needs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

One important way to achieve enhanced security is to design it from the start, in new application development, in how data is managed, and in the construction of IT infrastructure. A slipup can happen to anyone, regardless of their position in the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I posed this question to my human resource management students recently. As an example, let me introduce you to Sam. People do not advance in the broader arenas of career and life by taking linear steps and acing assignments that are carefully constructed to allow them to prove mastery. Being recognized as an expert.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

More than 75 programs involving a wide range of partners (maternal health experts and providers, NGOs, governments, academia, professional and quality improvement organizations, private sector businesses and scientists) are under way in 30 countries, including the United States. Within the numbers of women’s deaths are real-life stories.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Their stories are prominent examples of a widespread pattern. When Dietrich Mateschitz traveled to Thailand in the 1980s, he observed the popularity of a cheap energizing drink called Krating Daeng among truck drivers and construction workers. Musk migrated from South Africa to the U.S. as young adult. where he later cofounded Google.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

There are stacks of markers, Post-Its, and every "quick and dirty" prototype material under the sun.from construction paper to pipe cleaners. Over the course of the past several months, I've noticed more and more non-design teams — such as human resources and engineering — using the space to brainstorm.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

After all, tough conversations “are not black swans,” says Jean-Francois Manzoni, professor of human resources and organizational development at INSEAD. For instance, you’re not giving negative performance feedback; you’re having a constructive conversation about development. Nobody wants problems.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2016

. “Relevant external observers are in a better position to give you an accurate estimate of whether the candidate will be able to perform with regard to the specific circumstances and challenges” of your organization, he says. Describe what success looks like at your organization and ask how Mary measures up. Seek input.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 30, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. Monday, August 30, 2010 Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty A 2010 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management shows that job security is what matters most to employees.

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Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

It is important for the person(s) responsible for the organization to honestly and accurately assess their state of managerial needs. Fundamentals of managing an organization : (Forecast & Plan) – Examining the future and drawing up a plan of action. Beginner’s Management [Newbie or Management 1.0].

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