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It’s called human resources for a reason

ReImagine Work

It was a great day when the personnel department changed the name on the door to human resources. Why I became an advocate of human beings at work. Projects could be more successful and deliver more quickly if we treated people like human beings. Manage those human resources in a way they can engage.

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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

She specializes in manager/employee interactions with organizations employing engineers, scientists and IT professionals, helping managers/owners successfully coach employees to tap into their own initiative and resourcefulness to deliver results. in Human Resource Management from the University of Charleston.

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Leaders Beware: Avoid These Recognition Hazards

The Practical Leader

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.” Why did I need to keep saying it then?” ” When things are going well, nothing is said — leaders leave a gap.

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Do Vulture Cultures still prevail in Business? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • May 2, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. Which companies, organizations or industries are known to accept, even reward this type of behavoir? Organizations can accept that sociopaths are part of the diversity of the workforce and systems developed to identify them. Human Resources.

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Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • September 12, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 4 Comments. How is it possible for three months of crisis management ineptitude to occur in an organization the size of BP with a product as environmentally toxic as oil? In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home. Leadership. They are prepared.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. You’d think executives from the same organization would offer the same responses. Most of my work has been with non-profits, where the problem may be even worse because such organizations want to please everyone.

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Why HR and the CEO should be joined at the Hip | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • September 6, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order. I think sometimes we (HR leaders) forget the important role we have in organizations.

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