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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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5 WAYS TO HELP AUTOMATE YOUR BUSINESS

Strategy Driven

Automation is a process of replacing manual human needed in executing tasks with any form of technology. Automation is an area of business that is of immense benefit as it uses technology to perform business tasks or processes, where human effort or supervision would be otherwise needed. Automated Updates and Responses.

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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

This month we are featuring Leading Voice Mary Schaefer , a coach, trainer, consultant and speaker who helps develop a culture of engagement and empowerment with tech managers and employees. Mary’s mission is to create work cultures where organizations and human beings can both thrive. Mary has a B.S.

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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. Why did I need to keep saying it then?” ” Last week I wrote about our basic human need to be appreciated and recognized. “I married her, didn’t I? Obviously, I loved her.

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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. The organizational sociopath often does well in organizations because they are usually expert at flattering their bosses and terrible at developing the people who work for them. Human Resources. In the CEO Afterlife. Main menu Home.

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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. Additionally, role playing is a wonderful opportunity to take stock of systems and performance, take corrective action, develop people and ready the organization for that fateful day. Human Resources. Main menu Home.

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Gretzky, Gates, Zuckerberg: Can they see the Unseen? | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

That is, the ability to move performance into the extraordinary needed at least 10,000 hours of practice. I’ll bet everyone you mentioned in your post at some point in their career developed their entrepeneurial ability to be were the puck was headed by out working most mere mortals. Human Resources. Search My Site.

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