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Are You Managing Human Capital or Leading People?

The Practical Leader

Is your organization staffed by human capital? Do managers talk about “their people?” ” Phrases like “head count,” “human capital,” and “my people,” dehumanize and objectify. We could push this further and make the same argument for “human resources.”

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Let’s Make a Deal: Building a Strong Company Culture is Everyone’s Business

HR Digest

The HR department, acting as the dutiful scribe, would craft a culture based on the CEO’s vision, complete with a glossy mission statement and a sprinkling of core values. It’s a model that embraces different perspectives, from employees to customers, from middle managers to the CEO.

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Team Building 101: Techniques to Improve Your Team’s Productivity

Women on Business

Once the shopping budget and the spree deadline are set, each team develops a purchasing strategy which it believes would best help the charity, from assessing what it would need based on its mission statement and/or other information. Volunteer At Your Company’s Local School.

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Southwest Airlines’ Julie Weber on What It Means To Create a Purpose-Driven Culture

HR Digest

A desire to act with courage, persevere and innovate; the ability to put others first, and a fun-LUVing attitude – these are the values that Southwest Airlines, the World’s Most Loved Airline, looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. I believe that Human Resources is my calling.

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The Best Leaders Know Their Company

LDRLB

Erin works with Villanova University’s online human resources certification programs. Visit Villanova’s resource center for more information about HR, such as an HR director job description. Getting to know the management above your immediate supervisor is a great way to advance your career.

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Possibility Maximizer: The Conference Board

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License.

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My Best Blogs of 2011

In the CEO Afterlife

Why Mission Statements Suck [link]. Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. Strategic Plans have to start with deep strategic thought and the right conviction. A ‘do-more-of-the-same but better’ attitude will surely result in mediocrity.

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