Category: Talent Management
Posted on September 11th | Comments 0
The need to develop our own pipeline of leaders continues to be one of the most important challenges facing Human Resources and their Company Leaders. The Conference Board CEO Challenge identified Human Capital as the one of the biggest challenges facing organizations and SHRM’s survey of Business and Human Capital Challenges Today and in the Future identified developing the next generation of leaders as the top Human Capital Challenge. One of the best places to recruit for new leaders is… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: Development, Employee Value Proposition, First Time Managers, Leadership, Talent Management
Posted on April 8th | Comments 0
Attracting and retaining top talent; individuals that drive for success and in turn impact the success of your organization will continue to be a priority. There is much written about the “Top Skills of Successful Leaders” and there is much truth in the need for those skills identified. However, before we can attract and retain, we need clarity about the competencies, those skills, knowledge, abilities and behaviors that indicate top talent for our organization in particular. Understanding the ones that are… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: Competencies, Development, Leadership, Measurement, Performance Management, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management
Posted on September 24th | Comments 0
I had the honor of being a guest today on Drive Thru HR hosted by Bryan Wempen. The conversation starts with the question “What’s Keeping You Up at Night?” and quickly moved through a variety of topics: Attracting and retaining talent, the importance of 0n-boarding, simplifying HR, aligning people practices with business results, adding value and collaboration. Would love to hear your thoughts on any of those topics! You can catch DriveThruHR everyday at 12:00 pm central time on Blog… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: Development, Human Resources, Leadership, On-Boarding, Strategic, Talent Management, Uncategorized
Posted on August 27th | Comments 0
In most organizations when employees are asked what they would like most from their managers – -the answer is feedback. People want to know where they stand. They want to know if your perception of their performance is the same as their own. Providing effective feedback is therefore a key skill set for leaders looking to develop high performers. Yet, in many cases providing feedback is a skill that causes the most discomfort for new and long-term supervisors. For many… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: Development, Feedback, Human Resources, Leadership, Performance Management, Talent Management, Uncategorized
Posted on August 21st | Comments 0
Providing effective feedback to our team offers great benefits. Many times we loose site of how impactful those benefits can be, however, when given at the right time in a respectful, positive and constructive manner feedback is the key to individual and organizational success. Here are some of the benefits: Improves Performance Feedback provides a clear expectation of performance. Learning what they do well increases a team member’s confidence. They are more likely to try more, stretch themselves and share… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: Building Relationships, Development, Feedback, Leadership, Performance Management, Personal Development, Talent Management
Posted on June 20th | Comments 0
Social media literacy is fast becoming a source of competitive advantage both for organizations and individuals. What was unknown just a few years ago has become our daily reality. Many organizations realize the potential of harnessing these new technologies: social media campaigns engage customers and potential employees alike, internal social networking sites and blogs encourage the sharing of ideas and best practices as well as increase the opportunity for improved communication, on-line meeting and collaboration tools enable global teams to… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: Culture, Development, Leadership, Social Media, Talent Management
Posted on May 22nd | Comments 0
An organization’s brand is like a coin…it has two sides. One is focused externally on the value created for their customer and the other is focused internally on the value created for their employees – your Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Your EVP articulates the mix of offerings and opportunities an employee will experience throughout the Employee Lifecycle that will differentiate your company from your competitors, in return for what the employee contributes. Just as we want to create that emotional… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: Business Partner, Culture, Employee Value Proposition, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management
Posted on April 5th | Comments 0
Twitter chats have been around for quite a while but I have only recently started to participate. Although unintentional I had been on a social media hiatus and was looking for ways to re-engage. My friend and HR colleague Joel Peterson (follow him at @joelyoh) shared one of his commitments, which I thought was a great idea — participate in a Twitter chat several times a week. Here’s how they work – The chat is held at a specific day and… Continue Reading »
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Posted Under: HR Aligned Design News, Human Resources, Leadership, Social Media, Talent Management, Twitter, Twitter Chats
