Sweet and Sour Sounds of Home
In this day of business-by-phone-tag, the way a person sounds is almost as important as how she looks. Just as some employers took the “looks” issue a bit too far a few years back, other employers are now getting a bit too picky about the way their employees sound.
Content: Article | Author: Diane K. Faulkner | Source: Across the Board (ATB) | Subjects: Human Resources, Legal
The War on Financial Illiteracy
After years of avoiding financial education programs for employees due to liability concerns, many companies are forging ahead.
Content: Article | Author: Joanne Sammer | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Human Resources
Insights into Employee Retention and Commitment
Here is a collection of 7 files centered on the topic of Employee Commitment & Retention. A couple of these files are useless (e.g. the press release and the overview), but the white paper is quite good (and the presentation a nice complement, though naturally repetitive). Of course, there is some natural self-serving sales efforts sprinkled throughout the white paper, but the good material makes … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Barbara J. Kreisman, Ph.D., Scott J. McLagan | Sources: CEO Refresher, Insights | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Paul Hodgson
Often, performance-based plans are a measure not of an executive’s ability to reach a specific goal, but his ability to negotiate favorable, easily attainable goals with his superiors or the board.
Content: Quotation | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Compensation, Corporate Governance
A New Start or the End? The Retirement Syndrome
Retirement generally conjures up images of golf courses and swimming pools, card games and cocktails. But for many people, particularly top-level executives and CEOs, these images are nothing short of a nightmare. In this new Working Paper, Professor Kets de Vries looks at the dark side of retirement, and outlines how individuals and organizations can help ease the process of letting go.
Content: Article | Author: Manfred Kets de Vries | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
B players are the heart and soul of top organizations, says HBS professor Thomas J. DeLong. Here’s why-and what you can do to manage B players better.
Content: Article | Author: Martha Lagace | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Mission Critical
The challenge of improving job performance becomes even greater in tough economic times. The solution: an approach to performance improvement that focuses on those workforces vital to business success and financial results.
Content: Article | Authors: Dorothy V. VonDette, Patrick Mosher | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
New generation of human resources automation transforms HR
E-HR wants to transform human resources from a lowly cost centre into a strategic, mission-critical part of the business. What makes E-HR a potentially huge leap forward is the way in which the web allows companies to offer self-service HR applications.
Content: Article | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Human Resources, IT / Technology / E-Business
Caught In The Act: How to acknowledge people without turning them off
The best form of acknowledgment is grounded in the idea that people work because they are committed and want to work. This assumes people work for reasons other than a paycheque at the end of the week or an award at the end of a project.
Content: Article | Author: Jody Urquhart | Source: ManagerWise | Subject: Human Resources
Gender and Competition: Do Competitive Environments Favor Men More Than Women?
From evolutionary biology to discrimination to personal preferences, science and society have offered many reasons for why women have not caught up with men in the workforce. New research suggests that part of the answer lies in the different ways men and women react to the incentive of competition.
Content: Article | Author: Uri Gneezy | Source: Capital Ideas | Subjects: Human Resources, Women in Business
All The Right Moves: A guide for the perplexed exec.
Is it time to downsize my dreams? What’s the smartest way to change careers? How do I keep my people working harder if I can’t pay them more? How do I lead for the long haul? Twenty-one make-or-break questions about your current job, your next career, and life inside your company — and no-nonsense answers from the world’s savviest experts. You’ve got questions? We’ve got … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Human Resources
Robert Monks
History will look back on the last decade of executive compensation in the United States as an atrocity. The levels of pay exceeded any historical precedent, bore little comparison with compensation in other countries, and – most importantly – failed to have any correlation with the creation of value for shareholders.
Content: Quotation | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: Compensation, Corporate Governance
Employee vs. Independent Contractor: A Game of 20 Questions
The Internal Revenue Service’s 20-Factor Control Test is the most explicit in its requirements. When determining whether an individual is more appropriately classified as an employee or Independent Contractor, ask yourself the following questions.
Content: Article | Author: Christina Morfeld | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Human Resources, Legal
Diagnostic tool for assessing employee commitment
Tom Kelly
One problem with how most companies deliver information is that they expect people to spend too much time at one sitting. We work in a world of limited attention spans, unlimited demands on people’s time, and endless multitasking. Learning programs have to reflect these realities: most e-learning is still anchored in the mind-set that learning means going somewhere for 8 hours at a time to … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Learning, Training & Development
You’ve Got a Great Employer
How do you know if you’re working for the right company? Here are ten markers that all point to the same thing: a great workplace for finance managers.
Editor’s Note: though written about finance managers, most markers identified apply not just to the finance world
Content: Article | Author: Lisa Yoon | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
Where the Job Postings Are Online
Change Agent – Are you built to grow?
Seth Godin offers nine ways to think about the task of organizing for ongoing growth.
Content: Article | Author: Seth Godin | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
North American market for HR-management and payroll applications software
Yearly Employee Evaluations and Rating Inflation
Many organizations annually inflate yearly employee evaluations. As a result, managers lose the ability to highlight top performance, or distinguish among outcomes and behaviors. In other words, they lose – or abdicate – the responsibility to manage and lead.
Content: Article | Author: A. J. Schuler | Source: ManagerWise | Subject: Human Resources