Training And Development - Start With Where You Want To Finish Much of the training undertaken by business is quite reactive and carried out for some diverse reasons. The glossy brochure which arrives at a time when Sally has been complaining about the job, or pay, or both. The leadership course which "seems like a good idea". Well, we always want... Similar Editorial : by Gary Lowry. | Source : Career Advancement
Doing More Than The Numbers - How You Do Them Is Important We recently heard someone authoritatively state that performance reviews were unnecessary if suitable numbers were in place. They were referring to a sales process that was, in itself, very logical, measurable, and had been proven to be effective. But what of the people who interact with those... Similar Editorial : by Jatin Chawla. | Source : Corporate Businesses
Give People A Reason To Stay - Get Them Engaged With the looming shortage of talent we are facing, smart companies are taking action now. We feel the key actions are: ? Keeping the good people you already have? Having the good people perform and? Recruiting well - finding the right people to meet your current and future needs... Similar Editorial : by Edward B. Toupin. | Source : Career Advancement
Tips To Performance Management When George took on the top job at a prestigious high profile company he thought it would run like clockwork, such was the public perception of this quality business. What he didn't realise was that the reputation was founded on a just a few brilliant people and the product they had developed. The ... Similar Editorial : by Jack Doren. | Source : Corporate Businesses
Keeping And Using Corporate Expertise Why does the mention of training summon up thoughts of expensive courses, and consultants for many employers? We have found that much of a business's expertise is in the heads of some key employees. Waiting for it to float across and infect others or sending people off to external cours... Similar Editorial : by Philippa Gamse. | Source : Corporate Businesses
Knowing The Boundaries - And Keeping Staff Out Of Trouble The office was a very social place and the staff enjoyed a laugh. Jokes were told and after work drinks were a regular and enjoyable occurrence. Then it went just a bit too far. One of the email jokes forwarded upset the new girl and one of the men over did the celebrating at Christmas lunch a... Similar Editorial : by kevinp. | Source : Career Advancement
Getting The Right People - People Who Fit Jim Collins in his book Good to Great talks about "getting the right people on the bus" before deciding where to drive it. A key factor in getting the right people is understanding what competencies we are looking for and how to find out if someone has these. Identifying kn... Similar Editorial : by Brian Ward. | Source : Career Advancement
Give People A Reason To Stay - Let Them Know What Is Required In a previous article we covered the subject of providing direction to people, letting them know where the business is going and what their contribution to it might be. This article we will discuss how they contribute to this. Research we often quote involved asking employees if they kne... Similar Editorial : by Edward B. Toupin. | Source : Career Advancement
Providing Direction - Stop Your People Guessing What You Want Most people know what takes up their time at work - but they are not often sure it is what the boss wants or the business needs. The subject of job descriptions often brings up opposing views. Some thinking they are necessary and others seeing them as a liability because people will use ... Similar Editorial : by Shaun Parker. | Source : Career Advancement
Give People A Reason To Stay - Help Them "Fit" We have previously written about defining what people need to do in their job to give them a sense of achievement and link their results to those of the organization. Let's now look at how they do it.Someone once said, quite wisely, "we hire people for what they can do and fire them fo... Similar Editorial : by Edward B. Toupin. | Source : Career Advancement
Bank Crisis From A HR Perspective Would you fly on an airline that provided huge bonuses to pilots based on how many passengers and how much freight they could cram on their aircraft and on how few costs they incur? Not unless you were desperate. We really want those people up the front end of our plane to be hired on their skills a... Similar Editorial : by David M. Siegel. | Source : Corporate Businesses
How To Find The Round Pegs Our client had to terminate a senior manager, a process he found expensive and embarrassing.Soon after this, we were asked to develop what we call corporate "core competencies" and specific behaviors required by the organization.We discussed our findings with the client. His comm... Similar Editorial : by R Auchterlonie. | Source : Career Advancement
Give Your People A Reason To Stay - Providing Direction There is forecast to be a shortage of skills and businesses are going to have to work hard at attracting and keeping the good people. The first of the baby boomers, those born in 1945, turn 60 next year. Dr Frank Gelber of leading economic forecasters BIS Shrapnel, says business is pros... Similar Editorial : by Edward B. Toupin. | Source : Career Advancement
Is Pay Important? - Yes If You Get It Wrong Jane owns a chain of retail stores and good management staff are hard to find. When recruiting she has to negotiate a salary which is attractive to the candidate but fits within her budget. As these decisions are made on a case by case basis she swears each new recruit to secrecy. What'... Similar Editorial : by Maria Gracia. | Source : Career Advancement
Are People Your Most Important Asset? - Not Necessarily! Jim Collins in his book "Good to Great" researched companies that were already well regarded to discover what made some of them great. The criteria for great were well defined and the research to uncover how they became great was excellent. The book is a good read. One of the findings ... Similar Editorial : by secmit. | Source : Career Advancement
