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25 Nov Talent Strategies in Asia: Do Asian Leaders Behave Differently?

Posted at 12:14h in Leadership Development, People Management, Productivity, Workplace Culture by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Josh Bersin I just completed a two week tour of Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo) and met with dozens of Human Resources and business leaders. It was a fascinating trip and I want to share a few thoughts. 1. Acute Leadership Gaps: Asian Leaders Behave Differently. It’s easy...

20 Nov Discovering Your Authentic Leadership

Posted at 10:01h in Leadership Development, People Management, Productivity by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Bill George, Peter Sims, Andrew N. McLean, Diana Mayer - hbr.org During the past 50 years, leadership scholars have conducted more than 1,000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles, characteristics, or personality traits of great leaders. None of these studies has produced...

17 Nov Employee-ownership and the personal touch

Posted at 11:45h in HR Strategy, People Management, Productivity by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Katie Jacobs - hrmagazine.co.uk One of the world's biggest employee-owned companies, Golder Associates, excels at putting people before profit. 'No one ever washes a rental car.' It’s a popular trope that perfectly encapsulates the responsibility and care that comes with ownership. But it has perhaps never...

17 Nov How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management

Posted at 11:17h in People Management, Productivity by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

High-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that was the case at Google, a company filled with self-starters who viewed management as more destructive than beneficial and as a distraction from “real work.” But when...

06 Nov Does your CEO help or hinder HR?

Posted at 09:52h in HR Strategy, People Management, Productivity by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Sarah Megginson - hcamag.com Senior HR practitioners agree that CEO acceptance of the HR role is crucial for the function’s success at a strategic level – yet many are not getting the support they need. In HRD’s Global HR survey of 4,400 industry...

25 Oct Connected leadership: The CEO and the HRD

Posted at 10:57h in HR Strategy, Leadership Development, People Management, Productivity by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Jonathan Nicholls, Simon Hayward - hrmagazine.co.uk Ram Charan has caused controversy recently with his suggestion that HR departments should be split. The leading business guru and author claimed that CEOs across the globe are disappointed in their HR people. There has been a backlash, of course....

15 Oct Managing high-performing but demanding Gen Y

Posted at 10:15h in HR Strategy, People Management, Performance Management, Productivity by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Prithvi Shergill - hrmagazine.co.uk Gen Y is increasingly becoming a bigger part of our workforce and dynamics have fundamentally changed, with a demand for faster, more innovative and flexible experience and service delivery mechanisms. Fortune magazine deemed Generation Y as the most high-maintenance, yet potentially most...

23 Sep The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

Posted at 10:59h in Leadership Development, People Management, Staffing & Recruitment by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

The equivalent of an entire sales force is replaced at many firms every four years, so it's critical that go-to-market initiatives remain tied to strategic goals. Frank Cespedes explains how in his book, Aligning Strategy and Sales. By Carmen Nobel - http://hbswk.hbs.edu Too often, there's a huge...

23 Sep Why Most Leadership Development Programs For Women Fail And How To Change That

Posted at 10:11h in Leadership Development, Organisational Change, People Management by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Joelle K. Jay - fastcompany.com When it comes to leadership development, a focus on women is all the rage. As an executive coach working with senior leaders in Fortune 500 companies, I have seen a noticeable uptick in the interest in developing female leaders. Companies are...

19 Sep 10 Ways to Align Recruiting Plans with Your Corporate Goals and Strategy: How Recruiting Can Prove Its Business Impact

Posted at 12:13h in People Management, Staffing & Recruitment by HR Mgmt Editors 0 Comments

By Dr. John Sullivan, HR author and thought leader - recruitingtrends.com A key goal of nearly every recruiting leader and staff member is to be recognized by corporate executives as providing a major contribution to executing the corporate strategic plan and its goals. After decades of...