We all face change in the workplace. Whether it’s a major change (merger or acquisition) or a more minor change (to shift schedules, team make up, reporting lines), the impact can be the polar opposite of what was desired when the change was instituted. So what’s the best way to manage that change? I believe […]
Posted on June 30th, 2010 by admin
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Last week was a great week for Globoforce in the HR Blogosphere. Eric Mosley, Globoforce’s CEO, blogged for Harvard Business Review on why bonuses don’t work. In “You’re Getting a Bonus! So Why Aren’t You Motivated?”, Eric explains the downside of bonuses and offers an alternative solution that better delivers the desired improvements in productivity […]
Posted on June 30th, 2010 by admin
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In an article on the importance of morale and engagement, what intrigued me most was a statement on execution that applies to far more than just efforts to improve morale or increase engagement: “It’s not your plans that are important; it’s whether you can implement them. A good strategy is a fine thing, but it […]
Posted on June 28th, 2010 by admin
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What’s your philosophy of leadership? Hands off? Micro-management? Numbers-based (just deliver the results)? People-based (keep employees happy)? Some combination of the above? When asked that question in a recent New York Times “Corner Office” column, the CEO and chairman of Saks, Stephen Sadove, had this to say: “I have a very simple model to run […]
Posted on June 25th, 2010 by admin
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Join me at SHRM’s 2010 Annual Conference and Exposition in San Diego, June 27-30, 2010. I’ll be leading two sessions: In “The CEO’s New Role in Recognition,” Monday, 28 June, from 4:00-5:15, I will demonstrate to HR leaders how strategic employee recognition — when championed by the CEO — can transform a company’s culture, ignite […]
Posted on June 24th, 2010 by admin
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A Bnet post titled “Why ‘Corporate Culture’ Is a Myth” caught my attention. The author makes imprecise distinctions between “culture” and “values”: “The values of a group might be honorable — or not. Unlike the mushier name culture, with its connotation of a cozy melting pot or a delightfully harmonious salad bowl, values includes more […]
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by admin
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Have you ever heard the aphorism to truly understand something you have to look at it another way? Well, sometimes you have to turn it upside down. Paul Hebert, a blogger I always learn from and author of the i2i blog, recently posted an interesting perspective on corporate culture. In discussing corporate culture, Paul presents […]
Posted on June 21st, 2010 by admin
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Ursula Burns has been much in the news lately, it seems. One article on her that particularly caught my eye appeared in Fortune magazine a couple of months ago. The article opened with this: “Being bold has never been a challenge for Burns, 52, a mechanical engineer who got noticed at Xerox (XRX, Fortune 500) […]
Posted on June 18th, 2010 by admin
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What’s your personal “blog roll?” What sites fill up your reader or do you find yourself regularly visiting throughout the week to keep you finger on the pulse of your industry? My blog roll is quite long. Just a few I follow are listed in the footer of this blog. But one I’ve found to […]
Posted on June 16th, 2010 by admin
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Here’s a startling statistic I ran across recently: “70% of senior leadership understand and 49% value the employer brand, compared with 10% and 20% of employees/potential employees, respectively.” That’s from a CIPD/Mercer report published a couple of months ago. Consider your own organization – your leadership gets “it”, but your employees, the people who execute […]
Posted on June 14th, 2010 by admin
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