Every week I like to feature resource that will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. This week I would like to share a powerful book that should be a powerful resource for The Resource: Geoff Smart and Randy Street’s “Who – Solve Your #1 Problem” What it is about: “Who” is about your number one problem – the avoidance of putting the wrong talent into the wrong seats on the “bus”. If you want to kick up your employee hiring and selection strategy a notch, this book is a very good resource for…
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Now more than ever, it is important that you love what you do and do what you love. Adecco’s American Workplace Insights Survey
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The human mind is a powerful “engine”. One’s Mindset is a powerful contributor to how one “sees” their future as “half full” or “half empty”. According to Wikipedia, Mindset is the… Set of assumptions, methods or notations held by one or more people or groups of people which is so established that it creates a powerful incentive within these people or groups to continue to adopt or accept prior behaviours, choices, or tools. My interpretation of Mindset – One’s Mindset is a pattern of systemic thinking created by and uniquely held by each person. Rainmakers work on their mindset all…
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Ladies and Gentleman! Boys and girls! young and old! Step right up to the latest installment of the ongoing saga that is the Carnival of Human Resources! With a collection of 21 great posts on a variety of human resources and talent management topics, you are sure to get your fix of HR blogging goodness. Let’s get right to it! Nina Simosko, Nina Nets Out – Are Hackers Our Future Heroes? Art Petty, Management Excellence – Detoxing Your Team Ann Bares, Compensation Force – For Strategic Rewards, There Must First be a Strategy Anna Farmery, The Engaging Brand – 10…
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Every Week I like to feature an online resource that I feel will help you to Maximize Possibility in your organization and your life at work. Today I would like to share a special event that I have the pleasure of hosting next week. The Resource: The Carnival of Human Resources What it is: The Carnival of HR (COHR) is a bi-weekly blog carnival with a new blogger hosting the carnival at their blog every other week. Fellow HR and talent management bloggers send a selected post from their blog to the host who then sorts the submissions and presents…
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The Maximize Possibility Blog has the esteemed pleasure of hosting the next installment of the Carnival of Human Resources on April 15th, 2009. Join the fun and send your best blog posts to news@therainmakergroupinc.com by 5pm CST on Tuesday April 14th to be a part of the next carvnival!
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A couple of great blog carnivals came out this past week. For your reading and learning enjoyment, be sure to check out the latest Carnival of Human Resources hosted by the gang over at Fistful of Talent as well as the latest Carnival of Leadership Development hosted by Dan McCarthy. Enjoy!
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The employee performance bonus is a powerful way to create a culture of performance accountability. A higher base pay combination with smaller performance bonus leads to reduced performance results.
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Over the years, I have observed organizations at both “ends of the employee retention spectrum”. Some companies have a “from hire to retire” talent management perspective regarding their relationship with their talent. If you get a job, you stay – regardless of whether or not you add value. Other companies have a “from hire to fire or retire” talent management strategy. If you are not adding value, you are costing money and it is a matter of time until you are removed from the organization. Under Jack Welch’s leadership at GE, if you were a bottom ten percent sales performer,…
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Erik Samdahl and my friends over at the Institute for Corporate Productivity (I4CP) are hosting the latest installment of the Carnival of Human Resource with a special productivity themed carnival. Head on over and check it out for a great collection of posts from the industry’s leading bloggers!
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It’s that magical time of the year for basketball fans. That’s right it’s time once again for March Madness! During the coming weeks offices and workplaces around the country will be abuzz with the latest news and information about the big tournament and high hopes will be set for alma maters participating in the Big Dance. All this excitement brings with it office pools and wagers placed by workers who try to predict how the 64 team tournament will pan out. Not surprisingly all this extra-curricular office activity will have an impact on productivity: a 3.5 billion dollar loss in…
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It’s that magical time of the year for basketball fans. That’s right it’s time once again for March Madness! During the coming weeks offices and workplaces around the country will be abuzz with the latest news and information about the big tournament and high hopes will be set for alma maters participating in the Big Dance. All this excitement brings with it office pools and wagers placed by workers who try to predict how the 64 team tournament will pan out. Not surprisingly all this extra-curricular office activity will have an impact on productivity: a 3.5 billion dollar loss in…
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Should an organization retain skilled employees and managers in today’s economy? The answer is – only if they are adding more value than they cost.
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The latest installment of the Carnival of Human Resources has once again traveled to the other side of the pond. This time the “Carnevale delle Risorse Umane” is being hosted by one of my favorite human capital bloggers, Jon Ingham. Head over to Jon’s blogfor a rousing collection of 34 posts from the industry’s top HR, leadership, and talent management bloggers!
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The real reason training is the first cut and last budgeted is due to the lack of Return on Investment. If companies experience real Return on Investment, then training would not be the first cut and last budgeted.
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