Articles tagged 'Engagement'

Weekly Wrap: Reverse Mentoring Cuts Through the Generational Logjam

by John Hollon on Feb 3, 2012, 11:47 AM | No comments yet

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t understand the generational issues in the workplace that we’re constantly squabbling about.

Many, many times I have written here (and elsewhere) that Millennials get a bad rap, especially when it comes to their workplace ethic. Just late last year I wrote:

The Millennial generation, in my view, is no better or worse than any other generation that came before. Yes, they have their own unique generational issues but in my close experience with them, Millennials reflect what you find in other generations and society as a whole — some are good, some average, some clueless.”

A lot of the negative stuff that Millennials (or Gen Y, if you prefer) get hammered with has to do with the perceived notion that somehow, their workplace ethic is wildly out of whack with what everyone else is doing and that managers need some special kind of coaching to learn how to cope with them. Read more…

Leadership, Talent Management

Improving Engagement: Do Workers Know the Game You Want Them to Play?

by David Lee on Feb 3, 2012, 9:35 AM | No comments yet

One of the biggest frustrations I’ve heard from managers — both middle and senior level executives — is how few employees seem to care about how they, the employee, can help their employer. To them, their employees seem more excited about the upcoming weekend, than they do about making a contribution.

In short, their employees act more like “hired hands” than real “players.”

While there are many reasons for such lack of interest, if you experience this problem with your employees, one significant source to examine is this:

“Do your employees know what game they’re supposed to be playing and how it’s played?” Read more…

HR Management, Leadership

Why You Need to Install Civility as a Workplace Business Process

by Stephen M. Paskoff on Feb 3, 2012, 8:55 AM | No comments yet

By Stephen M. Paskoff

Tell business leaders there’s a new operational process that has the potential to transform their organization. Then notice their reactions when you list what it can do for them:

increase safety
surface problems
reduce errors
improve quality and teamwork Read more…

HR Management, Talent Management

Where’s the Loyalty? Getting the Most Out of Your Team in Trying Times

by Jeremy Kingsley on Feb 3, 2012, 7:37 AM | No comments yet

Lack of loyalty is a serious problem in organizations everywhere today.

No longer do people join a company and devote the rest of their working lives to it. Companies are, of course, not exactly known for offering up 30 or 40 years of employment, a gold watch and pension plan.

Times have changed. Businesses appear and disappear at a dizzying pace. So do the jobs they offer. People no longer expect to spend their entire career with the same company. Read more…

TLNT Events

Business Success & Engagement? You’ll Hear More About It at Transform

by John Hollon on Feb 2, 2012, 10:45 AM | No comments yet

I get lots of white papers and case studies in the course of a month, and a couple of days ago I got one titled, “Does Engagement Really Drive Results?”

That’s a pretty hot topic, and not surprisingly, it was co-authored by Laurie Bassi, author of Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era, and one of the scheduled speakers at our first ever TLNT Transform conference that will be taking place in Austin, Texas on Feb. 27-28.

“Smart organizations,” Laurie asks in the white paper, “are beginning to ask what’s beyond employee engagement. Is there a more powerful way of analyzing and optimizing the human drivers of your organization’s business results?”

Those are great questions for any talent manager to be asking, and my sense is that Laurie will be giving her perspective on them when she speaks at the Transform conference later this month. Read more…

HR Insights, HR Management

Motivating Workers: You Can Learn a Lot From 18th Century Sailors

by David Sneed on Feb 2, 2012, 9:00 AM | 3 Comments

Have you ever seen a nautical movie and dreamed of living a sailor’s life? We dream that silly dream because we don’t really understand how hard their job really was.

No matter how cold and wet you were (very and always), you still had to do the back-breaking work – and on a terrible diet, too!

Imagine working 100 feet up a telephone pole during a hurricane, except the pole is attached to a skateboard and your job is to tie ropes together. No gloves, no shoes, and a wet, cold rope. And all you had to eat that day was bread that required soaking in water just to make it digestible.

You did this every day for two years. Your home when you weren’t working (a mere eight hours per day) was a dark, moldy corner at the bottom of the ship. Oh, and when you wore through your clothes? You made your new ones from ruined sails, or a roll of fabric you brought on board when you left Boston the year before. Read more…

HR Insights, HR Management

Do Professional HR Certifications Really Help Job Seekers?

by Gerry Ledford on Jan 27, 2012, 9:42 AM | 4 Comments

Professional HR certifications have become commonplace in the past 20 years.

The HR Certification Institute (HRCI), affiliated with SHRM, has awarded the PHR (Professional in Human Resources) and two other certifications to 115,000 professionals. WorldatWork has awarded a CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) and five other specialized certifications to 22,000 rewards professionals.

Anne Ruddy, President and CEO of WorldatWork, reports that over half of all WorldatWork certifications have been awarded in the past 10 years. Other organizations also offer HR certifications, including the Human Capital Institute and many universities.

Both HRCI and WorldatWork report that relevant certifications are often required for HR positions, that payment for most certifications is provided by the employee’s organization, and that testimonials and survey data indicate that HR professionals value certifications. Read more…

Global HR, Rewards & Recognition

Yes, Culture & Recognition Matters to Workers — Everywhere in the World

by Derek Irvine on Jan 20, 2012, 8:50 AM | No comments yet

I hear time and again that “it’s different over there.” Or,“They do things differently. They don’t have the same expectations our employees here have.”

I hear this most often about the Asia/Pacific region and usually specifically about China. “We can’t recognize employees individually over there. They don’t want that kind of recognition. It goes against their culture.”

Really? Out of six items listed in an article in the China Daily on the “Six essentials every employee wants in their job,” recognition and culture were two of them: Read more…

HR News & Trends

Best Places to Work? It’s Not a Big Surprise That Google is No. 1

by John Hollon on Jan 19, 2012, 11:37 AM | No comments yet

Google rightly gets a lot of accolades for its innovative work environment — including being named this week as No. 1 in Fortune magazine‘s annual “Best Companies to Work For” list.

Yes, search engine giant Google replaced the SAS Institute at the top of this year’s Fortune list, jumping up from No. 3 last year. Here’s the rest of the 2012 Top 10 “Best Companies to Work For” list:

Google
Boston Consulting Group
SAS Institute Read more…

TLNT Radio

The Three Secrets of Successful Organizations

by Lance Haun on Jan 18, 2012, 9:00 AM | No comments yet

Editor’s note: The TLNT Radio Show is a weekly podcast where we talk to the top minds in HR and talent management. New episodes are posted here every week. Make sure you subscribe to TLNT and get our daily newsletter for the latest, or subscribe to our podcast in iTunes to automatically get updates.

Why does one company go bankrupt while another one succeeds beyond all measure? It’s incredibly easy to see the successes or failures after the fact but how do you try to line up your organization for success in the here and now?

That’s the question that has an easy answer but a much more clouded path.

Articles tagged 'Engagement'

Weekly Wrap: Reverse Mentoring Cuts Through the Generational Logjam

Improving Engagement: Do Workers Know the Game You Want Them to Play?

Why You Need to Install Civility as a Workplace Business Process

Where’s the Loyalty? Getting the Most Out of Your Team in Trying Times

Business Success & Engagement? You’ll Hear More About It at Transform

Motivating Workers: You Can Learn a Lot From 18th Century Sailors

Do Professional HR Certifications Really Help Job Seekers?

Yes, Culture & Recognition Matters to Workers — Everywhere in the World

Best Places to Work? It’s Not a Big Surprise That Google is No. 1

The Three Secrets of Successful Organizations

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