Articles tagged 'Management'

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, 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…

Rewards & Recognition

The 10 Big Myths of Employee Rewards and Recognition

by Derek Irvine on Feb 2, 2012, 11:49 AM | No comments yet

I’m honored to have an article included in the December issue of Canadian HR Reporter in which I debunk 10 recognition and reward myths.

Employee recognition is best given at an annual awards show.
Cash is the best reward.
Employee salaries should be reward enough. 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…

Leadership, Talent Management

Building Creative Hot Spots: It’s Where HR and Innovation Meet

by Susan R. Meisinger on Feb 2, 2012, 9:40 AM | No comments yet

By Susan R. Meisinger

If you Google the words “leadership, innovation, growth” you’ll get about 50 million hits, give or take a few million.

There are links to scholarly journals, business magazines, management books, leadership books, conferences, and seminars — all of which try to explain how to do it: how to be a great leader who creates a culture of innovation which drives an organization’s growth.

Many of the links are to consultants who have their own proprietary approach that they assert will help leaders and organizations put into place processes that will build an innovative culture in a disciplined way, leading to growth and profitability. Still more links are to company websites, which proclaim that this is what they do best: they have the secret sauce and have the perfect recipe for a company that’s more innovative than its competitors.

But there’s a dirty little secret that leaders don’t like to share. 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…

Benefits, Compensation

Why Do We Survey and Report Salary Ranges?

by Ann Bares on Jan 30, 2012, 11:45 AM | 2 Comments

A debate with a would-be client last week reminded me of a particular pet peeve, so I thought I’d trot it out here for discussion. (The would-be client is probably moving on to find herself a less combative consultant, but that’s a story for another post…)

Many salary surveys routinely collect and report salary range minimums, midpoints, and maximums. My question is: How is this information useful?

Even if you know how representative those ranges are of the overall set of pay practices (some surveys tell you the number/percent of companies reporting ranges, many don’t), you have no way of knowing: Read more…

HR News & Trends

Survey Points to 5 Critical Talent Management Trends for 2012

by John Hollon on Jan 30, 2012, 10:45 AM | No comments yet

I’m always interested in surveys that look ahead and give some sense of where we might be going, even if they don’t always seem to get the forecast quite right.

That’s why this new survey just released by Taleo caught my eye. It’s called U.S. Talent Trends for 2012 (you can sign up for a copy here), and it summarizes both the 2011 business climate as well as the talent management trends we can expect this year.

The five key findings from the survey are as follows: Read more…

HR Management, Talent Management

Managing a Virtual Workforce: Setting Social Goals Are the Key

by Morgan Norman on Jan 30, 2012, 8:55 AM | 1 comment

The virtual workplace is different.

The setting is different; cubicles don’t divide the virtual space. Neither do city lines, time zones, or continents, for that matter.

The employees are different; without that immediate group feel, employees have no other option than to be more independent and self-starting than their on-site counterparts.

And, above all else, management is different. When dealing with such an unconventional and independent staff, it becomes abundantly clear that “traditional” workplace motivation and efficiency strategies simply aren’t going to be effective. Read more…

Articles tagged 'Management'

Weekly Wrap: Reverse Mentoring Cuts Through the Generational Logjam

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

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

The 10 Big Myths of Employee Rewards and Recognition

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

Building Creative Hot Spots: It’s Where HR and Innovation Meet

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

Why Do We Survey and Report Salary Ranges?

Survey Points to 5 Critical Talent Management Trends for 2012

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