Human Resources

Can You Hear Me Now?

BY Paul GloverThu Oct 9, 2008 at 10:21 AM

As reported by Workforce Management – October 8, 2008: Communication Gap: Nine out of 10 employers think it is important for their employees to understand and appreciate their benefits, but most employees don't do either, ...READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | Comment

Can Your Company Handle the Truth?

BY Paul GloverTue Sep 30, 2008 at 6:09 PM

“You can’t handle the truth!” Col. Jessep (Jack Nicholson) in “A Few Good Men” Can your company handle the truth? This week I had plenty of time to contemplate stuff. A “simple” day surgery turned into 3 ...READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | 14 comments

Employee Engagement Begins With Trust!

BY Paul GloverThu Sep 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM

Last week I wrote about the need to include Employees in the decision making process if Employee Engagement was a goal. This week I read an article about this year’s WorkTrends Report by the Kenexa Research Institute. According ...READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | Comment

Engagement = Inclusion

BY Paul GloverThu Sep 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM

Every client I work with to improve Employee Performance struggles with the reality of Employee Engagement. While every Manager knows that without meaningful Employee Engagement in the Work Process at every level of the ...READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | 2 comments

Is the Human Resources Department the Union of the 21st Century?

BY Paul GloverTue Sep 2, 2008 at 4:20 PM

Has the Human Resources Department Become the Union of the 21st Century? Every Labor Day I reminisce about my 24 years as a labor attorney and union official of an 8,000 member national union. It was a great job and I enjoyed ...READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | Comment

Your Company Is Not the Marine Corp!

BY Paul GloverMon Aug 25, 2008 at 5:48 PM

The motto “No man left behind” expresses one of The Marine Corps' core beliefs and helps make the organization a world class fighting machine. But while I applaud the Marine Corps for the esprit de corps it exhibits in standing ...READ»

CHANGE MANAGEMENT | 3 comments

Surviving the WorkQuake(c)

BY Paul GloverTue Aug 19, 2008 at 11:06 AM

Introduction Are you shocked and awed by the rapidity and complexity of the ongoing changes in the Rules of Work? Are you still trying to figure out what “Diversity” really means? Are you a Theory X personality secretly ...READ»

CAREER | Comment

Innovative & Effective Mentor Programs Part II

BY Rachelle HandleyTue Jul 22, 2008 at 2:44 PM

The potential success of Mentee/Mentor pairing can often times be similar to that of dating. There are a host of reasons why a paired Mentee and Mentor would not be the ideal match, some of which are differences in: o ...READ»

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Social Networking Mentor Programs

BY Rachelle HandleyMon Jul 7, 2008 at 1:39 AM

Social Networking Mentor Programs Benefits A Social Networking Mentor Program (SNMP) is a Mentor Program that is hosted on a Social Networking website, such as Facebook or LinkedIn. There are 2 common ways organizations can ...READ»

CAREER | Comment

Tired of Unproductive & Disengaged Employee's?

BY Rachelle HandleyMon Jun 23, 2008 at 8:55 PM

Consider implementing an early Resignation Bonus for Employee's that are not making the cut. Zappos, an Internet shoe retailer, has been offering EE's an early resignation bonus for the past 3 years. Originally, the online company ...READ»

COMPETENCE | 3 comments

Competence of the Human Resource Profession

BY Jim BoltMon Jun 23, 2008 at 2:34 PM

I just read about the results of an interesting new study, “State of the Global Talent Nation”, conducted by Softscape. 94% of the 250 human resource professionals surveyed say they “don’t feel their personnel are adequately ...READ»

DEVELOPMENT | Comment

New to the site

BY Elizabeth StahlSun Jun 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM

Good afternoon, I am thrilled to see this blog devoted to HCI. HCI leverages the world or talent as a competitive advantage for business. Look forward to visiting this site and learning about the other ...READ»

ADVICE | Comment

Youth Hiring Tips: Pens and Something Called a Pension

BY Darryl SheepwashWed Jun 11, 2008 at 6:24 PM

For the Native peoples who used to live along this Pacific Coast that we now call home, the tides would serve dinner twice a day. Rolling back into the greater sea, a host of options were readily available for their culinary ...READ»

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Gladwell on Talent Selection

BY Ruth ShermanMon Jun 9, 2008 at 6:46 PM

I just got back from the American Society for Training & Development’s International Conference and Exhibition in San Diego where I was a speaker. This was a great conference – one of the best I’ve ever been to and I’ve ...READ»

BABY BOOMERS | Comment

Talent Wars: Are you locked and loaded?

BY Nancy ClarkTue Jun 3, 2008 at 6:58 PM

Despite living in a bi-polar economy--some are having the best of times, others the worst--one thing is clear, we are facing a shortage of new talent that will not be ready and able to replace the "crew change" caused by ...READ»

CANDIDATE SELECTION | 1 comment

Super Stars need not apply: How HR systems are culling the very people that companies need the most.

BY Morgan BatesWed Apr 30, 2008 at 6:39 PM

Anyone who has looked for a job in the last four years has probably noticed something very odd was going on. With only a few exceptions almost every single company has the same format in order to apply for a job. This same format ...READ»

CORPORATE BLOGGING | 3 comments

Why All HR Departments Need a Blog

BY Andres AcostaTue Apr 29, 2008 at 3:26 PM

The rules have changed and blogging is not just for geeks with a knack for writing anymore. Employees who want to smear you, recruiters who don't want to hire you, PR Departments who want to snow you - are all blogging; is HR ...READ»

HR | Comment

HR Director Faces 20 Years In Prison

BY Andres AcostaSat Apr 26, 2008 at 1:02 AM

Alex Urrutia-Garcia, HR Director for Universal Industrial Sales, a Utah based manufacturing company, faces up to 20 years in prison for "encouraging or inducing workers to remain in the U.S. illegally". According to one ...READ»

HUMAN RESOURCES | Comment

Who Will Be the Better President for Business?

BY Christopher MoakleyFri Apr 25, 2008 at 10:58 AM

Notice that I did not indicate whether business was BIG or small. Of the three front runners - Obama, Clinton and McCain - currently in the presidential race for their party's nomination, who will be the "President for ...READ»

DEVELOPMENT | Comment

Hi and Welcome!

BY Amy LewisWed Mar 26, 2008 at 3:21 PM

Welcome to the world of the Human Capital Institute on Fast Company! If you aren't already familiar with the work we do, I encourage you to check us out at www.humancapitalinstitute.org As the next few days go by, I will ...READ»

ASSESSMENT | Comment

How to Attract a Greater Number of Qualified Applicants

BY Chad HaywardSat Mar 1, 2008 at 9:29 PM

If we've learned anything from surveying managers and business owners over the past year, it's that qualified applicants are hard to find. For some, there were simply fewer people applying to their posted jobs and, for others, the ...READ»

BUSINESS | Comment

The Rising Costs And Challenges Of Human Resources In China

BY Christine LuTue Feb 12, 2008 at 1:17 PM

Janet Carmosky shares insight on the growing human resource challenge companies face in recruiting, retaining and controlling costs in China.READ»

BANKING | Comment

Hey, Hey Performance Appraisals Must Go Away

BY Rodney CogbillTue Feb 5, 2008 at 10:54 AM

I have chosen a much-debated idea for my first blog entry for two reasons: 1) it is an important topic that demands discussion and 2) what better way to start? In my organization, a regional financial services company based in ...READ»

CAREERS | Comment

Are You Commited or Engaged at Work?

BY Nick ReddinSat Jan 26, 2008 at 9:07 AM

BY NICK REDDIN I was driving down Interstate 235 to work the other day. There I was with hundreds of other people all doing the exact same thing as me - heading to work. I realized it's the same every day, over and over. ...READ»

HUMAN RESOURCES | 7 comments

Netflix's Autonomous Workforce

Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 1:51 PM

Hey bosses, Are you having trouble recruiting and retaining top-notch talent? Maybe you're not giving your employees enough autonomy. Employees at online movie retailer Netflix are allowed to take as much vacation time as they ...READ»

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