HR Management

Six steps to hiring a great stakeholder ...and on the seventh step, they rested. We’re 75% of the way through the process of hiring our Chief Connecting Officer (they’re too important to be called a sales person) and only now have we asked for resumes, what we call “tombstones”. We have six things we… more
Funnelling technique in interviewing Any type of interview is an opportunity to get information. The funnelling technique is a communication process to help ensure: • the right type of questions are asked • detailed responses are given • accurate notes of the responses are captured "Who questions… more
63% of organisations have NO HR strategy in place The other day I was reading some data (be still my heart!) and ran across something that didn’t initially surprise me. However, the more I think about it the more I am puzzled that this is still an ongoing issue. I reported on some other data a while back that… more
Keeping young workers in check At the start of each year, many companies would have acquired a number of younger employees. The bad news is that they will only keep getting younger as they come into your industry. The good news is that this generation can be one of the easiest to deal with…when… more
Put people in the right job Does this situation sound familiar? A client told me about someone that he employed in a technical role. The employee was extremely competent technically but over time the job changed and became less technical and more focused on interacting with people every day… more
Standing: the new, innovative way to win over your stacks! Standing is a new concept in current organizing that I have found extremely successful. I say current because others have used it in the past. Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, and Ernest Hemingway wrote standing up. Einstein theorized standing up. History tells… more
Want a motivated and productive workforce? Use employee recognition and praise If you want a happier, more productive work environment that motivates and keeps employees, focus on recognizing what they and—just as importantly—you do right. While we see ranking of the factors that drive performance shifting with each study over time… more
Raising the bar With companies embracing technology to reduce their head counts, they need employees who have higher-level skills. In addition, thirty percent of companies are increasingly hiring college-educated folks for jobs previously held by high school grads---because they… more
Mistrust and the disengaged workforce Let’s start off with a story. And just as a heads up, it’s not necessarily a happy one. Since 2009, Interaction Associates, a consulting firm based in Boston that advises on human resources and company leadership, has run a survey that measures how much employees… more
The very famous Bill Gates speech to Gen Y's I seem to be working an awful lot these days, with managers who just don’t ‘get’ Gen Y kids. They are different that’s for sure. However, I have a few that work for me, and I’ve found that if I don’t expect any respect, I’m not disappointed. They show respect in… more
A workplace survey on bullying This is a pre course survey run in readiness for a ‘bullying’ workshop a small group of us planned to run. We wanted to know if all the bullying we were reading about in schools and the workplace were for real or just media hype. Participants were asked to answer… more
Psychometric assessments for selection processes Are you a good judge of character? We all like to think that we are a great judge of character, and when we make the first poor hiring decision because people ‘on the job’ aren’t what they seemed at the interview, this can dampen our confidence in our ability to… more

HR Management

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