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The Recovery: What Now?

By Jamie Liddell, Editor, Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) What a gradually improving global economic climate means for organizations the world over… Go direct to the post here: http://www.ssonetwork.com/topic_detail.aspx?id=6358&ekfrm=6&utm_source=ssonetwo… Continue

Added by Chris Gayner on November 12, 2009 at 7:12pm — No Comments

The Sweetest Sound to a Human Ear

I remember coming across one statement which I felt is so true. It said “Remember that a man’s Name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language”. Yet there are many of us who within minutes of introduction to a person forget their names, worse despite being embarrassed in all such situations, try little to possessing an elephant’s memory. And when it comes to HR folks, this is one tool that is supposed to be congenital. I have known this very efficient a HR Manager, but he… Continue

Added by Akanksha Yadav on October 15, 2009 at 6:38pm — No Comments

You Proposed a Corporate University: “Are You Nuts?”

Here is a quick story for you. A mid-market human resource executive schedules an agenda item for the next month’s senior management and board meeting. The proposal is to create a Corporate University to address meeting the company’s performance objectives. The initial reactions to this agenda item from the CEO, CFO and COO ranged from “are you nuts?”… “in today’s economic climate”…. ”expensive”….”limited appeal and utility”…. “no short-term benefits”….. to ”looks like it’s time to look for new… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on September 30, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Osho and Human Behavior at Workplace

People who know or have heard about OSHO (earlier known as Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh) have different opinions and it is quite normal. Some people call him controversial sex guru and some people call him the modern day mystic and great thinker. There are innumerable people who have been benefited by his meditation techniques and healing therapies at Osho Multiversity and started seeing world non-seriously, without being judgmental. I am not his follower but I do admire his work which is quite interes… Continue

Added by Dr Sandeep Kulshrestha on September 27, 2009 at 6:50pm — No Comments

Franchise Training Fails Customers and Franchisees

With my nearly 20 years of professional experience within the franchising business arena, it is safe to say that the traditional and existing franchisor training has failed its two most important constituents: 1) Customers and 2) Franchisees. The central tenet for franchisors to provide immersive training around key events is flawed and the manual-based operations courses are outdated methods to deliver daily success. The inability to provide…(more)… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on September 18, 2009 at 2:29am — No Comments

Stop Inefficient Corporate Training Efforts!

The ultimate objective for corporate training professionals is to provide learners with a continuous learning experience to increase proficiency and expertise to achieve desired business results. No small task for small and medium sized businesses as well larger corporations. Most companies have been constrained by their existing systems (e.g. antiquated LMS, stand-alone intranet applications, etc) or lack the tools to effectively deliver against this corporate training objective. The ability to… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on September 2, 2009 at 4:31am — No Comments

Finding Nirvana for the Small and Mid-Market HR Executive: Addressing the 8 Hidden E’s

Small and mid-market HR Executives face a daunting challenge in providing transformational leadership with limited/reduced budgets and resources. These executives must perform superhuman feats to address their organization's key needs to achieve business objectives by addressing 8 hidden E's: - Engage different employees and constituent groups, - Enable distributed employees in an economic and efficient manner - Effective deployment of "real-time" changes in product,… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on August 22, 2009 at 1:31am — 2 Comments

HR Generalist or Specialist

My post on the XLRI Sapphire Blog on the career dilemma (?) of being a HR Generalist or Specialist. What do you think? Comments welcome Continue

Added by Gautam Ghosh on July 16, 2009 at 10:23am — No Comments

HR and Social Media

Why should HR embrace social media. I articulate some thoughts here. Continue

Added by Gautam Ghosh on March 18, 2009 at 8:57am — No Comments

Critical Skills for HR people

Have posted on my blog about it. You can read it here http://bit.ly/4XNQ Comments welcome! Continue

Added by Gautam Ghosh on February 11, 2009 at 2:40pm — 1 Comment

Stressed Out Employees, Stressed Out HR

If the unemployment rate is sufficiently serious that it is the subject of open discussion, then how high can stress levels go in the workplace in China?. It’s a pertinent question because it is HR that will be expected to provide the answer. Then craft a solution. China HR staffers were already under a heavy load before the current crisis. There was a high volume of hiring; there was the time consuming on-boarding process; there was documentation, training and payroll; and finally there was m… Continue

Added by Frank Mulligan on December 22, 2008 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Onboarding and Employee Retention

Onboarding, the process of acquainting a new hire into an organization, has often been a time consuming process. Paperwork needs to be filled out, drug testing completed, health plans selected. With all the work required to hire a new employee, “it may take upwards of 45 days or more before that individual becomes productive in the job that they were hired to do,” D.J. Chhabra, president of Enwisen, told SHRM Online rece… Continue

Added by George Abraham on December 18, 2008 at 4:48pm — 2 Comments

How to make it HR2.0

So there I was talking to some of my friends, who are HR professionals, who always look at me at bewilderment when the topic turns towards social media and networking. One of them shook his head and said "Why do you even bother? How is it going to help anyone in HR?" The conversation meandered along. I tried explaining the Cluetrain manifesto , the Long Tail , the Wisdom of the Crowds , Swarm Intelligence and Emergence , the move from Control to Collaboration and Transparency. However I reali… Continue

Added by Gautam Ghosh on November 26, 2008 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Top Ten Bad HR Practices

Here is a very interesting blog post by Maj. Gen. B.K. Bhatia on Bad practices on HR.

Every body talks about the best HR practices, it is good, but merely bringing in the best cannot give the desired results if some Bad HR practices co-exist in the organization. So what are those Top Ten Bad HR practices which caution & alert an organization. 1. Employee has no access to per… Continue

Added by Gireesh Kumar Sharma on November 26, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Happiness at Work

Ravindra Prasad has written an article on employee happiness on rediff. In my opinion "Plan your week on Sunday night or Monday morning" is the most important in this list. It is surely more than mundane "to do list". Those who are aware of Coveys most popular work "7 habits of highly effective people", will recognize that weekly planning is mu… Continue

Added by Santosh on November 4, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Salary and Confidentiality

As long as there is some-one in your friend-circle earning more than you , you are bound to be unhappy. Firm don't want you to be unhappy and hence forbid you to discuss about compensation. Humor apart , but back in India I found that this is common topic around water-cooler among friends. I was never aware of the sensitivity of the topic till last week. Read more here Continue

Added by Santosh on October 19, 2008 at 8:39pm — No Comments