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A recent survey from Robert Half shows that while Chief Financial Officers want to expand health and wellness benefits, employees prefer additional vacation days, telecommuting options, and non-traditional work hours[i]. CFOs and employees do agree, however, on the popularity of…
Read More Will Perks and Wellness Benefits Alone Enable You to Compete in a Tight Labor Market?
Innovation doesn’t happen by accident. In fact, research shows that powerful leaders who foster innovation generate measurable new value for their organizations. InnovationOne provides a scientifically-based blueprint for successfully creating an innovative culture in your organization. Learn to use this proprietary…
Wharton professor Peter Cappelli observes that the staffing of human resources departments is cyclical[i] - staffing goes up in expanding economies and down during recessions. Unfortunately, when human resource staffs are cut back during recessions, businesses lose their talent management…
Read More The key to retaining employees is in making the talent management pivot!
Many mid-cap and large companies long for more innovation to stimulate growth in a challenging, and fast-changing global business environment. A PwC Pulse Survey of 246 CEOs shows that 97% of business leaders see innovation as a top priority for…
Read More Igniting innovation begins with business leaders and the culture they develop!
At a recent workshop on strategic human resources, an attendee asked “How do you prepare a human capital plan?” It’s a timely topic, since Q4 is often when annual plans and strategic plans are written for the following business year…
Read More Human capital plans go a long way toward improving business strategy success!
This week is the Thanksgiving Holiday in the United States. It’s a good time for leaders to step back from the hustle and bustle and reflect on how they have thanked their teams for their hard work and contributions. Thanksgiving…
Read More During this Thanksgiving Season, be the role model for recognition and appreciation!
At a recent leadership workshop I was facilitating, an attendee asked me how I work with executives on “soft issues, such as culture?” My response was that employee culture is not the soft and squishy stuff that many executives, and…
Read More Your employee culture is tangible, measurable and will make or break your strategies!
After an exhilarating flight over the Alps, I landed in Milan, Italy to integrate the human resources department of a recent acquisition. I knew the industry, business and integration strategies, and the key talent. The problem was, I didn’t speak…
Read More Leading global teams in Shanghai or Kansas City requires agility! Learn what works…
A general manager I worked closely with confided in me that 360 degree feedback and developmental coaching was the most beneficial development he received and enabled him to move into his general manager role and beyond. It is too bad…
Read More 360° feedback can make all the difference when paired with development! Learn how…
Work-life integration, and the work place flexibility necessary to enable it, received an unexpected boost from Republican Congressman Paul Ryan last week. He announced that if he agreed to be Speaker of the House, it would not be at the…
