VA@VictorHRConsultant.com | 707 331 6740
We help companies improve HR, recruiting, leaders, teams, and cultures of innovation.
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…
Dominance has been the determining factor for selecting future leaders for decades[i], but that is changing. In fast-paced, digital, global businesses, dominance can create a good first impression, but it has a habit of wearing thin on people. When that…
GE, Ford, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and other well-known companies put “up or out” performance management systems in place in the 1980s. These systems rated employees on results and behaviors, and the ratings were used to make decisions about employee potential. …
Read More Traditional Performance Management Doesn’t Work Any More. Try this…
Last week, TINYpulse, the employee survey and engagement company, released its latest report on retention. Employee engagement in the United States and around the globe has been rather anemic—and for a long time! When Gallup released its State of the…
Read More The real key to employee retention may surprise you
Which stock would you rather have owned for the ten years ending in June, 2013, Costco or Walmart? During those years, Costco stock outperformed Walmart stock by more than 200 percent. Why? I am not a stock expert, but a…
Read More Can You Make More Profit than the Competition with Good Jobs?
All executives, human resources leaders and organizational development consultants know that leading change and implementing new strategy is difficult. The empirical research tells us that 70% of company strategies fail. I, like many of you, have depended on change methodologies…
Read More Don’t end up camped on Mount Delusional when implementing strategy!
Today’s companies, both large and small, can quickly find themselves needing a global workforce in order to succeed. The challenge of uniting and motivating workers separated by language, distance, culture, and time can be daunting. Uniting workers is key, however,…
The United States celebrates Labor Day this week, a holiday that was created to commemorate the Haymarket massacre in Chicago on May 4, 1886. What began as a peaceful rally in support of an eight hour workday (most workers labored…
