Better talent management will help improve your bottom line

First ISO, then the SEC, and now Nasdaq. All these agencies are requiring the disclosure of human capital measures. Human capital often drives a majority of the costs for businesses. Its role in driving business success, when smartly managed, is…

The Corporate Diversity Movement Got It Wrong. The Key is Common Focus, Discomfort and Conflict!

If you lead a global company with demanding customers that is fast paced, facing frequent change, and requiring innovation, you need more discomfort and conflict.  For that, you need a diverse, global and inclusive workforce.  Studies show that type of…

It’s Mid-Year. Are Your Talent Management Strategies Leading to Improved Business Results?

Organizations that have comprehensive talent management strategies benefit from exciting work environments, higher performing, innovative employees, and top-tier financial success. So, halfway through the year, how are your talent management strategies working out?  Are they accelerating the profitable growth of…

Incomplete science has shrunk learning organizations. Time for a comeback.

If you listen to some of the pundits or review the marketing materials of technology platforms that offer instant on-line learning, you could come to the conclusion that there is no need for organizational learning. I couldn’t disagree more. In…

Human capital plans go a long way toward improving business strategy success!

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…

Can You Make More Profit than the Competition with Good Jobs?

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…

7 Reasons Why it is a Great Time to be in Human Resources!

Human resources as an organizational function and its leaders are receiving heaps of criticism these days. I must say that some of it is justified! Pundits, academics and business executives alike have been criticizing HR for not being business savvy,…

Half way through the year: How successful is your talent management plan?

I will be the first to tell you there has never been a better time to be in human resources.  Never has there been better and more widely available research, predictive models, and--during this economic expansion--the need for companies to…

Six exciting seminars for H R leaders this summer

I am leading six exciting Seminars this summer with the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA). Learn more about SHRM Professional Development credits and HCRI Recertification credits--and sign up!--at http://www.nchra.org/events/event_list.asp. Strategic Thinking--Conquering the Traditional H R Paradigms. NCHRA H R Business Leader Series. July 7.…