Organizations face many challenges when it comes to human resources: how to recruit, manage, develop, and retrain people. It’s hard for organizations that are experts in building products and services to also be experts at talent management, yet we know that people are our most important assets.
Archive for December, 2009
Benefits of Outsourcing HR
Posted in Strategic Alignment on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Giants & Knights: Viewing the Leadership Journey
Posted in Leadership on December 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tom Coughlin. Bobby Knight. Both are names you might recognize; they’re coaches whose unique — even controversial — coaching styles have led to great success.
The Power of Peers: CEO Peer Groups
Posted in Leadership, Small Business, Training & Learning on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A survey conducted by Barry Admon and Murray Axmith finds that many executives feel a sense of social and relational isolation due their prominent positions. According to an article in Academy of Management Executive, loneliness is specifically identified as one of the major primary health risk factors that CEOs and other business executives face.
It’s time for a shift in mindset: think “performance planning”
Posted in Performance Planning on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Performance reviews should be positively oriented toward achieving future goals and success. At Insight, we believe that two-thirds of a traditional “performance review” should focus on an employee’s future and only one-third should evaluate his past. In fact, that’s why we designed BLOOM® to include so many features that promote employee growth and improvement and why we prefer the term “performance planning.” [More...]
Find the right person for the job with the Whole Mind Interviewing Process
Posted in Recruiting and Hiring, Strategic Alignment on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve put our years of Human Resources experience to work by designing a complete interviewing process that assesses all three parts of the mind; for key roles we profile preferences, natural instincts, thinking abilities, and overall job fit.
What you don’t know can destroy your organization
Posted in Strategic Alignment on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Organizations in today’s world are facing many changes. According to Kouze and Posner of The Leadership Challenge, decades of research has shown that while the specific changes themselves vary, the factors remain much the same: information, technology, competition, and multitude of options. What has changed is these factors’ context.
Learn how to recession-proof your business!
Posted in Tips for Down Times on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We hear about the recession daily – even hourly if we’re regularly tuned in to mass media. You can do something to protect your business.
What you can do to lessen employee anxiety during changing times
Posted in Tips for Down Times on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With the fluctuations in today’s economy, job market, and global relationships it’s no surprise that employees are at least uneasy if not downright stressed. Too much stress can be problematic to a person’s health and well-being, and as an employer you can help control some of the factors that lead to employee stress.