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3 Steps to Help You Own Up When You Make The Big Mistake

2012-05-16 21:52 - 47 reads

 “We know we were sloppy. We know we were stupid. We know there was bad judgment. We don’t know if any of that is true yet. Of course regulators should look at something like this, that’s their jobs.

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8 Predictions (with 4 Main Themes) for HR Tech from Knowledge Infusion

2012-05-16 18:26 - 63 reads

Recognise This! – Talent is indisputably fluid. So are business objectives. HR must deliver a way to align fluid talent with fluid business needs.

I’ve just finished reading a very interesting report from Knowledge Infusion CEO and Co-Founder Jason Averbook and President Heidi Sprigi. In “HR Tech Predictions & Prescriptions for 2012,” Jason and Heidi make eight distinct predictions (and associated prescriptions).

Across those eight predictions, I see four continuous themes:

Strategic Employee Recognition: by Derek Irvine

Mind the Perception Gap! What others think of you does matter if you want to create a high performing team

2012-05-16 17:59 - 64 reads

As I was enjoying the humour in another wonderful Dilbert cartoon this week (http://bit.ly/Kq6TEq), I was hit by the nagging thought that there are many people in management positions who appear to think like this. They have a firm belief that they are ‘doing things right’ and so keep on doing more of the same, despite the fact that they are not getting the improved results they want.

Einstein felt that a definition of insanity was to keep doing the same thing, but expect different results. It makes no sense at all, yet is a widely adopted practice. Perhaps it is because, as leaders we have reached our position by doing things in a certain way, therefore doing what we know is somehow easier than taking the personal risk of trying something new.

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Staff Communication Plan for Office Relocation

2012-05-16 14:27 - 63 reads

When you think about communicating your office relocation plans to employees, you may just concerned about how you are going to announce the office move to your staff, but a good staff communication plan goes far beyond just letting them know about a change in business address. To truly engage employees in the process of change, and in particular, a change in workplace, a good staff communication plan needs to be designed to actively engage employees.

You will want your office relocation to result in positive changes for your staff, and improve working practices and efficiency so that staff can carry out their duties in a more comfortable, efficient and inspiring working environment.

To help achieve this, here are some tips to help you design a good staff communication plan for your office relocation:

Employment & HR Issues during an Office Relocation

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Editor's Welcome

 

Hello! I'm a great believer in the power of stories, whether they be folk tales, novels, films or TV dramas.
 
They have a wonderful ability to get complex moral or social issues over to us in a palatable, easy-to-understand way and can provide many lessons if only we care to look just a little bit below the surface.
 
But they can also act as a fun starting point for discussion and debate on rather more serious topics that are all too often brushed under the carpet and ignored.
 

Hence our decision to start up a Review slot on the site to look at those everyday stories that are all around us from an HR perspective.

Although we've been publishing book reviews (take a look at our Book Club list of suggested possible non-fiction works for evaluation here) for some time, you may also have noticed that we've been running a weekly home page blog on The Apprentice courtesy of The Chemistry Group for a while now.

And Pauline Wood, managing director at specialist retail headhunter, court & spark consulting, was likewise kind enough to write our first film review on the Headhunters movie.

But the big question is, why don't you give it a go yourself? There's a world of choice out there and I, like the rest of the community, would love to hear your thoughts and insights.

So next time you watch a movie, see a TV drama or read a novel that you think has an HR message worth sharing, send your review to me at cath.everett@siftmedia.co.uk or post it directly to our blogs section at www.hrzone.co.uk/blogs.

So get critiquing and look forward to hearing from you very soon.....

Cath Everett
HRZone Editor 
 
 
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