News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
Employees want their leaders to share the purpose of their work. They want to engage, with their hearts and minds, in work that resonates. When leaders make these connections and build upon foundations of meaning and purpose, good and sustainable business outcomes can happen! In this HRchat episode, we consider some impactful ways to achieve […]
In episode 7 of the new People and Performance Podcast, we delve into big-picture workforce planning and the intricacies of change management.
Open Letter: Advancing HR 2017
This year try something different on New Year’s Eve: don’t make any resolutions. Why not? Well, they’re a feel-good distraction from what we really need to be doing. New Year’s resolutions give us comfort but they don’t help us change. Maybe that’s harsh, but from where I’m standing it’s the truest thing I’ve ever written. […]
We’ve all heard about how hard it is to lead change. We’ve heard that 80% of change initiatives fail. And we’ve heard the biggest barrier to change is the people affected by it. Not surprisingly, a lot of words have been dedicated to getting people engaged in change. And one way to do that is […]
Human resources, as an organizational function, tends to be obsessed with standardization, predictability, and control.
In a world filled with constant chatter about the speed of change, the ongoing disruption of industries, and the need to be nimble: does building a traditional career plan still make sense?