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If Managing People Were Easy…Everyone Would Do It! Part I

I was having a conversation with someone I met at a conference recently who told me that she was promoted to a management role about a year ago. She manages a staff of 10 and she recalls how excited she was when she was promoted. She isn’t any longer. She recounted this story about how […]

Strategy in Human Resources

Strategy in Human Resources? Is that possible?

As time has passed, more and more departments inside organizations have become strategic and data-driven. When we think of departments like Finance and Operations, we can easily visualize those being strategic and highly analytical, but we don’t often think that way about HR.

Human Resources is one of […]

Who Is Responsible for Developing Talent?

In talking with a potential client the other day on how to best develop their employees, the President of the company told me that human resources is responsible for developing talent in the company. The SVP of human resources, who was also in the meeting, suggested that the President was incorrect; others were also […]

Human Resources Concern

The Importance of Work/Life Balance and What To Do About It

A major concern for many Human Resource (HR) professionals today is helping to ensure a work/life balance for employees. Certainly trying to balance work and life can be difficult regardless of your position, but frequently you see the most issues occurring for management […]

HR’s Challenge for the Recovery

2009’s economic downturn was twice as deep as previously forecasted however Deloitte’s recent survey shows:

"More surveyed executives believe the worst of the economic downturn is behind us, by a decisive 31% to 7% margin"

Despite indications of economic recovery, many companies have only marginally planned for it. Plus many lack the Human Capital insights […]