Articles tagged: "training and development"

1: Asking The HR Practitioners

Among the best-kept secrets at the Human Resource Institute are our Practitioner Consensus Surveys HRI conducts these short surveys on an almost weekly basis, usually at the request of member firms

2: What Should We Be Measuring-satisfaction Or Engagement?

Following the downturn in the economy that began in 2001, CEOs all over the US

3: Letting Go: Outsourcing HR

There’s no denying the trend toward HR outsourcing In fact, most of the U

4: The Management Myth

Up until about 1995, most leadership books that were written were really about management The message was leadership and management were one in the same

5: Purpose: The Foundation Of Strategic Alignment

With the best chief executives, those at the helm of the most effective companies that we advised, I knew that there was something more driving their decisions than simply the need to make immediate profits Some advice was deemed a natural fit; some, even though it would be difficult to execute, was taken on as part of a long-term strategy

6: The End Of Innovation?

Everyone knows that global innovation is increasing at a blistering pace, right Well, maybe it’s not, suggests Jonathan Huebner, author of the paper “A Possible Declining Trend for Worldwide Innovation

7: Make Your Attitude An Asset: Think Of Your Employees As An Investment

Through the prime cost-cutting and downsizing years of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, corporate executives would draw a cynical reaction whenever they mouthed the words, “people are our most important asset” Now, when they say it, we are more likely to believe they really mean it

8: 27 Reasons To Invest In People: The Evidence Keeps Mounting

• 67 percent of customers leave because of an attitude of indifference on the part of a company employee (American Society for Quality, 2000) • Enthusiastic workers often increase the quality of work by huge percentages-up to a 75 percent reduction in defect rates

9: Top 100 Employers Share Their Secrets Of Success

In June 2004, I was invited to speak at a “Workplace of Choice” conference in Las Vegas sponsored by the American Strategic Management Institute Representatives from seven of this year’s Fortune list of the “100 Best Places in America to Work” were also invited to share the secrets of their companies’ success, along with the co-founder of the Great Places to Work Institute, Robert Levering

10: Mentoring: A Profitable Resource

In its simplest form, mentoring is basically a transfer of knowledge. It takes place in a variety of settings ranging from ones home to the workplace. Typically, in a corporate setting, a seasoned individual (a mentor) is assigned to a newer or up incoming protege (a mentee) with the relationsh