Tag: Talent Management
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Let’s Get Rid of HR #SHRM13
This morning a great discussion popped up among the social media team at SHRM, and I just had to share. This will probably be a little controversial, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing… Can we cut to the chase? Let’s get rid of HR. Managers should be doing “HR’s job.” Because in a surprising number…
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How to Manage Old People
Old people are special. They require special treatment. You should treat them differently than the rest of your employees. They need extra care so they don’t leave. If you don’t cater to them, then you are missing out. Let me list all the ways they are different from the “rest of us” and how you…
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How to Build a New Team (Starting Today)
Many of us think we know how to build a new team, but it isn’t as easy as many of us might think. This process happens every day in organizations, whether people realize it or not. Let’s look at what I normally tell managers when they consider adding a new staff member: Manager: I’d like…
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Company Merger Process (Dealing with Employees You Didn’t Hire)
It is difficult to describe the company merger process with regard to the effects on employees, but one that I want to touch on today is one that has been a consistent focus area for us in recent years. As a government contractor, if we win a contract, we take over all employees currently working…
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JC Penney-Color Coding Employees is a Smart Practice
Recent news about JC Penney color cording their employees has garnered some interesting commentary. Here’s a snippet: JCPenney has split up its associates into categories based on their performance and abilities, according to sources inside the company. The move has employees worried. Sources told us that on a broadcast to supervisors and managers in January,…
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Employee Performance Management (Free eBook)
Get the Free Employee Performance Management Guide! So you’ve been thinking about your staff lately. Namely, employee performance management. When you work with people, there is never an easy answer for handling performance issues, negative feedback, etc. It’s just one of the more difficult parts of being a leader. But you aren’t in this alone.…
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Talent Leadership (Book Review)
Talent Leadership book by John Mattone “Talent leadership” seems like the most broad category you can possibly imagine. I couldn’t stop the thought from entering my mind; however, less than ten pages into this book I realized that it was not going to be what I expected. This thing is full of highly detailed, hands-on…