Category: General
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WOH 68: How to Approach HR Like a CFO
We hear all the time that HR needs to be more financially minded. It’s too soft. The problem is when Ben asks audiences how many get into HR because they like ROI, numbers, and data, two hands go up. The rest got into it because of the people.
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WOH 67: Filling Critical Skills Gaps for Today’s College Graduates
Thousands of students are graduating every day with a lack of understanding of the basics of how to interact professionally at work. Everything from etiquette to basic resume preparation is missing from the educational curriculum, so how can we solve this problem?
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The Best HR Leaders are Data Driven, People Oriented
One of the phrases I’ve found myself repeating more and more often of late is this: data driven, people oriented. When I’m speaking to audiences, I share the story about how I *accidentally* insulted my wife during childbirth to illustrate this concept. Yes, really. It makes a great point that we can’t just be data driven…
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WOH 66: Trends Driving 4x Growth in HR Analytics Teams
Employers have increased their focus on measurement in recent years with a 4x growth in the number of companies with an HR analytics team. Why this relatively sudden change, and what can it tell us?
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WOH 65: Delivering HR Technology for 75,000 Global Employees at Emerson Electric
Recently Ben had the opportunity to attend Oracle Open World and speak with some amazing HR leaders at companies doing business across the globe. This is one of the interviews from that event. Ben interviews Jim Rhodes, VP of HR Information Systems at Emerson Electric, a firm with a global workforce of more than 75,000.…
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The One Thing You Must Know to Be Successful in an #HR Career
Last week at LinkedIn Talent Connect in Dallas, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with one of the other speakers about his session. Peter Sursi is a talent acquisition/HR pro working in the FBI to modernize some of their approaches to finding and keeping talent. He’s not what you might expect from…
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WOH 64: How to Engage Remote Teams and Virtual Workers
Today, almost every company has workers that are either remote, telecommuting, or virtual. There is incredible value in this for businesses and for workers, but the challenge comes in engaging these people that you rarely (if ever) see face to face. In today’s conversation, Ben interviews Beth Hearn, an HR leader with PeopleStrategy who has…