I get a lot of press releases that drop into my e-mail, and just the sheer volume makes it hard for anything to really grab my attention. But here’s … Read more
What To Do If A Top Person In Your Succession Plan Suddenly Vanishes?
Berkshire Hathaway’s David Sokol, chairman of several subsidiary companies, resigned Monday evening. He left as a possible heir to Warren … Read more
The 5 Kinds of Hiring Managers HR Really Doesn’t Want to Deal With
Kris Dunn (The HR Capitalist) and I recently led a webinar on The Five Faces Managers See During a Performance Review and it got me thinking about this … Read more
Latest Numbers Show That HR Jobs Are Trending Up
Thinking of changing jobs? It seems almost everyone is. CareerBuilder says 15 percent of workers are actively looking, but 76 percent of the rest would … Read more
Do You Have Executive Presence? It May Depend on How Well You Speak
What you sound like in your head and what other people hear are very different things. How you sound to others: We get used to ourselves, and if you never … Read more
Here’s Why Your Business Should Really be Hiring Right Now
Business Week asked this question recently and had Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite (one of my favorite CEO’s and a very cool product as well – even if he … Read more
Don’t Expect Onboarding Technology to Fix Your Onboarding Issues
Technology in human resources is rarely a solution in and of itself, but it does often help. For example, HRIS software is often poorly implemented and … Read more
8 Topics Your HR Technology Vendor Needs to Have a Clear Strategy For
My first post in this series focused on the importance of understanding the ambitions of HRM software/services vendors and the implications of those … Read more
What Exactly is Talent Management?
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management for over 30 years. His … Read more
Are You Considering Firing Your Employee Engagement Partner?
There is no doubt that most organizations faced falling employee engagement measures last year. We all knew that 2009 had been a challenging economic year … Read more