The Center for Creative Leadership has estimated that “failure” in senior leadership positions has increased in recent years. As the senior partner for a … Read more
Start Being the Professional You Are
Note: This is the fourth in a series of five articles from thought leader Jason Lauritsen. Called the 2017 HR Hitlist, each article outlines one practice … Read more
A Lattice Is the Career Ladder for the 21st Century
I am giving you a heads-up as tomorrow I am resigning my position and going back to my old job, which I love. I hate this new job as I do not want to … Read more
When a Process Is Broken, Fix It
Note: This is the third in a series of five articles from thought leader Jason Lauritsen. Called the 2017 HR Hitlist, each article outlines one practice … Read more
Do You Really Want to Retain Everyone?
In 2017, and beyond, employee retention will become a huge focus. Some could argue that employee retention is always an important issue, but during major … Read more
The HR Analytics Rocking Horse: Lots of Action, Little Progress
As we head full-on into the second month of 2017, a friend sent me the link to a survey analysis that is extremely eye-opening. Still Under Construction: … Read more
The Importance of Developing Women Leaders
With HR professionals facing so many day-to-day business distractions, it’s easy to lose sight of our loftier talent-management objectives. Human resources … Read more
To Be a Business Partner, You Must Know the Business
We are business people that just happen to be in HR. Alex Fernandez, director of HR for Johnson & Johnson, said that at a recent Strategic HR Business … Read more
What Workforce Planning Technology Can Do
Employee turnover is extremely expensive, costing up to 1.5 to 2 times an employee’s salary, and those numbers are rising. Finding and training a … Read more
HR Data Alone Won’t Make You Strategic
Embedded analytics — defined by Gartner as analytic capabilities that are “easily accessible from inside the application, without forcing users to switch … Read more