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1. Am I willing to say what I´m thinking? In a world of political correctness and office politics, many of us think things that we aren´t willing to say. Perhaps we fear seeming prejudiced or giving an emotional, rather than a logical ... More...

The Conference Board of Canada´s 2005 International Workplace Education and Learning Conference was held Dec. 1, 2005. The focus of this event was on how training and learning can provide new and developing skills to a changing workforce.... More...

"Dad," my daughter asked, "what's Command and Control?" I just used the phrase in our conversation, and her question caught me off guard. She's in her first management role, and although she's experienced the Command and Cont... More...

If you´re interested in helping line management to immediately improve operations, gaining credibility, and keeping those pesky external consultants out of the building, here are some areas I guarantee can use your help as soon as you finish re... More...

Your organization´s human capital is its most valuable resource. How many times have you heard this? Yet, how are your people used within your organization to maximize their potential and most benefit the organization? Consider the FORCE as ... More...

The number of short-term international assignments is increasing, but 25% of multinationals surveyed do not have a benefits policy for globally mobile employees. Developing global leadership skills and launching international business ventures a... More...

It´s funny how fate works sometimes. I have just learned that a good friend has ovarian cancer, with the prognosis being very grim. She's 47, and her life's passion is art. She never made any money at it though i... More...

"Made in China" just doesn´t mean what it used to. Manual labor from the country´s 1.3 billion citizens was long considered its sole competitive advantage in the global economy. While American business has turned a blind eye, th... More...

Perplexing for managers has been figuring out how to reconcile giving up authority to core employees with the need to be responsible for results, from Kevin Herring. Please click here to open this .pdf file. More...

I am in the process of reading Thomas L. Friedman´s latest book "THE WORLD IS FLAT" wherein he presents some very interesting and thought provoking information. I thought you might like the highlights to review in your environment. Mr.... More...

Are you sure that you´re providing the value your customers bought into? Even if your answer is an emphatic yes, you might want to take a closer look into your customer´s world. In my experience, 50-plus percent of all companies feel that... More...

Three words often used as synonyms which have subtly - but significantly different meanings are create, invent and innovate. Create means to cause to exist or to bring into being. Invent means to produce or contrive by the use of ingenuit... More...

Leveraging Intangibles: Creating Shared Mindset As we have learned more about the intangibles of business-quality of leadership, the ability to make things happen quickly, a clear growth strategy, strong functional competencies, and brand recogni... More...

Co-authored by Norm Smallwood and David Ulrich As we have learned more about the intangibles of business-quality of leadership, the ability to make things happen quickly, a clear growth strategy, strong functional competencies, and brand recogniti... More...

Nigel Corby, MD of one of Europe's leading interim management supply companies, Global Executives, says the fact the French education system is better than those of their UK and US counterparts means they could gain the extra impetus requir... More...

About 10 years ago, I did the unthinkable. I converted from a lifelong Yankee fan to an avid Red Sox fan. The transition was not easy, but I was welcomed with open arms by the Red Sox nation. I have lived through some difficult times as well as a Wor... More...

The head of ElectroScientific once said, "Trust is the real grease that keeps an organization going." How would you like to wake up one morning and find your hard-earned retirement savings just went up in smoke-worthless. And then you see y... More...

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavour - Henry David Thoreau Did you ever wonder why certain companies do extremely well where as others are just surviving and keeping... More...

Consider this excerpt from a USA Today article: "We at Toyota believe that the most important part of our manufacturing process is the ideas that come from our workers. Just imagine, in 2002, we received over 2 million process improvement ideas.... More...

If I am lucky I get to attend five or six HR events per year. As a relative newcomer to HR I am really fortunate to have some brilliant conversations with people that open up a whole new way of looking at the same old problems that most HR peop... More...

Dear Joan: I am at a crossroads. I´m 32 years old this year. I have an MBA. I have been with my company for the past 7 years. I started mid-level upon graduation from school and have quickly moved among the ranks, to a senior level position, ... More...

Corporate culture is an ever-popular topic, among CEOs and consultants, leaders of pricey seminars and organizational psychologists, and analysts who size up potential mergers and acquisitions. But for all the attention it gets, the culture of commer... More...

What word pops into your mind about a recent customer service experience? Was it good, or was it bad? Customer service in this country seems to be headed in the same direction as the Titanic. Why? One reason is most Americans feel custome... More...

Somewhere out there is a land many have only heard of or seen in their dreams, a place called the "the world's largest factory." A nation of manufacturers, a country spread out from one corner to the other, filled with factories, run by dyn... More...

Situation: Shell IT is the service organization for information technology within Shell Oil Company. With the IT demands of this major energy company changing strategically and structurally, Shell IT human resources was faced with ongoing... More...

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Personal Integrity: A Self-Diagnostic

Workplace Education to Drive Canada's Talent & Competitiveness

Banish Command and Control

Recipe for Success

May the FORCE Be With Your People Resource

Survey: Trends in Benefits for Globally Mobile Employees

Career, Passion, and Joy

China's Secret Weapon

Management In Real Life: Control

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Value Creation-the New Core Competency for Growth-Minded Companies

The Innovation Dilemma

Leveraging Intangibles: Creating Shared Mindset

Leveraging Intangibles: Creating Shared Mindset

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Are You Proud Of Your Organization?

Mistrust: A Bigger Problem Than Ever Before

The Secrets of a High Performance Organization

The Demystification of Process Improvement Implementation

Where is HR Leadership coming from?

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: What next?

Cultivating Corporate Culture

Customer Service is Not a Four-Letter Word

The World's Largest Shopping Cart

Redeployment: Shell's Initiative to Optimize Restructuring (A Case Study)