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There are two forces at work today that are driving organizations to consider some form of succession planning as a component of an overall talent management strategy. Namely, these forces are: the aging of the workforce; and a shortfall in the skill... More...

To be effective and lasting, corporate social responsibility must complement an organization's entire business strategy - particularly staff development. With a focus on experiential learning, philanthropy-based training and development programs can ... More...

Sales performance management (SPM) has taken the turn into mainstream business. Like ERP in the early 1990s and CRM in the late 1990s, SPM's day has come. Just hiring more salespeople or trying to acquire one's way to growth is becoming increasin... More...

If you think your company can postpone succession planning for a while, consider that the retirement crisis has already created a shortage of such critical skilled workers as air traffic controllers, nurses and engineers, just to name a few. Our coun... More...

In my role as executive coach and leadership development consultant, I have noticed a trend in 360 assessments over the past decade. More and more organizations are naming innovation as a leadership competency that they believe will help drive their... More...

It begins with an email addressed to "All Employees announcing an important meeting the following Friday. Extracting bits and pieces of the generalized message, core employees are able to pick out phrases like "future of the organization and "posit... More...

Good employees should move up the ladder. Promote from within. Reward those who perform. It seems so easy, doesn't it? Well, like anything in the workplace, from hiring to training to firing, the process of employee promotion has its pitfalls and mus... More...

Notre Dame football coach, Lou Holtz, once observed "When all is said and done, a lot more is said than done." Despite all the talk -- passionate speeches, glossy brochures, clever ads, high tech videos, convincing sales pitches, snappy slogans, stra... More...

Singularity - the state when machines become smarter than humans. I was reading an interview of Jim Buckmaster, the CEO of Craigslist, in Fortune Magazine in which he stated that "in ten years we may be approaching the Singularity. Aside from some... More...

Co-authored by Elizabeth Craig, Robert J. Thomas and Peter Cheese "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. This remark, attributed to Mark Twain, captures the essence of the problem that companies have today when the... More...

"Co-authored by Elizabeth Craig and Robert J. Thomas Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. This remark, attributed to Mark Twain, captures the essence of the problem that companies have today when they consider the... More...

We're seeing a large number of companies who've set corporate and leadership goals that are out of sync with their business strategies. They drag performance down or produce unintended consequences. Take a look at your goals. Do they communicate wha... More...

People are usually identified as an organization's most important asset, but little is done by leaders to ensure their employees are engaged, motivated, and performing at their full potential. Increasingly small and midsize companies are beginning to... More...

Ask most global CEOs about employee engagement and strategic recognition programs and you'll probably hear that they are no longer "nice-to-haves&they are a MUST. With so many other financial, legal, operational and competitive pressures to worry ab... More...

A company of one.It may begin this wayan entrepreneur, an idea, a garage, a little money, and, as many often say, a bit of luck. Initially, the successful entrepreneur may build the product and spend most days trying to peddle it. If all the pegs fa... More...

Rewarding and recognizing employees is a ticklish business. It can motivate people to explore more effective ways to do their jobs - or it can utterly discourage such efforts. Here are a few tips and traps: Establish a clear link between what peopl... More...

Co-authored by Leah Groehler and Karen Caruso We will be talking about succession planning as a critical business process. Why has this become so important? We are really seeing this process of succession planning as becoming the initiative of the... More...

Co-authored by Leah Groehler and Karen Caruso We will be talking about succession planning as a critical business process. Why has this become so important? We are really seeing this process of succession planning as becoming the initiative of the... More...

What is employee performance management, anyway? Some people think it is another name for performance appraisal. Others think it is the monitoring of a product or service produced or offered by a department or team. Still others think it is another n... More...

So, you've hired a fabulous group of employees. Good for you! But don't sit on your hiring laurels now it's only the beginning of the process. The name of the game now is development. It's vital to the long-term success of your organization to work... More...

Like improvement efforts, effective reward and recognition is an integrated process, not a bolt-on program. Since you can't make your team or organization into something different than you, it has to start with you.Whose needs are your recognition an... More...

"You never know when someone May catch a dream from you. You never know when a little word Or something you may do May open up the windows Of a mind that seeks the light... The way you live may not matter at all, But you never know, it might." Helen... More...

"A true Master is not the one with the most students, but one who creates the most Masters. A true leader is not the one with the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders." — Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations With God: An... More...

You may have taken part in a 360º review process at some point in your career but the odds are that you have not - either way I am sure you are familiar with the process. Unfortunately, when someone is made aware that they are going to participa... More...

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