Jul 20, 2010

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BrightMove ain’t that bright

BrightMove ain’t that bright

Please say it ain’t so.  I didn’t really just read an article about screening qualified candidates by asking unconventional interview questions, including, Where’s your peanut butter? That didn’t really happen, right? When you go to this link, something so stupid isn’t actually published online by a vendor who purports to be an expert HR service provider?  E-gads, I...

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Jul 18, 2010

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Switch HR without apology

Switch HR without apology

More than a few times in my HR-Plus career, friend and foe have accused me of having an ax to grind.  I seem to have a knack to offend, especially some HR colleagues of conventional bent and think.  Moreover, I have a career track that tends to stray from the HR-center to wider worlds, be it manufacturing operations, GM oversight, marketing communications or sales support.  In...

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May 27, 2010

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HRP 4: The Talent Pipeline

HRP 4: The Talent Pipeline

Now that we caught up a bit with an interim post in our Talent Building...

May 27, 2010

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HRP 1, 2, 3…Half Way There

HRP 1, 2, 3…Half Way There

In Seven Tenets to Talent Building I introduced the game plan to move your...

Apr 13, 2010

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Recruit where the people are: Facebo...

Recruit where the people are: Facebook

Sometimes hype has a way of backfiring.  The social networking phenomenon is...

Mar 14, 2010

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The anti-people department

The anti-people department

As proud practitioner  I am the first to boast that many in our dear...

Mar 13, 2010

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Folly # 2: Incremental merit increas...

Folly # 2: Incremental merit increases

Back in January I described Performance Management Folly on two counts: 1.)...