HR practitioners who want to gain the respect of senior staff must develop a sound understanding of the operational side of the business before launching in with strategies and suggestions, says Newcastle Permanent Building Society HR manager Tiffany Green. Green, whose career has spanned manufacturing,...

A tongue-in-cheek look at some signs that employees are not engaged, followed by proven action plans to improve that situation. For decades, studies have shown that employee engagement has a direct influence on a company’s financial performance, its capacity to recruit other high performers and...

Much has been written about the detrimental effects of micromanagement, but there’s another less talked-about style of management that can be just as crippling to organizational efficiency: undermanagement. “Based on workplace research we’ve been conducting since 1993, there is a...

Many talent management leaders today may feel like they work in a war zone. Like the U.S. Armed Forces, talent managers are waging battles on multiple fronts, managing a workforce stretched nearly beyond its limits and wondering how to develop the next generation of strong leaders. So what can...

HR leaders will always hear complaints about the dreaded performance-appraisal process — mostly because managers will nitpick the system when their actual problem is discomfort with providing honest feedback to their direct reports. Ensuring managers are able to provide criticism, when necessary,...

Could an employee in the manufacturing textile industry develop the proficiency to work in the insurance business? Does an IT professional have what it takes to work in the financial services industry? That depends on the individual, but the nature of business today makes it important for talent...

Consider the following scenarios. Erica was emotionally and physically exhausted after her first eight months on the job as a manager of the training department of a manufacturing company. It took her two years to find a position as a manager at this level, and she intended to succeed no matter what....

You want to have the necessary policies and procedures to ensure a safe, organized, convivial, empowering, nondiscriminatory work place. Yet, you do not want to write a policy for every exception to accepted and expected behavior. Policy development is for the many employees not for the few exceptions. Consequently,...

Increasing pressures from global competitors as well as the economic slowdown have forced more organizations to recognize that having the right talent in the right locations at the right cost is a key marketplace differentiator they can use to drive business performance. Now, more than ever, companies...

The global recession is morphing into a global recovery – some countries are already there while others are cautiously optimistic. When it comes to setting compensation strategy for next year, one equally powerful message throughout all regions shines through: Talent reigns supreme. Around the...