For most of the world’s companies, growth appears to have regained its place at the top of strategic agenda, displacing the cost-control mentality that has dominated boardrooms and executive suites for the past three years. That’s good news, but are companies prepared for the economic recovery?...

The official state motto of the state of Nebraska is “Equality before the law,” but according to Mike McCrory, Nebraska’s state personnel director of administrative services, talent management for the state’s 18,000 employees varies greatly from department to department by statute. “We’ve...

Learning and development can help foster higher levels of employee engagement and improved business performance, but it’s essential that the executive suite knows this. Most learning and development professionals are likely already aware that a significant number of their employees are underperforming...

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...

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,...

By focusing on business results, realigning resources to support on-the-job learning and making formal learning more efficient, organizations can deliver greater impact on organizational objectives. The front-page headline of USA Today on Feb. 16, 2010, read, “Homeland Security Reports Lost...

High-performance team members often make the best leaders later in their careers, right? Wrong. Too often superstar employees are promoted to leadership positions only to falter or fail. How can organizations resolve the disconnect between employee and leader? Organizations that recruit right-fit...

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...

Failure to separate personal and performance matters proves costly A Westpac manager who crossed the line between assisting an employee with personal and performance issues entered “dangerous territory”, a South Australian Court has found. The employee was diagnosed with depression attributed...

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...