Social Icons
May 27, 2015 Sherman Morrison
When you read a statistic from the Corporate Executive Board that nearly 60% of frontline managers underperform during their first two years (source), it makes you wonder what’s really being done in companies to prepare employees for their first crack at management. Apparently, not nearly enough. It’s an all-too-common story: Companies take great workers and […]
read moreApril 27, 2015 Sherman Morrison
As a learning professional, you know your trainings and learning programs are serving an absolutely vital function in boosting the performance of your workforce. You know this, but what do you do when the rest of your company doesn’t seem to be convinced? In fact, what’s more frustrating than your own company resisting your training […]
read moreApril 15, 2015 Sherman Morrison
Actress Patricia Arquette, in accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 87th Academy Awards ceremony on February 22, said these impassioned words: To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and […]
read moreApril 15, 2015 Sherman Morrison
Remember the concept of just in time? JIT originated as a production strategy popularized by Toyota to increase the return on investment by greatly reducing in-process inventory and all the costs that go along with it. Rather than having materials sitting around waiting to be used, companies got very specific and detailed around having materials […]
read moreMarch 31, 2015 Sherman Morrison
Who doesn’t like a few perks with a job, right? After all, as talent management and HR practitioners, you know you have to offer a competitive package of compensation and benefits to attract and retain the top talent you need. But it’s also worth considering what can happen when you take perks too far. You […]
read moreMarch 27, 2015 Sherman Morrison
In today’s rapid-paced business environment, it’s all too easy to forget one of the most important themes to emerge in the HR function of the last couple decades – integrated talent management. It’s the Holy Grail of what talent management departments and personnel should be about. Making it happen is no easy task, however, which […]
read moreMarch 24, 2015 Sherman Morrison
What could be more important than making sure a new executive-level hire is properly onboarded? And yet in many organizations, a surprisingly lax approach is taken in this vital process. The elements and features of robust executive onboarding are numerous to choose from. This article will offer some ways to improve it at your organization. […]
read moreMarch 9, 2015 Sherman Morrison
One of the most important things for all employees in the 21st century is to increase their level of self-knowledge, and this is especially true for anyone with either management or leadership ambitions. Below are 5 of the best overall tools to ratchet up your own level of self-knowledge about who you are and what […]
read moreJanuary 28, 2015 Sherman Morrison
I’ve written previous about the importance of succession planning (see Injecting “Success” into Succession Planning). The business case for robust succession planning is clear in terms of employee development, streamlining turnover, and promoting from within. The basic process of succession planning is simple enough – figure out what you need, see what you’ve got, and […]
read moreJanuary 22, 2015 Sherman Morrison
Most people don’t enjoy conflict, which is why in many cases conflict is avoided like the plague. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the workplace. Think about it – how often has conflict been dealt with openly in your experience as an employee? I’m guessing the answer is rarely, if ever. But when we […]
read more
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn