Aug. 30, 2011 9:23 am
Let me begin by apologizing to the English purists in the audience. I fully realize that I just took the liberty of creating a word as if I was playing scrabble and wanted that one big word to win the game. But read on and I think you will get the intent here. I am in the middle of reading Kaplan and Norton's The Balanced Scorecard and through out the first 100 pages there are numerous...? Read?More
Aug. 23, 2011 2:16 pm
In this final installment in this series we want to turn to the need for a new perspective on a critical factor in every organization that is operating today. In this space and others on the web we recently posted a request for assistance in developing the support for the affect of stress and overwork on the productivity within the workplace. One of the respondents returned a rather terse...? Read?More
Aug. 16, 2011 11:30 am
Toyota recalls a major part of their road fleet due to mechanical problems. Johnson and Johnson recalls much of the product line due a chemical smell in the pills. For many managers the tendency is to counter these problems with the theory that if they throw out the talent for the replacements will improve the problem. But here is the problem with that perspective. Assuming you have done your...? Read?More
Aug. 15, 2011 1:15 pm
Stop your whirlwind lives for a moment and think about the answers to several very important questions. You may not think they are important, but they are vital to the health of your career. Question 1 : Who determines the specific job qualifications for your positions within your organization? Question 2 : Who really are HR's customers, both internal and external? Question 3 : Do you take...? Read?More
Aug. 12, 2011 9:55 am
In part 1 of this series, we asked the question about what is the HR role -- is it transactional or transformational in nature. In this second installment we are going to expand on that question. We present a 45-minute program entitled "In Plain Sight: Hidden Wastes that Affect the Viability of Your HR Organization" in which we begin by posing to the audience a scenario to be worked through....? Read?More
Aug. 11, 2011 2:02 pm
You are sitting in your office and a colleague enters the office and asks you to please explain what the role of the Human Resource professional is both inside your organization and in the business marketplace as a whole. How would you respond to the question? There are only two responses that you could provide to your colleague. The first is that your responsibilities are to ensure that the...? Read?More
Aug. 10, 2011 4:38 pm
Daniel Bloom & Associates, Inc. is beginning the process of releasing its first research-based white paper. We would like those of you who read this blog to help with the data collection. Here is the question: The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that for the second quarter of 2011, the productivity rate had dropped in this country 0.3% from the first quarter. Companies calculate and then brag of...? Read?More
Aug. 10, 2011 3:54 pm
Daniel Bloom & Associates, Inc. is beginning the process of releasing its first research-based white paper. We would like those of you who read this blog to help with the data collection. Here is the question: The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that for the second quarter of 2011, the productivity rate had dropped in this country 0.3% from the first quarter. Companies calculate and then brag of...? Read?More
Aug. 10, 2011 10:56 am
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the second quarter productivity rates for the non-farm employment showing a decline in productivity of about 0.3 percent. This should be a wake up call for business enterprises worldwide. Corporations in these difficult economic times have resorted to trying to save costs by laying off great numbers of employees. They claimed that the result was that they...? Read?More
Aug. 5, 2011 9:55 am
The other day I posted a blog post entitled "Hey, I am Your Life Blood." One of the readers sent me a comment back with this reply: I recently read an interesting piece on a management decision at Starbucks. The CEO started a program to raise store revenues by $100,000 a year. He pushed for a solution that recognized the value of employees which turned on paying their baristas and managers...? Read?More
Aug. 4, 2011 1:03 pm
Over the past several weeks we have listened to the rhetoric coming out of Washington, DC about how this action or that would lead to job-killing legislation from the people we elected to represent us at the federal level. We further have over the past several years witnessed an ever-growing level of unemployment in this country and also in countries around the globe. The rhetoric bemused the...? Read?More
Aug. 3, 2011 12:14 pm
CNN Money this morning ran a post regarding the corporations who are job killers because of the number of people who are being forced into the job market along with the rest of the world. When you review the loss ,it is a sad view of the marketplace. One, HSBC, actually reported increased profits. How did they do that? The are doing it by laying off 25,000 worldwide. I hear the line that...? Read?More
Jul. 22, 2011 3:56 pm
If you were not keeping up with the news, today began the end of a journey for an organization called Borders Books. By agreement with the Bankruptcy court, the company began the liquidation of its operations. During a period when consulting assignments were on the dry side, I spent some time working for the company, both in the retail end and in its former Corporate Sales Division. While it is...? Read?More
Jul. 21, 2011 9:27 am
Like a number of you, we have been following the drama out of Washington regarding the raising of the debt limit. If you have not, we are faced with the possibility that the US will go into default on its loans because a group of congressmen are so determined to have it their way or no way. They have forgotten the lessons learned from the past that have shown that the way to solve our problems is...? Read?More
Jul. 17, 2011 9:37 pm
It has been an interesting week producing two different events that made me stop and examine the state of our business organizations. The first event was the publication of an opinion piece by a professor from Columbia University who expressed the view that the standard practice of mandating that all MBA students take a standalone ethics course was a waste of time for both the students and the...? Read?More
Jul. 4, 2011 9:21 am
Does this sound familiar? How many times have you heard within your organization a member of management or an employee tell you that a new idea won't work because it is not the way we do things around here? I read several HR related blogs on a daily basis, and the other day the HR Capitalist posted a blog entry with the above title (...? Read?More
Jun. 23, 2011 9:48 am
I had posted an announcement of an upcoming date of our seminar on applying six sigma to HR and a peer of ours within the HR industry sent back a comment asking what is the validity to a PHR? The response takes me back to the introduction of the Certified Relocation Professional Exam in 1990, when a well known real estate broker asked why do I need to know the profile of a typical relocation...? Read?More
Jun. 20, 2011 9:52 am
It is now summer and residents of Florida are once again telling children and tourists about the Stingray shuffle. It is a pure example of risk management. You have a choice either you shuffle through the sand when you enter the water and chase away the stingrays or risk getting stung by the barb in their tail when you accidentally kick one. The purpose of the example is that demonstrates the...? Read?More
Jun. 13, 2011 9:53 am
We are all involved in a highly competitive world in the economic workplace. Our success is based on the degree to which our organizations can be the first to innovate a new product, service, or process. This innovation comes out of a high level of collaboration among the human capital assets of our organizations. To further the scenario our organizations are beginning to be faced with the impact...? Read?More
Jun. 12, 2011 9:56 am
Was your goal in entering the business world to leave a lasting impression on the world you entered and the world's to follow you? I would suspect that most of us dream of that state but do not realistically expect to reach it. Yesterday while looking at my daily assortment of e-mails I found the following e-mail in my inbox: Sixty-four years ago a giant was born. Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt...? Read?More
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