In an era when these competencies are so important, how do you assess for the ‘right’ manager style? Patricia Shafer, President COMPEL ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE ALLIANCE, LTD. • pshafer@compelconsulting.com In the past few months, I’ve met with more than 300 Human Resource professionals while facilitating workshops on “Profiling the Best Organizations of Tomorrow” and “Developing Truly […]
by NEAL R. GOODMAN, Ph.D., President GLOBAL DYNAMICS INC. • ngoodman@global-dynamics.com The Challenge Has your organization launched global product teams? Are you developing a shared vision to span the globe? Do you have international project teams? Is your company initiating international policies, standards and practices? Are your international teams dealing with issues of trust, respect […]
Lou Adler The Adler Group • lou@adlerconcepts.com Probably everyone knows this already, but it’s worth a reminder. There is one competency that overrides all others combined. I call it the master competency. In fact, during an interview you only need to assess a person for this one single competency to determine if the person is […]
“The human resources market for former military candidates is underestimated,” said, James J. Hickman, President of Black Knight Recruiting. “We provide solutions to facilitate the transition process with our unique, in-depth, hands-on approach. Through no cost to our emerging leaders, we will execute a transition plan personalized to meet the employment needs of our candidates […]
by BARRY KOZLOFF, President SRI SELECTION RESEARCH INT’L, INC. How can we fail as an international company? How can we help our competitors have a competitive advantage over us? How can we marginalize our capital investments around the world? How can we fail to manage our risk? As absurd as these questions sound, a proven, […]
New York — Most employers offering retirement plans to supplement government-sponsored pension systems now do so through defined contribution (DC) or hybrid approaches, according to a new global guide from Mercer. Mercer’s Introduction to Benefit Plans Around the World: A Guide for Multinational Employers was created to help global companies more effectively assess, compare and […]
David Friedman, president of RSI, an employee benefits firm in Mount Laurel, N.J., said; “Most recent college grads — part of the so-called Generation Y — aren’t all that focused on the benefits packages their employers are offering. They want to get a job and they want to make money. They don’t know anything about […]
New York — Many U.S. organizations are failing to capture critical workforce knowledge and experience from older employees facing retirement, and few organizations are transferring that knowledge to newer employees, according to the results of a survey by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) (www.accenture.com). The survey, part of an ICR/International Communications Research omnibus survey, entailed querying 504 […]
by JUDITH L. ENNS, Ph.D., Managing Director HR SOLUTIONS • judyenns@hrsolutions.com Through the management of many contract recruiting assignments and recruiters, I have learned that a number of factors contribute to positive recruiting results for companies employing contract recruiters, the absence of which almost certainly concludes in unsuccessful recruiting assignments. Further-more, close collaboration between contract […]
DARRYL A. WEISS For more info… • news@globalhrnews.com The world is getting smaller. Not in a geographical sense, but in a business sense. With the advent of e-mail, video teleconferencing, the Internet and e-commerce, businesses are no longer restricted to operations in a sole location. Improved trade, favorable tax rates, labor and centers of excellence […]
