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By Scott on 23 February 2009
Here’s a comparison: think about your business as a car. What kind of car are you driving? A beater? Or a high-performance machine? Think about these four components of whatever “car” you think your business is. Power/Speed (Results) What are you trying to accomplish with your vehicle? Are you in a ‘tractor-pull’ and so you [...]
Posted in Workforce Design | Tagged Benchmarks, business results, high-performance, human resources, organizational design, performance standards, productivity
By Scott on 14 January 2009
First of all I have to say I love the name of the site: SNOBS – Social Network for Opportunistic Businesswomen. There doesn’t seem to be any doubt what it’s about. It also looks like they have some excellent information on it. Including this post about engaging your workforce. The author, Karen Schmidt, comments on [...]
Posted in Performance, Workforce Design | Tagged employee engagement, human resources, performance management, Profitability
By Scott on 2 December 2008
I recently spoke to a group and asked how many had fired an employee — about 3/4ths of the people raised their hands. I then asked how many of those people believed that same employee would be an excellent addition to their staff when they hired them — I think all the same people raised [...]
Posted in Benchmarks, People, Performance | Tagged business, human resources, job fit, job match, People, Performance, talent
By Scott on 24 November 2008
BNET Business Network is running a poll: “What’s wrong with [tag]performance reviews[/tag]?” Current statistics as of today: Managers should be giving feedback on a regular basis, not just annually. (40%) It’s a completely subjective process masquerading as an objective one. (34%) It’s not an effective way to develop your workers. (12%) The process is too [...]
Posted in People, Performance | Tagged human resources, Performance, performance management, performance review
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