Planning Takes Vision – and HR
To be successful, companies should always be looking to the future and creating a plan for tomorrow. You may think that the planning is restrained to corner offices and the upper echelon on management. Actually, human resources has an important role to play. In fact,...How to Build a Healthy Organizational Culture
Every organization has a culture. The question isn’t whether a culture exists. The question is whether it helps people thrive. Over the years, I’ve walked into organizations where I immediately felt energized. People greeted one another in the hallways....
New Approaches are Needed for Career Development
More than likely, you’ve been asked this question by your manager or HR: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? But rarely is this follow-up question asked of management in return: How are you going to help me achieve my goals? Perhaps it’s because many...
The Secret of Positive Workplaces: Sustainable HR Leaders
What do Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, Campbell Soup, and Adobe all have in common? They are great examples of sustainable companies. The word “sustainable” has been a buzzword of late, which can seem slightly humorous as the concept is as old as creation. At...
The Most Important Thing to Measure at Work?
It might surprise you Let me first tell you what’s it not. It’s not revenue or cost of goods, stock price or even new customer sales. The most important business indicator to measure is the amount of joy which people have in their work. When people enjoy...The GCC’s Generation Y: Ambitious Or Ambivalent?
Those belonging to Generation Y are no strangers to challenges as they try to alter the perception of entitlement that often accompanies them, including being called “the most high-maintenance workforce in the history of the world”. Many within Generation...
The Top 10 Opportunities and Challenges for Leaders and Why
1. Put people first People will respond in positive ways and everyone wins. This is a challenge with growing competition and the pursuit of profit. 2 .The goal at work should always be collaboration Creating internal competition between people can lead to poor morale,...
The Most Important Thing to Measure at Work
It might surprise you Let me first tell you what’s it not. It’s not revenue or cost of goods, stock price or even new customer sales. The most important business indicator to measure is the amount of joy which people have in their work. When people enjoy...