Talent Management in Not For Profit Organisations
Should Not for Profit organisations spend time on Talent Management initiatives or should they put all of their effort towards the people they are trying to help? After all, time spent on the people in an organisation is effort that could go towards the people the organisation is trying to help. Last week I attended […]
Is HR resisting social technology?
I believe social and HR technology is helping to bring about a new world of work. But is HR itself getting in the way of this happening? Sometimes it doesn’t take that long for big change to occur. When personal computers started to arrive in corporate life during the late 80s and early 90s secretaries and […]
Today we rescue the working world from tyranny
Organisations can be tyrannical places in a sense. Very different to the world we live in outside work. In the morning we arrive at work and step into an older hierarchical world. At the end of the day we leave work and step back into our democratic lives – for those of us who live […]
Crowdsourcing vs. 360 Degree Feedback (part 2)
In the last blog post I introduced the differences between Crowdsourcing vs. 360 Degree Feedback. In this post we’ll look at some different needs and pick the best tool for the job. If your need is any of these, 360 Degree Feedback is the best tool for the job Identifying actual behaviors to develop as opposed to […]
Crowdsourcing vs. 360 Degree Feedback (part 1)
In a previous post I talked about my experience crowdsourcing for feedback. It’s a much different experience to receiving 360 Degree Feedback. It’s less formal for a start and you have total control over it. Crowdsourcing has a number of advantages over 360 Degree Feedback. Which begs the question, should 360 be consigned to the scrap […]
Free stuff – how to write objectives guide
If you’re a manager, one of the skills you need to master is how to write objectives. If they aren’t written properly you simply won’t get the results. And you’ll open yourself up to difficult one-on-ones and plenty of disagreement with team members. On the other hand, a well written objective is a thing of […]
HR Rescues Man – Crowdsourcing feedback
Or the boring title: One of the ways our new crowdsourcing feedback tool is useful. How many people do you know who love HR? Dan does. His performance reviews were now all in the one place, quicker and easier than before. But his love may be short lived. He had struggled with the review for one […]