It’s mid-year. Have you re-evaluated your New Year’s resolutions? Have you looked at your life list of things you want to accomplish?
Have you made progress? Do you need to set some deadlines in the back half of the year? A recent movie, The Bucket List, is about the things two dying men wanted to achieve before they left earth. My Life List is much more about goals and dreams than the last spin through life’s days. read more »

Which are you hiring: people or talent? Talent brings skills and competencies that will help you achieve your mission. People can fill a position and do a job.

Talent can see things and do things others can’t or won’t see. People will get some work done and collect a paycheck. read more »

It’s mid-year; have you checked your employees’ vacation schedule? Now is the time to make sure your employees are rejuvenating themselves by taking their time off. People have to take time away from the job to recharge their batteries. Businesses truly learn to appreciate employees while they are in the office by encouraging them to take time off and get out of their routines. A fresh and recharged employee is VERY valuable. read more »

There’s a lot of discussion, not to mention statistics, about the impending mass retirements of the global workforce. It’s a driving concern for the implementation of succession planning systems, as well as many knowledge transfer and mentoring programs. However, when you have 30 – 60% of your workforce scheduled to retire in the next 10 years, as was noted several times by companies I spoke to at OHUG (Oracle HCM User Group) in Las Vegas recently, you need to do more than just succession planning and replacement planning. read more »