Bring up the subject of succession planning and most HR and other executives shudder. These highly intelligent, capable people often labor under the impression that succession planning is such a complicated, multi-step process that they are already too far behind to even begin. read more »

With the biggest sporting event of the year and the upcoming HR Happy Hour, “The World Cup and the Workplace,” as my muse, I found that the World Cup and Talent Management surprisingly have a great deal in common. read more »

There is a new property on the internet that is going to really add a wonderful voice to the human resource community. The Women of HR is the brain child of a wonderful group of women and a weekend outing in Chicago. These are some of the greatest movers and shakers in the HR Social Media space, in addition to being professional everyday in furthering the human resource profession. read more »

Fill Open Position

A lot of companies struggle with identifying critical positions. They choose to flag these critical roles so succession plans can be created to fill the slots should they become vacant positions. Sometimes, it is a political issue within a company as to which positions are critical. An individual of great value or of sensitive ego may feel threatened if their position is not defined as critical.  read more »