I think you will agree that a successful organization is one where all the parts are working together (are in alignment). These organizations are innovative, customer responsive, and prevent fires – they’re not spending their time putting out fires. The Star Model above provides a model for alignment and Organizational Development. Organizations of all sizes […]

People are critical to a company’s success. That’s why talent management is so important for any organization that wants to succeed. Finding, selecting, developing, and retaining the right employees should be one of the top business concerns for any leader. Top organizations value their employees and know that people today are much more willing to […]

The challenge of developing future leaders can loom as a daunting prospect. One reason for this view is the underlying belief that early career experiences, and later leadership roles, are completely distinct entities. In reality, many of the skills required for success at various levels, overlap and remain critical over time. If we could approach […]

Many people think that the terms recruitment and talent acquisition are synonymous, but companies who keep an eye on the big picture know there’s an important difference between the two. Recruitment and talent acquisition are comparable to short-term and long-term—quick fixes versus long-term planning. Both approaches may be used depending on the circumstances, but one […]

Compensation and benefits managers should look to HR analytics to balance employee retention and incentives to drive productivity and performance, according to Mercer senior partner Steve Gross. A big factor affecting employee rewards in the future will be longer lifespans, said Gross, who presented a look into the shape of pay and benefits to come […]

As a recognized discipline, change management has been in existence for over half a century. Yet despite the huge investment that companies have made in tools, training, and thousands of books (over 83,000 on Amazon), most studies still show a 60-70% failure rate for organizational change projects — a statistic that has stayed constant from […]

We HR leaders have an uncanny ability to “complexify” human capital strategy in the name of being more strategic. Sometimes, we love to out-strategize the strategists by making our approach to people strategy even more complicated, lengthy, and difficult to understand than our organization’s business strategy. In the spirit of simplification, let’s look at a […]