This past January, I decided it was time to be a little more active in my daily routine, and I began walking an hour a day thanks mostly to my good friend, novelist, marketing guru, and community outreach specialist at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State, Steven Porter. Steve had chronicled his weight loss experience here on his blog, and on facebook, and was truly inspirational. As Steve points out, walking during [...]
In a guest post from April of 2010, 6 Reasons Why Talent Management is a Strategic Imperative, Sean Conrad of Halogen explains: Today’s business climate is forcing a shift in the role HR plays. Instead of providing administrative support, HR is becoming a strategic manager of the organization’s greatest asset – its people. Driven by this shift, the industry is seeing more companies implement integrated talent management processes. So why has talent management become a [...]
If you’ve had the chance to read up on the future of the workforce both domestically and globally, you’re no doubt aware that we are facing a significant shortage of critical skills across nearly all industries. A substantial subset of this trend is the lack of leadership development or succession planning currently in place to groom the next generation of executives. Corporate leaders everywhere are, or should be, planning how to address these issues. While [...]
Earlier today, I heard someone say that the success of their organization is directly attributed to the people within the organization. If you’ve read my posts here or elsewhere, you may be surprised to hear that I don’t necessarily agree with that notion. While I believe that an organization cannot be successful without qualified, engaged, and high-performing people, I think that what is being done is as important as who is doing it. That is, [...]
I’ve worked in recruitment and employment branding for just about a decade now, and as a Gen X’er, that covers most of my working life. For most of this time, I’ve identified myself as an HR Business Partner and Consultant, though as a hiring manager and senior director with a subsidiary of a mid-sized media company, I’ve also worn other stakeholder hats related to talent acquisition and talent management. Here’s what I’ve learned from some [...]