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Employer-sponsored training is often seen as the primary way for employees to advance their careers, but an expert says training will become more of a shared responsibility starting in 2015. However, leadership development will remain a top priority. Nearly half of senior human resources leaders globally identified leadership development as their top priority in a […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we reviewed the good and the bad of preemployment inquiries; today, we take a look at some of the just plain ugly questions that you should never even think of asking.
In yesterday’s Advisor, we reviewed options for transitioning employees into retirement and how such programs benefit employers; today, how your partial retirement program can benefit employees as well.
In the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape—which is expected to continue for 2015—leaders face many challenges that require aggressive, sustained talent management strategies to prepare them for success. New research from Development Dimensions International (DDI) and The Conference Board, titled The Global Leadership Forecast (GLF) 2014 | 2015, Ready-Now Leaders: Meeting […]
The Pew Research Center estimates that 10,000 Baby Boomers will reach age 65 every day until the year 2030. While the Boomers in your organization may not be planning on retiring anytime soon, now’s the time to begin preparing for this labor exodus.
Lots of companies’ EVPs (employee value propositions) have nice-sounding platitudes that are a litany of things that they aren’t, says Consultant Stephanie Tarant, PhD. Take Enron, for example.
The Employee Value Proposition (EVP) is the value one perceives, the employment deal that is derived from the everyday employee experience, says Consultant Stephanie Tarant, PhD. It is the foundation of an organization’s reputation as a place to work.
The air is bitterly cold, especially here in Minnesota. The kids are back in school, and the Christmas decorations have all been put away. For followers of pop culture, those signs can mean only one thing: Now you finally have time to see all those prestigious, blockbuster movies that came out in late 2014. Business […]
I often talk about the characteristics of the people with whom I want to work. In their book How Google Works, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg talk about the type of people they had at Google. And the two of them should know—Schmidt is the executive chairman and ex-CEO, and Rosenberg is a former SVP […]