07/01/08
Escaping the Techno-Yawn
Search the web or research archives for “multi-tasking” and you’ll find a wealth of debate about a term and behavior that didn’t exist before 1966, when multi-tasking computers entered the scene. Today, the debate carries on as to the extent to which multi-tasking erodes human performance – but the general consensus is, it does.
Permalink06/20/08
Castaway Performance Management
I want to talk about performance management. But first, a little adventure story.
Imagine you are one of ten passengers and crew on a boat sailing across the Pacific. A violent storm comes up, the boat goes down, and all on board are washed ashore safely on a tiny tropical island a thousand miles from civilization.
05/29/08
Being Happy About 3%: Rewards in the Time of Recession
There is a political debate playing out in the media regarding the recession we are currently experiencing in the United States. While some see a credit crisis, explosion of foreclosures, weakening of the employment market, collapse of financial services giants, ever-increasing fuel and energy prices, and downward spiraling consumer confidence as the “canaries in the coal mine”, there are others who say it is all part of the healthy signs of a market economy that is seeing some strengths and some weaknesses. Senator Obama calls it a “recession,” President Bush calls it a “slowdown”.
3 Keys to a Successful Rollout
As competition increases for scarce talent, leading companies have begun turning to software solutions to help support and enhance their retention and reward strategies. However, global operations, disparate in-house technologies, and company-specific HR processes can all pose challenges when deploying an automated solution. Buyers prepare for this by conducting extensive research before choosing a provider; asking detailed questions, checking references, and watching demos. There’s a lot at stake, since an effective Talent Management solution delivers new efficiencies, process standardization, and company-wide visibility. It’s therefore critical to verify that a tool meets your specific needs, but these high expectations should also extend beyond the software to the team that helps deploy it.
04/28/08
Beyond Benefits: The Upside of Consumer-Directed Healthcare Plans
Despite growing recessionary concerns and ongoing combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, healthcare-related issues remain a key concern for millions of Americans and, ipso facto, those who seek their votes come November. In this election year, media coverage of the “healthcare crisis” is in overdrive, but coverage tends to fall into a subtly-nuanced version of the classic tale of haves and have-nots… only this time both groups are on the losing side of the equation.
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