Patrick Kiger
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A Case for Poaching
University researchers assert that resentment over 'lateral hiring' is not only unjustified, but is damaging to workers, the economy and the angered employers themselves.
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HR Information InsecuritySteal Our Data, Please
Sensitive company data protected by elaborate corporate security can still be undermined by basic human nature. Here are some commonsense ways to make sure that doesn't happen to your organization.
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Gensler IOptimas Award-i Winner for Managing Change
A far-reaching talent development initiative helps the global architecture firm keep up with the dizzying pace of change in the design industry.
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Leadership Development for All
Qualcomm believes its unusual approach to leadership training-there's no segmentation of the workforce into high- or low-potential leadership prospects-is a major reason for the company's success.
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Using Worker Focus Groups Carries Risks for Employers
A labor lawyer warns that focus groups, even when set up by managers with the most noble motives, can easily backfire and expose a company to a litigation nightmare.
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Serious Progress in Strategic Workforce Planning
A Conference Board study contains case histories of a handful of early adopters of strategic workforce planning, showing how they've forged ahead in linking human capital development with strategic goals. Their success bodes well for strategic workforce planning's eventual wider acceptance, and the
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Special Report on Training and Development The Leadership Formula
By surveying management at companies performing at varying levels in a number of industries and crunching the numbers, researchers have developed a data-driven model for what constitutes good leadership and how to develop it.
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Few Employers Addressing Impact of Aging Workforce
The terrible state of the economy may be distracting companies from a looming issue: a graying workforce whose eventual retirement may leave them short of skills and organizational knowledge.
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Tech Tools for Older Workers
The new technologies are designed to improve computer accessibility for those with age-related disabilities and other physical limitations.
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Pulling Rank to Put Recruits on a Post-service Career Path
The Army's recruiting chief has made it his mission to line up private-and public-sector employers to participate in a program that connects recruits with companies they might work for after their service ends.
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Precision-Targeted Development at HP
Hewlett-Packard vice president and chief learning officer Sam Szteinbaum says it's difficult to separate leadership development from the overall performance level of the HR function. That's why HP has set out to do both simultaneously, with the "Best in Class" HR development program it started a ...
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The Change-Management Charge
Most HR professionals lack change management skills, and that gap in their knowledge could hamper their career path. But like a good golf swing, change management acumen is something that can be learned.
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E-Mails, Phone Calls and Wage & Hour Problems
Some experts believe that the business world is about to be hit by a new wave of litigation in which workers will seek overtime compensation for all the hours they've spent clicking away on their devices.
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Relief for Pain at the Pump
Recognizing that many employees are stressed out and distracted by the high price of gas, about half of U.S. employers have instituted programs and benefits to help ease the anxiety. Helping out workers can go a long way toward keeping them happy, or even attracting new talent.
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Manpower Mission
The Army has to go beyond financial incentives in order to solve its manpower crisis, appealing to young people's values and life goals. The ways it's going about closing its enlistment gap hold valuable lessons for the private sector.
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Lessons for Private-sector Employers
Employers can put several of the Army's recruiting practices to work for them.
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Keeping Your Best Troops
Private firms are eager to hire away the talent that the U.S. Army Special Forces has worked long and hard to develop. The military, however, can't compete with the lavish salaries that its private-sector competitors offer to military-trained personnel. Out of necessity, the Army has developed ...
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HR's New Strategic Role
If you're interested in a career in the human resources field, you're going to hear an awful lot of talk involving the word strategy and its variations.
