August 2007 - Posts

• The challenges of remote working (Ashridge)
  	Friday, 31 August 2007   Editor Source: the HR DIRECTOR Date: February 2007 Currently nearly 2.5 million employees in the UK work from home and this number has doubled in the past eight years.1 Pam Jones and Viki Holton, of Ashridge Business School, look at the growth in remote working...

• That amiable arrogance (management today)
  	Wednesday, 29 August 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: June 2007 Author: Richard Reeves If faith in macho, charismatic bosses has waned, no-one will follow a self-scrutinising wimp. Leaders must believe they are best for the job. By the time you read this, Gordon Brown should...

• Personal Act: Upper echelons theory: an update, Donald C Hambrick, Academy of Management Review
  	Tuesday, 28 August 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: June 2007 Author: Upper echelons theory: an update, Donald C Hambrick, Academy of Management Review, Vol 32 No 2, April 2007 This author's 1984 'upper echelons' theory asserted that executives act on the basis...

• Interim & Executive Performers HR Market Trends Survey
  	Friday, 24 August 2007   Editor Scope of the Survey HR Professionals associated with Interim & Executive Performers and Changeboard.com completed this survey during a six week period from January 2006. These HR professionals have worked in a variety of sectors for both large and...

• Getting engaged on the job - do you have a best friend at work? (The Gallup Organization)
  	Thursday, 23 August 2007   Editor Source: the HR DIRECTOR Date: January 2007 Tom Rath, Global Practice Leader at Gallup, explains why employees who have a best friend at work, are seven times more likely to be emotionally engaged on the job. People with friends at work are 96% more likely...

• A cohesive workplace (Eric Smart, Smart Human Logistics)
  	Thursday, 23 August 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: January 2007 Author: Eric Smart Using the internet, management can devise a programme that gives in-house staff a better work/life balance, while improving company competitiveness and agility. Managing the workforce seemed...

• The X-team - high performing, innovative teams that take place on a strategic leadership role are an essential part of success for every organisation
  	Friday, 17 August 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: May 2007 Author: Deborah Ancona, MIT & Henrik Bresnan, INSEAD High-performing, innovative teams that take on a strategic leadership role are an essential part of success for every organisation. The life of Nikola Tesla...

• More equal than most
  	Thursday, 16 August 2007   Editor Source: Management Today Date: January 2007 Author: Richard Reeves Dividing the spoils more equally can make for happier people and better businesses. Give staff a stake in the firm and the chance to add value. Is the pay gap between men and women getting...

• The World's Top Innovators: The War for Global Talent (BT)
  	Thursday, 16 August 2007   Editor Source: World Business Author: Soumitra Dutta & Simon Caulkin Date: 17th January 2007 As with capital flows, for half a century the US has run a 'deficit' in engineers and technologists that has been made up by inflows from the rest of the...

• Careers advice on the move - new generation job seekers rely on their iPods
  	Thursday, 16 August 2007   Editor iPods are playing a key role in attracting ‘millennial’ candidates according to recruitment consultancy, Badenoch & Clark. In an era where technology savvy candidates don’t want to unnecessarily scour the Internet for advice, the consultancy has become...

• Networking | how to network effectively
  	Wednesday, 15 August 2007   Editor Author: Amira Kohler, independent HR consultant, Plus HR Topic: Networking 10-STEP ACTION PLAN Effective networking 1. Recognise what networking is, and isn’t A commonly used, and good definition of networking is ‘developing long term relationships for...

• How to implement a Diversity Strategy
  	Wednesday, 15 August 2007   Editor Author: Fiona Morden at Morden Solutions When to use this guide • Establishing a Diversity strategy for the first time • Refreshing a Diversity strategy • Seeking fresh perspectives for an existing programme 10 tips for implementing a Diversity Strategy...

• How to design and implement a graduate strategy
  	Wednesday, 15 August 2007   Editor Author: Lisa Pickup at People Possibilities When to use this guide • If you are launching a graduate programme for the first time with a view to establishing a pipeline of junior talent • If your organisation has previously recruited graduates on an ad...

• How to build a business case for shared services
  	Wednesday, 15 August 2007   Editor Author: Stuart Hearn at Plus HR When to use this guide • My organisation is considering moving to a shared services structure for one or more of its support functions • Our current back-office processes are not effectively supporting our business • The...

• Books: It's still a man's world ("Off-Ramps & On-Ramps" by Sylvia Ann Hewlett)
  	Friday, 10 August 2007   Editor Source: World Business Date: June 2007 Review by Peninah Thompson of the book Off-Ramps & On-Ramps by Sylvia Ann Hewlett Businesses need to find new ways of keeping talented women in the workplace. Organisations that try to ensure they have access...