Engage - Motivate - Retain...Start at the beginning

Start meeting the challenges of employee engagement, motivation and retention at the beginning...DURING RECRUITMENT.   I spent the early part of my working life in the Canadian Army messing around with weapons, blowing stuff up and occasionally jumping out of perfectly serviceable aircraft. When I left the army and began my thirty year business career in human resources I was sometimes More...

Succession Planning

Succession planning - work with your HR department or consultant   To secure the future of their enterprise management must develop practical and timely plans behind their leadership positions and key individual technical contributors (ITCs). Work with your HR management to define the attributes required of their leadership positions, identify candidates and build development More...

Outsourcing & Divestment - Employee Communications (1)

Employee communications are key to a successful outsourcing or divestment plan. This is the first in a series of HRAskMe.com nuggets on the subject of employee communications associated with a outsourcing or divestment. Laying the foundation: Decisions to outsource or divest an important asset obviously will be preceded by changes to the business environment. For example - Our former More...