Busy June (and Economist Talent Summit)

    June’s another very busy month for events, which probably means a very heavy month for blogging too. This includes: Social Business Forum, Milan, Wednesday 8th Talent Summit, Economist Group, Thursday 9th Social Unconference,...
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Lumesse blogathon

    I’m one of three UK bloggers (with Bill Boorman and Peter Gold) invited to participate in a ‘blogathon’ supporting what was Stepstone’s recent rebranding. We’ve been asked to write blog posts and other things based upon content supplied...
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Social payroll?

     In my various presentations around HR 2.0 I try to stress that just about any people management process can be social-ified.  But I usually explain that in some areas, eg in reward, the change may be more about using social...
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Influence! (?)

     It never seems to go away!  In fact it’s speeding up – almost every week I see something new about influence using social media and / or through social connections (vs through authority). A lot of the blog posts I see are fairly...
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The What do We Do All Day? HR Carnival

     Time for the Carny to put down for its fifth stop at Strategic HCM.  This one’s not themed officially as the spate of these seem to have worn people out (or perhaps it was just the dancing?).  But as with my original sexy...
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#ASTD2011: Learning and Integrated Talent Management

    I’ve been enjoying the tweets from the ASTD’s International Conference – definitely one I want to attend one year.  Unfortunately there haven’t been that many updates on one of my favourite topics – integrated talent management* -...
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    I’ll also be speaking at this Westminster Briefing event looking at the role of the Employee Engagement Task Force announced recently to build on the role of the last government’s Engaging for Success report:   With the economy...
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SAP HR Transformation Summit

    I’ll also be presenting at this event on Thursday 23rd June organised by SAP:   No-one knows better than HR professionals that it's people, not organisations, that make business happen. HR is shifting from an employee management...
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Unsocial: the Unconference

    And I’ve also got another unconference focusing on social media, this one organised by Mavencast and being held on 14th June at the Imagination Gallery. There are actually two parts: -   A more traditional workshop on HR and...
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Social Business Forum, Milan

    Then on Wednesday 8th June, I’ll be presenting on HR 2.0 at the Social Business Forum in Milan – Europe’s main enterprise 2.0 / social business event: Over the past three years the International Forum on Enterprise 2.0 has been recognized...
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Symposium Training: HR 2.0 (HR in the Social Media Age)

    I’ve got quite a few social media oriented events coming up next month, including this training session on HR and social media on 7th June:   HR 2.0 (HR in the Social Media Age) Social media or web 2.0 technologies have already...
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What’s the HR Buzz?

      You may have received a new email from Keith Robinson (founder of Personnel Today) called HR Buzz.  This is an update on the best HR related content from the web and is provided in partnership with Connecting HR. ...
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More unconference loviness

    Well, we did it again!  CHRU-2 was just as successful as CHRU-1, and just as lovey (not just lovely) as HRevolution. So I’ve been been thinking further about the success of these events.  And I still think the ‘getting the presentations...
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CHRU - 2

  Today was the second time we’ve run CHRU, Connecting HR’s Unconference. Unlike last time, when I did a fair amount of the design, all of the shopping and most of the delivery, this time I chose to focus on participation, which made it a very...
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HR Blog Carnivals to read–and enter

    With CHRU just days away, we’re hosting a special pre-unconference blog carnival at connectinghr.org.  Do take a look.   The next HR carnival will be held at Upstart HR on May 18th and will be all about HRevolution.  Which...
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Recruitment and Onboarding, Barcelona

    May already!  I’ve posted previously on some of the things I’ll be doing during May and June (see my posts in early April), but can now add this workshop in Barcelona in June to the list:   Recruitment & Onboarding...
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Social Business webinar tomorrow

    My next webinar, looking at the development of the Social Business, will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd May. “The social business is often defined as one that uses social media or Enterprise 2.0 technology.  However, it's much...
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    As well as love, I’d already posted on my other blog about equality (another of Gary Hamel’s examples of a more people focused language). Actually, the post was mainly about John Lewis, and the British royal wedding last week – no, not...
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    I’ve posted previously about my intent to blog on each of the words Gary Hamel suggests distinguish the more people focused language and behaviour we need to encourage in our organisations (see this post on trust – including Hay’s Trust...
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