A Top 50 Human Resources Blog

     For the third year in a row, Evan Carmichael has rated this blog as one of his top 5 HR blogs.  This year I’ve even made it to the top of the post, just below Kris Dunn (pictured) and his team’s blog, Fistful of Talent – star...
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HR Technology Europe

    The second big HR technology conference I’ll be speaking at this year is this one, HR Technology Europe (http://www.hrtecheurope.com), taking place in Amsterdam in November. Speakers include: Andy Leaver, VP EMEA, Workday Thomas...
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Sexy Software

    I thought that was an amusing title from the new Changeboard magazine.  But HR software really is getting more ‘sexy’ too. Part of this sexiness is the look and feel of HR systems which have been improving dramatically over the last...
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My public service and a bigger brain

    Wally Bock (of Three Star Leadership) is one of my favourite bloggers, so I’m always encouraged when I see him commenting favourably on my blogs.  But I was amused to see this latest remark at Envisia Learning: “Wally’s Comment:...
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The Executive Guide to Integrated Talent Management

    I’ve mentioned this previously but would like to formally confirm the publication of this new book from i4cp and ASTD, which includes a chapter written by me:   People are the most important asset in any organization, yet managing...
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Connecting the Dots in Employee Engagement

    I was delivering a training session on employee engagement today (focusing on ‘total engagement management’ rather than ‘kaizengagement’) and then this evening, catching up on the HCI’s Engagement and Retention conference again. But I’ve...
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Engaging the HiPo

    I’ve been dipping into some of HCI’s Engagement & Recognition conference in Chicago (and streaming) today. There have been a number of great sessions including from Stuart Crabb at Facebook, and Joris Luijke at Atlassian – I may post...
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Twittersourcing / Social HRO

    I recently wrote this article for HRO Today (Global) and I thought I’d include it here as well.  Any thoughts?   What’s the Role of Social Outsourcing? Attending HRO Summit Europe in 2010, I was interested to see that, other...
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With David Zinger on Employee Engagement

    On Tuesday I spent the afternoon with David Zinger, founder and host of the Employee Engagement ning community.  I feel David and I go way back as he was one of the few ‘HR’ people blogging when I started up, just over four years...
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HR Vision: Social media

    My interview with Siân Harrington of HR Magazine is now up at HR Vision:   Social media: business transformer or the latest business bubble? In this month’s interview on social networking Jon Ingham, blogger and consultant,...
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The Talent Race: Europe vs Asia

    My last post on Haier has generously been included in the current HR carnival posted by Abhishek Mittal on his Mumblr blog.   The theme of this carnival is ‘the talent race’, with a particular focus on Asia, although Abhishek...
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Finding a human capital niche: Haier’s horse race

    I’ve been chatting to a couple of clients over the last fortnight about the importance of developing a unique proposition for people management. We tend to think that there is just one best way of doing HR, whereas in fact there is a...
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