Do you know what an identity crisis is? In psychology, it’s a failure to achieve ego during adolescence. Those who emerge from this stage with a strong sense of identity are well equipped to face adulthood with confidence and certainty. Those who fail to achieve a cohesive identity – who experience an identity crisis –…
There was a time when weekly pay was all employees received for their service. In most industries, those days are long gone. Pension and health plans, benefits and other perks have been introduced to keep employees happy and engaged. Personal income has risen over many years, but due to the financial crisis, many companies are…
Deloitte has published their latest Human Capital Trends study titled “Revolution/Evolution”. It’s a good 30 pages on 12 trends that are shifting the HR landscape and reads well. Deloitte mentions that two broad themes – innovation and global markets – are influencing human capital organizations around the world. Each theme is described in a few…
A few weeks ago somebody told me she decided to quit her job and start out on her own. We were talking about the opportunity and I asked her what role HR played in her decision. She answered: `They had some wonderful tools and policies available´. I was a bit surprised to find out that…
Many people own a safe. They use it to store valuable items, which they don’t use every day and want to protect, like passports, birth certificates, diplomas, the deed to a house, money or jewelry. I don’t have a safe at home. Call me naive, but I’ve never understood the concept of keeping your valuables…
Imagine, if you will, your company without an HR function. Now suppose you’re asked to set up HR: What would you do? Would you create something similar or radically different? Would you create it at all? The ‘new normal’ will vastly different We’ve arrived at a turning point in history where new technology is profoundly…
A few years ago I bought a new house. The previous owners did not spend much time gardening and the back yard was a mess. My first priority was to get the house together. When that was done, I decided to tackle the garden. I enjoy being outside and I wanted to create a garden…
As usual at the start of a new year, research companies and advisors publish articles with their thoughts on developments for the HR function and 2011 was no different. While I was reading, I decided to create a list to keep track of everything they think HR should engage in. It’s wonderful to read how many different…
Last month , I wrote a post on the effects of the exodus of the baby boomers. Today, my new white paper on this subject was published. To give you a taste of the main topics, I created the following tag cloud. Interesting result that the key phrases I used most were Company, Knowledge and…
Herrie in de keuken U heeft vast wel eens een aflevering gezien van de televisieseries waarin chefkoks als Gordon Ramsey of de Nederlandse Herman den Blijker op bezoek gaan bij een onbekende restauranthouder in nood en de helpende hand biedt om het bedrijf beter te laten draaien. We zien eerst wat er mis is met…
”E-HRM is nooit een doel op zich” E-HRM maakt onderdeel uit van elk van de drie peilers waarop ARINSO steunt –Strategie, Technologie en Outsourcing. Dat duidt erop dat e-HRM voor deze international zwaar weegt. Toch is e-HRM voor hen (nog) niet het Ei van Columbus. ”Soms is de oude manier van werken het beste.” Unilever….
P&O’ers hebben hoofdzakelijk oog voor de organisatorische aspecten van hun werk. De inhoudelijke kant komt daardoor in het gedrang, zo blijkt uit het onderzoek HR in beweging, wat beweegt HR? van Arinso en Reed Business Information. ‘De HR-afdeling stelt zich zelden echt klantgericht op.’ Hoe ziet men binnen uw organisatie de HR-afdeling? Meet de HR-afdeling…
