Executives expect Agile results, but too few executives and managers realize the organization change necessary to support Agile results. Agile without …
Fast Start — Big data and better workers
New research with large data, known as Big Data, are creating big problems for human resource s (HR) and HR professionals.
Time’s up for merger and acquisition synergy
The mergers and acquisitions world sprinkles potential deals with a bit of pixie dust called synergy. Synergy is neither rational, functional, nor logical.
If HR used the word synergy in an accounting meeting? Laughed out of the room. If HR or human capital used the word synergy in a corporate finance discussion? The time value of money, that is rational. What will it cost? What return will it realize? When will it realize that return? All rational.
Synergy? Synergy is more a pagan fairy than rational way to make a deal.
Fast Start — Is HR the New IT?
Fast Start conversation:Â Policies, procedures, forms, transactions, compliance and administrative oversight. Â Sound like your human resources (HR) department? Many of those …
Social Media: Fight, Flight, or Friend — organization development presentation
Below are the slides from today’s Shifting Role of Organization Development in Business conference in St. Louis. To view presentation within this …
Fast Start — Why We Hate HR
Fast Start Conversation: Â Human Resources has a bad rap. Strategic business partners? Seat at the table? HR people, in most instances, …
What Steve Jobs reminds those in technology
Steve Jobs retired last week. Steve Jobs had incredible impact as Apple CEO as well as a cultural icon whose products re-shaped …
Fistful of beans 08/24/2011
Three of things I’ve seen, read, or thought might seed results: 1.  Bored People Quit — Rands in Response blog People …
Motivation management is resource management
In this age of cheaper-faster-better resource management is critical to organization survival. Â The resource that poses the biggest organization management challenge, …
Fistful of beans 12/29/2010
Five things I’ve seen, read, or thought might seed results: 1. Speed to Market:  Increasing Knowledge Velocity — Chief Learning Officer …
Mergers and acquisitions systems thinking strategies, part 3
Systems thinking strategies for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) provide better integration valuations and post-merger operations. With mergers and acquisitions systems thinking the …
Your star performer creates employee resentment
At school, model students can shine above the rest. Â Held as scholarly exemplars, with honor society and class rank to herald …
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