How to Align HR Strategy to Business Strategy
Organizations that are aligned to mission and vision have departmental strategies and initiatives that tie to the overall business strategy. Human Resource strategy is one of the most important strategies as its impact spans across every role and department. However, in order to be truly effective as a binding force for real alignment, HR needs […]
Employee Engagement, Effectiveness and Performance – Are you Asking the Right Questions?
How many times have you asked yourself these questions, or questions like them? How do I measure whether my organization is truly effective? What does it even mean to be truly effective as an organization? Why does it seem like the OE efforts we’re taking aren’t having the impact I thought they would? Am I […]
Harvard Business Review: How to Manage an Insecure Employee
Your team has a bunch of personalities. Some are strong-willed go-getters, some are new and are unsure of themselves. Some may be regularly insecure. This article from Harvard Business Review is a nice overview on some ideas to consider while managing an insecure employee. Our take? We are all insecure about handling certain things. All […]
Quartz: GM’s Current CEO Changed their Dress Code to 2 Words in 2009
When current General Motors CEO Mary Barra was VP of HR in 2009, one of her first decisions was to change the dress code from 12 pages to 2 words…’dress appropriately’. This article tells that story quite nicely. During this time of great crisis for GM, when companies look to control movements more tightly, Mary […]
