Smart Swarm: Birds, Bees and Better Business

By Nilesh Bhagat, CHRP What can bugs, birds and fish teach us about the way we do business? The constraints of the organizational hierarchy common in...

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Eight Conversation Competencies for Leaders

By Dene Rossouw There are at least eight essential conversation competencies that can help CEOs engage their stakeholders, peers, clients and staff in a more...

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The Importance of Character

By Bruna Martinuzzi, CHRP Character is, indeed, who we are when no one is looking. Nowhere is this more crucial than for those who hold leadership...

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10 Ways to Create a Proud and Productive Workplace

Conduct a strengths inventory alongside your training needs analysis.  Be prepared to be surprised about what emerges. Ask what people are proud of and what...

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Increasing Engagement in Tough Times

By Ian J. Cook, CHRP Most organizations that cut staff, reduce pay and reduce benefits would expect to see their staff engagement drop. Whistler Blackcomb...

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What Keeps Heads of HR Up at Night?

By Ann Leckie w/ the assistance of Tanya McCarthy, Nancy Silcock & Tyler Hodges One of the greatest challenges facing HR is finding a way...

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Solutions in Search of Problems

By Holly McDonald The theme for my work lately has been "solutions seeking problems". You know, the situation where you are asked to throw together...

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Scenario Planning for an Uncertain Future

By Peter Cappelli The state of the economy continues to dominate the headlines. But, now, instead of a storyline that says, "Why is the...

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