The Elephant in the Room

By Ian J. Cook   When will it end? What will happen next? How will we survive? These are the questions that we hear day-to-day about...

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The Need for Strategic Workforce Planning

By Ian J. Cook   If you are planning for a year grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for...

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The Value of Women in Business

By Ian J. Cook   It has long been known that there is a need for a larger proportion of women in organizational leadership positions. Recent...

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How to Measure and Track Diversity

By Ian J. Cook   There is an increasing need to monitor and track the diversity of your organization. For some federally regulated employers it is...

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HR Metrics for Productivity

By Ian J. Cook   Productivity is an area of HR measurement that is seeing increased time in the spotlight. The link between talent and organizational success...

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How to Measure Employee Retention

By Ian J. Cook   Measuring how many employees chose to stay or leave your organization is, on the surface, a straight-forward measure. But for this...

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Emerging Tools for Employee Engagement

By Ian J. Cook   Imagine if all your employees were involved in forecasting your organization’s annual revenue or service targets.   How would it impact the...

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