25 January 2014, Singapore: Received from my LinkedIn contact. The one page article talk about why having a conversation with people is important. It lead to trust and engagement. Click the hyperlink.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Talentsmart: Why Successful People Never Bring Smartphones into Meetings
23 January 2014, Singapore: New insight for people who love to carry their smart-phone into meetings. Click the hyperlink for details.
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Hay Group Whitepaper: Stop Your Best People from Walking
23 January 2014, Singapore: No harm reading the whitepaper. You might be asked to focus on talent retention after the 2013 bonus payout. Click the hyperlink.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Infographic: Contingent Labor (Based on US Labor Information)
22 January 2014, Singapore: I always believe a picture paint a thousand words ... I am beginning to appreciate "infographics" way of presentation. Straight to the point! The information will provide some trends on contingent labor. I believe Singapore labor market is heading towards a 'contingent' approach ... even at senior management level position.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Organizational Development: Creating Positive Organization
21 January 2014, Singapore: An interesting article about introducing changes to our organization culture or practices. Is the senior leadership interested to create a "positive organization"? For company productivity and enhancing the employee engagement program?
Click the hyperlink:
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Employee Engagement: Just Playing the Songs for Your Employees on Monday
21 January 2014, Singapore: The crazy thing that is driving most HR managers up the wall is the topic of employee engagement (EE). Most of the HR Managers will come-up with all the expensive activities on EE.
I have a solution ... just invest in pipe-in music at your workplace and play the following songs once a while on Monday.
Click here: Song recommended by Sandboxadvisors.com
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McKinsey Report: Risk and Responsibility in a Hyperconnected World: Implications for Enterprises
21 January 2014, Singapore: I though it would be good to share this report / article from McKinsey. As a HR professional, we need to equip ourselves with the knowledge on the risks and responsibilities when rolling our e-technology.
Click the hyperlink:
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
Peoplefluent Report: HR Forecast 2014 - Talent Management Experts Weigh In
19 January 2014, Singapore: It is always good to receive additional HR Business related reports. It may help you get some insight on potential trends and new best practices. Click the hyperlink for details of the report.
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Saturday, January 18, 2014
Whitepaper: New Business of Business Leaders: Hiring and Onboarding
18 January 2014, Singapore: Another busy weekend for me but just need to share this white-paper from Oracle Corporation. Those handling talent and workforce planning will appreciate it.
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Climbing the Corporate Ladder: Developing Your Executive Presence
18 January 2014, Singapore: I just like to share that if you have high ambition - climbing the corporate ladder e.g., Regional HR Manager, Senior HR Manager, HR Director, VP of HR, Head of HR, and etc. The hiring party may not be just interested in your strategic-operational-tactical HR skills / competencies. They might be also looking for "Executive Presence"
I guess your next question will be asking me "what is executive presence?". In this short article, I have inserted a few hyperlink on the subject of executive presence.
(source: http://www.3d-people.com/business/executive-presence/)
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Assessment Tool for Recruitment Solutions and Talent Development: Harrison Assessment
14 January 2014, Singapore: Today I attended a briefing on Harrison Assessments Talent System (HATS). I was introduced to HATS in 2005 when the product was known as Harrison Inner View. Performance Consulting is the sole distributor for HATS in Singapore
It was great to hear the founder himself Dr. Harrison Dan sharing the latest development of Harrison Assessments Talent System.
Special thanks to Performance Consulting for inviting my colleagues and myself to the briefing.
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Monday, January 13, 2014
WorldatWork "You Tube" TV
13 January 2014, Singapore: I was just trying my luck on You Tube when I type "worldatwork" and hit the enter key. I found out that WorldatWork (The professional association for compensation, benefits and total rewards) just launch their online TV about a week ago.
If you are interested to find out some of the methodology and practices ... this site can provide you the basic knowledge. ... click the hyperlink
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Saturday, January 11, 2014
Why Company Outsource Their HR Functions?
11 January 2014, Singapore: A good friend asked me why would organization want to outsource their HR functions? I shared that some organization go into outsourcing HR functions due to the following ...
- no new headcount approval will be granted;
- change of HR business model that require certain level of specialization (e.g., shared services, center of excellence, etc.);
- minimized risk for certain HR processes (usually routine but important - e.g., work-pass application, recruitment, etc.);
- free up the existing HR team to focus on high value tasks;
- tapping on outsource vendor e-technology and other resources
The above are just my personal view. For more comprehensive write-up click the hyperlink below:
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Literature Review: Performance Management
03 January 2014, Singapore: Just want to share with you the history of performance management / appraisal. Thanks to Christopher Mills
Exhibit 1: A Historical Flowchart of Performance Management Approaches
(Source: Performance Management under The Microscope - Christopher Mills (2002) - SHRi Publication)
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Report: Driving Stronger Performance Through Employee Recognition
10 January 2014, Singapore: In most organization, employee engagement (EE) is the key indicator to measure the leadership team. Usually, HR Department is accountable for the EE results but it is a shared responsibility or grfoup effort among the management team members.
I would like to share this report from SHRM-Globoforce. I believe the report will be useful to some of my colleagues and yourself.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Introduction to WorldatWork Total Rewards Model / Framework
08 January 2014, Singapore: WorldatWork is one of the leading authority for HR professionals who specialized on Compensation-Benefits-Total Rewards. I just want to share WorldatWork Total Rewards model / framework.
It is informative and very easy to read ... click the hyperlink for details:
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Skillsoft: Top 10 Benefits from Cloud eLearning
06 January 2014, Singapore: Received a complimentary email from Skillsoft.com and the topic was about 'Skillsoft' whitepaper on Cloud Learning.
I guess it is time for me to understand the capability of "Cloud eLearning" for my organization.
Join me on this journey ... seeking new knowledge and wisdom!
Click the hyperlink for details: Skillsoft: Whitepaper Cloud Learning (PFT format)
I guess it is time for me to understand the capability of "Cloud eLearning" for my organization.
Join me on this journey ... seeking new knowledge and wisdom!
Click the hyperlink for details: Skillsoft: Whitepaper Cloud Learning (PFT format)
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Josh Bersin: 2014, The Year of the Employee
06 January 2014, Singapore: I received an email from my Regional CFO and Business Partner. He shared with me an article by Josh Bersin, the founder of BERSIN.
In summary, Josh Bersin cited that for 2014, employers will face the following challenges and opportunities:
- Building passion in the workplace.
- Creating a global employment brand — and one that sings.
- Developing a “leadership supply chain,” focused on millennials in particular.
- Simplifying technology.
- Building a culture of continuous learning and locating work to skills.
- Turning social tools into solutions.
- Think about talent management in a holistic way.
For details of his write-up – click the hyperlink: Josh Bersin: 2014 The Year of The Employee
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Sunday, January 5, 2014
Success in HR: 25 Kick Butt Career Goals for 2014
05 January 2014, Singapore: I received another email from Alan Collins, the Founder of Success in HR, Inc. This is an interesting article by him for HR professionals who want to have a "kick-butt" career goals for 2014.
Click the link:
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Blueprint for Designing an Employee's Recognition Program
05 January 2014, Singapore: I dedicated this article to one of my ex-colleague who will be taking-up a new post focusing on employee engagement (EE).
I bum into this article that talk about a blueprint for employee's recognition. It highlighted the potential best practices for designing an employee's recognition problem.
It will be difficult for me to roll-out a recognition program according to the blueprint ... because the organization I worked for has a very comprehensive employee's recognition program but some of the practices is not according to the 'Globoforce' recommended blueprint.
What I can do is to share it with my peers (e.g., HRCMs, HRBPs, etc.) and check the pulse if they agreed with the blueprint ... if yes .. I will be busy ... if no ... I will need to look for another project to support their EE program.
For organizations that have not implemented an employee's recognition program ... I suggest their HR professionals to read this article ... if will be helpful and a value source of information ... free information. Click the link:
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
Only Applicable in Singapore: Use Psychometric Tests To Hire the Right People
02 January 2014, Singapore: One of my colleague asked me to look into a few psychometric tests that are used specially for facilitating interview and hiring selection (do take note that some countries e.g., USA and European countries - it is illegal to use such tools where it comes to selection & hiring).
I felt that I should share the following link for HR professionals who are interested to find out more details about the psychometric tests. The prices quoted are far more economical than the one my colleague shared with me.
Click the link: www.sandboxadvisors.com: Psychometric Test for Interviewing
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Good Practice on Retrenchment-Layoff-Redundancy.
01 January 2014, Singapore: Why am I touching the issue of 'retrenchment' or 'layoff' on the first day of 2014.
2013 was a year were most organization try to right size their employee's population while delaying a more radical organizational transformation program for 2014.
2014 will be a year where most corporate will unleash their business transformation that others has never seen before ... we are not talking about implementing outsourcing or establishing shared services ...
- centralization of expertise (e.g., HR, Finance, Customer Services, Sales, etc.);
- re-design work processes;
- large scale automation;
- utilization of e-technology;
- large scale of business integration e.g., merging of multiple production plant under one management (more merger but less acquisition; streamline of core businesses);
- others.
Will anyone dare to challenge me that with all the above-mentioned transformation program going to happen ... we as HR professional can avoid the word "retrenchment" or "layoff" for 2014?
Please prepare for the worst ... it is better for HR professional to know the good practices on retrenchment-layoff-redundancy. Click the following link:
IFC Org: Good Practice Note in Managing Retrenchment or UN Global Compact "Same PDT Document By IFC".
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