Most companies give lip service re: the importance of good employees, but they don’t act on that by treating them as though they are important. I visited Yum! (Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut) in ...
More info A colleague of mine just joined Proctor & Gamble. One of the great cultural activities there is something called a “Join Up.” Before two people conduct a business meeting 1:1, it is important ...
More info One health care system just laid off 25% of their workforce in order to find hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to comply with the recent regulation and legislation. The loss of jobs is ...
More info 27 years ago…..on January 28, 1986, Roger Boisjoly, an engineer at Morton Thiokol, warned his bosses that the frigid conditions would endanger NASA’s space shuttle voyage. 73 seconds after ...
More info A friend recommended the Navy Seal book on the firsthand account of killing Osama Bin Laden. In reading the book from a human capital perspective, it highlighted the Navy’s: Selection ...
More info The average family’s net worth dropped 40% between 2007 and 2010, wiping out 18 years of savings and investments (Source: Federal Reserve). The average college-educated man’s annual salary maxes ...
More info PwC’s 15th Annual Global CEO Survey (2012) found that: 31% of CEO’s believe talent constraints limit their ability to innovate, 29% were unable to purse on opportunity. Thus, CEO’s want to change ...
More info IBM’s 2012 Global CEO study (n=1700) found that people skills are the 2nd highest priority, behind technology. This is because employee engagement is the key source of sustained value. Aon Hewitt ...
More info With Mitt Romney’s past at Bain Capital a part of the recent presidential election, private equity is in the news quite a bit right now. A quick look at the industry: Identify 3-5 key goals for a ...
More info In 2012, I emceed the e-Learning Symposium. Here are some key takeaways: What: Learning should include content, practice, and assessment (recall vs. comprehension) via a performance audit; Where ...
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