Archive for May, 2009

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HR Bobbleheads Episode 1: The Water Cooler

Friday, May 29th, 2009

In this episode, we find the HR Bobbleheads engaging in wicked water cooler gossip.

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HR with Impact

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Too many HR programs are the equivalent of planting a single tulip and then wondering why your neighbors don’t ooh and ahh over your garden.
If you want HR with Impact, plant a thousand tulips. Have a plan, don’t just scatter a few bulbs here and there and hope they turn into something. Concentrate on one [...]

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Sneak Peek at HR Bobbleheads

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Here’s a sneak peek at HR Bobbleheads. We’re going to launch our site next week along with a show schedule. If you’d like to see HR Bobbleheads act out nutty HR scenarios in 60 seconds, send them in. You’ll see your name as a writer in the credits if we use your idea.
Let us know [...]

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What If You Just Threw Performance Management Away?

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

That’s a question I ask almost every day. Ron Ulrici wrote today about the right way to do performance management. When you do it right, the annual performance management process looks kind of silly, doesn’t it?
We’re Still Taking Submissions for 1,001 Canned Responses for Self Appraisals
We have well over 200 individual submissions for canned responses [...]

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What Keeps You on Top of Your Game?

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

I do the New York Times crossword puzzle every day. I can rip through Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday at will. Thursday takes a little more time. Friday takes my entire train ride. I’m thankful I don’t measure time-to-complete for Saturday. Sunday, ah, Sunday. I’ll do some, then set it down. Do some more later. Pick it up again [...]