January 2009 Blog Posts (13)

Sharstrike.com Gets New Digs

We just did a complete redesign including a new content management system for Sharkstrike.com and I wanted to invite you to our new site. Any feedback is appreciated.

Added by Jason Gorham on January 27, 2009 at 2:15pm — No Comments

OrangeHRM - Free and Open Source Human Resource Management Software

OrangeHRM is a Human Resource Management (HRM) system that facilitates personnel information management, employee self service, leave, time & attendance, benefits, and recruitment of a company. It's is the most active open source human resource management software. With over 200,000 downloads, OrangeHRM is also fast becoming one of the most widely used HRM applications in the world. We believe in providing users… Continue

Added by Himath Dissanayake on January 22, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

S^3 Helps Companies Combine Web 2.0 To Recruit Passive Candidates

Full Release

BOCA RATON, FL — Sharkstrike LLC™ (www.Sharkstrike.com), just released it’s S^3™ offering which encompasses search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO) and social media/social networking consulting and product offerings that will enable companies to reach and recruit passive candidates.

“Human resources, staffing and recruiting companies that want to be in the web 2.0 space but aren’t sure how to get there or where to start now have a… Continue

Added by Jason Gorham on January 21, 2009 at 6:47pm — No Comments

Delivering HR Strategy is the key challenge in the downturn

In this challenging economy there is more that needs to be done by the HR department than brush up on redundancy rules. All too often, the day-to-day process of running HR means that strategic work is overlooked or shifted lower down the ‘to-do’ list. More than ever HR needs to be responsive to the changing economic conditions and add value to the organisation. The top three areas for HR to focus on in order to support its organisation are managing talent, improving HR Operating models, and… Continue

Added by Andrew Spence on January 21, 2009 at 9:28am — No Comments

Mirror, Mirror....

Has it ever occured to anyone else that HR professionals love the sound of their own voice? I have witnessed the death of many HR collegues' credibility as they seemed to have diarehha of the mouth. At times, their verbal comments added value however as they seemed to runneth over with the mouth, I watch their credibility slip away in the eyes of their business partners.

What I have learned about this is that:

a) I don't want to be viewed as a Master BS artist

b) I am more… Continue

Added by Lisa on January 15, 2009 at 4:29pm — 3 Comments

Innovation through Inclusion

If you need innovation (and I think you probably do), you need diversity.

For more and more organizations in more and more industries, creativity and innovation are rapidly becoming the best new opportunity for establishing competitive advantage. This is no big secret as there is a great deal of writing, talking, buzz-wording, best-practicing and shouting about innovation today. Innovation is also coming to be viewed as increasingly important to education, non-profit and… Continue

Added by Joe Gerstandt on January 15, 2009 at 10:40am — No Comments

Recognition: Missing the ‘Soft’ Levers

Don Lowman wrote a couple of interesting posts “The Power of Thank You” and “Expressing Informed Admiration”. I know that there is a general consensus that recognition is a powerful motivator, but I feel it is quite an under-utilized tool in the people-managers’ toolkit. Managers and leaders sometimes have a tendency to get so “busy”… Continue

Added by Abhishek Mittal on January 13, 2009 at 11:41pm — No Comments

Employee Engagement Report - BlessingWhite

I haven’t heard of the firm Blessing White, but I saw that they have published a report on Employee Engagement based on a multi-country study.

Download “2008-employee-engagement-report-blessing-white”

While the sample size of 7500 looks small for a multi-country study, the report tries to make a business case for employee engagement. Another interesting thing… Continue

Added by Abhishek Mittal on January 12, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

How To Source For An Anmial Trainer

Animal Trainer Sourcing

View SlideShare…

Continue

Added by Jason Gorham on January 8, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments

What is a bigger problem: Managing employee appraisals or writing accurate appraisals?

While, I was organizing a software training workshop for a major Electric Power Distribution Corporation in New Delhi, I asked Vikram Singh, one of the participating Senior Managers, who has a team size of 150 employees for performance review, “What is the bigger problem when conducting employee appraisals: managing appraisals or writing accurate appraisals?“.

[…

Continue

Added by Gireesh Sharma on January 7, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Being from...Neptune

from OurTimeToAct.com

Evelyn Rodriguez has a great post this morning on her blog, based on a quote that I love:

"Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune."

- Noam Chomsky

I love this quote, because it is a good… Continue

Added by Joe Gerstandt on January 5, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Thank You!

The first post of 2009…

To those of you who Look, See and Tell The Truth...Thank You.

Regardless of what your "job" is, if you are personally or professionally involved in the work of:

* building and supporting healthy, sustainable communities and organizations

* removing barriers to diversity

* challenging assumptions

* health, wellness, spirituality, awareness

* breaking stereotypes

* speaking the truth

* rejecting status… Continue

Added by Joe Gerstandt on January 2, 2009 at 11:34am — No Comments

Human Capital in Uncertain Times

Well a lot has been written and debated about the role of HR Director, Human Resources in these uncertain times due to the impact of the constraints on financial resources of corporations. I'm schoked to see that one year back how much was being printed about the significance of Human Capital, Value of People, Talent Management etc. In contrast, now the buzz is that 2009 will be the year of the CFOs and HR's role would be to merely survive or try to survive during these times.I also hear HR… Continue

Added by Arif Hussain Nomani on January 1, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments