August 2009 Blog Posts (20)

Do Your Core Business Well

When a business is initially successful, it is generally in one type of business. That success often leads owners and managers to begin thinking they can make any business successful. They start thinking about diversifying into other types of businesses. The reverse of this is when a business is struggling and the owner or manager believes that the only way to achieve success is to diversify.

In both cases, the core business probably represents an opportunity for additional success… Continue

Added by Chris Arringdale on August 31, 2009 at 11:17am — No Comments

Social Media - are you in or out?

In the our I spent on the treadmill the other day, I lost track of the number of times Nick Cannon of "America's Got Talent" asked me to text in my vote; the number of times Larry King asked me to follow him on twitter; and the number of times CNN invited me to become… Continue

Added by Ginger Dodds on August 30, 2009 at 1:40am — No Comments

ReviewSNAP Will Be Offering Up A More Robust Statistical Dashboard

We are very excited to announce that we will be offering a more robust statistical dashboard in ReviewSNAP. The estimated date of completion is September 4th. We will be tripling the number of statistical reports available and making the dashboard more dynamic allowing you to filter the information you would like to see. It will also be more visual offering charts and graphs to go along with the raw data. This will help give you an… Continue

Added by Chris Arringdale on August 28, 2009 at 11:31am — No Comments

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Added by Bob Brogan on August 26, 2009 at 12:22pm — No Comments

Performance Feedback I

As promised in my previous post on Performance Feedback, I’m back with a piece of advice for the sender.

There are some things that you, the manager (sender), could consider in order to encourage a constructive attitude from the receiver. Read more...

Added by me_in_HR on August 25, 2009 at 11:47am — No Comments

By the time it gets to HR, it’s too late!

The people at the forefront of the organization’s talent management are not the folks you might expect; hr managers deal with most issues after they have already occurred. They may plot trends, meet on emerging issues, develop new policies even communicate the need to identify additional solutions. But each supervisor and line manager MUST be HR savvy as well.

Read more at: http://www.captureisg.com/blog/2009/08/by-the-time-it-gets-to-hr/

Added by Melanie Quinn on August 24, 2009 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Finding Nirvana for the Small and Mid-Market HR Executive: Addressing the 8 Hidden E’s

Small and mid-market HR Executives face a daunting challenge in providing transformational leadership with limited/reduced budgets and resources. These executives must perform superhuman feats to address their organization's key needs to achieve business objectives by addressing 8 hidden E's:

- Engage different employees and constituent groups,

- Enable distributed employees in an economic and efficient manner

- Effective deployment of… Continue

Added by Bob Brogan on August 21, 2009 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Why did you apply for this job?

As unemployment continues to grow while companies cut their costs and look for more ways to save during this time of need, the job seekers seem to be more indiscriminate when applying for a job than ever. Consequently, employers are flooded with hundreds of applications for any position available. Read more...

Added by me_in_HR on August 20, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Performance Feedback

I found here a funny analogy with performance feedback:

"Question: What’s the difference between performance feedback and a root canal?

Answer: Anesthesia"

During performance reviews, I’ve noticed two dominant reactions when receiving negative feedback:

* Constructive – The receiver listens to the sender’s arguments (if the case, also bringing counter… Continue

Added by me_in_HR on August 20, 2009 at 6:04am — No Comments

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How to report 419… Continue

Added by Joana Mari Villanueva on August 19, 2009 at 8:24pm — No Comments

Keeping your employees – Employee Engagement Research is critical to your business success

When the economy does finally take a positive turn, Human Resource professionals agree that turnover will rise significantly as the job market improves. What you do now as an employer is paramount to your short and longer term success when the economy snaps back into shape.

Where do you begin?

Find out at: http://www.captureisg.com/blog/2009/08/keeping-your-employees/

Added by Melanie Quinn on August 19, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Retaining Human Capital: It’s Not Just Smart Business Sense, but Good Use of “Dollars and Sense”

Why Are Employees Leaving Their Current Jobs?

Due to the changing economy and people’s attitudes towards work, numerous reasons why people are leaving their jobs are beginning to surface. Salary.com recently completed a 2007-08 Job Satisfaction and Retention Survey, which was completed by 7,000 employees working in America. Sirota Survey Intelligence has completed surveys of 228,798 employees worldwide over a span of 33 years. The Saratoga Institute conducted a nationwide study in… Continue

Added by Melanie Quinn on August 17, 2009 at 1:17pm — No Comments

Sales Leadership: Stop Making Excuses, Engage Your Channels and Deliver Success

http://www.interactyx.com/blog/sales-leadership-stop-making-excuses-engage-your-channels-and-deliver-success

Added by Bob Brogan on August 14, 2009 at 6:33pm — No Comments

U.S. Worker Productivity Up, But That Raises Some Questions And I Need Your Input

I have question. Well, actually more than just one question. And I'm going to need your help. You might have all or part of the answer. Well, maybe more a solution than an answer. So, I would like to start a discussion with your ideas, concerns and suggestions making a major contribution to the dialogue.

First, here's what has me thinking and somewhat worried.

U.S. worker productivity surged in the second quarter at a 6.4% annualized rate, the best showing in almost six… Continue

Added by Mike Temkin on August 14, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Job Searching trough LinkedIn

It’s true that if you aren’t willing to spend a certain amount of time on social networking, LinkedIn may not prove efficient for you. It’s not a solution for finding a job tomorrow, but it is a valuable tool in building your brand as a professional. Read more...

Added by me_in_HR on August 14, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

5 Reasons Why you Need Employee Surveys, even in this Economy

I have seen postings recently suggesting that many employers are considering doing away with employee surveys; many cite the costs associated with these surveys. You have to acknowledge the poor economy at a time like this: we are all feeling the pinch.

I think everyone would agree that had our government been PROACTIVE rather than REACTIVE, this recession might not have been so severe. This reasoning can be applied to business models also. Now, more than ever, we don’t want to find… Continue

Added by Melanie Quinn on August 12, 2009 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Cash for LMS clunkers - Why are corporations dumping their legacy learning management systems and where are they going…

In the current edition of Chief Learning Officer magazine, Josh Bersin, the well respected founder of Bersin & Associates indicates that of those large corporations that have learning management systems (LMSs), almost one in three will be dumping their legacy LMS like a 1971 Chevy Vega, without any incentives from the U.S. government.

Why is this happening? The employee - the learner - is demanding it

What are employees saying?

Check out the… Continue

Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 11, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

Understanding the Benefits of eLearning 2.0

What is eLearning 2.0? How can I incorporate social networking and mobile learning tools? How easy is it to get started with eLearning…

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Added by Jeffrey A. Roth on August 7, 2009 at 10:37am — No Comments

Riddle Me This and Win a Free Annual Subscription!

Riddle me this, riddle me that and you can win an annual subscription! ReviewSNAP will be giving away one free first year subscription in our quarterly Twitter contest. The contest will start on Monday, August 1oth at Noon CST.

We will tweet a short riddle and post it on our blog and give our followers the entire week to answer the question. The answer form link will be on the ReviewSNAP blog in the lower right hand corner of the page. Also, we will send out the link via various… Continue

Added by Chris Arringdale on August 6, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments