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Dawn Burke Notices That VPs of HR Avoid the Local SHRM Meeting – Early and OftenI read an interesting Forbes article on CEO networking . It’s asks the question: Does the boss even really need to network? The answer : Yes–and he needs to do it better than anyone else. Interesting, because there’s always been a problem with our local SHRM chapter. I imagine others around the country have the same problem. The C-Suite snub. I’m talking about the HR C-Suite mind you. Huh? This never made me mad, it just seemed curious. And now that I am on a C-Suite, I hate to admit…my local chapter participation has all but dwindled to a lunch or two this entire year. Double huh? Read the whole post over at HR Insomniac (A FOT Contributor Blog) See original here:
Tags: article, boss, ceo, chapter, Contributor, featured, Forbes, Industry Chat, lunch, participation, result, Shrm, worldwide fot Inside October 2011Management Styles Reading all the contributions this month has been quite thought provoking and as a manager myself, I’m all too aware of the pitfalls of certain behaviour, yet it’s inevitable I’ll be better suited to some hats than others. This week alone (and it’s only Wednesday) I’ve been recruiter, negotiator, counsel, motivator and yes, I admit it, horrible boss! But at the end of the day what I bring to my team is the same as every other individual who walks through the door each morning – a walking history of experiences and expectations that culminate to become my management style. Perhaps the key is to hold onto what it is that drives us and what we enjoy about it, rather than to contrive a textbook persona that will become a role in itself to fulfil. Click here for a selection of articles from this October 2011 edition of recruitment extra .
See the rest here: Tags: boss, Experiences, Hats, Industry Chat, issues, management, pitfalls, recruiter, style, styles, textbook Anatomy of the Counter Offer – What the Employee HearsA top candidate of mine just had “the talk” with his boss. He put in his notice, and the response was so very predictable. The boss offered apologies, promised raises and talked about new roles to keep him, but the candidate politely declined and finalized his start date…just the way we had prepped him. Counter offers have been used by Google , defended by top HR pro Lance Haun and lampooned in Forbes , so I won’t talk here about whether they are effective or not. I can, however, confidently state that the notice conversation, the point where a valued employee tells the manager he/she is leaving, is typically so poorly handled that it comes across as pathetic, lame and predictable. It all sounds plausible, and in fact, sometimes it’s even genuine. The problem, of course, is that the talk comes too late, so it feels fake. Here is a typical manager response when a top performer tells him she is leaving: Wow, Sally…that really catches me by surprise. Look, you’re way too valuable to us to have you leave. You have to know that, right? I mean, we’ve been really busy, so maybe I have not given you the right recognition or been able to bring you up to speed on the conversations we had last month at the leadership retreat. You’re very important to us. We had even talked about expanding your role. You’re that important. And me, I’m probably moving up in the next 6-12 months, and you’re the lady on the succession plan. Let me talk to the CEO and get you some time on her calendar next week, when she gets back from Asia. I know we can accelerate the raise we had already planned for you, plus another bump when you get promoted into my role. Just hang in there, Sally. Things are right around the corner. Big things. Don’t make any firm decisions yet. It comes across as so fake, in fact, that this is what the candidate actually hears from the manager: Initial surprise—I have been paying absolutely zero attention to you recently as you have completely disengaged from your work. The big secret plan—we either had a plan and failed to act on it, or more likely, never ever had a plan for your development. We can expand your role now—we have a group of unwanted, barely productive, high maintenance employees who no one else wants to manage. They’re yours. More money, right now—we would rather pay you what we should have been paying you rather than start a search. We will absolutely throw money at this problem. The big move…later—if we increase market share 67%, cut costs, and our four biggest competitors catch on fire, you’re in. Just not right away. Don’t make any firm decisions—even though you have worked tirelessly for me for years, I am asking you to delay your shot at greatness until someone else comes up with a plan to keep you. I am exaggerating a little, but I have used stories like this to tip off candidates ahead of time. Humor helps make the point. That way, they should be able to examine the counter conversations with an impartial eye. If you can prepare them for typical counter topics, maybe they can take the emotion out of the game to understand what’s real and what’s nonsense. Editor's Note – R.J. Morris is a staffing/talent acquisition director for McCarthy Building Companies based out of STL. Like many others in the FOT clan, he's a sports nut who can endlessly draw the parallels between athletes, sports and the talent management game. I know, I know, as if we needed more of that. That aside, he's got two master's degrees and more than a dozen years under his belt as an HR practitioner including as an HRD focused on staffing for McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Go here to see the original:
Tags: Apologies, boss, bump, Forbes, initial, lampooned, manager, performer, sally, succession, surprise, typical Coping With Emergencies – The Survival of Your Small Business …You have started a small business and are experiencing success with it beyond your wildest dreams. You are doing what you love and enjoying being your own boss and setting your own schedule. Then, the unthinkable happens – you or a family member are in … Plan for the worst , while hoping and praying that the plan never needs to be put into action. If the need never arises, great! If against all odds, you find it necessary to implement it, then at least you are prepared, … See the original post here: “Please note – this post was scraped from the original site as indicated above in the “read more about this article URL” and is in no way reflects the views, opinions or values of the team at Review Recruiter. More specifically, Review Recruiter is in no way connected with, associated with or involved with the original author or the original authors content. If you are interested in reading more about this article, please visit the original authors site as mentioned above.” Tags: boss, business, dreams, family, Industry Chat, member, odds, result, unthinkable, wildest PSA "leakage" inevitable: ANZ recruitment boss; HJB announces capital raising; plus more.PSA “leakage” inevitable: ANZ recruitment boss… HJB announces capital raising… RCSA award winners announced… Chandler McLeod restructures board committees… Ex-Heidrick managing partner joins Johnson…. U&U continues Brisbane growth…. New appointments for Launch Recruitment…. Bluefin snares former Michael Page consultant. The rest is here: Tags: award, board, boss, chandler, Committees, Industry Chat, mcleod, psa, result, winners Business Boss Calls For A Bank Holiday BanA boss who is insisting his 80 staff work during the royal wedding is urging other business leaders to back his campaign to keep Britain moving and open as normal on 29 April. Jim Venables, MD of officebroker.com , is refusing to acknowledge the extra bank holiday and for has told his staff it will be business as usual. He believes the extra day off will cost businesses millions in lost revenue and, while he wishes the royal couple well, he is not prepared to shut up shop for the day. Mr Venables has questioned why William and Kate can’t get married on a Saturday like everyone else and is unable to understand why the government, who has claimed SMEs will bring the economy back to life, have decided to grind the country to a halt for the day. He is now calling on other employers to follow his lead and refuse to close their business down on April 29. Last year Mr Venables, whose nickname amongst his staff is “Orribles”, made local headlines when he gave his team half a day off to watch England’s World Cup clash against Slovenia. But it seems his patriotism does not extend to next month’s royal occasion. Mr Venables said: “I think the royal family are a fantastic tourist attraction for the UK and when I did the tour of Buckingham Palace I was very impressed. “But businesses are being forced to take a day off when there’s simply no need for it. There seems to be an assumption from the Government that everyone in the UK cares and that’s not the truth. “April is already a short month with two bank holidays so why add a third? The effects on businesses will be crippling. Shortening our month means reducing our revenue and that’s really, really annoying. Shutting down on that Friday could cost my business up to £50,000 in lost revenue, plus the additional cost of paying staff on that day. “Other businesses seem to share my opinion. A new report has highlighted that one in three office workers in the capital and one in four elsewhere in the UK are still unsure as to whether their bosses will give them the day off. It will be interesting on the actual day to see just how many business owners let their staff take the day off. “I wish the young couple all the very best but I can’t see why they don’t get married on a Saturday like everyone else does and that would solve the whole problem. Instead there seems to be the attitude of, ‘I know what we’ll do, we’ll close the whole country down for the day!’ “Well we’re not having it. We will be working like it’s any other day, just getting on with it. I hope other managers will do the same. Why should businesses suffer?” Based in Tamworth, Staffs, Mr Venables’ 80 strong company officebroker.com is the UK’s leading online finder of office space for businesses. Mr Venables said he felt he had the support of his team. He added: “We have a great team here and they all understand the commercial pressures that businesses face. I haven’t had any complaints about the decision. They all call me ‘Orribles’ anyway so there’s probably been a bit of banter about it but nothing I can’t take.” An insider at officebroker.com ’s Tamworth HQ said: “I suppose we’ll watch the highlights on the telly when we get home. It’s fair enough really. I mean I didn’t expect Prince William to ground his helicopter on my wedding day so why would he expect me to put my feet up all day?” Operations manager Liz Yorke added: “When the date was announced, two of my staff immediately booked off the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as annual leave to try to take advantage of all the bank holidays. They were none too pleased when I told them they had to book it off if they wanted not to work it!” For more info on the campaign please visit - www.keepbritainmoving.com .
View post: “Please note – this post was scraped from the original site as indicated above in the “read more about this article URL” and is in no way reflects the views, opinions or values of the team at Review Recruiter. More specifically, Review Recruiter is in no way connected with, associated with or involved with the original author or the original authors content. If you are interested in reading more about this article, please visit the original authors site as mentioned above.” Tags: act, bank, boss, country, government, holiday, Industry Chat, media, result, tas ContractingI want to get the opinion of other contractors. I have been contracting for 3 years now through the same agency. I know they make at least 20% on me. Is it fair, that for 3 years they get this income? I mean what did they really do? They found a job for me? My boss approached me this morning and mentioned to me the company was interested in engaging me directly. Is this a common practice? I mean the agency has made enough money from me by now? Is what i am doing illegal? Can I/Or my company get in trouble? Tags: 3 Years, boss, Enough Money, job G4S social careers OR G4S normal careers OR G4S confused careersG4S have launched their “social career site” so having seen Jon Ingham’s post yesterday and as an ex Securicor employee and one time boss of current Global Head of Resourcing Colin Minto, I thought I’d take a look to see what Colin’s done this time! First impressions I went to www.g4s.com as my start point which is a nice looking corporate site. I clicked on Careers had a look around but could not find any jobs or see anything that special. But, in amongst the pages are some links to another career site. Confused? Yep, I was too especially when… See the original post here:
Tags: boss, career sites, communities, global, impressions, resourcing, social media, social recruiting Where Do You Stand?An old boss of mine truly believed that if he gave out too much positive recognition it would dilute the impact, thus making it ‘less powerful’ when he did give it out. The unfortunate part was that the lack of positive feedback turned me into a wee-bit of a lunatic (causing me to second guess my every move, agonize over my standing within the company, and waste time worrying that I wasn’t living up to the expectation he had for me). He once justified the lack of feedback by stating that all of the work he piled on my plate was his way of telling me I was a good employee. Ah, the disconnect. The FOT Mail Bag question earlier this week and a recent private coaching session really got me thinking about how we can help employees get an accurate feel for where they stand in the eyes of their managers. In a perfect world all managers would… oh, I don't know, talk to their employees (aka; initiate communication channels where continuous feedback flows naturally, everyone knows when they're succeeding and where they need to improve, instant feedback is the norm, and employees never wast energy wondering what their boss thinks of them). But, in order for that to work managers would actually have to partake in some very difficult conversations and one thing I know to be true is that managers suck at starting the tough conversations. But employees still want to know where they stand so when I coach them I give them the following advice for how to get feedback from their boss: Be your own advocate. If you aren’t getting face time with your boss and don’t know where you stand then ask for a meeting. I’m a fan of ongoing meetings but only if they’re worth everyone’s time involved. Don’t leave it up to your manager to have an agenda – have your own. This requires knowing what you need from your manager and going into the meeting with a goal to get that information out of him/her. Ask the tough questions. Every once in awhile I make sure to ask my boss the following question at the end of our meetings, “If there was one thing you wish I would start doing or stop doing, what would that be?” The first time I asked my boss this he turned bright red but after sitting there for a minute he gave me a really candid answer. Be prepared for tough answers. You know the question I posed in the last bullet? Well, every time I ask it I find myself holding my breath because sometimes the truth hurts. You mean I’m not perfect?! When you ask someone for candid advice it’s NOT OKAY to debate them. Listen to their response and thank them for being so candid. Period. Become a fisherman. Believe me, I hate when people fish for compliments just as much as the next guy but if your manager is anything like mine was in the job I mentioned in the opening paragraph you might need to fish just to keep your sanity. My tactic was to bring up a recent project I’d completed and ask him what his overall thoughts were on the project. From there I would ask him what I had done that he really liked (enter one sentence positive answer from manager). Then, on days where I didn’t want to seem like a needy fisherman, I’d ask him what aspects of the project he would have liked me to have done differently (enter 10 minute rant from manager). If I was okay with seeming like a needy fisherman that day then I’d end with the one sentence positive answer. If employees become less fearful of advocating for themselves, asking tough questions, and insisting (through asking tough questions) that communication channels be opened they're much more likely to know where they stand within a company. Do you have any other advice for how employees can get honest, candid feedback from their managers? What if you're on a team where the manager just isn't willing to give candid feedback even when asked directly? Editor's Note - When it comes to her professional life, Marisa Keegan is passionate about three things; employee engagement, employee advocacy, and corporate culture. Her goal is to help business leaders understand the importance of giving their employees a voice. Since leaving her position as Culture Maven at Rackspace, she has joined Modea, a digital services agency, and is helping them shape their Talent Management Strategy. Need help understanding what it takes to build a great corporate culture and to truly give your employees a voice? She’s the person you need to talk to. Here is the original post:
Tags: bit, boss, communication, Expectation, hr (& life!) advice, Industry Chat, marisa keegan, perfect, result, time, wee, world Employee Advocacy ProgramsI swear, I wasn’t brought to Fistful of Talent to be the Reality Show Ranter but sometimes I just can’t help myself, because these shows are a breeding ground for HR and Culture lessons. Today, however, unlike my rants on Kate Gosselin , Jersey Shore , or Cake Boss , I actually have a reality show to highlight that I think all of you should watch. CBS is airing a new season of Undercover Boss , Tags: advocacy, Advocacy Programs, boss, breeding, Breeding Ground, Cbs, circumstances, corporate, Culture Lessons, employee, engagement, ground, Jersey Shore, Kate Gosselin, lessons, mentors, personal, programs, Rants, reality, Reality Show, result, roadblocks, tweaks Attraction BonusWell it’s the end of my probationary period and my boss has just called me into a meeting and told me that he wants to offer me a permanent position. He has also indicated that he wants to offer me a “retention” component of $10,000.oo Basically he is saying that he gives me a $10,000 fee and then if I leave or fail to meet my targets and get fired in the next 12 months, I have to pay it back. Is this normal in recruitment? Tags: 12 Months, Bonus, boss, Probationary Period, recruitment agencies, targets Can I sue my boss?Swedish researchers say a worker whose boss is unfair, inconsiderate, and deficient in managerial skills, is at increased risk of a heart attack. so can i sue my boss if i end up having a heart attack? Tags: boss, Having A Heart Attack, Heart Attack, Managerial Skills, risk, Swedish Researchers what not to wear to work gals!i really think some women out there need to read and obey! Tags: Belly Buttons, Belly Piercings, Boots, boss, Christian Audigier, Cleavage, Corduroy, Cross Dressing, Ed Hardy, Eyebrow Rings, Facial Piercings, Gals, gold, Kelly Cutrone, Muffin Top, Stilettos, Thigh High, workplaces undercover bossthis tv show starts on channel 10 on july 25th and i can’t wait .each shows features a senior exec, working incognito as an entry level hire within his own company. looks like a great watch. Tags: boss, Channel 10, Exec, Incognito, Tv Show pomodoro techniqueapparently my boss read something over the weekend about the ‘pomodoro technique’.its based upon psychologist :mihaly csikszentmihaly, who belives people should work to 30 min cycles to build up the self discipline muscle.anyway so every 30 min a buzzer goes off in the office and we are all expected to have a 5 min break and then change tasks.and so on and so on. the buzzer is kind of annoying but my boss seems to think we will produce better results.has anyone heard of the technique and is it really effective. and there goes the buzzer again!! Tags: boss, Buzzer, Psychologist Mihaly, Self Discipline what to wear to new jobmy friend was asking me what sort of clothes he should wear to his new job in IT. it made me think of how lucky i am here. we get to wear casual clothes every day. if i really wanted to wear thongs and tshirt/shorts im sure my boss would let me just as long as i do a good job. makes me reminisces on the suit days… feel sorry for all those sheep Tags: boss, Casual Clothes, good-job, new-job, Sheep, Tshirt Using google to target your next boss.What a great idea. If you're looking for your next job, just use google ad words to target your next hire by using their name as the primary search string. The results it would seem are excellent. Tags: boss, Embedded, Find A Job, Find Job, Google, job, Search String, Target Impostermy friend sent me an article on the imposter syndrome and i cried. ive been in the recruitment industry for a few years now and every time i make that placement i just put it down to luck.my boss tells me that i’m good at what i do but i just think he’s being nice. sometimes i think ‘who am i kidding-i’m no recruiter’. i sometimes think clients are going to meet me and want nothing to do with me after that because they will see i’m nothing but a fake or maybe my boss will realise this too and fire me.i am pretty hard on myself but i think i need to be.when i look in the mirror i don’t see me. i see an imposter. Tags: boss, Imposter Syndrome, Mirror, recruiter, recruitment industry when should i tell my boss i’m pregnant?i just found out i’m about 8 weeks pregnant and was wanting to know people’s thoughts on when’s a good time to tell my boss? Tags: 8 Weeks Pregnant, boss, Good Time no cake for me!!yesterday it was my birthday. i know im getting old and its not such a big deal anymore but it would have been nice to get a cake or even just a ‘happy birthday’ from my boss would of sufficed. especially considering last month a female staff member got a yummy cake delivered into the office and heaps of attention. the boss even gave her a present! wtf! what because she’s a girl she gets to have a cake now and i don’t cause im a guy. im the only guy in the office – but hey i like cake too!!whats the deal with that? Tags: boss, Cake Delivered, Female Staff, Happy Birthday, Heaps, Hey, Staff Member, Wtf, Yummy Cake |
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