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The Business of Management
Workforce Management editor John Hollon analyzes and comments on business, management and the art of leading a workforce.
Workforce Washington
Washington staff writer Mark Schoeff Jr. provides an insider's insights to the workings of our nation's capital from the workforce management perspective.
Global Work Watch
Staff writer Ed Frauenheim blogs about how companies worldwide marshal and manage their workers.
Books@Work
Books@Work reviews and previews new books that are of interest to workforce management professionals.
Featured Blogs:
The HR Capitalist
Featured blogger Kris Dunn, who is VP of HR for a software company, started The HR Capitalist in 2006, to explore "the intersection of the HR practice, technology and business results in today's organizations."
The Human Capitalist
Featured blogger Jason Corsello is the Vice President of the Center of Excellence at the respected consulting firm Knowledge Infusion. He's one of the leading experts on human capital management, workforce transformation, and business process outsourcing.
New Learning Playbook
Featured blogger Jeanne Meister is an internationally recognized leader in creating innovations in the operation and management of an enterprise learning function. Her blog tracks the latest trends and innovations in learning among corporations, non-profit agencies and institutions of higher education.
Compensation Force
Featured blogger Ann Bares is managing partner of Altura Consulting Group, LLC. She has more than 20 years of experience consulting in the areas of compensation and performance management. She is an instructor for the University of Minnesota and has served as adjunct faculty at Concordia University.
Fistful of Talent
Fistful of Talent, presents all sides of the talent equation, offering opinions from recruiters, HR, consultants and corporate types on all things talent. Kris Dunn, author of the HR Capitalist blog, has assembled an all-star posse of posters who contribute to Fistful of Talent, including Paul Hebert of Incentive Intelligence, Tim Tolan of Sanford Rose Associates, Michael Wolfe of SourceMedical, Jennifer McClure of Centennial, Jessica Lee of APCO, Beth Kobermann of Honeywell, Kelly Dingee of AIRS and Maren Hogan of HCI.
Benefits Buzz
Dedicated to presenting benefits news and opinion from the viewpoint of the practitioner, Benefits Buzz features posts from professionals working in corporate benefits and HR functions nationally (Greg Dagley, formerly of Mercer and now working at a Fortune 50 company; Joan Gibson of the Veterans Health Research Institute; and Kris Dunn of SourceMedical), as well as subject-matter experts in areas critical to the performance of benefits programs (Tanya Barham from Recess Wellness; Scott Pechman from brokerage Willis; Jerry Kalish from National Benefit Services, a 401(k) services provider; and a team of health care analysts from Hewitt Associates).
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Opinions, commentary and analysis on workforce management.
The Top 5 Reasons to Get Out of HR—and Then Come Back
A career in HR that also includes some time outside the function can help us to become that much more effective when we come back.
Why You Won’t Get Rid of Your Organization’s Jerks
Commentary: You think you want to introduce the famous ‘No Asshole Rule’ to your organization? Here are six reasons why it’s not going to happen.
Bring Back Classical Management
Commentary: Classical management, all but dead in most organizations, is a leadership function that seeks to optimize benefits for the worker, investor and consumer to fair and consistent levels. Today, in the midst of a widespread recession, HR has the opportunity to reintroduce classical management to organizations as a real long-term strategy that will lead to productivity and sustained growth.
Broken Engagement
With a possible economic recovery on the horizon, it is time for America's business leaders to step up and start helping America's workforce out of its funk.
How the Employer-Employee Relationship Has Permanently Changed
Commentary: Whether because of a bad boss, a longing for more innovative and challenging work, or management decisions that have taken the fun out of their jobs, many employees today, no matter the industry or job function, have declared—publicly and in private—that all bets are off. The employer-employee relationship has changed for good. Why?
Misplaced Blame
General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson responds to Workforce Management's article about the departure of HR head Katherine Barclay, saying that 'to single out Katy Barclay and the GM global human resources team [for the automaker's financial problems] is both unfair and, in many ways, ludicrous--as well as a disservice to your readers.'
The Last Word: Calm, Cool Leadership
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joe Torre makes managing look easy because he’s busy working behind the scenes instead of jumping up on the tables and exhorting his followers to take to the ramparts.
The Last Word: Losing Sight
Rather than debating ‘lifetime’ jobs, or the Employee Free Choice Act, or the organized labor issue du jour, I'd rather we had a discussion about the real issues workers care about.
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