by Brad Herbert | Mar 28, 2010 | Development, Recruitment
Interesting article from TechCrunch about India’s corporate educational approach and how they’re successfully using standard approaches to get strong results. As any person in a tech company will tell you, getting support from top management for thorough...
by Brad Herbert | Mar 20, 2010 | Development
Great article from TechCrunch guest author Vivek Widhwa on how to integrate ethical behaviour into the core fabric of your organization’s culture. He notes that without it happening at the very beginning, modelled by the executives (especially the CEO), and...
by Brad Herbert | Feb 25, 2010 | Total Rewards
Those of us who lived through the tech bubble can attest to the power of equity ownership as a recruiting and, if things remain positive, retention tool. I enjoyed the benefits of stock programs at Netscape and Electronic Arts and believe it’s effective when...
by Brad Herbert | Feb 18, 2010 | Development
Interesting stats by Dan McCarthy on a Bloomberg / Hay Group study of the best companies for leadership development. Take a look at the full report, but here are some interesting highlights: The study identifies a variety of factors that make the Top 20 Best Companies...
by Brad Herbert | Feb 17, 2010 | Development
Here is some very interesting research from Wharton professor Adam Grant who has data showing that discretionary effort notably increases when employees see the significance of their work on others. This resonated with me because I think it’s important to focus...
by Brad Herbert | Feb 3, 2010 | Development
This is a great article from the NY Times with Cristóbal Conde, president and C.E.O. of SunGard on managing modern, info-rich, highly decentralized organizations (thanks @mitchlasky). Favorite quotes: (1) “You have to work on the structure of collaboration. How...
by Brad Herbert | Nov 20, 2009 | Development, Recruitment
Kim Lamoureux at Bersin & Associates, a research firm focused on talent management systems, recently shared how Deloitte helps its employees describe their ideal career through four factors. I think this is a smart idea, especially for a firm like Deloitte with...
by Brad Herbert | Oct 1, 2009 | Development
Here’s a very interesting, provocative article from the Harvard Business Review on innate skills related to creativity and how those skills get expressed (or don’t) by people as they age and the implications for organizations navigating a world of...
by Brad Herbert | Sep 30, 2009 | Total Rewards
Amusing and helpful articles from Margaret O’Hanlon on how to work through very small merit increase budgets and the associated, sometimes awkward, conversations managers should be prepared to have with employees. I’ll add one thing to this mix: consider...
by Brad Herbert | Sep 30, 2009 | Development
I thought this was a good article from Steve Roesler on six easy ways to coach someone. It’s centered around the principle that the most beneficial conversations are those based on dialogue where you drop barriers, understand and expose explicitly your...
