Hiring is perhaps on of the most expensive things you’ll do in business. There are costs involved with recruiting a pool of people who might be right. There are more costs involved in selecting the right one from the pool. Then you have the costs involved in actually putting that employee on staff. That’s before […]
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Objectives based employment
Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
Previously I’ve addressed the nine to five work week, and how it’s outdated and in need of a face lift. What I didn’t really do is suggest any alternatives. I’d like to tell you about one alternative, which I call “Objectives based employment”. In basic terms, the employee is hired to meet certain objectives. They […]
Read More HR, Management, Objectives based employment, People, Time managementDo selection procedures work?
Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
I used to have a dislike for the rigorous selection procedures that some companies use in hiring new staff. I’d thought that they prevented me from selecting a candidate I knew was the best fit for the position if they interviewed poorly. I considered them an unwelcome intrusion into the hiring process. Then something happened. […]
Read More HR, Human resource management, TrustIt’s all about the people
Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
An extremely important skill in business today is the ability to communicate with people. Whether they are peers, supervisors or customers, communication is the base upon which your relationship is built. If you pay attention to the way people communicate, you’ll notice a great deal of people communicate awkwardly. They lack the interpersonal skills to relate […]
Read More Communication, HRHow your reward strategy may be destroying your business, one promotion at a time
Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
It’s common to promote staff from a front line position to a line manager position because of their excellent technical work or skills. It’s also common that such promotions often don’t work out well. These new managers don’t work out as was expected, for several reasons.
Read More HR, StrategyDownsizing through attrition — it’s a bad idea.
Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
A wide range of organisations have been investigating downsizing their workforce. It’s that part of the cycle. There are a great number of ways to downsize, and one which is prone to over-use is downsizing through attrition.
Read More Downsizing, HRHuman capital
Posted by Daniel Rose - - Blog
Generally I’m not a big fan of the term “human capital”. It seems to objectify the people in a given organisation, placing them in the same category as financial or other non-human resources. I find that to be counter-productive to employee engagement and motivation.
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