How to waste $41 billion dollars on performance management
My open letter to Bill Morrow, recently appointed CEO of the National Broadband Network Dear Bill, Congratulations on your recent appointment as CEO of NBN. It’s a big job, even with your history of telecom turnarounds. I read with interest the article in The Australian about your plans to fix the cultural problems at NBN. […]
Talent management and the looming workforce crisis
The elephant in the room There’s an elephant in the room. But don’t worry. The experts say it’s not going to get temperamental for 10 years or so. That’s my three sentence summary of “The Global Workforce Crisis: $10 Trillion at Risk”. The report was just released by Boston Consulting Group (you can read the […]
How to identify skill gaps
Imagine you are running a women’s fashion business. You’ve focussed your product line on flattering dresses and managed to build a great brand name by getting those products right. You’ve done so well in fact, you’re ready to expand. Being an adventurous sort of person you decide to do something different, actually a lot different. […]
Do organisations still use Position Descriptions?
Some years ago it wasn’t uncommon to find organisations where performance reviews were done by evaluating people against the Position Description for their role. In my experience very few are doing this now. I’m specifically referring to the traditional Position Description that provided an overview of the role and some of the inherent responsibilities, but […]
What if one-on-ones were like an episode of The Voice?
What is a one-on-one? It’s a conversation between a leader and team member to discuss performance. Where the person is going well and what needs improvement. These meetings should take place often (monthly is a good start) and should be in a neutral space or where the employee feels comfortable. These conversation gems can unearth […]
A Marriage of the Two Most Unlikely Partners
Who should control enterprise social technology in the organisation, IT or HR? This is an interesting problem because it isn’t so clear cut and because HR may not realise this should be on their radar. HR is ultimately responsible for selecting and running the HRMS system used in an organisation. IT needs to be heavily involved […]
My experience using enterprise social technology
We have been using our own enterprise social technology internally now for some time. I’d like to share just one of the many experiences. In part I’m doing this to help illustrate the benefit of enterprise social technology. It helps answer the question of why someone would want to use it. I’m also sharing the experience […]
