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Archive for August, 2008

Coaching According to Google

26 August 2008 Dave Brookmire 0 Comments

What does it take to build an incredibly successful business like Google? Or a strong company culture of innovation like exists at Google? Ask a Google coach.

This video – called Coaching: Leading from Strength – by Google coach Carolyn Foster talks about the power inherent in working from and leading from your strengths:

By identifying and further developing our unique talents and character strengths, we contribute more effectively and enjoy the process. This talk will draw on findings from positive psychology, brain science, and resilience research to describe practical strategies for articulating passions and reaching goals.

Hey, if it works for Google, right?

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The Benefits of HR Outsourcing

19 August 2008 Dave Brookmire 0 Comments

Human resources outsourcing is a smart strategy for any business, small or large, because it gives businesses the ability to delegate time consuming, complex tasks and instead focus their time on their core competencies and client relationship development. In today’s economy, maintaining strong client relationships and efficient, profitable operations are key to long-term growth and sustainability.

This video explains how outsourced human resources works:

Increasing your available time to focus on business development and core competencies will give you the ability to focus on the things that will keep your business strong and increase your value proposition. In addition, outsourcing internal processes to an external specialist gives you access to compliance expertise, the latest technologies and proven strategies, because these outsource service providers make it their businesses to be experts in these business operations practices. It’s a win win, when you find the right provider. Click here for more information about HR consulting and outsourcing.

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Human Resources Insight: Hiring in a Recession

19 August 2008 Dave Brookmire 0 Comments

What are the pros and cons of hiring in a recession? Forbes focuses this week on finding the right fit for the increasing pool of displaced talent resulting from the current economy. Small business expert and author Jane Applegate discusses identifying talent and finding the right fit within your organization:

“The good news about hiring in a recession: There’s an awful lot of talent looking for a home. Between April 2007 and April 2008, an estimated 755,000 jobs were shed, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Thanks to the housing crisis, a good chunk of those folks were in the construction business. But other areas are bleeding talent, too, such as financial services (93,000 jobs), manufacturing (47,000), information services (66,000) and leisure and hospitality (52,000).

“While having a bounty to choose from is a good thing, the hard part is finding the right fit.”

Read the full column “The Joys (And Perils) of Hiring in a Recession.”

Also check out Forbes.com’s “Tips for Hiring Outside the Box”:

  • Define Your Weaknesses
  • Interview Systematically
  • Rank and Roll
  • (Really) Check References
  • Establish a Time Period

Click here for more human resources management tools.

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How to Instigate Change

15 August 2008 Dave Brookmire 0 Comments

How do you instigate change in your organization? Are your employees passionate and motivated? This is a great video of a motivational speech by Patrick Dixon, a motivational speaker, author, and global business consultant, discussing why motivation is such a key success issue in business.

His point: You don’t need change management programs, because when people get it, they change. You have to convince them of the point. When you get passion, change happens. When you don’t have any passion, nothing happens.

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Effective Leadership Requires Relationship

15 August 2008 Dave Brookmire 0 Comments

This is a great post from the Wall Street Journal’s Column “IN THE LEAD” by Carol Hymowitz. She points out that great managers have to be leaders, and that leadership only comes through relationship. She likens leadership to marriage:

“A wise friend of mine believes that the hardest part of marriage isn’t learning how to get along with your spouse, but rather coming to grips with what you learn about yourself as you relate to your wife or your husband. I think managers face the same challenge.”

She goes on to say:

“My experiences as a manager prompted me to launch this column almost a decade ago. I wanted to learn more about how leaders inspire those who follow them to take risks and to do more than they ever thought possible, and about how they convince employees that while failure is permissible, success is expected.”

Read the full article “Effective Management Remains an Art Steeped in Good Relationship.”

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