The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week
With so many blogs floating around the blogosphere on the topics of talent management, leadership, and human resources it's hard to know what's worth reading. We thought we'd save you some time and point you to the best of the best from last week including a couple of exciting "new faces" to our list!
Click the link below for our five favorite blog posts for the week of July 7th through July 13th, 2008.
Art Petty on Management: What is Your Strategy for Managing 30 and 40 somethings? - With all the attention given to managing Generation Y it is easy to forget about those 30 and 40 somethings packed full of knowledge and experience and on the verge of becoming disengaged. Art offers a handful of suggestions for managing these critical assets to your organization.
Business Pundit: 8 Surprise-Attack Reference Questions to Amp up Your Hiring Intelligence - Reference checks are only one part of a holistic hiring strategy. However, it is an important one. Drea at Business Pundit offers 8 surprise reference questions to extract more information out of the process.
Bob Sutton, Work Matters: The No Asshole Rule for Doctors: Hospitals Will Risk Losing Their Accreditation - It seems that the impact of bad bosses in the workplace hasn't went unnoticed by the medical industry. Bob Sutton reports that hospitals will have to establish codes of conduct and procedures for dealing with inappropriate behavior by hospital staffers and doctors. A must read for anyone in the medical industry.
Ann Bares , Compensation Force: Gas Price Spikes - How Employers in One State are Responding - Curious how employers are helping employees cope with the spike in gas prices? Ann Bares reports the highlights from a survey of 500 Minnesota organizations.
Totally Consumed: Just Give Me Something to Believe in - In times of business and economic uncertainty, the rumor mill is chocked full with truths, half-truths, and misreported information all at the same time. Anonymous HR blogger Totally Consumed reminds us that in times of organizational change, what employees really want most is something to believe in.
Bonus Picks: The past week was full of great blogs. As such two bonus picks have been deemed warranted. Enjoy!
- Tara Craig, The Work Clinic - Curious what Generation Y wants from work? Tara gives it to us straight from the horses mouth -- an up and coming 15 year old student!
- Seth Godin's Blog - The Insightful Seth Godin shares how you can make everyone happy... with one small caveat.
Research Pick: The Institute for Corporate Productivity (I4CP) reports on what companies are doing (and aren't doing) to address the loss of organizational knowledge as baby boomers leave the workplace.
