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 June 30th through July 6th, 2008.
Dan McCarthy, Great Leadership: Leadership Rules - Leadership Guru Dan McCarthy shares the 12 rules he lives by as a leader -- a great list that all leaders and aspiring leaders should read to put their role into context.
Nick McCormick, Joe and Wanda on Management: We Can Do Better - Blogger Nick McCormick, and his unique blogging style recently popped onto our radar. Nick takes a look at the Pygmalion Effect and how our expectations of others impact their performance and results.
Steve Roesler, All Things Workplace: "How'm I Doin?" Will Get you Some Feedback - Curious how your performance is and where you stand with others? Just ask! Steve has some great advice on getting feedback that is actionable and actually matters. Hint... It's not likely to come during your annual performance evaluation!
Lola Kakes, Effortless HR: Are you a Manager or an "Ogre"? - There's no shortage of literature online about bad bosses and the effect of these individuals have on the workplace. With this in mind Lola Kakes wants to know "Are you a manager or an ogre?" and provides a short 10 question quiz to help you find out.
HR Wench: Call Center Recruiting - Having troubles filling positions that are admittedly not the sexiest jobs in the world? The growing competition for talent requires HR pros to be creative in the methods they use to source the talent their organization needs. HR Wench shares a creative recruiting system she implemented to deal with sourcing difficulties in a call center.
