The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week
As has come to be expected, there were a lot of great posts out there in the leadership, talent management, and human resources blogosphere this past week. For your convenience we have culled through them all and identified five of the best for the week of September 29th through October 5th, 2008.
Lance Huan, Your HR Guy: It Doesn't Take Courage to Stand up for Your Beliefs - Our favorite HR guy, Lance Huan, reminds us that when it comes to being an HR pro and adding value to your organization, it doesn't take courage to stand up for your beliefs. Rather, Lance says, it's a matter of doing the job you are paid to do!
Nina Simosko, Slow Leadership Blog: Whenever You Can, Tell it Like it is - Nina takes on what Jack Welch describes as business's "dirty little secret" - the fundamental lack of candor in business - and reminds us that it is better to be respected and not like than to be liked and not respected... even if it hurts sometimes.
Cathy Baniewicz, Effortless HR Blog : Political Discussions in the Workplace - Danger Zone - With the national political elections only a month away, Effortless HR's Cathy Baniewicz offers some reminders for dealing with political discussions in the workplace to ensure they do not negatively impact employee performance and morale.
Ann Bares, Compensation Force: Should Prime Working Hours be used as a Retail Sales Reward? - Compensation and benefits expert Ann takes an interesting look at a recent Knowledge @ Wharton HR article examining a sort of reward program Ann Taylor retail stores where retail sales reps are rewarded with prime hours based on their sales performance.
Bob Sutton, Work Matters: Management by Getting Out of the Way - The great Bob Sutton takes a look at leadership styles, groupthink, and why sometimes the best way to manage others and avoid stifling creativity and new ideas is to get out of your employee's way.
Bonus Pick: The Business Pundit's Drea put up a great post where she outlines her 401-Keg Plan that provides some much needed comic relieve in these tough financial and economic times.
