I like to kick off each week with five blog posts that I found particularly enjoyable from the previous week in the HR and talent management blogosphere. Here you go!
Wally Bock, Three Star Leadership: Leadership Might be a Bad Choice for you if...- You'll often hear employees talking about why they want to move into a leadership role. However, said reasons for wanting to be a leader don't always coincide with the skills actually need to be an effective leader. Wally shares four critical questions one must ask themselves to determine if a leadership role is really a good choice.
Laurie Ruettimann, Punk Rock HR: HR is Not Your Mommy - HR has a bad reputation for playing the parental role within many organizations. Laurie sees this being perpetuated from the top down by HR executives who draw on their department's motherly instincts instead of focusing on how HR can leverage its skills to quantifiably add value and contribute to the bottom line.
Frank Roche, Know HR: Release the Energy of HR High Potentials - Let Them See HR Leaders in Action- Think your HiPo HR team members are going to stick around for the 2.8% salary increase your organization budgeted for? Think again. In the face of limited resources to reward high potential employees, Frank suggests you let your HiPos see HR leadership live in action to give them a taste of what your organization can offer them in the future.
Lance Huan, Rehaul.com: Are You Hiring Clowns? Lance is tired of companies making candidates jump through hoops. That's fine, he says, if you are hiring clowns, but not when it comes to hiring impactful team members that meet and exceed performance expectations. Lance has three ideas why organizations continue to spend thousands of dollars treating candidates like clowns.
Institute for Corporate Productivity: Need Talent? 25% of Companies are Contacting Competitor Employees Directly - While unemployment is still near an all-time high, the war for talent is fierce and only going to get fiercer when the labor market eventually rebounds. The folks at I4CP report that 25% of organizations will be directly contacting their competitor's employees in an attempt to poach away top performers. Get ready for a new battle in the war for talent!
