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There are 20.5 million “jokes about HR,” double those in accounting and millions more than CEO’s. Don’t you wish HR could stop them? Article Descriptors| Strategic Steps/Fast-Acting – List Of Five – 5 Min Read Don’t Complain… Act Yes, since Dilbert began providing readers with jokes about HR, it has …

Leaders often have difficulty saying no. But decision filters make rejecting weak proposals easier. Descriptors… Decision-making / the decision filter tool – how-to – criteria for rejecting weak projects – 4 min. scan. Yes, in today’s business environment, many leaders are under pressure from executives, customers, and employees to “do …

I’ve found that the highest impact transferable practice from the NFL to business is prioritization. And if you’re not familiar with the concept, when something receives a higher priority. The organization places a laser focus and narrowly targets an area where allocating more resources is essential in order to be …

Shareholders should be outraged when their execs use broad layoffs, which have a painfully low ROI. In fact, along with M&A actions, a large-scale layoff may have the most disruptive business impacts of all talent actions. So as an alternative, I recommend a “gradual and surgical release” alternative approach, which …

A Think Piece – that recommends the greatest extension of talent management thinking in your lifetime.  Most organizations already prioritize their key positions. But that group of prioritized positions usually only includes key executives and managers. However, nature teaches us that the less prominent “under the radar positions” often have …

Losing Michael Jordan hurts but losing Homer Simpson rates a party, so avoid lumping all turnover together.

Why HR Must Prioritize Its Internal Customers Prioritization is one of the highest-ROI practices available to HR leaders, but unfortunately most in HR have failed to take advantage of it. It takes very little time or money to prioritize your internal customers, but the results can be dramatic. Prioritizing can …

Calculating the Cost of a Vacancy in a Revenue-Generating Job A revenue-generating job is one that when vacant, no revenue is generated. Obviously, this category includes sales jobs, but it also includes a large number of jobs that can potentially halt the revenue stream if left vacant, like pilots or …