By Dr. Allen Zeman No one would argue against the idea that, to thrive in today’s global economy, nations must grow their capital. But many people don’t realize that “capital” comes in two very different forms. We often think of capital as tangible things — physical assets like factories, farms, roads, highways, and even warships. But […]
How to Grow Human Capital During Hard Times
By Dr. Allen Zeman Without a doubt, the most important capital right now remains human capital. Organizations that will thrive after the pandemic are taking actions now to improve their future stock of this form of capital that delivers over 90% of organizational results. As I write this, medical and financial fears abound. Much of […]
Three Tips to Manage a Toxic Work Environment
Organizations are full of individual and group relationships. Even if you work on a small team in a mid-size organization, it’s possible to have over 25 different working relationships when you consider a relationship with each person on your team, peers, colleagues on other teams, clients and vendors. According to the2014 Globeforce survey, 78 percent […]
Eight Steps to Create a Learning Culture
Gallup’s report, How Millennials Work and Live, shows that 59% of Millennials say learning and development (L&D) opportunities are extremely important to them when considering a job. Comparatively, 44% of Gen Xers and 41% of Baby Boomers say the same about L&D. Gallup also reports that “An impressive 87% of Millennials rate ‘professional or career […]
Five Tips to Manage Unmanageable Employees
There are many types of employees in the workforce: The Rude-Nik: They happily supply their co-workers with hissy fits and bad moods at will. The Egomaniac: Let’s just say these employees aren’t exactly “team players.” The AWOL: They are the ones who at this very moment may be missing from the office despite a team […]
Three Ways Learning Agility Can Help Your Career Growth
We have a guest blog this week about a fascinating topic: Learning agility. Thanks for David Hoff, co-author of Learning Ability-The Key to Leader Potential. Learning agility is finding yourself in a new situation and not knowing what to do – but then figuring it out. Why would that be important? In an organizational context, […]
Optimize Your Recruitment Process by Using Competencies
Recently, we wrote about the five steps to optimize employee development with a competency framework. This 5-step process begins with identifying organizational competencies and determining expected proficiencies by employee position and continues. The next two steps include assessing competencies and aligning the current proficiency with organizational needs and career aspirations. Finally, each employee should track […]
Why Leadership Training Fails
It happens all the time. Senior leaders seek leadership training to strengthen the leadership team. Yet they don’t know exactly what will make their individual leaders better in their roles. Some will base their leadership coaching training programs on the flavor of the month, such as emotional intelligence. They have heard in leadership circles how […]
How to Train Your Staff with a Decreasing Budget
In our last blog, How to Use the 70/20/10 Model to Develop Careers, we discussed the “what”, “when” and “how” of using the 70/20/10 Adult Learning Model for employee development. Now let’s discuss the “why”. Managers face daily decisions to ensure their team gets what’s needed for success. But with budgets getting smaller, it’s hard […]
Eight Ways to Improve People Processes in Your Organization
People are a critical part of every organization’s balance sheet. Investments related to acquiring, retaining, developing, and inspiring employees are critical to your organization’s success, requiring a thoughtful strategy to build and maintain a productive workforce. CHCI’s talent life cycle, called PRIDALRM, refers to the interrelated strategies that support the most important assets of an […]
