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HR: Time for a Reset

Jan 1, 2011 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Uncategorized

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) explains that in many cases HR ends up doing a considerable amount of HR administrative work in order to take the “burden” off line managers. It may mean that HR is no longer a BPU (business prevention unit) and that it has a seat at the table.

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HR Function of the Future, 12/9/2010

Dec 9, 2010 | Future of HR, Strategic HR

John Boudreau spoke on the HR Function of the Future: How Strategic Partnership with Impact Reshapes the HR Profession on December 9, 2010.

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Fast HRM: Confidence, Energy and Engagement

Nov 19, 2010 | Employee Engagement, Sponsor Content

In this particular Leadership Pulse Theresa M. Welbourne (CEO) studied a topic we have been doing quite a bit of work on called fast human resource management (HRM). We asked respondents to rate the degree to which HR is fast and also score how accurate the HR group is.

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Huron Hospital: Leading with Sustainability to Create a High-Performing System

Nov 18, 2010 | Sponsor Content, Sustainability

What do high-performance systems and sustainability initiatives mean to a leader’s role? In this case, Arienne McCracken (CEO) and Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO) introduce a leader, Gus Kious, who took the reins of a poorly performing hospital and describe his actions and successes.

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A Physician First

Nov 17, 2010 | Sponsor Content, Sustainability

Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO) and Arienne McCracken (CEO)
Shared leadership does not naturally occur. In the case of Jeff Weisz, Executive Medical Director of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, it reflects his and his team’s understanding that today’s world demands many leaders collaborating to lead an organization to greatness.

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Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives, Second Edition

Nov 17, 2010 | Talent Management

Investing in People introduces a breakthrough approach to Human Resources (HR) measurement that systematically aligns HR investments with organizational goals and helps make HR the true strategic partner it needs to be. Wayne F. Cascio and John W. Boudreau show exactly how to choose, implement, and use metrics to improve decision-making, optimize organizational effectiveness, and maximize the value of HR investments.

Performance Management: Creating an Effective Appraisal System

Nov 16, 2010 | Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Sponsor Content

Edward E. Lawler III (CEO) explains that the existence of an effective performance management system is often the major differentiator between organizations that produce adequate results and those that excel. Without a focus on performance management at all levels of an organization, it is hard to see how an organization can find a competitive advantage that is based on its talent.

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Data Coaching: A Cure for HR Data Analysis Paralysis?, 10/27/2010

Oct 27, 2010 | HR Analytics

Theresa Welbourne, CEO Research Professor, and Denise Avink of Northrop Grumman, spoke on October 27, 2010 on Data Coaching: A Cure for HR Data Analysis Paralysis?

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Fast HRM and Leadership Confidence: Update and Learning from the Field, 10/19/2010

Oct 19, 2010 | Leadership

Theresa Welbourne, Research Professor and Bill Cushard, Chief Learning Officer, Knowland Group spoke on October 19 about Fast HRM and the results of the Summer 2010 Leadership Pulse, as well as new high-level findings from the Fall 2010 Leadership Pulse).

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Organization Studies as Applied Science: The Generation and Use of Academic Knowledge about Organizations (Introduction to the Special Issue)

Sep 15, 2010 | Future of HR, Sponsor Content

In this introduction to the special issue, Paula Jarzabkowski (Aston), Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO), and Andreas Georg Scherer (University of Zurich) apply philosophical, theoretical, and empirical perspectives to examine the challenges of studying the generation and use of academic knowledge.

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Emotions, Values, and Methodology: Contributing to the Nature of the World We Live In Whether We Intend To or Not

Sep 14, 2010 | Organization Design, Organizational Effectiveness, Sponsor Content

Susan Albers Mohrman (CEO) explains that traditional management research has advocated arms‐length, systematic studies that treat organizations and the people in them as subjects.

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Building a Collaboration Capability for Sustainability: How Gap Inc. is Creating and Leveraging a Strategic Asset

Sep 13, 2010 | Sponsor Content, Strategic HR, Sustainability

Christopher G. Worley (CEO), Ann E. Feyerherm (Pepperdine University), and Darryl Knudsen (Gap Inc.) share how organizations are being challenged to find socially acceptable and ecologically proactive solutions while fulfilling economic expectations.

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