Getting the Most Out of International Assignments
Yes, we're still on a global economic roller coaster (who said the world is flat?), with good and bad news from the U.S., Europe and Asia causing markets to shoot up and down weekly or even daily. But, at the end of the ride, it still looks like we'll all be doing much more rather than less global...
Inclusion Measurement - Tracking the Intangible
Diversity and inclusion are, in some ways, like peanut butter and jelly. They're not the same but are often combined, making up a whole that's more than the sum of its parts. So when i4cp - on behalf of its members-only Diversity Accelerator group - decided to look at inclusion metrics, we first had...
Beyond Efficiency: The Keys to Future HR Success
Maybe you're proud of the sheer productivity of your HR department. Your ratio of HR pros to employees is lower than the industry average, most transactional HR activities are delivered via self-service, and you have a finely tuned shared-services center. Generally speaking, your HR function is a...
Four Key Practices for Developing Global Leaders
I never thought I'd see this day. One of my colleagues is taking the week off to - get this - watch the World Cup. Now, if you live in Europe or Asia, this is expected behavior, but I live in the U.S., where the World Cup has historically been about as popular as a case of the croup. This got me...
The Crummy State of Talent Management Metrics (and What to Do About It)
I know he stole it from the great Peter Drucker, but for years now I've heard this constant refrain from my boss: "What gets measured, gets managed." I always want to respond, "Stop already! I get it! I got it the first thousand times, too!"The crazy part is that sometimes I still ignore that advice.
Managing Tomorrow Today
"The future ain't what it used to be," Yogi Berra once said. This was the first line of one of our earliest TrendWatchers, published in 2000, on the role of futurism in the development of business strategy. As we publish our 500th TrendWatcher today and reflect on the past decade, many of us...
Real-world Application of the Strategic Business Partner Role
Fourteen years after the publication of Dave Ulrich's ground-breaking book HR Champions, organizations are still grappling with how to implement his recommended model for organizing HR to deliver optimum value. A key to that model is becoming a strategic partner, or what has come to be known as the...
Strategies of Successful HR Executives
For HR professionals who suspect that the never-ending quest for the proverbial "seat at the table" is an unattainable objective, there are a growing number of examples of HR executives who have not only gained entry to the inner circle but have leveraged positions of significant influence within...
Sharpening Customer Focus: The Power of a Market-Oriented Culture
What’s the key to creating a customer-focused organization? Here’s one of the answers from the trenches of a high-performance company: “A culture of accountability makes a good organization great and a great organization unstoppable.” That nugget of wisdom is part of i4cp&rsqu...
Don't Plan Succession, Manage It
"Succession planning" is not just a flawed term, it's based on a flawed business paradigm. In fact, thinking of succession in terms of just "planning" is among the top reasons most organizations perform poorly in this area. Consider this: Improving Succession Plans: Harnessing the Power of Learning...
