Author:
Warren Heaps – Birches Group LLC
Working as an international HR professional is a challenge in so many ways. How can you best prepare for success in your role? Here are some tips which I refer to (with apologies to the late Dr. Steven Covey) as the “Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective International HR Professionals.” Continue reading
Author:
Warren Heaps – Birches Group LLC
I spotted a question recently from one of my LinkedIn connections, Don Schepens, that I want to share with you. Don is the head of the HR program at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada), and is also very involved in the human resources community there through the Human Resources Institute of Alberta.
The question:
“For those of you who have been around for a while (seasoned?), and to help out my HR students, “What is the one thing you wish you would have known starting out?”
I thought this was a great question, and of course, provided an answer to Don.
Posted in General, Global HR Expertise, International Expertise, Professional Development
Tagged Global HR, international hr
Author:
Warren Heaps – Birches Group LLC
This post is a bit of a departure from our normal content, which usually focuses on the “how-to” of international human resources management. Today we are making an exception to bring you some exciting news.
This week, my company, Birches Group LLC entered into an agreement with Emergence Growth, led by another one of our authors here, Yendor Felgate, to work together to expand our customer base in Africa. Emergence will become the exclusive agent for our compensation and benefits surveys in Africa, focused on private sector companies that operate across multiple countries.
Authors:
Han van der Pool – Van der Pool Consultancy
Lex Lindeman – HRBoosters
We are happy to share the second part in our two-part series about Company Academies. In Part 1, we discussed how Company Academies have evolved and their stages of development. In this post, we’ll discuss trends and new developments in Company Academies, and the roles the various stakeholders should play.
Posted in Professional Development, Talent Management, Training
Tagged company academy, management education, Training
Authors:
Han van der Pool – Van der Pool Consultancy
Lex Lindeman – HRBoosters
Nobody questions the importance of learning and developing. However, in these uncertain times, training and development activities are often put on hold or investments in T&D are drastically reduced. One of the reasons T&D activities are cut or reduced is the difficulty of proving that HR Development is a valuable and effective component of successful management. The concept of Company Academies (also known as Corporate Academies or Corporate Universities), however, offers a good starting point for a clear positioning of Human Resource Development.
Posted in Professional Development, Talent Management, Training
Tagged company academy, management education, Training
Authors:
Han van der Pool – Van der Pool Consultancy
Lex Lindeman – HRBoosters
Leadership has an effect on the bottom line – not directly, but by shaping the culture within which an organization operates, its climate and through its influence on employee engagement. Identifying and developing leadership is a business critical process. Leadership depends on the type of personality, personal preferences, skills and relevant experiences.
Burning questions for Talent Development are:
Authors:
Han van der Pool – Van der Pool Consultancy
Lex Lindeman – HRBoosters
It is not that easy to identify and groom future leaders. Companies make use of various techniques to spot talent, and often manage their inventory of high potentials – those with the best chance of being a future leader. In this post, we describe some of the best techniques which are used by companies to manage their talent pool of future leaders.
Author:
Chuck Csizmar – CMC Compensation Group
It hasn’t been that many years ago that the term “business casual” was coined to describe a new flexibility in acceptable office attire . To many business leaders though, the phrase meant no more than wearing a red tie, and perhaps only once a week.
Well, that was then. Today, attitudes and customs are quite different, and typically much less conservative. For example, it is not uncommon in some circles for male employees to forgo the use of socks within an office environment. I know, because recently I visited such an office and saw for myself.
Authors:
Han van der Pool – TNT N.V.
Lex Lindeman – HRBoosters
Introduction
In part one of this two-part post, we discussed e-learning in Africa, and especially the hurdles of implementation. In this second part, we will delve more into practical advice for successful implementations in Africa, or anywhere else in the world!
In a broad sense, e-learning can be defined as “any form of learning that makes use of a network for distribution, interaction and facilitation.” There are plenty of demonstrable success stories and breathtaking ROIs. However, the other side of the coin is that in many cases, web-based investments turn out to be fiascoes and only lead to a waste of time.
Authors:
Lex Lindeman – HR Boosters
Dr. Paul Rono – Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya)
Lex Lindeman
Paul Rono
What is a Team?
A team is a group of people who work together to accomplish something beyond their individual self interests. Not all groups are teams. What distinguishes teams from other similar sounding groups is that a team is not a collection of people simply following orders.
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