Human Capital Strategies- January 29 to February 4
Happy Monday Everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of Human Capital Strategies! Each week, we give you insight into the 5 most interesting blog articles of the week. They will help you improve your most important asset, your people. This week, we feature posts, which contain information on employee engagement, employee retention, communication skills, sales strategy and much more!
Enjoy, See you next week!
Bryce Christiansen, Balanced WorkLife Balance Blog: Why You Will Fail to Have a Great Career - We all want a “Great” career. In this post, Bryce describes the popular TED talk by the economist Larry Smith. Bryce does an excellent job of summing up the TED talk by Larry which explains why people will fail if they are striving for a great career. Larry states, “Good jobs are disappearing. There are great jobs and great careers…and there are high workload, high stress, blood sucking, soul destroying kinds of jobs… and nothing really in between.” So what are you waiting for, check out this post, if you have some extra time, take a look at Larry’s TED talk that Bryce provides at the end.
Laura Schroeder, Compensation Café: Retention v. Engagement: Stay or Play? - Can you describe the difference of retention and engagement? Laura breaks it down in this post. Laura states, “Although there’s overlap between how you approach engagement and retention-after all, engagement is the best way to retain people as long as you don’t grossly underpay- the target audience is a bit different.” Laura also touches the subject of staying or playing.
Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak Blog: 10 Powerful Tips for Connecting with Powerful People - We have all been there before. You are trying to connect with a powerful person, and you completely mess it up. In this post, Dan explains how to properly connect with powerful people. Dan provides the list of Jesse Lyn Stoner’s 10 power tips for connecting with powerful people. The main point of this post is to discover, “Where’s the balance between fitting into corporate culture and standing out?”
Paul McCord, Sales and Sales Management Blog: Guest Article: Overcoming “Failure to Impact” Syndrome, by Steven Rosen - In this post, Paul tell is like it is. He explains that we all make up remedies to do better next year. The problem is, our average “quick fixes only scratch the surface”. Paul helps you determine if you have the “failure to impact syndrome”. Check out this post if you would like to overcome the “failure to impact syndrome” and learn how to increase sales.
Kate Nasser, Smart SenseAbilities Blog: Leaders, Pain Free Journey to Engage Employees - It is a question asked everyday by leaders and managers around the world, “How do you engage employee accountability?” In this post, Kate explains how you can “repaint your picture leaders and take this pain free journey to engaging employee accountability.” So what are you waiting for? Join Kate and explore how you can really create accountability in your organization today!
