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Nice article Shannon. It is tragic how many organizations treat the whole concept of performance management so poorly. Regarding ROI, what I continue to stress to my peers it is absolutely critical that training departments become performance organizations focusing their efforts on what is needed to accomplish the corporate strategy.
Who Cares about ROI?
By Shannon Lear Martin According to a recent study by Watson Wyatt WorkUSA, returns to shareholders are three times higher at companies where employees understand corporate objectives and the ways in which their jobs contribute to achieving them. So how do you link individual performance to cor...
This is a topic I am deeply concerned about with respect to the United States maintaining its stature in the world economy. The causes however are deep-rooted and relate in large part to what I consider to be a root cause for many issues, the lack of effective parenting including the development of core values during our children's development years. We have in effect "outsourced" the rearing of our children to day care centers who at best focus on entertaining to get through the day. We have isolated our children from having to experience menial work while foriegners assume these roles. I am not sure how to fix this except one child at a time, beginning with our own children.
When Will They Stop Calling Us Slackers?
It's a confirmation of what we all already knew: According to a story on www.money.cnn.com, employees would rather have flexible hours and more vacation days than fancy perks like a company car. It all ties into the elusive "work-life balance" concept, which is also the subject of a Soapbox colu...
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