Why is it becoming harder to find the right people for your business? With more people looking for work, the opposite should be true, yet large variations in the availability of talent…[more]
Businesses everywhere are grappling with an unfolding skills dilemma that is challenging the way we manage and plan the workforce of the future...[more]
In my latest trip to Asia, I had the chance to talk to Wanna Assavakarint, who is leading our outsourcing and executive search business in Thailand…[more]
During my last stay in Kuala Lumpur I met one of our senior leaders in APAC, Anthony Raja Devadoss. I spoke with him about the impacts of the global recession on the Asian...[more]
During my last visit in Shanghai, I grabbed a few minutes to sit down with Jerry Tsao, the KellyOCG Operations Director for China…[more]
A major demographic shift is almost upon us. Companies are facing a demand-supply impasse that is virtually locked-in for the next 40-50 years, and HR professionals must hold the key…[more]
Tougher economic conditions have increased the need for creativity, productivity and innovation—and for HR it’s no different…[more]
The process of engaging with the employee who may not be actively looking for work, or who may not be where you want him to be, poses a new set of challenges for HR…[more]
If we look at a classic model of supply chain management, it boils down to having the right materials, in the right place, at the right time, for the right cost...[more]
The world of work is evolving. Actually, it’s becoming simpler. There are many jobs that require a specific locality. But there is an increasing array of jobs, and elements of jobs...[more]
Of the ‘Top 10 concerns of CEOs’, seven of them are people related. This means that 70% of HR’s priority work is of direct importance to the CEO...[more]
If you gave me two kilograms of the finest, freshest Korean cabbage, and asked me to make kimchi with it, we’d have a problem...[more]
It is true, some will move for a new job. But it is also true that others won’t...[more]
The next generation to hit the labor force is on the way and it will be the most technology-enabled generation yet. Generation Z, children born between 1990 and now...[more]
For a long period, HR has largely occupied a position on the periphery of strategic decision making in the enterprise, primarily as just another functional department. However, for the most part it has not been fully enmeshed in a central strategic role of corporate life...[more]
Globalization has been advancing at a hectic pace, fueled by greater international mobility, prosperity in the developed world, and a communications revolution that has transformed the exchange of information...[more]
In an ever-more-global workplace, the issue of Talent Mobility has become front and center. It has come time to separate the clutter from the conclusions, or rather, the momentary truth from its illusions...[more]
I hope you followed our video blogs at SHRM 2011. Last week I met my buddy Zachary Misko to review the conference and the trends we have seen there...[more]
This week at SHRM I've presented, autographed books, attended some great sessions and probably had one too many late nights with my HR brethren. Looking back, here's my Top 3 thoughts...[more]
Zachary Misko and I are back on the floor at SHRM 2011. We’ve ran and attended a number of great sessions...[more]
About 10,000 of HR's finest – including over 1,000 attendees from outside the U.S. - have descended on Vegas today for the annual SHRM Conference. I'm here with KellyOCG's Zachary Misko and we'll be live-blogging this massive event for the next few days...[more]
Globalization has been underway for centuries.
Vikings crossed the Atlantic. Inuits started in what is now Russia and crossed the Bering Straits into Canada. Marco Polo took lengthy trips around China…, but he wasn’t looking for the white sands and the clear waters of Yalong Bay...[more]
To truly evolve, management must develop a higher
level of comfort in “workforce virtualization.” On the upside, this should mean
less need to relocate employees (and that clearly suits the people in our
organizations)—yet the challenge for leadership remains to keep teams together,
while still working apart, AND build trust in high-risk decisions.
Before we can effectively ask: “How do we get there?”… we need first to start a different dialogue... [more]