Factors that make businesses, and consequently the people they employ, successful, are provided. You'll find information about factors in high performance business and high performance people. Learn to remove the barriers to business success. Learn to capitalize on what is known about successful businesses.
What would you do if you had a Human Resurces employee in an HR department who could improve company profit margins, positively impact the cost of goods sold, lower the day’s sales outstanding, and increase the price/earning ratio while liquidating overhead costs - and still deliver flawless transactional and traditional Human Resources services? You'd ask: Why is this employee wasting time in an HR department? Or, why didn’t I demand this level of HR department performance years ago?
Given the downward spiral of CEOs' confidence and with the talk about a potential recession, what have you done to plan for the possibility that the downturn becomes severe and impacts employees? These are some of the actions to take in recession planning for employees, for your HR department and other departments within your business, perhaps for your whole company, if recession looms.
When companies are global, an important challenge in garnering success is to respect other cultures and workforce environments and start forming a global profile or social consciousness. Recognize these differences with a sound Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plan that can
simultaneously increase shareholder value, boost employee engagement and increase
employer brand recognition
Recent corporate financial scandals have called into question the quality of corporate earnings. Find out how twenty-two big companies thrive and prosper by consistently producing high-quality organic growth and homegrown profits. Organic growth does foster successful employees, company profit, satisfied customers, and measurable contributions.
Identity theft resulting from a corporate data breach is big news. The extensive media coverage and damage to the organizations and brands involved in recent data security breaches has brought identity theft detection and prevention to the forefront of corporate America's concerns.
Right now, someone within your company may be accessing confidential corporate information either dishonestly or by accident. In the news, you read about well-known companies suffering the loss of sensitive corporate information at the hands of employees. HR departments often hold the key to valuable corporate and employee information, so the risk of data breaches presents unique challenges.
As organizations grow, even the most "family-like" organization eventually has to become more like a business. The goal, as the organization transforms itself for the good of its employees and customers, is not to lose the good as you usher in the new.
A study found five factors that stood out as most significant in high performance organizations. Researchers found that “high performing organizations scored at least 100% better on these five factors than their competitors.” These were the top five success factors.
The top ten trends of the decade for Human Resources staff and the employees served at work were not obvious nor were they easy to pick from my original list. Depending on your company size, your location, and the health and progress of your company and industry, trends may have differed for you.
Now that you have had a look at the top ten Human Resources trends I've presented, plus several of my runner ups, what are your top Human Resources trends of this past decade? Do you agree or disagree with the Human Resources trends I have selected? Share yours. What did I miss on my list of HR trends of this past decade?
