Reveille and Hyperbole: StrandVision LLC, a provider of hosted digital signage services, today announced that Manpower of West Central and Central Wisconsin has deployed a digital signage system in its Eau Claire office. The installation is a first in region's network of nine offices. The digital sign uses a 42" plasma screen in the lobby to inform job applicants and employees about position postings and to provide interviewing tips, safety information, training schedules and other items of interest. The signage is also used to welcome prospective clients when they visit the office.
Harcourt Assessment
has released a new research paper titled, The Difference Between Good Leaders and Great Leaders:
How to Assess for Critical Thinkers in Hiring and Development. The free white paper defines the key
elements of critical thinking skills, explores the role of critical thinking in talent management, and
illustrates how assessment tools are vital for effective management selection. The paper is available for
download by visiting Harcourt Assessment.
VNU Business Media announced that it has created a distinctive new career resource to address the increasing convergence between the advertising, media and entertainment industries. Employers and job seekers will now be able to access a comprehensive database and search engine featuring job listings and career tools from across seven of VNU Business Media’s most trusted and market-leading brands. Employers who advertise on any of the sites in the career network, which includes Adweekjobs.com (including Brandweek and Mediaweek), BillboardJobs.com, BookStandardJobs.com, EditorandPublisherJobs.com, and HollywoodReporterJobs.com, will have their ads automatically posted to all sites, extending the reach of their ad. The increased functionality enables growing organizations to better target their recruitment efforts while reducing overall recruiting expenditures.
Deck Chairs: Steve Sasser, President & CEO, along with a handful of management staff have resigned from Peopleclick -.
Ron Kupferman, the company's first chief executive, will resume the role as CEO…..
SuccessFactors has created two new senior management positions.
Steve Sommer has been hired as Chief Marketing Officer (Arcsight, Portal, Informix) and and Conrad Voorsanger (SAP, Informix) is the new VP of Strategy & Corporate Development…..
Vurv, announced the creation of two new senior management positions. Michael Gibson (Dell) has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and
Samantha Hanson (Best Buy) has joined the company as Vice President of Human Resources.
You Should Know:
Israel: Survey: 40% of industrial cos raised salaries this year
The respondents reported a nominal 3.9% increase in salaries in 2006, following
a 4.3% rise in 2005.
The economic recovery has influenced salary levels in industry. 40% of
industrial companies, both high-tech and low technology, raised salaries this
year, according to the Manufacturers Association of Israel salary survey for
2006, published today. (Globes)
Singapore: Flexible Work Arrangements Few In Singapore's Private
Sector Flexible and pro-family working arrangements have increased in Singapore's
private sector but are still not widely practised, a Manpower Ministry report
said Wednesday. A wider availability of such arrangements "can encourage more
women and older persons to stay economically active and longer in the
workforce," the ministry said. Only 5.3 per cent of employees worked on flexible
work schedules this year covering part-time, staggered hours and tele-working,
up 1 per cent from 2004. (Playfuls)
South Africa: Shortage of doctors spells doom for villages Without major intervention, South Africa's rural health care delivery
capacity will collapse from 2008, when its existing life-blood supply of
community service doctors is strangled and hundreds of non-renewable contracts
of foreign doctors end just 12 months later. The local conscript and foreign
doctor corps is now the backbone of South Africa's already severely understaffed
rural and district hospitals, according to an article to appear in the next
edition of Izindaba News, SA Medical Journal. (IOL)
UK: Survey: 40% of industrial cos raised salaries this year
The respondents reported a nominal 3.9% increase in salaries in 2006, following
a 4.3% rise in 2005.
The economic recovery has influenced salary levels in industry. 40% of
industrial companies, both high-tech and low technology, raised salaries this
year, according to the Manufacturers Association of Israel salary survey for
2006, published today. (Birmingham
Post)
Deep Release:
Corporate Strategy: From The Bottom Up---New Book Shows That Effective Strategy Demands Involvement at All Levels of an Organization -- from the Boardroom to the Front Lines
In his new book, "Prepared and Resolved: The Strategic Agenda for Growth, Performance and Change," Dan Wolf proposes that more organizations would see their visions fully realized if their strategy process engaged all levels of the organization - rather than imposing mandates from the boardroom down to the front lines. "Prepared and Resolved" offers a roadmap for connecting the three essential elements that make strategies work: direction (objectives and choices), integration (resources) and execution (processes).
Today, the old-school, top-down management model is gradually being replaced by one in which authority and accountability are pushed further down the organizational ladder. Most companies fail to implement strategy successfully because they do not connect their leaderships' vision with the realities known only to those operating at the organization's front lines.
"Senior managers do not do strategy. People down in the guts of an organization are the ones close to the ideas and issues that are essential to making strategy happen," says author and management expert Daniel Wolf. "They are adaptive and accountable."
This type of bottom-up strategy is gaining traction because it makes companies more nimble, smarter about changes occurring in the marketplace, and better at execution because their decisions are tied closely to those who have to execute them. More often than not, decisions are based on close contact with actual customers.
In his new book, "Prepared and Resolved: The Strategic Agenda for Growth, Performance and Change," Wolf proposes that more organizations would see their visions fully realized if their strategy process engaged all levels of the organization - rather than imposing mandates from the boardroom down to the front lines.
"Prepared and Resolved" offers a roadmap for connecting the three essential elements that make strategies work: direction (objectives and choices), integration (resources) and execution (processes).
The Strategic Agenda:
• Redefines the meaning of "strategy" among those whose daily work make or break a strategic exercise.
• Helps people at all levels of an organization understand the roles they play in achieving a desired business result.
• Aligns a company's communication, decision-making and accountability processes with the realities of today's complex and fast-moving business environment.
By adopting the strategic agenda, companies can successfully deal with the short and long-term challenges of growth, performance and change. A key attribute of successful organizations is developing organizational depth and "bench strength," through the leadership and management of their strategic agenda.
Prepared and Resolved is written to managers at all levels of an organization - from the CEOs to team leaders. It is also designed as a platform for offsite meetings, strategy sessions, business reviews and other critical business meetings.
Review copies of Prepared and Resolved are available upon request. Wolf is available for interviews and select article and column contributions.
About Daniel Wolf
Daniel Wolf is Managing Director of Dewar Sloan, a consulting practice focused on business growth, performance and change. For more than 30 years, Wolf has been helping major global corporations understand the fundamental linkages between strategy and execution. He has served a wide range of leading companies, including Bombardier, Stryker, Masterbrand, Allied Signal, Herman Miller, W.L.Gore, Fisher Scientific, Cascade, Kelly Services, Siemens, Ingersoll Rand, TORO, Global Device, among many others. Much of Wolf's consulting work involves the evolution of company direction, organization and resources, always focused on business results.
Before entering the consulting field, Dan held corporate leadership positions in business development, marketing, planning and strategy. Dan, who has an MBA from Michigan State University, is also an engaging teacher, lecturing at leading business schools throughout Michigan on topics including marketing, entrepreneurship and product development. Dan is also active in community development, cultural and athletic organizations in his hometown, Traverse City. Dan is married to his college sweetheart and has two teenage children.
Press Contact: STEVEN YODER
Company Name: Dewar Sloan
Phone: 415-294-4133
Website: http://dewarsloan.com/
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