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July 13, 2007
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Minneapolis Recruiting Roadshow
Last
night, the registration logs for the Minneapolis Roadshow (next Friday)
topped 100. That's the limit and I think it's fair to say that no one
expected that we'd reach it. So, no more registrations are going to be
accepted. The room at Best Buy's headquarters is full.
What an astonishing
thing.
Scheduled from 9AM
til 1PM, the Roadshow is an ad hoc event designed to deliver
information, conversation and lots of networking. It's loose in its
format and structure. You can read about it
here. (Complete Article)
Reveille and Hyperbole:
Workplace Options (WPO), the world's largest provider of work life employee benefits, continues to broaden its services and capabilities for EAPs with the recent partnership with EAP Expert Inc., a leading provider of technology and professional service solutions to both internal and external EAPs around the world.
The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies, and CustomInsight, a company providing web-based survey software and services, announced today that CustomInsight will support HCI initiatives as a global underwriter, helping bring the latest human capital education, metrics, and tools to leading corporations.
Advantedge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing and medical billing software company announces business technology for doctors and health care organizations that would make their medical practices far more efficient.
You Should Know:
WomenCorp announced the launch of a new online multimedia women's business magazine for distribution in August 2007. Featuring free audio, video, and text articles that readers can consume easily where and when they want, the goal is to inspire, inform and connect women in business located around the world. WomenCorp will offer a wide variety of articles and resources in this unique multimedia magazine including business, personal development and lifestyle features.
Roxanne Batson, a business consultant and founder of Ask Roxanne, a business advice column, will be one of the featured authors. "The magazine is a great opportunity for me to connect and help many women in business from around the world. I'm proud to be part of this project!" said Ms. Batson. Prior to owning her own consulting firm, Roxanne worked with such well-respected companies as Merrill Lynch and Southern Living Magazine as a financial consultant and marketing expert.
To learn more about WomenCorp and subscribe to the new online magazine for business women, visit http://www.womencorp.org/portal.
Study Shows:
Melcum Study Finds Change Programs Will Fail if Employees Don't Grasp the Rationale
The latest research from Melcrum confirms that the key to successful organizational change is ensuring employees understand the rationale behind it. Through 21 global case studies combined with comment and opinion from experts, the research also highlights the importance of visible leadership in navigating change.
Change programs are destined to fail if employees don't understand why the organization is making the change, according to Melcrum's latest study into managing change communication.
In one of the 27 frank interviews with change and communication experts, published in the comprehensive new report Delivering successful change communication, Roger D'Aprix, vice president of ROI Communication and author of Communicating for Change, stresses the importance of keeping the employee perspective in mind at all times. "That's one of the great failings of companies in the midst of change and all the chaos that surrounds it. People tend to forget that there are human beings on the other side."
But to create a compelling rationale for change, communicators must look outside the organization, says D'Aprix. "I firmly believe the only way you can rationalize the change is by reference to the marketplace and the forces that are driving the organization."
Communicators not linked to external aspects of the business
The problem, he continues, is that internal communication professionals are not nearly well enough linked to the external aspects of the business. "My observation is that communication people have been craft people. They've focused on the media and content they create without understanding the organization they're part of, and more particularly the marketplace. This aspect needs work and communicators must pay more attention to it," he said.
In the report, D'Aprix summarizes the critical issues employees need to understand, particularly during continuous change, i.e. when change has become "business as usual" for the organization. Employees need to know:
1. Who is our competition?
2. What is the competition doing?
3. What choices does the customer have in dealing with us as an organization?
4. What are the customer's needs and demands?
5. What about our shareholders and the financial community - what are their needs and expectations?
6. What technological forces are affecting our organization, our products and our services?
The role of leadership emerges as a common theme
The role of leadership during change is another common theme running through the 21 case studies published in the report. Senior communicators from leading global corporations including Shell, Intel, Vodafone and Ford Motor Credit, agreed that visible leadership was crucial to keeping their change programs on track, even when the changes being communicated were unpopular.
In a case study on sustaining employee engagement during a major restructuring at Ford Motor Credit, communications director Chris Solie describes how honesty and vision from the company's leaders was key to maintaining morale and engagement. "Employees respect our CEO for giving them the hard facts and presenting them with a plan for the company's future."
"Leadership at a time like this has to be extremely visible and doing lots of face-to-face communication," agrees D'Aprix. "The good, solid leaderships do this fairly naturally. The bad ones keep it all secret and quiet, and pretend that everything is fine. That's a recipe for disaster."
The four chapters of the report are:
1. The psychology of change
2. The role of internal communication
3. Supporting key stakeholders
4. Successful change in action
Delivering successful change communication includes 21 best-practice case studies from 14 leading organizations: Avaya, Ericsson, Ford Motor Credit, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, Intel, Mayo Clinic, Parcelforce Worldwide, Royal & Sun Alliance, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish & Newcastle, Shell, Sun Microsystems, Visa Europe, and Vodafone
Also included are 27 in-depth interviews with international change communication thought leaders: Octavius Black, Darren Briggs, Colin Carnall, Roger D'Aprix, Linda Dulye, David Ferrabee, Jean Gomes, Gary Grates, Liz Guthridge, Christopher Hannegan, Sally Harris, Brendan McCann, Tony Quinlan, Bill Quirke, Nicholas Ranken, Robert Schaffer, Angela Sinickas, Andy Szpekman, Arnie Witchel and Kathryn Yates.
Melcrum is a research and training business with offices in London and Chicago. Founded in 1996 by Robin Crumby and Victoria Mellor, Melcrum has customers in over 90 countries. Through its global networks, Melcrum connects more than 18,000 professional communicators in sharing what works.
You can download an executive summary of Delivering successful change communication here:
http://www.melcrum.com/pdf/exec_summary/ExecSummaryDSCC2.pdf
Deep Release:
Axiom Consulting Partners Announces the Release of the Second in its Series of 'Winning Axioms'
Axiom Consulting Partners has released the second in its series of Winning Axioms titled 'Attempting to be World Class at Everything Only Leads to Mediocrity.'
Axiom Consulting Partners LLC announced that it has released the second in its series of 'Winning Axioms' titled 'Attempting to be World Class at Everything Only Leads to Mediocrity.'
Axiom was founded in 2005 on the premise that there are certain self-evident truths in business to which companies should pay close attention if they are to be successful in today's competitive environment. These self-evident truths (or axioms) are applicable in virtually all industries and companies, regardless of their size.
The 'Winning Axioms' are providing senior executives and leaders with insights and ideas that can be applied to help their organizations deliver superior results. 'Winning Axiom #2' draws attention to the fact that executives are constantly tempted by a flood of ways to improve their companies' performance. However, for every organization, there are a few critical and strategic keys to success. Losing sight on these critical few, in the pursuit of excellence everywhere, inevitably leads to mediocre performance.
"Axiom is delighted to be releasing this important piece of thought leadership" said Steve Strelsin, President - Axiom Consulting Partners. "Our clients tell us that with so many competing initiatives, they struggle to achieve focus and discipline on executing their strategic priorities. We have developed a practical diagnostic that can help companies gauge if they are experiencing the symptoms of a loss of focus and discipline, and react accordingly."
Winning Axiom #2 is available at 'Attempting to be World Class at Everything Only Leads to Mediocrity.'
About Axiom Consulting Partners
Axiom Consulting Partners is a management consulting firm that specializes in hardwiring people to business strategy to deliver improved performance and results. Axiom asks the right questions to uncover and remove disconnects that commonly exist among the boardroom, middle management and front line employees. Axiom's Partners generate insights and develop recommendations for their clients that have a quantifiable business impact.
NEW:
Presentation from John and Bridget Sumser, Rethinking The Workforce is available for download.
Ten Principles for Recruiting An Integenerational Workforce from John Sumser.
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Lean Staffing Institute on Referrals from The Empower Network.
ATS Sourcing Whitepaper written by Jake Firth of JobsInLogistics.com.
Staffing Strategies: Can You Find, Recruit, and Retain the Talent You Need?
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