In: HR| Management
28 Jul 2009I learnt something today.
Yesterday I had a meeting with the director of my program in which we agreed to make some minor changes in my unit. Today I broke the news to my team and they weren’t welcome very cheerfully, especially by veteran staff. Why? Obviously (now that I have time to think), people doesn’t like [...]
In: Management| Social Trends
9 Apr 2009Recruiting and retaining are two challenging tasks in the HR/Mgmt world. Key to it, is realizing what population we are considering to fill those spots in the workplace.
Today, a great percentage of those applicants were born between 1980 and 1999 and grew up during the 1990s and 2000s . They are the Gen Y.
Which are [...]
In: HR| Management| discoveries
2 Mar 2009I found this interesting post on Psyblog:
“put some random people in a group, give them a task and soon enough a leader will emerge. What is it about that person that makes others grant them the honor of being in charge?”
Go to the article clicking here.
Technorati Tags: group, group dynamics, leadership, Management, Psyblog
In: Management
22 Feb 2009Every time we have to start a new project or venture we are faced with one of the most difficult decisions to make: How do we start? Where do we start?
Some years ago, a good boss of mine told me: “don’t try to reinvent the wheel, recycle and optimize what you already have”.
I’m a little [...]