This week's Compensation Daily Advisor covers hiring, terminations, and what CEO's want from HR.
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Terminations are never easy for anyone, but since they plant the seeds of many lawsuits, it’s worth learning how to do them right. Handling them carefully can save cash, calm frayed nerves, and maintain morale and productivity. (As long as you don’t commit one of these 10 sins.)
Termination Danger—4 More Sins
In Monday’s Advisor, we presented termination sins 1 to 6; today, we have sins 7 to 10, including the old favorite, documentation, documentation, documentation.)
CEO: Here’s What I Wish HR Would Do!
What’s the CEO’s view of HR? asks consultant Tim Sackett. “If I had a gun with two bullets, and I were in a room with Hitler, Bin Laden, and Toby, I would shoot Toby twice!” Michael Scott (The Office). It’s about like that, Sackett says.
No More HR Terrorism
In Wednesday’s Advisor, we featured consultant Tim Sackett’s What the CEO Wishes HR Would Do. Today, HR terrorism and Sackett’s 6-step program for HR managers.
Looking for Great Talent? Look for Potential
The cover article in the June issue of Harvard Business Review is titled “The Big Idea: 21st-Century Talent Spotting.” Since all of us as managers are constantly on the lookout for talent, the title, of course, grabbed my attention. The author, Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at a global executive firm, boldly claims that potential is “the most important predictor of success at all levels.”