T-Shaped People & Collaboration

by | Feb 9, 2010 | Bold HR Ideas

Many organizations are realizing that when people are assigned or choose roles to play in an organization they are often more creative and efficient than when they are confined to the duties prescribed by a title or position. I just read a amazingly thought provoking...

Weekend Ruminations

by | Feb 7, 2010 | Bold HR Ideas

Asia This was my first week back after several weeks in Asia.  It is hard to explain the difference in mood between Asia and the U.S. Technically the economies of both China and Hong Kong may be suffering, but everything is relative. And relative to us, Hong Kong...

Is HR Relevant and Does it Matter?

by | Jan 27, 2010 | Bold HR Ideas

The  Way It Is Since at least 1996 when Dave Ulrich published his well-known book, Human Resource Champions, on the state and future of human resources there has been a constant conversation on how HR can become relevant to business leaders. Simply the fact that the...

The Future of Leadership Development- Part I

by | Jan 7, 2010 | Bold HR Ideas

I recently made a presentation on the future of leadership development at the Online Educa 2009conference in Berlin. Online Educa is an annual gathering of e-learning professionals, vendors and academics from Europe, Asia and a handful (mostly vendors) from the United...

Lessons in Change

by | Jun 11, 2009 | Bold HR Ideas

Woodstock, Vermont is not where the Woodstock Rock Festival took place 40 years ago. That was Woodstock, New York. It was, however, the home of Frederick Billings who went on to own the Union Pacific Railroad and created Billings, Montana. It was also home to Lawrence...