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May 20th 2008
From Economist.com
What the downturn means for managing talent: a headhunter's point of view
In the face of a downturn, is the question now facing business—particularly financial services—how to get rid of talent, rather than how best to retain it? And what of the talent itself? After years of calling the tune, does it now find itself in a buyer's market?
We interviewed Brian Sullivan, the New York-based boss of CTPartners, an executive-search firm, named by Business Week as one of the world's most influential headhunters, in London recently. That times are getting hard is beyond dispute, he agrees, which would seem to work against the talent. However, it is also a good time for CEOs to rethink their approach to human capital—these days, their primary area of responsibility—so they can devote energies to knowing who can be dispensed with and who it is best to retain.
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Remember, it's always a wise strategy to know your workforce....
Six action items for better onboarding
Thursday, May 15, 2008 | by David Lee
Do you know the impact your onboarding program has on your new employees, moment-of-truth by moment-of-truth?
Do you know what it's like to experience your company as an employee on the first day of work? The first week? What about the week prior to that first day?
What about when your new employees meet their supervisor and their teammates? Are you managing that experience in a way that produces an excited, engaged employee? Or for new employees at your company, is it more like buyer's remorse?
This is an interesting article by Kaj Grichnik and Conrad Winkler
5/08/08
Reshaping global manufacturing.
Manufacturing is at a crossroads. In one sense, there have never been better prospects for the makers of products than there are right now. Innovation is rampant; capital is available; technological changes have enabled new materials and manufacturing processes; and the global standard of living is steadily improving, enabling billions of consumers to buy new and existing products.
