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Talent Strategies in an Economic Crisis

In human recources, uncertainty seems to be one of the biggest challenges impairing our judgment around talent management—hiring, succession management, etc. Having a plan tied to the needs of the business, revisiting the plan and working the plan are the best ways for human resources managers to ensure that they're hiring, utilizing and retaining the best talent to help ride the economic storm. In fact, it can be said that retaining talent is even more important now that we are being catapulted into a world where “doing more with less” is being taken to an entirely different level

Not Just a Food Chain: Len Jillard Talks Leadership and Employee Appreciation at McDonald's Canada

McDonald’s Canada is not just an excellent brand. The company also recognizes its number one resource—it’s people. Len Jillard has seen this first hand. When he joined McDonald’s Canada as the Senior Vice President of People Resources and Chief People Officer in 2005, he brought with him a wealth of knowledge that he developed from working through all levels of McDonald’s management. e-BIM speaks with Jillard about how the company built its brand, cares for its employees and carries out the promises it makes every day.

A Comprehensive Approach to Employer Branding

In today’s workforce, people have many job opportunities to explore. The best performers have a number of options available to them at all times. So, how does a company begin to compete for the best performers needed in their business? Simply stated—although not simply implemented—the answer is through employer branding targeted to the employees needed today and in the future.

Building Performance and Trust During Troubled Times

There is a strong sentiment of anxiety running rapid in many work environments today. Whether your own organization has experienced a layoff or not, your employees are worrying about their own job stability, the economy and how they'll ever be able to afford to retire.

Six Pay Raise Alternatives

As employers, especially today, we are lucky to be able to maintain our current staff levels and/or work with the employees that are left. Before everything went south, we were working late into the evenings, taking calls on the weekends and missing our kids’ soccer games and the dinner party that our wife/husband had planned with the new neighbors. We worked our employees’ tails off and their fingers to the bone.

“The world has changed – the way we manage hasn’t! – Beyond budgeting”

Read the article Beyond Budgeting, The business Issueses, October 2009, Issue #2, and learn how it can help unlocking the performance potentials in your organisation. Bjarte Bogsnes shares his thoughts and knowledge on why traditional leadership and practices no longer work and you’ll get an insight to the principles behind the concept of beyond budgeting.

Fighting for candidates - By Birgitte Brix Andersen, Employer Brand Manager, Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Wind power giant Vestas will have an enormous global recruitment need in the coming years. With a growing demand for clean and sustainable energy sources, the company expects to create at least 2,500 new jobs a year. This puts significant demands on the company's ability to attract and retain staff, and has led Vestas to introduce a large-scale, strategic Employer Branding process.

Management Models for the Future The case of Danske Bank - By Kai Kristensen, Lars S. Mørch, and Henrik D. Sørensen

The scope of the study is to analyze the relationship between employee satisfaction and motivation on one side and customer loyalty and customer profitability on the other in Danske Bank.

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