The level of internal competition is an important aspect of company culture. Some companies have an exacerbated level of internal competition. Other organizations are overly consensus oriented. These two extremes are not optimal, because employees cannot cooperate efficiently. We should therefore aim to move to health internal rivalry.… Read more “COMPANY CULTURE. How to optimize internal competition”
HR Management
Should employees be informed about the ASSESSMENT OF THEIR POTENTIAL?
In this article I would like to discuss the controversial question, if employees should be informed about the way their potential has been rated. Assessment of potential is a highly complex topic. I will outline here why superficial discussions on potential can be quite damaging.… Read more “Should employees be informed about the ASSESSMENT OF THEIR POTENTIAL?”
How to make individual development plans much more relevant and attractive?
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The quality and the implementation of individual development plans is often not fully satisfactory. Last minute cancellations from training programs are one indicator for that. Employees don’t feel fully responsible for their own development. Here is a proposal how to change that: giving each employee an annual development budget and empowering them to invest this into the development action they believe are most valuable.… Read more “How to make individual development plans much more relevant and attractive?”
Leadership Assessments: Pros & Cons
After a strong expansion of leadership assessments, some companies are now limiting their usage. Should Leadership Assessments be used for candidate selection? Are they a good development tool? This video describes their advantages and limitations and outlines how to make best use of these leadership assessments.… Read more “Leadership Assessments: Pros & Cons”
Career Strategy – 4 principles of career management
This article provides an overview on the key principles of career management. You will find concrete examples and dynamic graphical illustrations. Those could help you define your personal career strategy: setting your career ambition, broadening your experience base in view of your targeted position and going for the most promising opportunities.… Read more “Career Strategy – 4 principles of career management”
3 step approach to define your career strategy
This article outlines the 3 steps to define my career strategy – Many of us spend a lot of time on the business strategy but rarely much time on defining our personal career strategy. Here are some tips how to improve this.… Read more “3 step approach to define your career strategy”
How to assess Potential?
I get very often the questions how to assess employee’s potential. Managers want to know that in view of their team member’s potential. But I think it is a very good question to ask also ourselves – about our own potential ….… Read more “How to assess Potential?”
Career management: Your experience base
What is the experience base and why is it an important factor of your career management? I would like to use the analogy of the Egyptian pyramids. If you have a broad base, then the pyramid is high. With the career progression it is similar.… Read more “Career management: Your experience base”