QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE02-Sep-2010 - Les Hayman I believe that “People join companies, but leave managers”. People will join a company in the belief that the image and reputation that it projects is what they are looking for in an employer, and as such somewhere that they can learn, develop and... read more » |
MOVE THEM UP OR MOVE THEM OUT23-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman I have long believed that managers need to always have a “ladder” of their people graded from best to worst performer. This is not just to ensure visibility of the top performers, but also to ensure identification of those that need help. The pro... read more » |
IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME16-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman When I was appointed to the SAP Global Extended Board in 1999, my bosses at the time (the Global CEO and the Board Chairman) approved my title as “CEO Asia Pacific, Board Member SAP-AG”. This was based on the fact that no-one outside of Germany r... read more » |
THE THREE ENVELOPES09-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman Just after I was appointed to the role of IT Manager at International Harvester NZ about 40 years ago, a colleague told me a story that highlighted the tenuous nature of management roles. It involved the removal of a CEO by his board after the co... read more » |
THE 3 GREAT BUSINESS LIES02-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman It is incredible that marketing organisations within companies spend such an incredible amount of time developing a company’s mission, vision and values statements and yet they all tend to come up with basically the same things over and over aga... read more » |
CONGRATULATIONS … YOU’RE A HIGH POTENTIAL … HERE IS YOUR TATTOO26-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman Ever since Jack Welch told the world something along the lines of “ … look after the top 10% because they create the magic ..”, every company has put some effort into implementing a “High Potential” or “Top Talent” programme (Pesto effect ?), tha... read more » |
GYMNASTICS AND BUSINESS19-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman Some time ago I was surprised to learn that in gymnastics competitions at global levels such as the Olympics, achieving a “perfect score” for a perfectly executed routine in any of the disciplines, needs more than just the perfection of the routi... read more » |
MANAGING YOUR CAREER14-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman I have found that most people do very little to manage their own careers. The majority of people seem to work their way through their jobs with varying degrees of skill and commitment, and wait for opportunities to present themselves, then pick ... read more » |
I LIVE TO WORK OR I WORK TO LIVE05-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman The great thing about being a Manager is that you only have one primary objective. All you have to do is to create an environment where people can be unbelievably successful. I understand that this is easier to say than to do, but it’s not a bad ... read more » |
FLOGGING A DEAD HORSE02-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman I have lived and worked in Europe for the last 9 years after more than 30 years working in the IT Sector in NZ, Australia, Singapore and the USA, and have worked with, for, and also been responsible for, hundreds of different Managers at varying ... read more » |
VIVE LA FRANCE25-Jun-2010 - Les Hayman The French Unions have called for National Strikes in response to the Government’s announcement that it will raise the official pensionable retirement age in France from 60 to 62. This could be the first real test of the Sarkozy Government and i... read more » |
GROWING A NEW LEG20-Jun-2010 - Les Hayman I was in Belgrade, Serbia, recently to speak at a conference of Business people. On the way in from the Airport to my hotel, I asked the young driver as to whether he felt that things had improved or worsened since my last trip to Belgrade a year... read more » |
TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS20-Jun-2010 - Les Hayman I have been regularly surprised about how many Managers I come across who believe that a valid Management approach is to look for people to do something wrong and then to help them correct it. I surmise that this satisfies two basic urges that th... read more » |
Accelerated HCM Dashboards from ROC17-Feb-2010 - Damian Williams Following last month’s webcast on Workforce Analytics, where attendees saw the power of Business Objects and the dashboards that organizations can implement in just a few weeks we thought you might be interested to see just what you can get ... read more » |
Getting the best out of TVN OrgChart16-Dec-2009 - Luke Marson In a recent blog I talked about getting the best out of TVN OrgChart to maximise customer satisfaction and to better meet their requirements. To find out how I recommended this is to be done, read my blog on the SAP Developers Network. read more » |
Making the most of HCM data visualisation02-Nov-2009 - Luke Marson Recently I’ve seen a big increase in the use of SAP’s Talent Visualization by Nakisa (TVN) OrgChart tool by organisations to get their HCM data right. As you may know, HCM data is critical to a number of business and SAP processes and ... read more » |
Getting the Best Future for Your Company01-Jun-2009 - Stephen Burr Early May saw SAP release the latest “Enhancement Package” (EhP4); these packages are SAP’s way of deploying new software functionality to customers without disruption. Although there are notable improvements in the core HC... read more » |
Investing in the future01-Apr-2009 - Damian Williams Employers are not willing to let their talent suffer, according to the latest research from Ochre House. Some 67% of surveyed employers are planning on rewarding their top performers with a pay rise this year, despite the current economic cl... read more » |
Preparing for the upturn26-Mar-2009 - Damian Williams Global leaders are taking care to avoid losing talented players during the current downturn in the market, according to research published by Deloitte. Not only do they understand the importance of talent management but they are also taking ... read more » |
Shared service centres: widening the skill gap02-Mar-2009 - Damian Williams According to a report in Personnel Today, over 56% of HR executives and CEOs believe that shared service centres are killing off the skills of our HR professionals, through lack of exposure to key working practices. It’s a wor... read more » |
Equality Bill, Diversity Management06-Oct-2008 - Damian Williams Diversity management is one of the largest challenges organisations will face over the next decade. Making sure an organisation has a successful mix of staff from different genders, races, ages and ability levels is not only becoming a legal requi... read more » |
The Equality Bill – Time to Sit Up and Take Notice08-Sep-2008 - Damian Williams The Government’s Equality Bill, announced by Deputy Labour leader and Equalities Minister Harriet Harman in July, has been long anticipated by public sector organisations and long dreaded by many of them. While the anticipation of the Bill a... read more » |
Talent Management: Nothing to do with employee benefits?15-Aug-2008 - Damian Williams Talent management is the current buzzword in HR. Talent management is the identification, recruitment, development and deployment of a company's most capable employees. It is a strategy used by employers to improve the retention ratio of thei... read more » |
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