Talking HR: talent mangement and employee engagement

Talking HR 013: More on Best Companies with book review: Motivate like a CEO (show notes) - Mar 17,2009

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Talking HR: talent mangement and employee engagement

Krishna De and Jon Ingham

Ireland and UK

Description: Talking HR explores talent management, employer branding and employee engagement in an a global digital economy, hosted by Krishna De and Jon Ingham

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Talking HR 013: More on Best Companies with book review: Motivate like a CEO (show notes) - Mar 17,2009

Show notes:

01:50 mins Krishna: Happy St Patrick's Day, photo sharing on Flickr, Pixie etc. 05:40 Krishna / Jon: Recent news on woman sacked for updating on Facebook - impact on employer brand. 9:15 Jon: Introduction to HCI, review of HCI Summit, Gary Hamel presentation, HR 2.0. 14:00 Jon: Presentation from Tony Hseih, Zappos. 17:00 Krishna: Zappos experience - does outsourcing call centres align with wowing customers? 19:00 Jon: Need for a clear focus (Zappos: customer service, slightly weird culture).  Zappos' use of Twitter. 22:45 Jon: Key take-aways - need for ambition, innovation to create competitive advantage through people; supported by effective leadership. 24:10 Krishna / Jon: Etiquette in using social media / use of video at conferences - need to include a shout-out at beginning and end of video. 31:20 Krishna re innovation conference in Ireland 32:45 Krishna / Jon: New companies on the Sunday Times Best Companies list (need to continue engagement efforts through recession - also discussed in show #012, and an opportunity to maintain trust - discussed in show #011).  Best companies continuing to outperform other organisations through downturn. 36:30 Krishna: Top 10 companies. 38:30 Jon: Review of Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For including Zappos case study.  Positive experiences in making redundancies.  Top 10 companies. 41:15 Krishna / Jon: Reporting on best companies and the recession by state. 42:10 Krishna / Jon: Best Companies still hiring, compelling case studies - including Nugget Market never having make a layoff. 45:10 Krishna: Key take-aways - role of inspiration, transparency and common-sense management in best companies / best workplaces. 46:30 Krishna / Jon: review of Suzanne Bates' book,  'Motivate like a CEO', inspiration vs motivation. 49:45 Krishna: Positive coverage of communication - chapter 9 on story telling, chapter 10 on presenting 'on stage'. 52:45 Jon: Positive coverage of the need for having a clear purpose (chapters 1-3), but criticism of GREAT acronym in chapter 5 - need to inspire through people's emotions. 55:00

Krishna: More positive ideas in chapters 15 & 16.

57:45 Wrap-up.

 

Check out the resources we referred to on the show:


For more information on Krishna visit http://www.krishnade.com
Follow her at http://twitter.com/krishnade


For more information on Jon visit http://www.strategic-hcm.com, or http://strategic-hcm.blogspot.com
Follow him at http://twitter.com/joningham


Contact us at talkinghrpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com

 

Best Companies | Human resources | Employee engagement | Motivate like a CEO | Suzanne Bates

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