Talking HR: talent mangement and employee engagement

Show notes

1:20 mins Krishna / Jon: Introduction (show days, news from the UK re Woolworths and Ireland re Diageo, elsewhere: unemployment in China, social unrest and wildcat strikes 10:00 Caller from Detroit 12:30 Jon: Discussions at the World Economic, Davos 15:35 Krishna: Re depressing news 16:55 Jon: Link back to show #009: Aligning your HR plan and with the business strategy 20:20 Jon: Link back to show #004: Employee engagement and business performance 21:45 Krishna: Acknowledgement - being a real leader who cares in order to inspire trust (this will be the topic for our next show, #011) 26:00 Krishna: Taking account of employee reactions and communications 27:30 Jon: The need to be open and honest (unlike Gordon Brown?) 30:50 Krishna: The need to be creative 34:00 Jon: Some good news - companies are being more progressive this time around 36:10 Krishna / Jon: the potential extent of change (eg in Woolworths) 40:30 Jon: Cultural change supporting a "fundamental reboot" of the economy 41:15 Krishna: Using examples for HR planning / to take into the Boardroom to provide a different mindset 43:20 Jon: Organisations have got to change (recent management 2.0 conference) 48:10 End

 

Check out the resources we referred to on the show:

 

Harvard Business Review article

Management Innovation Lab: Management 2.0 conference

 

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