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The Secret of Happiness (per Harvard class of 1980)
The secret of happiness is apparent from the most recent survey of Harvard's class of 1980. It turns out happiness is good. Actually, there are three goods. Everyone strives for each of the three though each person weights them differently. (Some...
The Total Onboarding Program: An Integrated Approach to Recruiting, Hiring and Accelerating Talent
Webinar | HR.com | George Bradt & Ed Bancroft | October 7, 2010
"The Total Onboarding Program" now available to order!
Guide has tools, agendas and slides to help human capital professionals systematize onboarding The Total Onboarding Program (Bradt & Bancroft, Wiley/Pfeiffer 2010) is a loose leaf guide and flash drive filled with tools and the meeting and workshop agendas and...
Tick the boxes to onboard well
"Just ticking the boxes" is generally meant as an insult. It implies someone is going through the motions without thinking beyond the task. Sometimes that is exactly what is required. If everyone innovated every time they did something there would be...
Title and role are different
Webster defines a CEO as "the executive with the chief decision-making authority in an organization or business" The trouble is that that is not always the case. Sometimes the "Chairman" of the board plays an active role and makes the key...
Onboarding just ahead of the curve
You want to be ahead of the curve in onboarding - but not too far ahead of the curve. I It's a Goldilocks sort of thing. If you're behind everyone else, you're not in control. Too cold. If you're too far ahead of everyone else, you're...
Give…then get when onboarding
Random House defines networking as: to cultivate people who can be helpful to one professionally Cultivating is about planting seeds, feeding and watering them over an extended period of time before you harvest anything. You don't start by harvesting...
Leading by storytelling
Lots of interaction with leaders this week. CEO Forum on Monday. CEO Boot Camp Monday evening through Tuesday. ELEM awards Tuesday evening. Joseph Wharton Dinner Wednesday evening. How I personally felt about the various presentations and...
Get vaguely right first
Wharton professor Len Lodish used to say "It's better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong". That thought has helped me prioritize things for a long time and keep my eyes on the big picture. It's probably even better to think in terms...
Eyes on the prize hands on the wheel
Race car drivers are told over and over again to look at the track, not the wall. Leaders are told to envision the future, not get bogged down in the current reality. The advice is sound, but insufficient. Race cars don't magically steer...