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Strategic Workforce Planning – Build Depth & Develop Talent

The Vice President of Human Resources called. “I need to create a Strategic Workforce Plan for our company, get our leadership team on-board, teach all managers how to do this, and then implement this thing. How do I create this so it makes sense and doesn’t alienate everyone in the process?” That’s a great question, because the key issue is not “How do I do this?” The key issue is, “How do I get the leadership team on-board with me to design, implement, and use this plan to ensure we have a...

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How Ready Is Your Workforce?

Just so we're clear right from the start with the title of this article, I'm not talking about what many human resources professionals refer to as 'Workforce Readiness' i.e., The 'readiness' of individuals to enter or re-enter the workforce productively and the subsequent training needed to help them acquire the necessary skills to become employable. What I'm talking about when I ask, you as a leader, How Ready is Your Workforce? is this: Is your current workforce ready to support, manage, and...

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Why Don’t Many Mergers Meet Expectations?

  With a headline like: Most Heath System Mergers Don’t Meet Expectations – Will Lancaster General Health and U.Penn Be Different? Business Writer, Tim Stuhldreher of Lancaster Online isn’t making any current employees or future patients of either hospital system feel warm and fuzzy as he writes about a proposed merger. The big question for me is: Why don’t many mergers meet expectations – for hospital systems or other businesses? Why indeed? From my perspective, the less-than-expected...

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Accountability – It’s Expected

Leaders think beyond the current frustrations and pressures. That’s how they identify opportunities and foresee roadblocks. That’s how they do their jobs. That’s how they’re able to lead. That’s how they do what is expected. That’s why they’re respected.

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So You Say You Coach Your Employees

Sound familiar? "Oh yes. Our employees are our most valuable asset." "Given the way things are these days, we work very hard to retain our employees." "We've provided coaching and mentoring training to all of our management staff!" Well good for you. But why is it that your staff seems nervous and slightly on edge when you're around? Why is it that your staff doesn't know what's happening in other departments or with the company? Why is it that your staff looks with skepticism when they hear:...

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