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EBM – Doing it for real – Lesson 6 – The Vision thing

Having spent the first 5 Lessons considering how to pin down evidence, effects and causes it’s time now to leave the operational end and go back to the top of the anatomy chart – the head and the brain – Read the Rest » Read More...

Published 28 Mar 2011 5:45 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: MOD, All EBM Lessons - Doing it for real, Iraq, Starbucks

Humanity finally arrives in the workplace – A book Review of ‘Beyond the Corporation’ by David Erdal

Anyone who has ever read my work over the years will testify to the fact that I happily slaughter sacred management cows, on a regular basis, and enthusiastically devour sloppy-thinking HR directors for breakfast. Indeed, the basic premise of this Read...

Published 24 Mar 2011 11:46 AM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EB Leadership, EBHR Solutions, Truth Seekers & Idealists, employee engagement, Beyond the Corporation, David Erdal, talent management

EBM – Doing it for real – Lesson 5 – Finding the root causes of ‘people’ problems

Don’t worry, this Lesson is not about old-fashioned fishbone diagrams but we do need to cover the basic groundwork first. Any manager who wants to regard themselves as professional will have been trained in the discipline of problem solving, which Read...

Published 21 Mar 2011 3:59 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: All EBM Lessons - Doing it for real, cause effect, employee engagement, fishbone diagram

“The customer isn’t always right but …..

…. there is not much profit in proving them wrong” was the unwelcome advice a friend gave me many years ago; which they attributed to a member of the Sainsbury supermarket family. As you can see from the photographic evidence Read the Rest » Read...

Published 15 Mar 2011 12:56 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EB Leadership, Truth Seekers & Idealists, customer always right, London School of Economics, LSE, Old El Paso, Rolls Royce, Sainsburys

EBM – Doing it for real – Lesson 4 – Organisational anatomy

As EBM closely follows the principles behind evidence-based medicine it should not come as a surprise to you if we say that the EB manager should always act like the best doctors. Doctors check symptoms before they try to diagnose … Continue reading...

Published 10 Mar 2011 2:47 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: Lessons in EBM, evidence based medicine, strategic framework

EBM – Doing it for real – Lesson 3 – Connect your evidence to value

Lessons 1 and 2 set the scene of a sales director concerned with raising sales activity levels until we pointed out that activity, in itself, does not guarantee that value will be created (i.e. profitable sales). When Rolls Royce manufactures …...

Published 10 Mar 2011 2:39 PM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: Lessons in EBM, decision tree, expected monetary value

The un-balanced scorecard needs that human touch

Anyone who entered the world of management within the last 20 years will have come across something called the ‘balanced scorecard’ and might even have felt its cold, damp hand on their shoulder. Those of us who have been in … Continue reading →...

Published 8 Mar 2011 11:14 AM by Evidence-Based HR

Filed under: EBHR Critiques, MBA Questions, Ulrich, Harvard Business Review, EB Product Testing Lab, balanced scorecard, Becker, dashboard, Harvard Business Press, Huselid, Kaplan, Norton, performance measurement, performancemanagement

A ‘Nobel Prize’ for ‘Human Capital Science’

Consider any awards ceremony, in any field of endeavour, and regardless of how well-respected they are you would be hard-pushed to find any that set an absolute or entirely objective standard that will be immune to the ravages of time. … Continue...

Published 1 Mar 2011 12:53 PM by Evidence-Based HR

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