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Knowledge Management Can Help Solve the Leadership Deficit
During last week’s webinar, How KM Supports the Nurturing of Successful Leaders, I talked with our Human Capital Management program manager Elissa Tucker about APQC’s latest research on leadership skills gaps. At the end of the call, the audience brought up some great questions about the…
5 Tips for Staying Productive at Work During the Holiday Season
With the impending holidays, it can be difficult to stay productive at work and handle home responsibilities. There are a number of different activities requiring our attention. At work, you may be conducting strategic planning and budgeting, carrying out performance evaluations, and striving…
TMA People in Energy Conference: Key Takeaways
TMA’s People in Energy conference was held in Houston last week. Elissa Tucker and I had the opportunity to present APQC‘s research on best practices for developing leaders in the oil and gas industry and to speak with attendees about leadership at their organizations. The conference was an…
Benchmarks for HR Shared Services
Does your organization use an HR shared services organization? If so, how are you benchmarking its performance? To find out how HR shared services organizations are faring, APQC recently partnered with ScottMadden to complete the third cycle of a custom benchmarking study focused exclusively…
Recruiting and Hiring Management Accounting and Finance Talent
Do you hire or recruit management accounting and finance talent? If so, I would like to invite you to participate in APQC and IMA®’s (Institute for Management Accountants) survey on the state of entry-level management accounting and finance talent. The survey asks for your opinion regarding your…
Is Your HR Department Helping Business Strategy and Growth?
Organizations have shifted focus from minimizing talent costs towards maximizing talent’s potential. They are transforming HR and human capital management (HCM) to drive business growth. Making this transition requires a mature HCM strategy, mature HCM processes, and mature HR technology systems…
Why Are CEOs Using Outdated Leadership Ideas?
Recently, APQC has been sharing its latest leadership research to shed insight into today's leadership deficit. Today, we share guest blogger Jonathan Verney's take on outdated leadership ideas. Verney is the lead writer and creative strategist at The Corporate Storyteller. Find his thoughts…
11 Ways to Kickstart Better Leadership
Organizations today are experiencing a leadership deficit. In recent years, surveys have revealed that CEOs fear a shortage of leaders across the globe will impede their plans for growth. Yet business press and business research show the leadership deficit is continuing unabated. However, some…
Want Better HR Performance? Start Using HR Metrics
The use of HR metrics is becoming increasingly common. However, some organizations may be hesitant to adopt using a standard set of metrics for measuring HR performance because of the fear of increased costs; organizations understand that money and resources are required for implementing standard…
What Great Innovative Companies Have in Common
I recently talked to Claude Legrand, managing partner of Ideaction, Inc. to find out what makes companies leaders in innovation and what makes other companies struggle. APQC: What sets successful companies in innovation apart from the rest? Legrand: Knowledge about the innovation process is…