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Josh Bersin

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President and CEO, Bersin & Associates

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Leading provider of research, best-practices, benchmarking, and solution provider information on human resources, talent management, training, leadership development, and HR systems.

Sept. 3, 2011

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Aug. 4, 2011

Josh Bersin and 2 other people answered this question

Do you think organizations could aspire to a standardized performance rating convention?

We've done research on this for years, and of course every organization struggles to come up with the "best model." What we've seen is that the "right model" varies. A four point scale forces managers to avoid putting people in the middle - and many ... more

Human Resources

Organizational Development

Aug. 4, 2011

Josh Bersin and 2 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Positioning Your New Managers for Success [8/4 @ 1 pm]

What has happened to the apprenticeship model in corporate America?

It's back! Our research shows that more than 65% of organizations we surveyed this month (around 300 large organizations) cite "critical skills shortages in engineering and technical roles" as one of their top three talent challenges this year. When asked how they plan to solve ... more

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June 28, 2011

Josh Bersin and 12 other people answered this question

Can leadership be taught?

Absolutely, all leaders are "made" not "born." Even the most senior leaders have coaches and continually try to reinvent themselves. We've been studying this topic for 6+ years and what we've found is that companies which invest continuously in a wide range of leadership development ... more

Talent Management

June 27, 2011

Josh Bersin and 5 other people answered this question

Will BeKnown steal some (or all) of LinkedIn's thunder?

There are more than 750 million Facebook users and around 100 million users of LinkedIn - which means that 650 million people use social networking but have not yet created a professional network in LinkedIN. This tells me that there is a huge untapped resource ... more

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Career Development

May 27, 2011

Josh Bersin answered this question

Do you think Human Resources is perceived as a profession as opposed to a career field?

This is a very interesting question which we have explored for many years. We did a comprehensive research study of the HR profession, which we call the "HR Career Factbook" - available here. http://marketing.bersin.com/HR_Career_Factbook.html .
What we have found over the years is that HR truly ... more

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May 27, 2011

Josh Bersin and 1 other person answered this question

Does the HR Profession need "Global HR Standards"?

There are a wide variety of things in HR (hundreds in fact) which people "reinvent" all the time - like how to measure "time to hire" or "cost to hire." What the SHRM/ANSI groups are doing is trying to standardize a lot of these definitions ... more

Human Resources

April 26, 2011

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Does your company recruit for "fit"? How?

Presumably our recruiting teams are out there attracting the "best and brightest." But often - particularly in the sourcing and screening phases - that attraction is based primarily on what's on paper (the resume) or on-line (the profile). It seems that we could hire the ... more

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April 7, 2011

Josh Bersin and 16 other people answered this question

What would be your reaction if competition hired away your top two most talented employees?

The first question I would ask is "what am I doing wrong that would lead two of my top people to leave?" Am i underpaying them, providing a poor work environment, not giving them enough career opportunity, or providing a generally difficult management culture? The ... more

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Human Resources

April 7, 2011

Josh Bersin and 2 other people answered this question

Any suggestions for applicant tracking and resume management software?

There are many companies that sell applicant tracking software for small businesses. One of the biggest is Taleo Business Edition, others include SuccessFactors, Halogen, and Silkroad. Each of these also has a range of offerings for performance management, training, and other HR-related software. Taleo, Halogen, ... more

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April 7, 2011

Josh Bersin and 18 other people answered this question

what are the top 5 questions to ask employees in a performance review at a small company?

One of the really important part of performance management is aligning the manager/leader's expectations of performance with the employee's. If you as an employee think you're doing a great job, but your manager doesnt - then its very hard to have a conversation about goals, ... more

Human Resources

Performance Review

April 7, 2011

Josh Bersin and 21 other people answered this question

Can the culture of a company be dictated by top level management?

Top leadership has a huge effect on culture. We did a two year research program on organizational culture (we were focusing on learning culture and business agility), and looked at more than 100 different management practices (http://www.bersin.com/hilc) - and we actually found that there were ... more

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