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June 18, 2011

Bob Gately answered this question

What should a leader consider when addressing “talent alignment?”

Hi Caty, a CEO should ask each direct report the following questions and wait for an answer and wait as long as it takes for the direct report to admit he/she does know the answer to one or more of the questions. The answers must ... more

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June 16, 2011

Neil Morrison and 6 other people answered this question

How can HR align itself with the business goals?

Eurgh.....this whole debate depresses me to be honest. Who is HR? The function or the activities? How do we align? Align with what? The business strategy involves people doing stuff....so what is more aligned than that?
The question starts with an assumption that HR is separate ... more

June 9, 2011

Brielle Nikaido asked a question

How do you align people and culture with the ultimate business goals?

Feb. 15, 2011

Artur Pawelko answered this question

Marketing Morality. Is there a job you've turned down because of it?

I feel the same way man, I guess the best way to describe it is that if what I am doing or am hired to do is something that I feel any monkey can do if trained right, I move elsewhere because I need to ... more

Jan. 5, 2011

Petra Neiger and 2 other people answered this question

What are your rules for social media engagement at your business?

Our approach is a combination of
1. guidelines and policies
2. education and enablement, and
3. shared learning
What do I mean by this? First and foremost, at Cisco we encourage our employees to participate in social media and realize that we need to arm ... more

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Dec. 20, 2010

David Morisseau and 2 other people answered this question

How well will ERP software help me prioritize my business needs?

If you can get the right tool (think ''small business ERP") then you will be able to understand your business better.
WORKetc is considered a small business ERP solution, and can help you by consolidating separate aspects of your business together to help you get ... more

Dec. 17, 2010

Sakira Jackson answered this question

What are some strategies for aligning a talent management solution with our business strategies?

Here are a few of some key strategic platforms which you can use to tie talent management to the business strategies:
• Manage Competencies
o Talent can be optimized by aligning skills and competencies of the workforce with your business strategy
o Create competency catalog leveraged by all ... more

Sept. 29, 2010

Andrew Baker answered this question

How do you align an IT project, i.e. cloud computing, with your business goals?

David,
The "alignment of goals" discussion is always particularly interesting because of the perception that different members of an organization have concerning how the organization functions.
The Information Technology team is supposed to support the overall objectives of the organization just as HR, Finance, Marketing and Sales ... more

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July 28, 2010

Lourdes Alvarez commented on a brief

5 Ways to Align Employees with Your Brand and Business Goals

I agree that you have to let your employees know what the metrics are. In my organization which is local government with more than 30,000 employees we do constant training on what our strategic plan is, what our goals are, share the mission with them ... more

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