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April 18, 2012

Art van Bodegraven and 5 other people answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Employee Super Powers: Is There an Assessment For That? [2/22 @ 4 pm]

Can we spend too much time assessing rather than just getting on with the job?

The trite phrase of "paralysis by analysis" applies to all manner of assessments. That contrasts with the "ready, fire, aim" approach favored by many.
The secret, as usual, is balance - of having enough discipline to reach a 90% level of understanding, and of having ... more

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Feb. 26, 2012

Bob Gately and 2 other people answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Employee Super Powers: Is There an Assessment For That? [2/22 @ 4 pm]

Companies do assessments and employee satisfaction surveys, but do mgmt really listen and act or is it just a tick in the box?

David, now that I have more time to respond I'd like to share with you the experience we had when we were going out of business; our line of credit was fast approaching our limit, i.e., accounts receivables, and once we hit that limit the ... more

Feb. 23, 2012

Karen Siwak and 2 other people answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Employee Super Powers: Is There an Assessment For That? [2/22 @ 4 pm]

If assessment tools measure what can be standardized and quantified, how useful are they in predicting performance in a vaguely defined future?

In Rare Find, George Anders points out some of the major deficiencies of typical assessment processes, which aren't experiential. He found that, regardless of the job, the most reliable predictor of future success is resilience, which is hard to measure in a standardized questionnaire-based assessment. more

Feb. 22, 2012

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Jan. 22, 2012

Rahul Nawani answered this question at this roundtable

#TChat Radio: Building and Sustaining 3-D Talent Communities [9/28 @ 4 pm]

What is a talent community?

My question would be as a org. perspective what should be the approach to go for talent community whether they should go for developing there in-house platform or they can use platform that is already a big hit's like Facebook , twitter , focus and ... more

Jan. 9, 2012

NetBridge Global answered this question

What is the best approach to HR Management in China that you have observed?

Sharon, can you elaborate what you mean by "HR management?" Do you mean local employee management or traditional HR management expertise? more

Dec. 13, 2011

Belldon Colme and 1 other person answered this question

Do cash incentives work well in other cultures?

I agree, Alex, and I wish I could hear more people understand this point. Most people would get up early, work all day and forget to watch the clock if only their work could be fun, fulfilling and mean something. It is not usually the ... more

Dec. 4, 2011

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Nov. 19, 2011

Caty Kobe asked a question

What are your tips for conducting a phone interview in which an interpreter is involved?

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Nov. 18, 2011

Laura Schroeder and 2 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Lunch at the Compensation Café: Understanding International Rewards [11/15 @ 11 am]

Do you have to offer different rewards for people in different countries? Does the value of a specific reward change based on region?

To add to Dan's great food analogy, rewards can have both different perceived value and different actual value from region to region. Different perceived value is driven primarily by culture whereas different value is driven by how much you actually get to keep after the ... more

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