Today is International Women’s Day and I want to take this opportunity to reflect upon a few women that have influenced my professional life. Many, many years ago I did an HR internship at French car manufacturer Renault. The company was very advanced in terms of HR practices, being studied in all business schools like…
The shelf life of compensation plans
March 6, 2012 by 3 Comments
One of my friends contacted me recently, complaining that the Sales Incentive Plan that his company introduced a little over 4 years ago, does not seem to “work” any longer.The Sales people are not motivated, results are down and employees are complaining about how their incentive is structured. He even says that it is whispered…
How to do it in Excel
March 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
In today’s edition of Sunday Skills I am delighted to share with you an article that was originally published on the excellent blog from Cole Nussbaumer, Storytelling with Data. “How to do it in Excel” will show you step by step how to move from the traditional, boring line graph to one that is visually…
Does competency-based performance management really work ?
March 1, 2012 by 4 Comments
About 2 years ago there was an interesting question on LinkedIn : “Does competency based approach at performance management really work ? Why ?”. It did not gather many responses, yet this is a question that arises in many organisations when they decide that their performance management system does not really live up to their…
A few career and life lessons from my last job in Italy
February 26, 2012 by 7 Comments
5 years ago I was in Italy for my third job in that country in less than 10 years. I love Italy, and really enjoyed Turin. It’s a great city with beautiful architecture, nice, contrasted weather with cold winters (after all they held Winter Olympics there in 2006) and hot summers. The food is great,…
Even pictures have fine print
February 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I’ll keep it short today and will share a picture from the always excellent OneFTE.com. In the post Even pictures have fine print, Stuart makes an excellent point about how presenting data in graphics can convey a different impression based on the scales you choose to use. Make sure to try different versions of your…
