I am very happy to introduce a guest post from one of my friends today, Tom Raftery. Read more about Tom’s great profile at the end of the post. And without further ado, here it is : Where HR may be getting it wrong in the Middle East I have read in various articles and…
Two tactics to deal with pay compression
September 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
Two weeks ago I described pay compression and, at the request of one of my readers, gave some advice on how to deal with it at the time of recruitment. Today I will go through 2 tactics around how to deal with pay compression at the individual, one-off level. I will cover collective tactics in…
How do you communicate the value of your compensation plan?
September 20, 2012 by 4 Comments
Let’s imagine that you have a retention issue at your organisation. It started around 9 months ago, and you are seeing a growing trend in resignations from employees in a certain job family. We all know that resignations cost a lot of money to the organisation, and even more so when “good” employees leave. So…
The challenges of writing good job descriptions
September 18, 2012 by 2 Comments
Ah, the good old job descriptions ! We all have a love-hate relationship with them, especially when it comes to writing them. The organisation can basically go down two roads : external or internal. This will most often be a choice dictated by a combination of budget /accessibility (or not) of funds and the time…
A graph based on a pivot table – can it make it easier for you to grow your credibility?
September 16, 2012 by 4 Comments
Did you know that you can create a graph based on a pivot table in Excel ? This is a little-known yet highly effective tool to quickly visualise aggregate data. Simply create your pivot table based on your data source. I advise creating the pivot in a new worksheet/tab in your spreadsheet. Here is a…
It’s the team you build
September 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
Patty Azzarello has written what is, in my opinion, one of the best books to help manage your career : Rise – 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life. She also authors a great blog which I regularly quote in Share the Knowledge, my roundup of…
