“Our most engaged workgroup is in a remote community in Siberia” said one of my clients at a recent HR executive peer group meeting. This comment made me realize how very relative the concept of engagement really is and the complexity of creating engagement for companies that operate globally. What is engaging in the US […]

How often in your career as an HR executive have you worked with your “dream CEO?” My guess is that the answer for many might be infrequently or rare. CEOs nowadays are moving a mile a minute and have a lot of conflicting demands. Many are still stuck in the “command and control” mindset of […]

Leadership Exercises At this leadership exercises session this group of HR executives explored a number of interesting questions such as: • How is social media changing the context for leadership to an “open leadership” model that drives change? (Charlene Li in “Open Leadership” describes the characteristics of Open Leadership as “Having the confidence and humility […]

This session with my group of HR executives generated discussion and sharing in response to many of the questions we co-created prior to meeting. My sense is that we had most energy around presenting issues in executive coaching, positioning of coaching initiatives and assignments, and the emergence of more group coaching. There was also excitement […]

“I need an anti-depressant…confusion and overwhelm!” This group of HR executives sighed in unison as they realized they were in good company. Nothing like a little joint suffering – being an HR leader in this environment can easily feel loney and overwhelming. One of the important takeaways from this session was simply validation: “I am […]

Since it’s inception in 1996, the purpose of the HR Executive Forum peer group has been to “build community for leaders” and help members grow professionally and personally with the ultimate goal of advancing high-performance people strategies in their organizations and preparing themselves for what’s next. The HR Executive Forum is a place for our […]

Robert Gubas, VP of Global Marketing and Mindy Geisser, VP of Global HR wt Colliers International were hosting this session with 15 marketing executives and acted as catalysts for a discussion around open leadership and how we can leverage social media to create a culture of collaboration and engagement. I have captured some of the […]

Just recently David (David Youssefnia, Ph.D., is from Critical Metrics, a Seattle-based consulting firm specializing in cutting edge human capital measurement and analytics) and I met with a couple of dozen of my HR Executive Forum (HREF) member executives to discuss Human Capital Analytics. David was there to provide the “consulting professional’s perspective” while Sue […]

Last week the focus of my HR Executive Forum peer group meeting was inward on ourselves, something we do too rarely …seems we still feel guilty and consider it a luxury to care for ourselves. We had great disucssions around a number of different topics ranging from how we keep current in our profession, what […]

Last week I met with a group of HR executives to discuss issues around organizational design in their respective companies. It was an interesting session and, as you might have guessed, we came out of it with a clear sense that there are no “one size fits all” solutions out there. How we structure ourselves […]