Diane Strohfus

Every HR pro knows that the way we work is changing radically. Hierarchical, heavily structured organizations are being almost fully replaced with more flexible, adaptable and agile models based on cross-functional teams whose work is powered by conversations that take place up, down and across the organization. Getting the most out of these types of teams requires rethinking how we measure, manage and develop employee performance, but too many businesses remain stuck in a decades old mentality of what ‘performance management’ should be.

More and more HR and business leaders are...

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, a group of employees engaged in an exercise around love languages. The task was for them to identify and discuss their love languages among themselves. The goal was for each person to have a better understanding of how they like to show or receive love in the workplace. Love in this context is not referring to romantic relationships at work. Instead, it is referring to ways employees can support one another. The exercise was based on the Five Love Languages—Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation,...

Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and Employer Branding (EB) are to the human resources department what marketing is to the organization. Through our EB efforts, we manage to position ourselves against our competitors in the marketplace by communicating the salient features of our employer value proposition offering to prospective candidates.

Traditionally, candidates applied for a job by sending...

Cassondra Batz-Barbarich, Steven Hunt, and Autumn Krauss, HCM Research, SAP SuccessFactors

Trent Burner, SHRM Research

A fundamental factor impacting the performance and commitment of external workers (e.g., contractors,  contingent labor, and temporary workers) is the reason why they decided to pursue external work. Although their decision-making process might be complex and include several inputs, the most critical distinction is whether the person ultimately becomes an external worker because they feel they have to or they want to undertake this type of work.  

Some people choose to be an...