Right Person, Right Place, Right Time

Thursday, 01. 5. 2012  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Customer Satisfaction, Workforce Development

I’ve had several outstanding customer experiences in the last two weeks that point to the importance of empowered and engaged employees on the front lines of an organization.   I don’t know how these organizations hire or train their people, but I know that the results are working (at least for me).  Following is the story [...]

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Gaming the Clock

Monday, 06. 15. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Cost Management, Labor Productivity, Workforce Development, Workforce Software

In a recent survey we conducted with Harris Interactive, we asked over 700 hourly paid employees if they had ever cheated in reporting their hours in order to increase their paycheck.  Twenty-one percent indicated that they had.  Not surprisingly, of the 21% of respondents who admitted to cheating on their time reporting, the highest percentage [...]

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June is Innovation Month

Friday, 06. 5. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, HR Technology, Workforce Development, Workforce Software

…at least according to Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe.  Scott is encouraging his readers to think about ways to revive the New England economy from its doldrums by supporting new innovators and innovations.  You can visit his website for ideas on how to “make new connections, share your expertise, find out about and support [...]

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Human Capital Valuation: Measuring What Matters

Thursday, 02. 26. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Workforce Development

In the current economy, organizations may be tempted to decrease or forgo new employee training or other workforce development programs in order to reduce short term expenses.    One of our Kronos colleagues, Dr. Robert P. Yerex, explores quantitative methods for examining those types of decisions in a  new paper titled “Valuation of Human Capital – [...]

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Guest Blog: The Obama Workforce Agenda

Friday, 01. 30. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Market, Management Tips, Workforce Development

The following guest blog post is submitted by our board member, Russell Klosk:
Even as we all watched the swearing in of our 44th President with the hope that things are going to get better,  we are grappling with current business and human resource environments plagued  by the  global economic recession and the worry that it [...]

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