HR Era,     Issue # 62,       Jan 15th, 2006
 

CONTENTS

Moderator's Space

1. New Year and New Members

Human Resources Management

2. Aligning Training Function with Business Strategy - by Aries K. John
3. Talent Management in the High Tech Industry: A Case Study - by Michael Ensser
4. "HR has to fall in love with the business not HR itself" : Interview with Wayne Brockbank and Dave Ulrich by Indrajit Gupta - sent by Rakesh N Sahay
5. Performance Appraisal Format - by Gagandeep Singh Bajwa
6. Why Good Employees Leave Great Companies - sent by Raza Jaffri
7. Group Relations Conference of Bion Institute - by MM Kumarswamy

Soft Skills and OB

8. An Interview with Dr. Stephen Covey - by Sharif Khan
9. Art and Science of Leadership - by R S Ramkumar
 

Inspiration, Attitude and Fun

10. Woman...Of...Substance...Element...!!! - sent by Pramod Dastoorkar
11. Anger Prevention Kit - sent by S Sampath Kumar
12. If Today - sent by Sanjeev Sharma
 

Announcements & Messages from Members

13. Praise & Brickbats from Members
14. Training Programs (India)
15. HR Jobs (USA)
16. Aims of HR Era, How to Contribute Articles.

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Human Resources Management

http://hrera.com/contributions1/aligning_training.doc

In my experience, the question perceptive senior business managers ask on training is: How do you measure effectiveness of training? This white paper tells us how to enhance value of training by aligning with strategy and outlines the approach to measure ROI on training.

Author: Aries K John

Aries has been associated with Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore as a business unit HR person. He has a post graduate diploma in HR management from the Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore. He has a total work experience of 5 yrs in the field of HR and Recruitment. He can be contacted by email ak.john@tcs.com
 

http://hrera.com/contributions1/talent_management_in_hitech_Industry.pdf

There is lot of talk about talent management - with anything & everything included in it. Sometimes I wonder why not rename personnel management talent management!

This case study outlines what Sony Europe did for "talent management," with the help of Egon Zehnder International - one of the largest HR consultancy in the world. It will help understand what talent management means and how it is done. It is an abstract from an article first published in CriticalEYE REVIEW – The Journal of Europe’s Centre for Business Leaders (June 2005).

Sent by CareerConsultation Moderator

Contact: CareerConsultation-owner@yahoogroups.com
 

In their new book, The HR Value Proposition, Wayne Brockbank and Dave Ulrich, professors at the University of Michigan School of Business, explore the HR discipline's Holy Grail: making human resources a strategic partner to business.

Indrajit Gupta met up with professor Brockbank for a discussion on the new book and other critical HR issues. He was accompanied by Satish Pradhan, HR head of the Tata Group. Professor Ulrich joined the chat through a tele-conference.

Sent by : Rakesh N Sahay

Rakesh is with NTPC, Noida, India. Contact: Phone - +91-120-2410061, sahay_rakesh@rediffmail.com , rnsahay@ntpc.co.in .
 

http://hrera.com/ff/perf_appraisal_form_1.doc

Performance Appraisal season is nearing. Here is a comprehensive format shared by Gagandeep, which is used in his company.

The format provides excellent scope for self-review by the appraise and also review of objectives set at beginning of the year. Use it if managers in your company are willing to invest enough time in appraisals, otherwise shorten it.

Earlier Gagandeep had shared a model Employee Induction Manual, also called Employee Handbook. It is still available at   http://hrera.com/contributions1/hr_manual_gagan.doc .

I wish more HR Professionals develop the spirit of sharing which he has!!!

Author: Gagandeep Singh Bajwa.

Gagandeep is HR Executive, Dess Technologies, Mumbai. Contact: 9819085129, gagan@dess.net  .
 

http://wisdomliving.blogspot.com/2005/08/employee-turnover-management-series.html

Dear Members,

I just came across this article that is wonderfully insightful. "Employee Turnover" discusses the results of a Gallup study on why people leave jobs. Why fabulous companies loose their best and most valuable resources, and in many cases those guys go straight to the competition.

Not only I could relate to events in my own career, but I could even relate to stories I have heard from friends who left their jobs and moved on to other companies.

The findings of the study are as universal as the problem of loosing talented workers. I hope more CEOs and Managers read this article and take corrective action necessary within themselves and their organizations!

Please share your views.

Best regards!

Raza Jaffri

Sent by - Raza Jaffri

Contact: rj@aarknet.com

 

The Bion Institute follows the Tavistock school approach to human behaviour in organisations, based on research carried out primarily in Europe. The Tavistock approach is now gaining ground
since it provides more "humane" understanding of authority & power relationships in organisations
as against the schools based research carried out in US, with which we all are more familiar.

The Bion Institute is once again offering a Group Relation Conference titled "AUTHORITY, LEADERSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN DIVERSITY," in in Bangalore during February 6th – 11th, 2006. It is an indepth experiential learning experience.

We have been receiving a lot of requests and enquiries about the event. So here it is!! Please
see how you would like to use the opportunity.

You can download the Brochure and Registration Form from the above link.

Thanking You.

Yours Sincerely,

KUMARSWAMY.
PRESIDENT, BION INSTITUTE.

Invitation by : M.M.Kumarswamy,

Kumar is President Bion Institute, Director, Society for Human and Social Development, Organization Consultant, and Training Coordinator, Aagaz Academy Karnataka (THP). Contact: Email: bioninstitute @ yahoo.co.in . Ph: (080) 26635876 / 9845345349. Mail to: Bion Institute, C/o Aikya, # 55/B,Off 41st Cross, 2nd Main Road, Jayanagar 8th Block,Bangalore –82.
 

Sharing and Growing

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Email your articles & contributions, along with your scanned photograph,
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Soft Skills and OB

Dear HR Era Readers,

Attached is my interview with Dr. Stephen Covey, co-founder of FranklinCovey and author of 7
Habits of Highly Effective People.

Dr. Covey was named one of the top 25 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine and the article is on his latest Leadership insights based on which he has written his latest book - "The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness."

I thought it would be an excellent read for you.

Cordially yours,

Sharif Khan

Author: Sharif Khan

Professional Speaker, Writer, Coach, and Author. He delivers Inspirational Keynotes and Seminars that Energize, Educate, and Empower people to unlock their inner-hero potential for higher success. Email: sharif@herosoul.com , http://www.HeroSoul.com  . Phone: 416.417.1259.

He has written "Psychology of the Hero Soul" an inspirational book on awakening the Hero within and developing people's leadership potential.  "Sharif's wider vision for the concept of 'Hero' is enormous in scope and powerful in terms of its impact. A fascinating Read." - Les Brown, author of Live Your Dreams.

Becoming a leaders - a leader in the highest sense - requires understanding of 10 dimensions and practicing each of them. On each dimension, Ram has put together 10 brief truisms - to enable us
to fully appreciate & understand the meaning each dimension.

Each of the 100 truism is has been limited to less than 128 chars, so that people can add the chapter name (16 chars) and author name (12 chars) and share it through SMS.

My first impression on these insightful statements addressed to the practicing managers was that they are simple yet profound. Read thru!!! I am sure you will find a few gems of wisdom to share with your friends. Kindly acknowledge the author (Ram) whiling sharing in the SMS & Email.

Author: R S Ramkumar

Ram has written several articles for HR Era earlier. Contact: ramkumar@rsrinnovations.com  .
 

Inspiration, Attitude and Fun

10. Woman...Of...Substance...Element...!!! - sent by Pramod Dastoorkar

http://hrera.com/contributions1/hrera112.htm

On a topic of perpetual interest to ....

sent by Pramod Dastoorkar

Email: pramoddastoorkar@yahoo.com 
 

http://hrera.com/contributions1/anger.ppt

Anger is one of the most negative, toxic and debilitating emotion. Anger shatters the delicate glass of relationship. Like the glass does not re-gain it's original beauty on being joined, so also relationships damaged by anger.

On the other hand, grandmother's advices like "when angry, count 10 before you speak;" and "when angry, take a deep breath;" do not seem work.

Here is a unique presentation on anger management.  It is very useful in present day context where people are stressed and easily getting annoyed.

Sent by: S Sampath Kumar

Sampath is my colleague working in Audco, Chennai, a sister concern of Larsen & Toubro Limited. Contact: sskr@audcoindia.com

Contact: ss_himachali@yahoo.com
 

Announcements & Messages from Members

A.Mohan Fernando, L&T, Chennai

dear mr.rajeev

gone thorugh the hr era issue 61 and its really an excellent compilation. happy to note that every issue is giving importance to IR and the articles are nice. especially the article on Employer's rights under Labour Laws compiled by mr.vinod bidwaik is very good .

thanks again

regards

Fernando
fernando@lntecc.com
 

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DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, San Fransico, USA

Who We Are: In-Home Supportive Services Consortium is a non-profit agency based in San Francisco. We provide home care services to nearly 1200 clients referred to us by the Department of Human Services. Our staff is highly diverse in every aspect. We promote having fun at work while staying focused on serving our clients, our homecare providers, and our community. Our office has an open door policy and is looking for a person who appreciates the value of non-profits, diversity, and supporting the underserved populations of San Francisco.

Responsibilities: Develop and manage the organization’s human resource functions including employee relations, compensation and benefits, training and development, recruiting, safety, leaves of absence, human resources information system, and other generalist functions. Participate in developing and implementing personnel policies and procedures. Supervise 3 human resources coordinators.

1. Recruits, interviews, and checks references on all administrative staff applicants.
2. Conducts new-hire orientations and employee training sessions.
3. Provides support, counseling, and conflict resolution to management and staff.
4. Tracks hours for employee evaluation dates, pay rate adjustments, and eligibility for benefited status.
5. Maintains personnel records, including leave records.
6. Develops and implements personnel policies and procedures.
7. Provides employee data to appropriate government agencies.
8. Negotiates and implements employee benefit plans.
9. Monitors Worker’s Compensation claims and prepares related reports.
10. Participates in union contract negotiations with SEIU Local 250 (represents the Consortium’s Home Care Providers).
11. Works with union representatives on grievances.
12. Supervises Human Resources Assistant.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Management or a related field and 3 years Human Resources generalist experience. Experience conducting hiring, discipline and discharge processes, and strong knowledge of state and federal labor and employment laws, including wage and hour law, Title VII, ADA, EEO, and worker’s compensation.

Preferred: Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification and/or Master’s Degree in a relevant field. Experience in a service-oriented or non-profit setting. Experience with HRIS and knowledge of payroll processes and systems preferred.

Proficiency on a computer using Word, Excel, Outlook, and the Internet. Strong leadership skills, including motivation, training, and supervision. Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and meet deadlines. Well organized with excellent planning abilities. Must have strong initiative and the ability to think independently as well as work in a team. Creative and flexible.

Benefits: Medical, dental, paid holidays, vacation health and wellness, sick leave, Commuter Checks, and a friendly, diverse staff.

How to Apply: Submit cover letter, salary history, and resume to: Carrie Hamilton, IHSS Consortium, 1453 Mission St, Ste 500, San Francisco, CA 94103. Fax: 415-659-5358.

Email: jobs@ihssco.org

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