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I look forward to share some items from my dusted-off, mental shelf. Perhaps some of the presented views, recaps, and observations may find value in your dialogue - whether where you work or where you roam. I also use the social media site Digg to comment and post stories in and around business and talent management. Look for my most recent Digg stories on each page of this website. | |
Posted by Toby Elwin on Thursday, March 4, 2010
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Portfolio Planning
To identify where risk is a real part of the investment deal you will commonly hear an equity firm or VC partner claim, we invest in the people . When it comes to costs, human capital usually represents nearly 70% of all operating costs, but most investment firms focus investment decisions and deal valuation no on quantifying the people or human risk, but on quantifying: - market growth,
- market size,
- the expected rate of return, and,
- the expected risk
The decision to invest becomes a decision to a... Continue reading...
Posted by Toby Elwin on Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Talent Management
What, really, is the cost of culture? Is culture tangible to business bottom line or is culture an intangible behavioral science term only useful for dissertations? Culture, innovation, values, diversity, opinion. Related? Perhaps to each other, but related to the bottom line? I read a recent blog on Fistful of Talent had me revisit diversity's important to innovation. Here's an excerpt from that blog " Looking for Diversity? Look for a Difference of Opinion Not Value":
Today's market pl...
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Posted by Toby Elwin on Monday, February 15, 2010
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Talent Management
What does culture really costs a company? Is it worth investing in culture or passively letting culture form, also known as luck-based leadership? What is the cost of culture, in profit or loss? I found this one company a great example. Maternity leave: 5 months full salary Paternity leave: 7 weeks full salary Plus new moms and dads are able to expense up to $500 for take-out meals during the first four weeks that they are home with their new baby.Free meals,
free snacks,
free physici... Continue reading...
Posted by Toby Elwin on Thursday, February 4, 2010
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Organization Behavior
What is the cost of culture? Why is it even worth identifying corporate culture? Let's start with what is culture. Culture is the values, norms, assumptions, expectations, and definitions that characterize organizations or affectionately known as: how things are done around here Culture is often a holdover from the founder(s) actions; sometimes developed consciously by management teams who decide to improve their company’s performance in systemic ways; and sometimes, in the absence of di... Continue reading...
Posted by Toby Elwin on Friday, January 29, 2010
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Talent Management
Emotional Intelligence is a capacity to recognize how our own emotions motivate ourselves and the awareness of our emotions on others. Still a little to warm and fuzzy? What about a 30% increase in bottom line performance? Emotional Intelligence is vital to maximize any return on human capital. Why does this matter? The happier your people are, and you can't claim happiness without clarity and consistency from your leaders, teams, and organization culture, research shows an increase bot... Continue reading...
Posted by Toby Elwin on Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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Portfolio Planning
It starts with an executive need: a new market evaluation; improve operating margins; a game-changing technology; your competition is eating your lunch. Whatever the reason, a project is how an organization translates an executive strategy. The ability to scope and deliver a project is a competitive advantage. The best organizations realize project management capability as a strategic differentiator, the lagging organizations only staff project management skills within Information Technol... Continue reading...
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