Human Resources Strategies

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#37 Employee Retention. One Problem, multiple Views

2020-04-2827:04

Losing a valuable employee could just be a pity or even a tragedy. The problem seems to be clear. However, the way how companies deal with this topic really differs. Some do everything to protect themselves from missing loyalty. Some deal with voluntary turnover in an open way and mainly see a chance in it. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#36 Strategies to get Employee Surveys straight

2020-04-2731:51

Employee survey are among the most commonly used approaches in HR. The classic idea is to ask everyone everything so that all people work on almost anything. This episode proposes an alternative view, that is more focused on what really matters for selected stakeholders. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#35 What makes flexible working conditions really flexible?

2020-04-2738:15

There are a lot of measures known about how to shape flexible working arrangements. However, the most important question is, who decides upon those measures. By any mean, there must be a match between structural conditions and cultural beliefs. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#34 What it really means being an attractive Employer

2020-04-2627:24

Most company strive for being attractive employers. However, there is much confusion about what this actually could mean. What seems simple and nice might turn out as a concept of multiple dilemmas. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#33 The Puzzle of Compensating High Performers in Teams

2020-04-2433:18

Even in teams there might be high performers. Treating high performers differently might be a mistake. Not doing so might be a mistake too. You might either kill collaboration or you lose or not attract high performers. There is no perfect solution. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#32 Does Pay for Performance really motivate?

2020-04-2337:311

Contingent pay could either increase or decrease employees’ motivation. It is an oversimplified and often wrong idea about money being a motivator only. Often rewards could even do harm. Whether or not money motivates heavily depends on the nature of the task. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#31 Fundamentals and Strategies of Base Pay

2020-04-2227:14

Base pay could be seen as a kind of flat rate. It mainly becomes relevant when it comes to attracting and retaining people. While most companies share a common approach on how to manage compensation with pay structures there still are various strategic decision to be made. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#30 Meanings and Effects of Remuneration

2020-04-2125:58

Remuneration is not only about financials. It’s a social and psychological matter. When thinking about compensation system, four themes are to be taken into consideration: fairness, motivation, social dynamics and acquisition. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#29 Managing Careers of Experts who do not manage

2020-04-2028:48

Some experts might be more critical to a company’s organizational success than some managers or executives. However, experts have a different impact and their careers look different. Once a company thinks about managing expert careers, they will be faced with various strategic decisions. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#28 The Power of Experience for personal Growth

2020-04-1831:27

To a large extend people learn through experience. There are powerful ways to manage this particular way of development. In this episode we talk primarily about, action learning, which is a commonly used approach. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#27 How talented People learn from and with Others

2020-04-1736:00

A good way to learn and develop is to learn from and with others. In order to make this happen companies could run various initiatives. In this episode we talk primarily about career paths, mentoring and coaching. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#26 Who are your most talented People?

2020-04-1635:231

One major challenge of talent management is to understand who got talent. It is the question though, what talent actually is compared to competence and potential. Most companies run so called talent reviews, which might be a good idea. However, there are some limitations that go along with this particular procedure. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#25 The Blessing and Curse of Competence Models

2020-04-1523:59

Competence models often serve as a strategic framework for the development, promotion, evaluation and selection of future leaders. While this could make sense there are various limitations related to competence models. The usage of competence models may either be normative or supportive. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#24 The Idea and Challenge of Talent Management

2020-04-1434:471

Talent management in most companies is seen as all activities and initiatives to fill key and bottleneck functions from the inside. While talent management is about both make (develop) and buy (hire) the focus lies on development. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#23 Find, transfer and retain Knowledge in your Organization

2020-04-1329:22

Knowledge management is about finding, retaining and transferring knowledge inside an organization. This episode briefly demonstrates a comprehensive approach on how to set your knowledge management strategy straight. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#22 Developing Leaders for organizational Success

2020-04-1240:57

Education of senior leaders, executives and managers might be critical to an organization’s long-term success. However, there is a significant variety of strategic ways of running executive education programs. This podcast outlines some of the most relevant strategic options. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#21 Nature and Strategies of Learning in an agile Setting

2020-04-1131:06

How can and will people learn in a situation when there is no knowledge available. This happen primarily in complex situations and when innovation is key. In this particular case there is no difference between work and learning. It is simply the same. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#20 How to build a corporate Learning Strategy

2020-04-1033:12

A corporate learning strategy is a systematic way not only to understand learning needs but to translate needs into concrete learning activities based on strategic learning priorities. Through a learning strategy you will reduce complexity of learning. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#19 Learning in Organizations happens in many different Ways

2020-04-0939:10

Learning is about becoming able to solve problems. In organizations learning happens in all possible forms. In order manage learning, it is reasonable to classify different learning needs into distinct learning cases based on a few learning characteristics. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

#18 Formal Performance Review, Judgement and Assessment

2020-04-0831:12

In every organizations judgement upon people are needed at some point of time. However, formal judgement could do a lot of harm to teams depending on the structural and cultural context. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

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