Original article published on TechRepublic. Although IT pros make their livings from technological innovation, you have to admit that it has also disrupted employment in different industries many times over. From travel agents to telecommunications, it has cut out the middlemen in numerous fields and has eliminated some of the most traditional forms of communication. [...]

By BARBARA ST.CLAIRE-OSTWALD, Original article published in Coaching at Work. Like any other generational group, Generation Y is uniquely shaped by its historical context. It is only by understanding, respecting and addressing such generational differences in the working environment, that coaches can establish a successful relationship There is no consensus on the exact birthdate of [...]

Original article by Mike Sisco – ITLever™ Recently, I took on a consulting project to temporarily manage an IT organization of 35 employees or so. One of the key initiatives of this interim IT Director role was to put in place a Career Development Program for the team. If you need to do this in [...]

Original post by Daniel Goleman on LinkedIn Any organization can greatly benefit from hiring the right people in the top positions. But how do you do it right? Desperate or haphazard hiring of executives can risk sinking even the sturdiest of companies. I recently spoke with Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a top global expert on hiring and [...]

Original post by Daniel Goleman on LinkedIn Performance reviews are the HR ritual that everyone dreads. Brain science shows that the way in which that review gets delivered can be a boon or a curse. If a boss gives even a good review in the wrong way, that message can create a neural downer. The [...]

From TechRepublic In an article appearing in The Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal this past fall, Rebecca Wettemann, the vice president of research at Nucleus Research, told the Journal that CIOs, “intent on protecting their turf,” are often reluctant to migrate their company infrastructure to the cloud. For IT managers who’ve spent years racking servers [...]

From TechRepublic CIOs who focus on training staff to meet their skills’ needs tend to run more successful IT operations than those who rely on buying in talent, a global study has found. IT leaders who favour training and retaining staff reported completing a greater proportion of IT projects on budget and time, as well [...]

Based on article published in CIO.com In order to respond to the increasingly complex demands of today’s businesses, the information technology department, once almost entirely populated by skilled technologists, has morphed into a more flexible corps of business-savvy IT professionals. In filling more customer-facing roles, technical prowess (while far from obsolete) takes a back seat [...]

Original article found on HBR Blog Network. Companies often throw good money after bad when looking to hire the perfect candidate for an open position. Due to the lingering effects of the recession and the perception of a glut of talent, hiring managers are still picky about their hires and many jobs remain unfilled. Who [...]

Original Article from The Economist Intelligence Unit. In this article, Stephen Lynch, Chief Operating Officer at business coaching consultancy RESULTS.com, argues that senior managers should make personal visits to shop floor staff and customers; and that these visits become standard, measurable practice. Management By Walking Around (MBWA) was a term coined by Tom Peters and [...]