Experts - Performers

Just last week, a friend asked a question about the way I classify employees with respect to what they deliver to their organizations. So I decided to write a post about it. When thinking about the candidates organizations may be interested in hiring, I like to keep things simple and classify them into two categories. Experts or Performers. Yes I know what your immediate reaction will be Hassan, don’t make things so simple because they aren’t. Yes, I agree often they aren’t but trust me guys – at times they are that simple. I like to look at a potential hire with these two lenses because it makes my job easier and simplifies my hiring decision. Read more…

“The future of IT is changing in real time out of the recognition that SaaS is a
quicker and cheaper way to acquire software while consuming less internal
resources. At the same time, SaaS has proven to be more scalable, reliable
and functional as on-premise software. SaaS allows large companies to
leverage leading edge business applications immediately, without
complicated upgrade processes and the IT infrastructure demanded by
traditional software applications.

The birth of IT in most companies was due to the realization that there was
new technology that could be taken advantage of to improve business
processes and the broader competitive advantage. Today, IT organizations
are again being challenged to take advantage of new technology and apply it
to improve business processes. Leading edge IT organizations are realizing
that their role is shifting away from infrastructure management and
maintenance, toward more business process improvement demands. SaaS
has proven to be a powerful new business solution that allows IT to re-focus energy and resources to play a more crucial role within their company.” from a whitepaper by THINKstrategies. Read more…

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It takes a special kind of person to delve into the wilds of business startup. It takes an even more driven person to start business after business. Why do serial entrepreneurs do what they do?

It’s hard to quantify how much of their souls entrepreneurs offer up in exchange for bringing a company to life, but for most business owners, a one-time transaction is quite enough. Serial entrepreneurs, though, seem reluctant to stay on-board for the easy part, preferring to hand off the finished product and start over again.

A symptom of ADD? Major commitment issues? The real answer is simply this: Serial entrepreneurs love to start businesses, and they’re really, really good at it. Read more…

The Human Capital Management 2009, a single-day forum spread over 3 comprehensive sessions, featured leading HR experts and thought leaders. Coming together under the banner of “Superior HR Strategies and Solutions for Challenging Economic Times”, the experts engaged the audience on strategic organizational topics of Human Read more…

Steps to HCM success through Employee Assessments

In the first and second part of this exclusive 3 part series on aligning performance management systems with organizational development needs, we discussed how sharing best practices, accountability in objectives, and data mining, compliance, employee engagement, and management skills can increase the success co-relation between employee assessments and HCM implementation.

In the final part of The Bottom Line, I will discuss key Read more…

Steps to HCM success through Employee Assessments

In the first part of this exclusive 3 part series on aligning performance management systems with organizational development needs, we discussed how sharing best practices, accountability in objectives, and data mining can increase the success co-relation between employee assessments and HCM implementation.

In this second of 3 exclusive parts, I will touch upon the importance of -

Compliance in HCM implementation

Employee Engagement

Strengthen Management Skills Read more…

Implementing a successful HCM system involves quite a robust, and an in-depth analysis of organization-wide requirements. But that is just the beginning. Read more…

Avari Hotel & Towers has requested HireLabs Inc. to structure a leadership competencies instrument that includes a management skills module and a 360 feedback template.

Hirelabs has structured the assessment profile instrument based on Read more…