Monthly Archives: October 2008

Rob Bernshteyn – Managing talent in a challenging economy

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Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 26:

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Rob Bernshteyn (profile) is Vice President of Global Product Management and Product Marketing at SuccessFactors. Since the recent economic downturn, Rob has been actively working with clients and colleagues at SuccessFactors to take a critical look at how companies need to shift their talent management strategies to deal with a time of scarce financial resources. Rob shares some interesting and occasionally counterintuitive observations about talent management strategies in uncertain economic market. This includes techniques for optimizing workforce productivity, retaining your high performers when you most need them, and effectively and fairly managing organizational restructuring.

You may not be able to change the economy, but that doesn’t mean you can’t profit from it. Learn how this week on People Performance Radio.

Winning Through Talent in Uncertain Times

Catharine Larkin – Inspiring Leadership Success

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Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 25:

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Catharine Larkin (profile) is Senior Partner at MICA Consulting Partners, a company that provides clients with assessment driven processes to attract, engage and develop successful leadership at all levels of the organization. Catharine shares stories from over 25 years of experience working one-on-one with C-level leaders to help them achieve business success. She provides insight into the reasons many high potential leaders derail and how to create an environment that promotes leadership success. This interview contains a variety of highly useful insights into leadership performance , including Catharine’s fascinating theory of the “Terrible 33s” and how to manage them.

If you are a senior leader, aspire to become a senior leader, or simply work with senior leaders then you will gain value from learning from Catharine Larkin about why leaders fail and how to help them succeed this week on People Performance Radio.

Ken Scarlett – Fully engaging employees

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Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 24:

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Ken Scarlett (profile) is CEO of Scarlett Surveys International, a company that has been conducting employee surveys for over 35 years. Ken shares a variety of insights gained from his extensive experience measuring and analyzing employee attitudes. Of particular interest are his comments about companies need to expand their concept of employee engagement to include providing assistance to help people deal with issues outside of work that can influence their on-the-job behavior. As Ken explains, the goal is to have employees fully engaged while at work – and sometimes this requires helping them deal with challenges they may be facing outside of the workplace.

Employee engagement is a lot like losing weight – it is easier to talk about than to actually do, and it requires using accurate measures to keep your efforts on track. Learn more about creating a healthy and vibrant workforce by listening to Ken Scarlett this week on People Performance Radio.

Bruno Aziza & Joey Fitts – Enabling a culture of intelligence execution

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Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 23:

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Bruno Aziza (profile) and Joey Fitts (profile) discuss their new book “Drive Business Performance: Enabling a Culture of Intelligent Execution”. The book combines the authors’ extensive personal experience working in global companies with in-depth case studies of multiple businesses to explore what it takes to create a culture built around performance execution. The authors share several stories illustrating key concepts to consider when creating a goal-based, pay-for-performance culture.

Want people to do what you want them to do? Find out how this week on People Performance Radio.