The SIOP Exchange

Studying Generation C in the Workplace

By Christopher Salute, SIOP Blogger

During my last post, we discussed the idea of students requesting Facebook interaction from their professors. I received a good amount of feedback regarding interacting with students outside of the classroom from readers and even friends and family who read the blog. I love the idea of using Yammer or LinkedIn for in-network social situations. And, I agree that it is a huge organizational challenge (work, school, or otherwise) when direct reports or students request social interaction you are not comfortable with. I’ve even spoken with colleagues who have asked students what their classroom expectations are. And, students are now expecting texts, Facebook messages, and other communications outside of the classroom.

Hiring Employees Focused on the Bottom Line: Is This the Right Strategy?

By Josh Denton, SIOP Blogger

Recently, I gave ideas to a journalist writing how applicants can demonstrate they are concerned with the bottom line. Granted, people will be concerned about customer service, teamwork, and doing an overall good job. However, the journalist’s angle was informing job seekers how to be seen as bottom-line applicants. Examples he provided were an employee whose role is computer work, but helping other departments by using a forklift, and a CEO modeling good behavior by using public transportation. However, I think this mindset misses a few crucial points.

The HRM Value Blog

By Mahesh Subramony, SIOP Blogger

In December 1912, a group of managers with different backgrounds, but with a common interest in systemizing the discipline dealing with the ‘handling of employees’ formed the Employment Managers’ Association in Boston. Their aims included “to discuss problems of employes (sic); their training and their efficiency”, and “to compare experiences which shall throw light on the failures and successes in conducting the employment department (Bloomfield, 1916; p.77).  Within the next decade, similar associations had formed in most large cities in the US, and the profession of employment management – a precursor of modern day HRM – was born.

Registration Now Open for SIOP’s 6th Annual Leading Edge Consortium!

In the fast-moving and competitive atmosphere of today’s workforce, organizations have little room for human error, making high-performance teams invaluable to any organization.

SIOP’s 2010 Leading Edge Consortium, “Developing and Enhancing High-Performance Teams,” is designed to educate and stimulate discussion on numerous topics in the teamwork field, including team structure, team effectiveness, team leadership, virtual teams, and team engagement. This year’s LEC will take place October 22-23 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Tampa, FL, and will be chaired by Past President Gary Latham. SIOP Members Deb Cohen and Scott Tannenbaum will serve as co-chairs of the event.

10 Reasons Your Team Hates You (They Just Won't Say It To Your Face)

Submitted by the SIOP Electronic Communications Committee

Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC recently published his list of the 10 reasons teams hate their leaders:

"10 Reasons Your Team Hates You:

10. You don't prioritize. Everything is important. When you do this, you remove your team's ability to say no to less important work and focus their efforts on critical tasks. The fix: write down all the tasks you have folks working on and FORCE yourself to assign a H, M, or L to each task (and treat it as such). Thou shalt only have 33% of all tasks in each of those three categories - you can't assign everything a "High" importance.