The HR climate is changing, evolving, and growing increasingly
competitive. For HR professionals, this means that responsibilities are
changing, and changing fast. Suddenly, the domain of your department extends
beyond administrative functions like tracking payroll and annual leave. Today,
HR professionals need to align top talent with their organisation’s business
objectives. This may sound relatively simple, but the problem that many of us
typically face is that, unfortunately, people leave. All too often, the reason
that people leave – whether they are poached by a rival organisation or simply
decide to look elsewhere – is that they are not engaged in their work.
You may not have noticed, but we have entered a bright
new era of health and wellness. The buzz around Hong Kong, Mainland China and
much of the world is one of feeling staying well and feeling healthy. People
are talking about organic cotton in their clothing, natural plant extracts in their
facial cream and moisturisers, and non-GM food in supermarkets. There are still
many areas in which our and living environments are very polluted, but it seems
that at long last we are trying our best to reverse this. Many of us share
common fears about keeping our bodies healthy and in trim, but we also share
the common problem of increased stress and long working hours.
Laughter in The Corporate World ... Do You Get It?
Written by Jamie Kong
Let me set the scene. Youhave organised a meeting with several key members of your team to energise andinspire them. You want to motivate them. You want to put them on track to blowaway last year's numbers and to eclipse their targets for the coming year.However, after 30 minutes you begin to sense things slipping away. They begindaydreaming, they are requesting bathroom breaks, and they look much tooserious. What do you do? How can you keep their attention? How can you fill theroom with energy?
There will be thousands of people involved in
next month's Olympics in Beijing. The vast majority of these will have a strong
overriding objective in mind. These objectives will all differ tremendously.
For instance, the organisers will be hoping for a smoothly organised event that
will showcase China to the world.Read More
Legal
Recruitment Transparency
In the last issue of Network HR, Allan Nee of Baode Law in Tianjin wrote a detailed and insightful article about the ways in which your organisation needs to adapt to China's new Labour Laws. Allan offered a myriad of fantastic advice. However, there was one factor he mentioned that really captured my attention - transparency.Read More
Benefits
The Power of Acknowledgement
he seeds of this article were sewn as I put together the last edition of Network HR. First, as I edited the Training & Development section, I read the following prophetic words from Jennifer Peterson, "If you want your customers to feel cared for, you must care for the employees that serve them." This started me musing about the way organisations across China treat employees.Read More
Training
Synchronicity for Success
A single droplet of sweat trickled down my neck as the glowing amber sun beat down on us. I glanced out of the corner of my eye and saw our competitors lined up alongside us. It was the moment we had been preparing for over the last 5 years. Our goal was crystal clear and I had visualised this very occasion countless times.Read More
Recuitment
War, what is it good for?
I believe I can bring the War for Talent to a peaceful end. I came to this realisation two
months ago after I was invited to present at the ‘Corporate Travel and Technology
World' conference in Shanghai. The topic, "Selecting Potential Leaders and Turning a Company from Good to Great", was
provided some months earlier, giving me time to source opinions from
around China. Read More
There will be thousands of people involved in
next month's Olympics in Beijing. The vast majority of these will have a strong
overriding objective in mind. These objectives will all differ tremendously.
For instance, the organisers will be hoping for a smoothly organised event that
will showcase China to the world.Read More
In the last issue of Network HR, Allan Nee of Baode Law in Tianjin wrote a detailed and insightful article about the ways in which your organisation needs to adapt to China's new Labour Laws. Allan offered a myriad of fantastic advice. However, there was one factor he mentioned that really captured my attention - transparency.Read More
he seeds of this article were sewn as I put together the last edition of Network HR. First, as I edited the Training & Development section, I read the following prophetic words from Jennifer Peterson, "If you want your customers to feel cared for, you must care for the employees that serve them." This started me musing about the way organisations across China treat employees.Read More
A single droplet of sweat trickled down my neck as the glowing amber sun beat down on us. I glanced out of the corner of my eye and saw our competitors lined up alongside us. It was the moment we had been preparing for over the last 5 years. Our goal was crystal clear and I had visualised this very occasion countless times.Read More
I believe I can bring the War for Talent to a peaceful end. I came to this realisation two
months ago after I was invited to present at the ‘Corporate Travel and Technology
World' conference in Shanghai. The topic, "Selecting Potential Leaders and Turning a Company from Good to Great", was
provided some months earlier, giving me time to source opinions from
around China. Read More
