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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

In 2011, Kodak made the list of Top 10 Fortune 500 Employers With Older Workers, called out for employing a disproportionately high percentage of mature workers. This generation is the first to be raised in a post-industrial era driven by technology. Human Resources' I believe the answer is yes.

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The Homecoming Queen Grows Up (kinda)

Women on Business

Despite maturity, confidence, and by all external accounts, success, I still really, really want to be liked. All other childhood aspirations have gone by the wayside–marrying Shaun Cassidy, winning Wimbledon, living on a horse ranch. Why does this one refuse to fade? The answer is obvious. And I am not alone.

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The Three Keys to Employee and Company Fulfillment

Strategy Driven

Amazingly, one of the paradoxes of the corporate world is that mature organizations often choke off the capabilities needed to succeed. Today, the most important resource for most organizations is the right talent to get the job done. It you are not a technology geek, picture being asked to sit in a software class.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Human Resources Oversees Training. Consultants must have at least a 10-year track record to be at all viable as a judgment resource. What is their maturity level? They embrace technology, rather than ideas and concepts. By their nature, HR departments are designed to uphold processes and systems.

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IBM Focuses HR on Change

Harvard Business Review

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. We came up with ' Global Enablement Teams ': we took the top people in mature markets and assigned them to help and mentor people in the growth markets. But not at IBM. Fostered global teamwork.

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How to Get Over Your Inaction on Big Data

Harvard Business Review

Second, they’re inconsistent with the history of technology. Yes, we live in what Ray Kurzweil calls an era of accelerating technological change, but no transformative application or device has ever achieved critical mass within three years. They’re at the low end of what Schmarzo calls the big-data “maturity” spectrum.

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Four Ways to Adapt to an Aging Workforce

Harvard Business Review

And these aren’t just perceptions: A report from the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College has found that, compared to younger workers, older workers do have higher levels of respect, maturity and networking ability. Human resources Managing people Talent management' Creating new positions or adapting old ones.