Michael Specht

A blog from Australia looking at technology, management, Human Resources (HR) and recruitment.

Entries Tagged as 'Management'

Not dead and not forgotten

November 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · HR Management, HRIS, Management, Personal · 4,046 views

Yes I am alive, and yes this blog is alive. While it has been almost a year since my last post I have not been slacking off, just to documenting my journey. Over the years of blogging I tend to self-censor when I feel the work I am doing might lead me to write about [...]

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NGA.Net Acquires Acelero for Performance Management

August 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · HR Management, HRIS, Management, Recruitment · 9,596 views

Last night at around 5.30pm IĀ receivedĀ a call from Penny Elmslie, the marketing manager at NGA.Net about two topics that they were very excited about. First was they had started a blog, second they had purchased a company. While the first piece of news is not that earth shattering for some, I personally feel it is [...]

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Who owns your employer brand?

June 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Branding, Communication, Management, New Media · 10,395 views

Last week while I was at ATC Sydney there was lots and lots of talk about employer brands and who really controls them in today’s social media world. For example Steve Fogarty, Recruiting Captain, from adidas in North America covered the topic highlighting that recruiters need to think more like marketers to attract top talent, [...]

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Employee Engagement and Social Media

May 24th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Engagement, Enterprise 2.0, HR Management, Management · 14,563 views

Over the last 2 weeks I have been giving a series of presentations looking at how social media (and Enterprise 2.0) can drive employee engagement. While the slides are available on slideshare for download I wanted to give a bit of context. As part of preparing the presentation I came across a presentation by Susan [...]

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How to Motivate Employees to Succeed

May 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Engagement, HR Management, Management · 17,886 views

This guest post is contributed by Melissa Tamura. Every employer wants to get the most productivity from their employees. If you push too hard, though, you risk making employees unhappy, causing unwelcome turnover and costing you money. So the question remains, how do you motivate your employees to work their best? Praise Employers are often [...]

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