Tapping into Existing Workforce Skills

Despite the efforts devoted to developing strategies to attract candidates for potential skill gaps and talent shortages, some organizations fall short when it comes to making the most of the skills and experiences already present in their workforce.

Photo credit: Halogen Software

Photo credit: Halogen Software

Do your supervisors and managers pigeon hole employees into the specific roles they were hired for, over-manage, under-delegate and in the guise of protecting employees from themselves, assume the burden of delivering information on a need to know basis?

If so, you are guilty as charged.

Wondering what to do now? Check out the rest of my article, Knowledge is Power, on the HCI Blog. 

Chicago: A Day in the Life Sunday

I spent the last four days with my girl in Chicago. We did the tourist version of the town and even though I said last weekend that I'd write more, I didn't.

Here's what I did instead:

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We had a great time but what we actually did was less important than having the time together.  What did you do this weekend?