I recently read two great articles over at Human Resources IQ on the attributes that HR leaders should have in order to positively impact their organizations. Both are well worth a read, and I wanted to share some of the key takeaways with you in today’s post.

Last week, Sean discussed pay for performance, including rather interesting executive perks. I wanted to share some of what one of our customers, Pechanga Resort & Casino is doing with pay for performance.

I recently wrote an article on succession planning, and thought I’d share some of it with you . We’ve talked a lot about the benefits of taking a talent pool driven approach to succession planning, so I’m not going to rehash why you need to get rid of the org-chart model here. I wanted to take some time to look at some of the incorrect assumptions that can be made when talent pools are [...]

I recently read a post on executive perks from Ann Bares at Compensation Force with a great deal of interest. The piece discusses the changing climate of executive perks and shares info from the Wall Street Journal/Hay Group CEO Compensation Study. The study reviewed the practices of a sample of 200 companies with revenues of $5 billion of more.

In the last week, I’ve come across two great articles related to talent management in a recession that I wanted to pass along. They both make some compelling points and provide some insight into the realities of dealing with the recession from an HR perspective.