Competency assessment is a vital process that helps evaluate the professional skills necessary to do a job, both initially and in the future. While part of the competency assessment continuum, initial and ongoing competency assessments each have their own distinct purpose.

Recently I read with interest an article in the Huffington Post by Jon Younger, a Partner at The RBL Group, a firm providing consulting and executive education in strategic HR and leadership. Jon had recently completed a series of engagements with HR leaders of several global corporations. His observations centered around what HR leaders are doing to make better connections with company team members and, in doing so, increase their role as business partners.

Back in April, I read a story in the Washington Post by Ian Shapira on the work ethic of Millennials – Millennials accused of lax work ethic say it’s not all about 9-to-5. I read some subsequent debate on the article a few weeks later and thought I’d reflect on it here. Shapira’s initial report on some recent generational survey data was pretty compelling to start.

Coming up on May 19, we’re hosting an exciting webinar with Barb Haag-Heitman, RN, PhD, PHCNS-BC and Vicki George, RN, PhD, FAAN, authors of the new book “Peer Review in Nursing: Principals for Successful Practice”.

The HR industry is blessed with so many talented bloggers with groundbreaking ideas that they are willing to share. I read a lot of blog posts in the average week, and the quality and insightfulness of so many of these bloggers will never cease to amaze me. Here are a couple of my favorite posts from the past few weeks: