Category: Comprehensive Development of the Human Resources Area
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Do not confuse high performance with high potential
Talent identification is an essential task for companies. They need to identify their existing talent pool to develop a potential map that facilitates decision-making regarding replacements and succession plans. (...) Once the need (and the opportunity) has been identified, it's crucial to have a clear understanding…
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Effective Companies and the Law of the Harvest
The desire to increase productivity and efficiency often leads companies to seek out and test different technologies and tools. Thus, they try out, not always successfully, Process Reengineering, ISO 9001, Potential Assessments, Executive Coaching, Lean, TPM, and so on. Clearly, all these tools are valid, but they are just that: “tools.” And for…
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How to Improve Performance or the Parable of Felix the Flying Frog
Once upon a time, there was a man named José who had a pet frog named Félix. José lived a modest but comfortable life, supported by his salary as an employee of a major supermarket chain. Even so, he had always dreamed of being rich… “Félix!” he said one day, filled with a sudden inspiration, “let’s…”
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TPM and Human Resources: Can we think one without the other?
As we move towards implementing an integrated management system like TPM (or TPS, or Lean Manufacturing, etc.), people must become both thinkers and doers of the process. However, this transformation into “TPM workers” doesn't have to be the sole responsibility of the Human Resources department. Management…
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I listen to offers
“A simple glance at the classified ads in this newspaper serves as a barometer for measuring the growth in labor demand that drives economic growth. These sections not only have more pages, but there is an increasing number of ads in which the same company is searching for positions at different hierarchical levels…”
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Shall we rest on vacation?
What are vacations? They are supposed to be the temporary suspension of work, studies, or other usual activities to rest, which implies recovering from tiredness, sleeping soundly, taking a break from work to regain strength, doing individual or family activities that we enjoy, etc. But do we recover from tiredness or…