Resources
Newsletters
- How to Build Accountability in Your Organization
(March 2011)
For an organization to be successful, employees must have a strong sense of accountability. Leaders need to spend the time upfront clarifying roles, expectations, deliverables and timelines to ensure the team delivers on the expected results. It is important that managers/supervisors work towards developing a "culture of accountability" in order to drive success.
- How to Ensure You Hire the "Right" Person
(January 2011)
Clients ask, "Is there a special formula or a test an applicant can take for me to be sure they are the right person to hire?" Our view at Human Capital Consulting Partners is no, there is not a special formula or test that guarantees you hire the right person. For us, it is all about having a hiring process, one that works specifically for your company.
- Step 2 on How to Ensure You Have Right People to Compete in the New Economy
(March 31, 2010)
To help ensure you Have the Right People to Compete, Human Capital Consulting Partners recommends a multi-step plan. In this month's newsletter, we'll review Step 2: Defining the culture of your organization.
- Do You Have the Right People to Compete in the New Economy? (1/21/2010)
How often do you think about whether or not you have the right people resources to get your business to the next level? To help ensure you Have the Right People in Your Organization to Compete in the New Economy, Human Capital Consulting Partners recommends a multi-step plan.
- Leadership in Times of Crisis (1/29/2009)
How many times during our working career have we said to ourselves, "It can't get any worse?" How many times during our working career when it did get worse, we always found some sort of solution to turn it around? Today it's different! Globally like never before businesses are closing, layoffs are occurring in record numbers, business and personal wealth has been cut in half, and everyone is waiting for " the next shoe to drop." Here we address how to be a true leader during these challenging times.
- Does My Company Need a Professional HR Department? (12/9/2008)
Whether or not a company needs a full time HR function really depends on the company and the "people issues" facing the organization. Some HR professional trade associations suggest you base the decision on how many employees are employed in an organization. But the real question that needs to be answered is, "How do I know what is right for my company." Human Capital Consulting Partners has developed a proven process that assists organizations in answering this question.
- How to Survive the First 90 Days: A Guide for Success (5/5/2008)
From the perspective of Human Capital Consulting Partners LLC as well as of studies that have been done by other human resources consulting firms, how you handle the transition into a new role will determine whether you succeed or fail. You must pay attention to the "how," regardless of the jobs you had in the past or level you are in the organization. As you begin your new leadership role, we offer some helpful hints that should assist you in making a successful transition.
- Great Ideas for Attracting, Hiring, and Retaining Great People (2/13/2008)
Attracting and hiring the right people in your company is crucial. Learn more about “Human Capital's Effect on Financial Performance” and the role that expert assessments play in ensuring a top-notched team.
- Client Problems & Solutions (12/19/2007)
We offer a round-up of client problems and solutions that can help you with your human capital strategy.
- How to Design an Effective Executive Compensation Program (10/25/2007)
Executive compensation planning gets (or should get) a high level of analysis and attention in any company. How do you create an effective executive compensation program that will drive business success, improve shareholder value, and motivate executives to reach their goals/milestones?
- Solving Human Capital Issues (7/17/2007)
We offer a round-up of client problems and solutions that can help you align your human capital strategy with your bottom line.
- 8 Steps for Ensuring M&A and Integration Success (1/30/2007)
To ensure that companies have success in their merger or acquisition, Human Capital Consulting Partners has worked to create an eight-step process to assist companies with the integration process.
- How to Attract and Retain Great People: A 7-Step Process (10/26/2006)
Without great people, you won’t be able to grow your business. We have honed a seven-step process that will help you grow your business by identifying, developing, and keeping fantastic people. Over time by following this process, your frustration over how to attract and retain great people will end.
Articles
- "HR Answers: Merging Employees"
Jim Geier, Human Capital Consulting Partners
in Credit Union Management
- "Stable Staffing"
by Theresa Witham
in
Credit Union Management
June 2009
- “Remember Those Left Behind: Layoffs Can Take a Toll on Remaining Employees”
By Theresa Witham in
Credit Union Management
May 2009
- "Layoffs on the Rise?"
By Theresa Witham in
Credit Union Management
May 2009
- Assessment Tests Contribute to Sound Selection
By Dr. Mickey Fineberg, Managing Partner, Delta Consultants
- Does Human Capital Impact a Company’s Financial Performance?
By Jim Geier, President, Human Capital Consulting Partners
- An Eight-Step Process for Ensuring Your Acquisition and the Integration are a Success
By Jim Geier,
President, Human Capital Consulting Partners
- How to Attract and Retain Great People: A Seven-Step Process
By Jim Geier,
President, Human Capital Consulting Partners
- Succession Planning: Planning for the Future Success of Your Organization
By Jim Geier,
President, Human Capital Consulting Partners
- Human Capital Consulting Partners contributed our perspective to BIOExecutive International, a magazine distributed to more than 14,000 executives in the biotechnology industry, in a special supplement "Building Your Biotech Company: The Basic Building Blocks." We commented on various human capital issues that companies face as they grow their business. Our comments can be found in two sections: Management: Team, Skills, Strategy, Functions, Support, and Communications/Marketing: Listen First, Talk Second.
Presentations
- "On the Learning Edge: Training and Development Trend" (pdf)
Philadelphia SHRM Webinar
March 18, 2011
- "Executive Compensation After TARP"
Right Management Knowledge Forum,
June 2, 2009
- "Preparing for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)"
Greater Valley Forge Human Resources Association, Government and Legislative Committee
May 19, 2009
- "How to Design an Effective Executive Compensation Program,"
a workshop in the Eastern Technology Council's Business-Building BootCamp,
September 25, 2007 in Malvern, PA
- CCM Roundtable: Communicating Effectively for Change
- "The Why, What and How of Executive Compensation: An Inside View,"
presented to the Philadelphia Bar Association HR Committee,
April 27, 2007
- "How to Attract and Retain Great People: A
Seven-Step Process",
given to the Kiwanis Club of Doylestown, PA on September 6, 2006
- "The Dos and Don'ts of Starting Your Own Consulting Business"
Presented to the Philadelphia Chapter of ChemPharma
By Jim Geier, President of Human Capital Consulting Partners
March 24, 2006 Plymouth Meeting, PA
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