As a Global HR consultant, my job is to support the implementation of HR solutions anywhere in the world. We usually carry out this process with a multicultural and multidisciplinary team that will guide the company through all stages. But before starting, people experience very...
Just like all other years, this Sunday I will run the Madrid marathon. I am going to tell you what happened to me five years ago on a day like this…. 27 April 2008, 7.15 a.m. The alarm clock went off like all working days,...
Do you have a LinkedIn profile? Have you ever looked for a job in a social network? Have you ever posted on Facebook that you are looking for a work? If you are an employer … Have you ever published your company offers via Twitter,...
Recently while I was documenting the phenomenon of gamification to use it to reduce an employee’s learning curve for a given tool, I came across a book titled “Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers” by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown and James Macanufo....
Emotional intelligence, creativity, innovation – All can be learnt – 2 In the first part of this article we wondered if certain skills believed to be innate, like creativity or the capacity to innovate, can be learnt. The resounding answer is, yes. My experience tells...
A little while ago I read a really interesting article which gave advice to students on what careers, studies and languages to pursue to secure a professional future. The conclusions of the article were clear, in the new workforce context, no university or postgraduate studies...
I have a personal view on culture, and how this manifests itself. I have a French father and a Dutch mother, I have lived in Romania, France, the Netherlands and I am currently living in Spain. These personal experiences have shaped my personal understanding when...
My daily work is about guiding customers’ HR teams in configuring and adapting their Global HRM software to fit their business processes. These business processes differ from one customer to another depending on the nature of business and also the company culture. Last year I...
Internationalization of companies and expansion of their business activities into other countries has spurred heightened interest in the social facet of companies over the last few years. Citizens around the world are increasingly better informed; their values have undergone a transformation—raising their ecological and social...
Flat or horizontal organizational structures are characterized by little or no hierarchy that intervenes in decision making or differentiates between employees and managers. This structure is typical in small organizations or within work units of larger organizations, although there is a trend towards flattening hierarchical...
