McKenzie Library
World best practice research and original articles pertaining to people management issues in the following topic areas:
Motivation
Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation, TED Talks
Underpaid, over-titled, and on the way out, management-issues news
Coaching Hits the Corporate Mainstream, management-issues news
Global Discontent Afflicts Middle Managers, management-issues news
Older Workers More Focused Than the Young, management-issues news
Women are Less Ambitious - and Men Are to Blame, management-issues news
The Behavior-Consequence Relationship, management-issues news
Change Behavior to Break the Motivational Code, management-issues news
Getting a Handle on Employee Motivation, BetterManagement.com
The Big Five Personality Factors, Lominger Limited, Inc.
The five big personality factors of how people differ
Targeting Drivers of Disengagement - Cultural Assessment Process (CAP), Corporate Executive Board
Enhancing business results through employee engagement
Bosses Are Out of Touch With Staff, management-issues news
Bosses Fail to Motivate Workers to Improve Performance, management-issues news
Performance Management for Motivation, The Nous Group
Linking culture, process and people for staff motivation
Talent Management
Why Acquisition & Retention Strategies Don't Work, Deloitte Research
The People Problem in Talent Management, The McKinsey Quarterly
TM will not work if managers don't think it's important to develop their people
Talent Management: The Special Challenges of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises,
Human Capital Institute
Next Generation Talent Management, Hewitt Associates
Insight on how workforce trends are changing the face of talent management
Dream Role for HR in Curing CEO Worries, Personnel Today
Don't Guess Your Way to Success, The Gallup Management Journal
Top Talent and Passionate Employees, HRMguide.net
The Talent-Growth Dynamic, The McKinsey Quarterly
How to nurture high flying managers internally to meet your growth targets
Retention
Talent Crisis Brewing in Asia-Pacific, management-issues news
Why You are Failing to Engage Customers, The Gallup Management Journal
Managers Critical to Employee Engagement, management-issues news
What to do with Employee Survey Results, The Gallup Management Journal
Employee Engagement Gives Big Boost to the Bottom Line, management-issues news
Employee Engagement: the what, why and how, management-issues news
Driving Performance and Retention Through Employee Engagement, Corporate Executive Board
Identifying the highest impact drivers of employee engagement
Research Brief- Employee Engagement Higher at Double-Digit Growth Companies,
Hewitt Associates
Are People Your Priority? How to Engage Your Workforce, Healthcare Executive
Assessment
Want this Job? Then Bite Your Tongue, management-issues news
Recruitment: Shallow End of the Talent Pool, Business Review Weekly
Fact Brief: Pre-Hire and Developmental Assessment Tools at Fortune 500 Companies,
Corporate Executive Board
Matching People and Jobs, The McKinsey Quarterly
Learning
Why (Most) Training is Useless, davidmaister.com
Lack of Workforce Skills Hinders Corporate Ability to Succeed, management-issues news
High Learners As High Performers, Lominger Limited, Inc.
Selection, staffing and succession planning should look at these key attributes
High Potentials as High Learners, Lominger Limited, Inc.
What is a high potential? Where do you find them?
The Coaching Conundrum- A BlessingWhite Survey on the State of Coaching,
BlessingWhite, Inc.
A Role on the Team, Boeing Frontiers Online
Engineers and technicians using workplace coaches to save time and increase quality
Development
Emotional Intelligence on the front line, The McKinsey Quarterly
Leadership Development Benchmarking Study: Identifying & Preparing Leaders, Best Practices, LLC
Most Companies Realize Limited Productivity Gains from Sales Performance Investments, BusinessWire
Start Finding Tomorrow's Leaders Now, The Gallup Management Journal
Making a Market in Talent, The McKinsey Quarterly
Put as much effort into developing your talent as recruiting them
The 6Qs of Leadership, Lominger Limited, Inc.
A blueprint for enduring success at the top
Building a High Engagement Culture, Corporate Executive Board
Growing Great Leaders Key to Double-Digit Growth, Hewitt Associates
Double-Digit Growth Companies Exemplify Best Practices in Sales Effectiveness, Hewitt Associates
Management
Bring Therapy into Coaching, Stephanie Sparrow
Performance Matters, DM Review
Exploding the outsourcing myth, Management-Issues Ltd
Are the Wrong Metrics Driving Your Strategy?, Harvard Management Update
The Skills That Separate Those Who Perform From Those Who Don't, Workforce Management
Bridging the Gap Between Performance Management and Executing Strategy, Montgomery Research
Research Identifies a New Style of Managing and Measuring Employee Performance,
innovations report
Aldi: A Supermarket With a Reason to Celebrate, BetterManagement.com
Right and Left-Brain Management Styles, management-issues news
A Popular Idea That's Dead Wrong, The Gallup Management Journal
Leading Change: An Interview with Sandvik's Peter Gossas, The McKinsey Quarterly
Time Management the Key to Sales Results, management-issues news
Performance Management: Making it Work, DMReview.com
Getting to the Heart of Organisational Change, management-issues news
Building the Management and Organizational Disciplines to Grow, Hewitt Associates
The Business Impact of Effective Employee Management- A Small Business Guide, Gevity Institute
Prioritizing Engagement Driven Business Risks, Corporate Executive Board
Elliot Jaques Levels With You, strategy+business
The Value of Corporate Values, strategy+business
Getting the Measure of Culture: From Values to Business Performance, AME Info
HR Strategy
The Global Advancement of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
BusinessWeek Research Services
HRM Practices and Firm Performance in Small Businesses: Workforce Alignment,
Cornell University/Gevity Institute
HRM Practices and Firm Performance in Small Businesses: Employee Outcomes,
Cornell University/Gevity Institute
Building the High Performance Workforce - The Study in 10 Conclusions, Corporate Executive Board
Using Branding to Attract Talent, The McKinsey Quarterly