Articles by Mike Prokopeak
Guilt Is Good
The more prone your workers are to guilt the better, argues a recent article in a major psychology journal.
HR Tech Conference: Wrap Up
On Monday as the HR Tech Conference got underway, I wrote that HR technology is under a microscope. Led by tech giants like SAP, Oracle, Salesforce.com and IBM, the industry has been a juicy target for acquisition and investment. Integrated talent ma...
HR Tech Conference Day 1: Magnified HR
Few corporate functions give themselves a more thorough beating than HR. Hardly a day goes by without someone at an HR conference somewhere delivering a good tongue lashing about being too focused on tactics at the expense of strategy or the lack of ...
The Continued Evolution of the CLO
Amid ongoing transformation of the CLO role, today’s learning leaders need to continue to hone their business acumen.
Amid Falling Employee Engagement, New Approaches Emerge
Pay increases remain the prominent engagement tool, but potential employee turnover and lingering economic uncertainty call for better communication and targeted rewards, a new survey finds.
How Technology Has Changed L&D
As part of CLO's 10-year anniversary coverage, Skillsoft COO Jerry Nine discusses the evolution of the L&D industry and what it means for the CLO.
‘Wait and See’ Reigns When it Comes to Executive Hiring
While the executive job market looks flat for the near future, smart organizations don’t wait for boom times to focus executive talent.
Call Me Maybe
While the flavor of the month is often sweet, the less glamorous work of long-term talent management is what tops the charts.
Let Them Get to Know You
Managers who show employees their individual foibles and faults drive higher engagement and job satisfaction among workers.
It’s the End of HR as We Know It
The ongoing march of technology and management make talent everyone’s priority. Are you ready for the next step?
Culture Matters: Development for the Latino Employee
By tailoring development to the needs of Latino employees, CLOs can boost their performance and spur innovation.
The Talent Crisis in Your HR Department
A new study shows business leaders unhappy with support from their HR colleagues in collaboration, knowledge sharing and retention.
Talent Analytics Drive Vendor Activity
All’s been relatively quiet in the HR vendor market lately. Since SAP and Oracle shook up the market starting at the end of 2011 with the purchase of SuccessFactors and Taleo, respectively, and their subsequent moves and counter-moves to pick up data...
SHRM Day 2: I’d Like to Talk to You About Millennials
[caption id="attachment_1837" align="alignright" width="216" caption="Malcolm Gladwell opens Day 2 of the SHRM Conference (Image courtesy of SHRM)."][/caption] When somebody says those dreaded words to me: "I’d like to talk to you today about mill...
McDonald’s USA: Where Burgers Are Big Business
McDonald’s USA, Chief Learning Officer magazine’s No. 5 ranked LearningElite company for 2012, moves up the rankings by serving up development that makes employees better at business execution and customer service.