DrakePulse - HR Blog

2018-06-15

Nat Builds His Future Thanks to Drake Medox New Zealand

By Drake Editorial Team

Choosing a care service provider can be stressful for any family...It is critical to select a provider whose services are built on the foundations of respect, dignity, and professionalism.

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2018-04-02

OLX Quickly Grows Sales Team Thanks to Drake Philippines

By Drake Editorial Team

Challenges and effective sourcing strategies implemented by Drake team Philippines to find the top talent for the world’s leading classifieds platform - OLX.

2017-12-05

Why You Need a Resilient Workforce in Today’s Economy

By David Lee

Do you realize how important it is for you to have a resilient workforce? Do you realize your company’s success depends on this? If you’re not sure, see how many of these questions you answer “Yes” to...

2017-12-05

Why Good Employees Leave – And How to Retain More of Them

By Bob Whipple

So why do good employees leave? Often times, it’s difficult to get a direct answer. However, each person who moves on can tell a story, and it’s important to build as much of the story as possible...

2017-12-05

Why Teams Fail: A Higher Altitude View

By Don Schmincke

Many well-intended team-building programs frustrate HR executives when they fall short of their promises. But why do some teams perform while others flounder even with the same training methods?

2017-11-14

10 Keys for Reducing Turnover

By Bob Whipple

The problem of employee turnover is a conundrum for any organization. One would think that during times of high unemployment, the turnover rate in most organizations would be at an all-time low. The reality is far from that...

2017-11-14

So You Wanna Be the Boss?

By Gregg Gregory

The truth is, most first-time supervisors or managers earn the position by simply doing the job well, yet without proper training in both management and leadership...

2017-11-14

The Top 7 Mistakes that Managers Make

By Ken Warren

Here are the top 7 mistakes I see managers make. See if you can relate or recognize someone you know.

2017-11-14

Succession Planning: Retaining Skills and Knowledge in Your Workforce

By Government of Alberta, Human Services

Employees can hold vast amounts of key experience, information, and skills, which walk out the door when they retire or leave an organization for other reasons. Employers that are unprepared can be left scrambling to run their day-to-day operations.

2017-10-10

Hate Firing People? Then Hire Behaviour Instead

By Don Schmincke

At some point, every business owner, manager, or human resources professional has to let an employee go. It’s a fact of business everyone hates...

2017-10-04

Don’t Take New Hires For Granted

By Bill Lee

Hiring good people is only half the battle. The other half is keeping them, especially in a relatively strong economy where quality people are difficult to attract.

2017-10-03

Learning Curves: Four Tips for Success

By Betty Bailey

It doesn’t matter how brilliant your vision and strategy are if you can’t get the soldiers, the weapons, the vehicles, the gasoline, the chow…to the right people, at the right place, at the right time.

2017-10-02

Create the Conditions to Ensure Team Success

By Roger K. Allen

Much writing on leadership focuses on the capabilities and behaviours of effective leaders of large divisions or enterprises. We read about such important characteristics as transparency, vision, authenticity, and...

2017-09-22

How to Identify Who Is About to Quit

By Dr. John Sullivan

Few things are more shocking to a manager then having a top-performing employee suddenly quit on them. Some managers have described it as a “kick in the gut”.

2017-09-20

The Beginners Guide to HR Analytics

By Martin Luenendonk

This guide explains the essence of human resources (HR) analytics and the reasons your organization should take this process seriously...

2017-09-07

5 Things Great Leaders Do…and Failing Ones Don’t

By Roxi Hewertson

Are you a GREAT leader or an “AT RISK” failing leader? How do you know? What would your staffers say? What would your own supervisor say?

2017-09-07

7 Metrics that the Most Data-Savvy Recruiting Teams Are Tracking

By Dr. John Sullivan

If you closely research the top five global companies with the highest market value you’ll realize that they all have three things in common.

2017-09-07

How to Onboard More ‘A’ Players

By Lee Froschheiser

“All Aboard!” — Don’t you just wish that hiring new employees was that easy? Unfortunately, it’s such a challenge today that in a recent national survey, over 30 percent of CEOs said up to half of their employees are...

2017-08-15

Here’s What Happens When You Lead by Example

By David Lee

If you wish your team would work harder, produce better results, and show initiative, start by looking in the mirror and ask yourself...

2017-08-15

The Benefits of a Performance Management System

By Drake Editorial Team

A good performance management system works towards the improvement of an organization’s overall performance by managing the performances of teams and individuals to ensure the achievement of overall ambitions and goals.

2017-08-15

Re-engaging the disengaged team member

By Ken Warren

Is there someone at your work who has mentally quit, but physically stayed? Are they lacking motivation, not really contributing to their team or organisation overall?

2017-07-10

Every Team Has A Leader…

By Gregg Gregory

And it is not always the person in charge. In fact, each of us is a leader in our own way. We may lead a team of people at work, a group of friends, a volunteer group, our families, and of course we lead ourselves every day.

2017-07-10

People Analytics: 10 Things You Need to Know

By Josh Bersin

As critical roles in business become more competitive, the competition for strategic talent is intense.

2017-07-10

Five Principles for Virtual Facilitation

By Jennifer Britton

Whether it’s a teleconference, a webinar, or a group coaching program delivered by phone, virtual facilitation is becoming a ‘must-have’ skill for many coaches, trainers, managers, and consultants.

2017-06-07

Becoming a Collaborative Leader – The Key to Success

By Arul John Peter,

Collaborative leadership is more than just practicing cooperation at the workplace. It is about leading towards a collective outcome that makes it possible for all key stakeholders to succeed.

2017-06-7

10 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement

By Pierce Ivory

While there are numerous statistics to support this statement, one thing is certain: If your workers feel engaged, your organization is more likely to grow.

2017-06-7

10 Team Building Tips to Take your Team from Great to Extraordinary

By Jennifer Britton

Whether you are an organization, or a professional responsible for facilitating the team building process of a team or group, the following tips are ensured to give you some new ideas on how to accelerate...

2017-05-15

Virtual teams - creating the foundation for success

By Drake Editorial Team

As a virtual team, the need to clearly define roles and responsibilities becomes even more paramount than in face to face team environments...