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Carol Anderson is the founder and Principal of Anderson Performance Partners, LLC, a business consultancy focused on bringing together organizational leaders to unite all aspects of the business – CEO, CFO, HR – to build, implement and evaluate a workforce alignment strategy. With over 35 years of executive leadership, she brings a unique lens and proven methodologies to help CEOs demand performance from HR and to develop the capability of HR to deliver business results by aligning the workforce to the strategy. She is the author of Leading an HR Transformation, published by the Society for Human Resource Management in February 2018, which provides a practical RoadMap for human resource professionals to lead the process of aligning the workforce to the business strategy, and deliver results, and writes regularly for several business publications. Contact Carol at carol@andersonperformancepartners.com.
The Secret to Implementing a Performance Management Program
It is time for all good consultants and vendors everywhere to jump on the performance management bandwagon. Accenture led the cause by retooling their … Read more
There’s No Quick and Easy Fix to Building a Successful Workforce
I recently stumbled across a blog post titled, After years of intensive analysis, Google discovers the key to good teamwork is being nice. I knew that … Read more
How Yoga Can Help Us Learn That Helping Really Is an Organizational Value
My Yoga teacher has to remind me to breathe. I chuckle because breathing is pretty fundamental. How the heck do I keep forgetting to do something that has … Read more
5 Easy Steps to Actually Fix Your Performance Management Problem
You don’t like your company’s performance management plan? Join the crowd! Everyone’s getting into the act these days, bashing a process that has become … Read more
Should We Be Developing Leaders, or Developing Leadership?
I am often blown away by the sheer volume of entities who provide “leadership development.” How would a conscientious buyer know where to start? … Read more
What a Few Handshakes Told Me About HR’s Ability to Drive Change
My dad wanted a boy. He had me, and only me: a girl. It took me a while to figure that dynamic out. I guess it finally hit as I headed off to Marine Corps … Read more
Should Handling Employee Benefits Be Handled by HR?
I have been having a debate with myself. It’s becoming both annoying and non-productive. So I thought I would invite you all into the dialogue. As I speak … Read more
A Road Map To Help HR Truly Become a Trusted Advisor
There is nothing better than a great speaking engagement where I learn from the attendees. I recently had the opportunity to share the story of my book, … Read more
Do Peoples’ Faces Fall When You Tell Them You Work in HR?
So, I’m on vacation, on a train passing through northern Utah on the way to Aspen. If you’re not familiar with traveling by train, they have lovely dining … Read more
Is Performance Management Dead? Why HR Needs to Get Behind This Problem
Don’t you just love it when the business media derails all your good work? The current edition of HR Magazine‘s article Is the Annual Performance … Read more
When HR Works Best, It’s When HR Serves as a Trusted Advisor
I had the privilege of speaking to an audience of HR practitioners at the HR Florida State Conference recently. I also had my first book signing, which … Read more
Digging Into Executive Pay: Is It Really Out of Control?
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule this month that will require publicly traded companies to disclose the ratio of CEO pay to the … Read more
New Software Isn’t Always the Answer to an HR Problem
I get dozens of emails each day telling me how a great product can have a miraculous effect in my company. Twenty years ago, I would get excited about new … Read more
Why I Struggle With Workplace Parties (Especially When HR Plans Them)
Does it strike you as odd that the July/August HR Magazine features a seven-page article titled 25 Fun & Easy Ways to Boost Morale? On first glance, … Read more
Isn’t It Time We Get Employee Relations Issues Out of the Closet?
I saw an article on HR Bartender titled If you’re being investigated by HR. The title gave me pause, but I had to spend a bit of time figuring out why. … Read more
No, It’s Not a Joke — HR Really Can (and Should) Facilitate Change
I published a post on April 1 titled There’s a Good Reason Why HR Should Lead Change Initiatives, and it apparently was seen by many as an April Fools’ … Read more
There’s a Good Reason Why HR Should Lead Change Initiatives
Change management is about people, performance and leadership, ergo, one would think HR should be leading the charge (or at least playing a major role). … Read more
Excessive Pay Is STILL Excessive – and the Boss Still Needs Skin in the Game
In 1991, Bud Crystal released the book In Search of Excess, a scathing commentary on executive pay. I was a newly minted Compensation Consultant in a large … Read more
Can You and Your Organization Truly Handle Transparency?
A recent article in the Orlando Sentinel caught my attention. It reports that a leasing company has stopped the process of making tenants agree in the … Read more