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Signs You Don't Care about Workers

How to gauge whether your company's happy talk about employees being its best asset has any basis in reality.

It has become a sad cliché: "Our People are our Greatest Asset." That hackneyed phrase doesn't mean anything in particular, so it's an easy bit of boilerplate to stamp on hallway posters and marketing brochures. When certain employers do elevate their talent-retention and team-welfare initiatives to the level of strategic priority, it's obvious.
Here are a Top Six not-walking-the-walk red flags:
1. The talent chief is a half-chief.
2. HR is a finance function.
3. Recruitment is a black hole.
4. HR is a cost-reduction unit.
5. You've outsourced the most critical people functions.
6. Org development and HR aren't one.
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Interesting LinkedIn question:
What are some talking points for managers to discuss with their subordinates regarding what to do if they are approached by a competitor to recruit them? One of our major competitors just announced publicly that they are going to start targeting experienced employees from their competitors. What can I do to help prepare our managers for when/if their subordinates are targeted?
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