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Kevin Pallardy, Managing Partner, Appointed to International Affiliate Board of Directors | |
Kevin Pallardy, Managing Partner and St. Louis Market Leader, has been appointed to BPI group's International Affiliate Board of Directors. With 30 years of experience as a human resources leader and a consultant to leading global companies, Kevin will represent the firm's U.S. operations on the board, which determines the firm's overall global business development strategy in addition to overseeing large cross-border engagements.
Click here to view Kevin Pallardy's bio. Click here to contact him. |
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| BPI group welcomes Michaelene George | |
Michaelene George
Director, Business Development, Midwest |
Serving clients with local, national and international operations, Michealene George has just joined the team in the Chicago office.
Click here to learn more about Michaelene, or click here to contact her. |
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Learning and Leadership Conference, Chicago | | Jay Scherer, Robyn Clark, Mary Herrmann and Amy Dordek were back in class last month at the Learning and Talent Development Leaders Conference, held at McDonald's Hamburger University in suburban Chicago. Click here to view the YouTube video of the panel discussion led by Jay, entitled, "Making Leadership Development Stick". | |
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| SHRM Atlanta | |
The BPI group Southeast team was a Bronze Level Sponsor and exhibitor at the 20th annual Atlanta SHRM conference held in October. With nearly 1,000 HR professionals in attendance, SHRM Atlanta is one of the largest HR conferences in the country with nationally known keynote speakers and 48 concurrent education sessions. Click here to see the Southeast team at the conference. |
| HR Management Association of Chicago | | |
Since its inception, BPI group has been active in HRMAC (the HR Management Association of Chicago). In addition to participating in the numerous events that HRMAC hosts on a monthly basis, we sponsor the annual "Summit" which took place this year on October 27, and attracted hundreds of HR professionals from the Chicago-land area. We were pleased to see so many of our Chicago-area friends in attendance! |
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Happy Holidays from BPI group!
It's a time to look back... and a time to look forward.
In this season of giving, we often reflect on those who have given us their time and friendship over the past year. We thank you - our valued clients and friends - for your continued support. In turn, we are pleased to announce that we are giving back to the community by establishing a unique initiative - "Giving Back" - through which we have committed to the reemployment of 100 women in 2011. Working in partnership with JVS Chicago, a non-profit, non-sectarian social service agency, we will provide personalized coaching and career transition services free of charge until each candidate is successfully placed. The Giving Back program underscores BPI group's global commitment to help the communities we serve. It's only fitting that we introduce the initiative during this season of reflection.
Best wishes,
Juan Luis Goujon, President & CEO BPI group U.S., on behalf of the entire BPI group team
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 The "New Normal" Requires a New Approach to Career Transition
 When outplacement was first introduced fifty plus years ago, it's doubtful that its inventors could have possibly foreseen the state of work today. Back then, after the Second World War, employment was considered a life-long contract between employee and employer. Retirement parties and a gold watch were the culmination of 25, 30 or even 50 years of work with the same company.
It's exceedingly evident that times have changed. The world of work has changed very dramatically. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average person born in the later years of the baby boom held 10.8 jobs from age 18 to 42 alone.
That's why, at BPI group, we have re-invented and enhanced our career transition programs to ensure that they meet the needs of both employers and employees in today's "new normal" where it is common to change jobs (or even industries) every few years. Given that, our contemporary programs combine the two most valued components of career transition support: customized job leads and personalized, private meetings with a career consultant. In addition, individuals are offered tools and training for successful "onboarding" into their new positions. Click here to keep reading about our innovative career transition solutions, and how we're focusing on the "placement" in outplacement. |
Hiring for "Fit":
Understanding the What and the How
Ask a hiring manager what they want and you will typically hear: "I want the best, most talented candidate for the job." The answer is seemingly simple, but what does it really mean? How can you ensure that the candidate picked is indeed "the best"?
 Hiring the best candidate means evaluating talent, skills, knowledge, experience, and, of course, prior performance. But, it is not only about that. It is also about behaviors, communications, energy, pace, vision, attention to detail, orientation to change and many, many other factors. So, how do you get the best, most talented candidate that also fits the role and the culture? Click here to keep reading. |
Healthcare Human Capital Challenges
The healthcare industry faces many of the same people challenges as other industries:
- Ensuring that organizations have the right talent - and enough of that talent - with both technical skills and leadership skills.
- Dealing with resource constraints that limit the ability to engage, coach, develop, train and retain key talent (whether physicians, nurses or staff) and carry out thoughtful succession planning in the light of talent shortages and as boomers retire.
What is particularly unique to healthcare, however, is that these issues must be dealt with in the context of many known - and, as of yet, unknown - overarching changes resulting from healthcare reform. Ultimately, organizational structures, roles and work processes may need to undergo radical changes in order to positively support on-going business strategy.
Since 1997, our senior consultants have helped hundreds of healthcare organizations and executives come to grips with the issues facing the industry and the profession.
Click here to read more about our services and recent projects in healthcare human capital consulting, or click here to contact Mike Broscio. |
Re-Positioning for Growth: Three Ways to Make Learning "Stick"
 A recent survey of executives by the American Management Association found that many specific worker skills and competencies need considerable improvement in order for companies to succeed in a fast-paced global economy.
It's clear that part of re-positioning demands that we re-think the way in which training is developed and delivered to ensure that it "sticks". In other words, we need to re-think training to ensure that the learning is sustainable long after the program is over.
So how do you ensure that training is indeed "sticky"? Click here to read three recommendations offered by BPI group's Learning Solutions team. |
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Interested in learning more about how we can help you? Contact us by email, or by phone: +1.800.323.0206. Click here to find your local BPI group office. |
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