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Human Resources Strategies

Armin Trostarmintrost.de
This podcast provides a comprehensive overview on the strategic side of human resources management (HRM). You learn on a stepwise basis how to build a strong human resources strategy for a given company. This podcast is for those, who share a deeper and advanced interest in HRM: students, professionals and executives. All slides related to this podcast can be downloaded here for free: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/ Armin Trost is a recognized professor on human resources management. He teaches at the Furtwangen University (Germany). Moreover he is known for various books in HRM. Dr Trost is an engaged speaker and a trusted advisor in the field of strategic HRM, leadership and organization.

Episodes

#37 Employee Retention. One Problem, multiple Views

Losing a valuable employee could just be a pity or even a tragedy. The problem seems to be clear. However, the way how companies deal with this topic really differs. Some do everything to protect themselves from missing loyalty. Some deal with voluntary turnover in an open way and mainly see a chance in it. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 28, 202027 minEp. 38

#36 Strategies to get Employee Surveys straight

Employee survey are among the most commonly used approaches in HR. The classic idea is to ask everyone everything so that all people work on almost anything. This episode proposes an alternative view, that is more focused on what really matters for selected stakeholders. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 27, 202032 minEp. 37

#35 What makes flexible working conditions really flexible?

There are a lot of measures known about how to shape flexible working arrangements. However, the most important question is, who decides upon those measures. By any mean, there must be a match between structural conditions and cultural beliefs. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 27, 202038 minEp. 36

#34 What it really means being an attractive Employer

Most company strive for being attractive employers. However, there is much confusion about what this actually could mean. What seems simple and nice might turn out as a concept of multiple dilemmas. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 26, 202027 minEp. 35

#33 The Puzzle of Compensating High Performers in Teams

Even in teams there might be high performers. Treating high performers differently might be a mistake. Not doing so might be a mistake too. You might either kill collaboration or you lose or not attract high performers. There is no perfect solution. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 24, 202033 minEp. 34

#32 Does Pay for Performance really motivate?

Contingent pay could either increase or decrease employees’ motivation. It is an oversimplified and often wrong idea about money being a motivator only. Often rewards could even do harm. Whether or not money motivates heavily depends on the nature of the task. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 23, 202038 minEp. 33

#31 Fundamentals and Strategies of Base Pay

Base pay could be seen as a kind of flat rate. It mainly becomes relevant when it comes to attracting and retaining people. While most companies share a common approach on how to manage compensation with pay structures there still are various strategic decision to be made. You'll find all slides here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 22, 202027 minEp. 32

#30 Meanings and Effects of Remuneration

Remuneration is not only about financials. It’s a social and psychological matter. When thinking about compensation system, four themes are to be taken into consideration: fairness, motivation, social dynamics and acquisition. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 21, 202026 minEp. 31

#29 Managing Careers of Experts who do not manage

Some experts might be more critical to a company’s organizational success than some managers or executives. However, experts have a different impact and their careers look different. Once a company thinks about managing expert careers, they will be faced with various strategic decisions. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 20, 202029 minEp. 30

#28 The Power of Experience for personal Growth

To a large extend people learn through experience. There are powerful ways to manage this particular way of development. In this episode we talk primarily about, action learning, which is a commonly used approach. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 18, 202031 minEp. 29

#27 How talented People learn from and with Others

A good way to learn and develop is to learn from and with others. In order to make this happen companies could run various initiatives. In this episode we talk primarily about career paths, mentoring and coaching. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 17, 202036 minEp. 28

#26 Who are your most talented People?

One major challenge of talent management is to understand who got talent. It is the question though, what talent actually is compared to competence and potential. Most companies run so called talent reviews, which might be a good idea. However, there are some limitations that go along with this particular procedure. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 16, 202035 minEp. 27

#25 The Blessing and Curse of Competence Models

Competence models often serve as a strategic framework for the development, promotion, evaluation and selection of future leaders. While this could make sense there are various limitations related to competence models. The usage of competence models may either be normative or supportive. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 15, 202024 minEp. 26

#24 The Idea and Challenge of Talent Management

Talent management in most companies is seen as all activities and initiatives to fill key and bottleneck functions from the inside. While talent management is about both make (develop) and buy (hire) the focus lies on development. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 14, 202035 minEp. 25

#23 Find, transfer and retain Knowledge in your Organization

Knowledge management is about finding, retaining and transferring knowledge inside an organization. This episode briefly demonstrates a comprehensive approach on how to set your knowledge management strategy straight. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 13, 202029 minEp. 24

#22 Developing Leaders for organizational Success

Education of senior leaders, executives and managers might be critical to an organization’s long-term success. However, there is a significant variety of strategic ways of running executive education programs. This podcast outlines some of the most relevant strategic options. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 12, 202041 minEp. 23

#21 Nature and Strategies of Learning in an agile Setting

How can and will people learn in a situation when there is no knowledge available. This happen primarily in complex situations and when innovation is key. In this particular case there is no difference between work and learning. It is simply the same. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 11, 202031 minEp. 21

#20 How to build a corporate Learning Strategy

A corporate learning strategy is a systematic way not only to understand learning needs but to translate needs into concrete learning activities based on strategic learning priorities. Through a learning strategy you will reduce complexity of learning. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 10, 202033 minEp. 20

#19 Learning in Organizations happens in many different Ways

Learning is about becoming able to solve problems. In organizations learning happens in all possible forms. In order manage learning, it is reasonable to classify different learning needs into distinct learning cases based on a few learning characteristics. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 09, 202039 minEp. 19

#18 Formal Performance Review, Judgement and Assessment

In every organizations judgement upon people are needed at some point of time. However, formal judgement could do a lot of harm to teams depending on the structural and cultural context. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 08, 202031 minEp. 18

#17 Making social Feedback most effective

Feedback is essential for learning and improvement. That’s for sure. To be most effective the one receiving feedback must be open for it in order to reach the highest possible level of reflection. This depends on how social feedback is being managed within a given context. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 06, 202036 minEp. 17

#16 Defining Objectives and Performance Expectations

At some point organizations, teams and employees must be clear about what is supposed to be achieved. We either talk about objectives, results, standards or performance expectations in general. There is the question though how to handle this depending on a given structural and cultural context. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 05, 202035 minEp. 16

#15 How you relaunch your Performance Appraisal

More and more companies think about alternative ways of running performance appraisal. This episode provides a good roadmap on how to do such a relaunch All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 04, 202031 minEp. 15

#14 A strategic View and Outlook on Performance Appraisal

Performance appraisal is one of most commonly used approach in HRM. In times of digitization and agility criticism regarding performance appraisal is getting louder. This episode provides an overview on the traditional view. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 04, 202030 minEp. 14

#13 Is your Onboarding about Babysitting or about cold Water?

Onboarding is about reducing new hires’ uncertainty and steepening their learning curve towards a required level of productivity. However, there are different strategic options. New hires could either be taken by their hands or be thrown into the cold water. But there is much more to think of. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Apr 01, 202015 minEp. 13

#12 Who should be happy with your Recruitment Process?

For most companies predicting applicants’ potential performance is of highest priority. This is focus on validity might be reasonable. However, when it comes to selecting candidates there are some more strategic options to be considered. In this episode we look at candidate experience and the role of artificial intelligence in particular. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Mar 31, 202042 minEp. 12

#11 Using Networks for effective difficult Hiring

There is much more than just job ads or executive search. When it comes to specialist hiring or difficult mass hiring active sourcing strategies are required to hire so called passive candidates. This eposode focuses on two approaches in particular: employee referral programs and talent communities. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Mar 30, 202038 minEp. 11

#10 How to actively hire passive Candidates

There is much more than just job ads or executive search. When it comes to specialist hiring or difficult mass hiring active sourcing strategies are required to hire so called passive candidates. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Mar 29, 202037 minEp. 10

#09 What is your Employer Branding Strategy?

Employer branding is the marketing side of talent acquisition. It is about positioning and presenting jobs and employers as attractive one. Still, there are some relevant strategic options regarding how to see and manage employer branding. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Mar 28, 202043 minEp. 9

#08 Building a Talent Acquisition Strategy

A talent acquisition strategy differentiates various external workforce demands in a company. At the same time different approaches are assigned to these demands. This episode presents a practical way of how to do this. All slides of the entire series can be downloaded here: https://armintrost.de/en/professor/digital/human-resources-strategies/

Mar 27, 202037 minEp. 8