Articles by Nathalie Francisci

Opinion

How HR can encourage employee happiness and productivity

Did you know that unhappy employees are not productive because they lose their creativity? Although they come in and “do the job,” they have lost all their fire. Their hearts are not in it, and they are already elsewhere in their minds—even if they’re not yet sure where.


Opinion

Are you an inspiring leader?

How do you inspire your teams and colleagues? Beyond the theories, formulas and management literature, your attitude will determine whether or not you succeed in motivating and mobilizing the people around you.


Opinion

Please, we need a HRM! Hurry!

There are still many companies that do not have an official human resources department. And yet, the HR function is alive and well in many of these same companies. It is practised on the management committee, it is embodied by the head of the company, director of operations, or the financial and administrative director.


Company life

My boss is picking on me, what do I do…?

Before answering this you need to find out why.  By considering the possibilities (and Lord knows there could be many) we will be in a better position to thoroughly address the situation. Let’s look at the different possibilities and “counter-attack” options: 1 – My boss fears me: Recognize that a defensive aggressive reaction is the […]


Opinion

A head for business and human resources

Human resources should be more business-oriented and strategic! We’ve all heard that before. I would even say it is starting to sound worn out. I remember the end of the 1990s when I was doing a master’s degree, and the professors had drummed it into our heads that we had to think “business”—that we were not in sociology, teaching but in HR economics.


Opinion

The right way to terminate someone

I love the English language and its sometimes-treacherous nuances. There are about a dozen ways to say any one action. For example, you can dismiss, lay off, fire, terminate or discharge someone. Not only are there many ways to say it, but also many ways to do it, which is the issue.


Opinion

Recruiting your recruiter

Recruiting a good recruiter is not easy, as you know.Unfortunately, this function is all too often seen as a point of entry into human resources departments and services. And yet, recruiters are an essential link in attracting talents, who are required to provide great added value and demonstrate excellent tactical skills.


Opinion

The art of recruiting and assessing a passive candidate

Passive candidates will make you work harder. You’ll need to get through to them, appeal to them, know what drives them, and motivate them to enter the selection process, without every losing sight of the fact that you have to assess them.


Opinion

HR 2010 predictions

Did you know that recruiters have a great career change potential in corporate astrology?


Opinion

Long live diversity!

Do we really know how to recruit foreign-born workers? Over the past few years, the issue of managing diversity has never been so heated or sensitive, from both a societal and organizational point of view.


Company life

Integrate your new employer

 Well there you go, you have signed your contract and you will integrate your new employer with new responsibilities and a new team on Monday morning: meeting 8.30am. Although you have been selected from among numerous candidates and you have shown good qualities in the interview, remember that the game doesn’t end there…on the contrary.  […]


Company life

Are you prone to procrastination?

Almost nobody can escape it. At one moment or another, whether working at the office or in our personal business, we all succumb to the temptation of putting things off until tomorrow, but how can we resist it? Right before Christmas, while surfing on the Internet looking for gift ideas, I came across an article […]


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