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Last Updated 12/19/2007
Developing Leadership Talent: A Guide to Succession Planning and Leadership Development
New Free Report Available from the SHRM Foundation
Effective succession planning involves more than just a replacement planning process. It also includes a comprehensive employee development system. Learn how to develop talent in your organization. The Developing Leadership Talent report will provide you with real world scenarios and case-studies of how companies handle their replacement planning process and employee development. This report by David V. Day, Ph.D. is part of the SHRM Foundation’s Effective Practice Guidelines Series and is available for download at:
http://www.shrm.org/foundation/07leadtalent.pdf
Free Report on Rewards Strategies from SHRM Foundation
A recently released report from the SHRM Foundation, Implementing Total Rewards Strategies, was developed to help HR professionals like you enhance their organization's performance and employee morale with a well-thought-out and skillfully implemented total rewards program. This new report provides a concise overview of the total rewards implementation process, including the four key phases: assessment, design, execution
and evaluation. A copy is available at no charge from the SHRM Foundation at:
http://www.shrm.org/foundation/07RewardsStratReport.pdf
Foundation Promotes Use of "Research-Based Knowledge"
The SHRM Foundation promotes the use of "research-based knowledge."
What does that mean for you? It means enhanced credibility.
Imagine proposing a new program to senior management and being
able to cite solid research to demonstrate the benefits of your
proposal. The Foundation funds practical research every year
to help you do just that. Projects focus on critical areas such
as Technology & HR,
HR Measurement, Global HR, and the Changing Role of the HR
Professional. To review SHRM Foundation research findings, visit www.shrm.org/foundation.
Foundation Regional Scholarship Program
The Regional
Scholarship Program supports working SHRM members seeking
professional certification or pursuing a college degree. In 2007, funding
for this program will doubled to $100,000. The Foundation will award
60 certification scholarships of $750 each and 40 academic scholarships
of $1375 each. Application deadline: July 16, 2007.
New DVD: Fueling the Talent Engine
The SHRM Foundation has introduced a new DVD entitled Fueling the
Talent Engine: Finding and Keeping Higher Performers. This
case study of Yahoo Inc. demonstrates strategic HR in action. Through
a series of interviews with senior Yahoo executives, the video explains
how Yahoo's talent management strategy builds competitive advantage
for the organization. This is an ideal resource for professional
development. The DVD is available from the
SHRM
Store.
The SHRM Information Center
The SHRM Foundation supports the SHRM Information Center through a
quarter million dollar grant. The Information Center, a free service
to SHRM members, publishes the online White Papers series, maintains
the Competitive Practices Database, and answers more than 70,000
inquiries annually.
The Foundation grant ensures that the Information
Center has the latest technology and the most current resources
to help HR practitioners get the answers they need quickly and easily.
For an overview of the Foundations work, visit www.shrm.org/foundation.
HR Role Models
The SHRM Foundation has recently created a new DVD video entitled HR
Role Models.
Narrated by author and consultant Dr. Wayne Cascio, this highly acclaimed
video features HR executives and their CEO's discussing what
it means for HR to be a strategic leader in the "real world" of
business.
The video features interviews with top HR leaders. Professor John Boudreau of Cornell says the
video "enables HR educators and field professionals to experience firsthand some of the most
innovative examples of cutting-edge human resource management."
To order the DVD, visit the SHRM Store.
Graduate Programs
Directory
Thinking about getting your master’s degree? The
SHRM Foundation can help. The Foundation has compiled the first-ever
comprehensive directory of master’s degree programs in human
resource management, HRD, I/O psychology and more.
Visit www.shrm.org/foundation/directory to
view profiles of more than 114 HR-related master’s degree
programs across North America. The directory provides information
on programs of study, location, curriculum, tuition, student demographics
and more. Full-time, part-time, online and distance learning programs
are included.
Access to the online directory is free to SHRM members
and the printed version, Graduate Programs in Human Resource
Management, is available for purchase from the SHRMStore
by calling 1-800-444-5006.
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