Leveraging Social Capital with Michael Arena Posts
In today’s rapidly changing world, General Motors’ Chief Talent Officer Michael Arena says it is essential that organization’s hire the smartest, most capable people possible. There should be little doubt that human capital is a firm’s greatest asset. However, this isn’t enough. Organizations must also ensure that individuals are relationally positioned for optimal success. In other words, bringing in the best people is only part of the solution. Firms must also bring out the best in people. To do this entails a new frontier, unleashing social capital potential.
Discover how friendships among colleagues can serve as a secret weapon in the quest for employee retention.
Read this column to learn about high-velocity teams and how Human Resources leaders can help get the most out of people, so they can collaborate.
Learn from the latest research on the importance of cohesive, fast teams on collaboration in an organization and how HR can leverage this information to manage talent.
Get expert advice from HR Thought Leader Michael Arena on a return to office strategy that he calls designed serendipity, which will lead to discovery interactions.
Learn strategies, based on extensive research, on intentional collaboration from HR Thought Leader and Professor Michael Arena.
Discover the latest threat to employee engagement, the Activity Avalanche, which is proven by HR Thought Leader Michael Arena's latest research.
Gain insight from the incredible research on network advantages of being in person, which helps HR leaders determine how to best organize hybrid work.
Find out about formal and informal interactions in hybrid work, and discover new research to help HR leaders navigate the mix of RTO and WFH.
Learn about the latest research from those who shared how to overcome the neighborhood effect in hybrid work and determine whether innovation is possible among remote workers.
Learn about how HR leaders can overcome the neighborhood effect to improve the employee experience of hybrid work.
Learn about how to improve employee engagement for leaders, an often overlooked group by HR, in an organization.
Learn about the neighborhood effect and how it influences the hybrid workplace because it is indication of the strength of your teams even when they are remote.
Work from home seems to have boosted people's creativity, but what effect has it had on innovation? Michael Arena writes that the connections and social capital necessary for innovative environments to thrive may not be remote ready just yet.
Proximity matters in creating a workplace culture. That doesn't mean remote teams can't work, but HR has to get creative in overcoming physical distance.
Just as bridges span gaps in land, brokers within an organization bridge teams to one another. Dr. Michael Arena explains the concept of “bridge people” and how they can lead to organizational success.
Diversity is critical to the development of resilience in organizations and bottom-line results across time. Contributor Dr. Michael Arena uses organizational network analysis to empirically prove the importance of diversity.
It has been well recorded disengaged employees are more likely to quit than engaged ones. However, employee engagement is lagging an immediate measurement: network energy!
Leveraging social capital is a must for all firms. Put simply, human capital is a firm’s greatest asset, and organizations must also ensure individuals are relationally positioned for success.
