Digitalizing HR: Connecting the workforce
Capgemini Consulting publishes its global HR Barometer report to investigate the trends and challenges facing today’s HR executives and their teams. The findings in this year’s report suggest that HR organizations are slowly beginning to!-->…
HR Outsourcing: Frameworks, Guidelines and Tips
Outsourcing remains an important topic for many companies. Cost savings are still one of the primary motives for contemplating outsourcing, but strategic considerations are also playing an increasingly important role in decision-making!-->…
The main challenges of cultural change
Changing an organization’s culture is one of the most difficult leadership challenges. That’s because an organization’s culture comprises an interlocking set of goals, roles, processes, values, communication practices, attitudes, and!-->…
Staff Retention
As the world speeds up, so people are moving jobs faster than ever. But it needn’t be that way, and there are things you can do today to help your key staff want to stay with you.
The retention problem is biggest in the US, where!-->!-->!-->…
Responding to the human side of crises in the workplace
Recent events remind us that scary, dangerous, and stressful situations can happen anywhere: on the street corner, at the grocery store, and—far too frequently—in the workplace. Crises may occur in our own locale or in neighbourhoods and!-->…
Talent and tax
The war for talent requires immediate action.” That was the conclusion reached at an EY event on the future of tax held last year in Zurich. Skilled tax professionals are more critical than ever to an effective tax function.Yet!-->…
Drive Workforce Competitive Advantage with HR as a Service
What would the transformative impact be on your organization if HR were truly a strategic business partner? HR leaders have long recognized the potential benefits of engagement, intelligence, innovation, and more in all levels and aspects!-->…
Employee Engagement– a Strategic Differentiator in Today’s Competitive Business Landscape
The human jobs that remain require specialized skillsets, not just warm bodies. And as technical competencies are increasingly automated, what were previously considered soft skills are becoming the hard skills. These are mainly behavioral!-->…
The advantages of diversity at work
In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, diversity in the workplace has emerged as a driving force behind innovation, growth, and success. Embracing diversity isn't just a matter of inclusivity; it's a strategic advantage that!-->…
Say “nay” to those who doubt.
We occasionally read articles explaining why we detest human resources, how HR is worthless, why it should not be saved, or why we ought to fire the HR division. "This job is typically taken by an overweight, middle-aged woman who loves!-->…
Elevating the Digital Employee Experience
To address the changing dynamic of a more digitally savvy workforce, HR organizations must tap into advanced analytics and harness ‘as a service’ delivery models to raise the bar on talent acquisition and development, as well as to inform!-->…
Big Data: HR’s Golden Opportunity Arrives
With the arrival of Big Data, HR is faced with an unprecedented opportunity to become more datadriven, analytical and strategic in the way that it acquires talent. Indeed, HR has spent much of the past decade trying to find increasingly!-->…
HOW TO PERFORM COMPENSATION BENCHMARKING & SET SALARY RANGES
In our current market, potential hires are more informed than ever about the market rate of their position’s salary. They weigh their decision based on salary, benefits, location, commute time, education programs and opportunities for!-->…
The Strategic HR
The post industrialization phase saw the development of improved human resource practises with focus on employee training and improved productivity. This is also the period that ushered in the human resource department to an organisation’s!-->…
Staying Ahead of the HR Content Challenge
On the good side, if managed properly, content can help HR transform businesses into highly effective organizations, delivering a true competitive edge. Unfortunately, before realizing the benefits, you have to overcome the curse of being!-->…
Trends Impacting HR’s Role in Enterprise Risk Management
Uncertainty is the new normal. Companies face intense uncertainty as the rate of change accelerates across all dimensions of business. Risks, many never imagined, have entered the realm of possibility for organizations. And in today’s!-->…
HR experts share how analytics are shaping a smarter workforce.
Organizations have vast amounts of data at their fingertips and have the technology capable of transforming that data into actionable and powerful insights. But as we predict and understand employees better, we must also look to the future!-->…
5 Employee Recognition Mythbusters.
We’ve been talking recently about our latest Workforce Mood Tracker Report and its findings on employee motivation and authenticity in recognition. There were also a number of surprises in that report, which inspired us to create this!-->…
What Top-Performing Companies Do Differently
Want employees to stay? Talk about pay. In a study of 71,000 employees, PayScale found that 82% of employees surveyed would stay at a company if they were underpaid, as long as their employer was transparent about the reason. Top!-->…
5 Easy Steps to a Smart Compensation Plan
How smart is your company? Smart companies have up-to-date compensation plans that support their business objectives and ensure their long-term success. As the HR leader at your organization, it’s important that you can efficiently lead!-->…
5 Things You Should Do Before Developing A Virtual Training Program
You can’t get to the right destination if you don’t know where you want to go. And you can’t know where you want to go if you don’t evaluate where you’ve been. Although you don’t want to spend too much time looking in the rear-view mirror,!-->…
What Employees Want
Do you know what your employees really want from your organization? You can, and it pays to find out. But you may have to look beyond survey results (although we highly recommend them) to find out what really drives employee engagement.
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How HR Can Eliminate Pain of Paper and Create Competitive Differentiation
The explosion of technology has changed how people expect to interact. They have little tolerance for clunky, paper-based communication anymore. They want fast and easy electronic interactions on the device of their choice – and they won’t!-->…
Ultimate Guide to Strategy for HR Leaders
It's time for action and new ideas that can strengthen HR's contributions to business success and clarify those contributions to others. This guide points the way with action steps to align HR with business success, tips for metrics and!-->…
Leveraging HR “Cloud” Technology: For Small to Midsize Employers
Human resource professionals looking to improve workforce productivity are faced with a confusing jumble of technologies that support different business functions. Changes in labor-supply demographics and the associated demands of HR have!-->…
Top Issues HR Pros Face in Today’s Workplace
According to the SHRM research, managing talent requires HR departments to "attract, recruit, retain, identify, and develop high-potential employees." This represents a shift in the focus of talent management. Laura Lea Clinton, GPHR,!-->…
Power of people analytics can extend HR’s reach
By plugging in the right data fields and information on eHealth Technologies’ 40 employees, Michelle Halloran can guide some of her company’s human resources decisions. For instance, Halloran, vice president of HR at eHealth, can use!-->…
Making flexible work work
While studies show that organisations understand the need for and recognise the value of flexible work, a recent report by McKinsey & Company notes that fewer than 25% of employees take full advantage of the programs on offeri . This!-->…
Integrated EAP & Wellness = Improved Employee Well-Being
It’s no secret that an individual’s emotional, physical, and even financial health, are intertwined. So it makes sense that the services designed to support and enhance an employee’s well-being are closely integrated.
Training and Connecting Employees to Drive Innovation Program Impact: A High Level Overview
As companies look to develop new and sustainable revenue streams they are expanding innovation resources and activities. Over time, these businesses are forming sophisticated corporate ecosystems that support the creation, selection,!-->…