The workforce and HR play a major role in a company’s digital transformation.
Learn about new trends and strategies to jump start and fuel your journey.
Published: Mar 25, 2019
HR executives in best-run midsize companies take the lead in aligning the workforce through the use of modern technologies. IDC conducted a survey of 1,957 midsize companies (100–1,000 employees) worldwide to identify key factors associated with business success and progress toward becoming a best-run,...
Published: Mar 25, 2019
Learn fresh ideas, new considerations and real-world results for making the shift to continuous performance management.
Published: Mar 25, 2019
Today’s senior executives don’t hold HR in very high esteem: according to Deloitte, almost half of senior leaders (42%) thought their HR teams were “underperforming or just getting by”; only 27% rated HR as excellent or good.”1 For government HR teams committed to their agency’s mission,...
Published: Jul 18, 2014
Making a profit in today’s business climate is notoriously difficult. Organizations must navigate multiple challenges, including increased government regulations, stricter budgets, and keeping up with rapidly changing technologies - all threats to the bottom line. Yet amid these challenges, organizations can still...
Published: Aug 07, 2010
Talent management in the cloud Get better results by driving alignment, optimising performances. Is your business prepared for the way we’ll work in the future? To stay ahead of the competition you need a proactive, integrated approach to your entire talent management lifecycle.
Published: Aug 09, 2012
a new study by showpad and demand metric of 244 sales and marketing professionals reveals the true impact of a bad sales experience, and how disconnects between sales and marketing can be negatively affect sales.
Published: Jul 08, 2014
Preparing for the 2020 workforce is critical to business strategy, growth and performance. To understand the challenges and opportunities, Oxford Economics and SAP surveyed over 2,700 executives and more than 2,700 employees in 27 countries during the second quarter of 2014. We found that many companies lack the structure,...
Published: May 14, 2013
When it comes to learning and development, most of us know what to do, and what tools and resources are now at our disposal. The challenge often stems from being able to identify and understand all of the elements at play, and still strike a perfect balance.
This paper discusses how to create a recipe for...
Published: Aug 10, 2016
Over the past few years, much has been written about millennials’ learning preferences and expectations. This focus on millennials coincided with the generational group becoming the largest element of the workforce - and with massive breakthroughs in web, mobile and social technologies.
Collectively, these forces...
Published: Feb 17, 2017
Translation? Employees aren‘t quitting their jobs—they’re quitting their bosses.2 That’s bad news for agencies planning for innovation, succession, and market longevity. Human capital is an organization’s most valuable resource—and turnover is expensive not just in terms of sourcing,...
Published: Apr 09, 2013
In the new world of business, the identity of leadership is rapidly changing. Although traditional competencies such as integrity, vision, judgment and people development are still relevant, organizations needing to develop leaders must look beyond the conventional. They must create an environment that allows high performers...
Published: Jan 01, 2011
In reality, talent is made stronger through training. Yet some stalwarts still believe the adage that leaders are born, not made. Nonsense. Regardless of a colleague’s leadership capabilities, education and training play a pivotal role in creating superstars.
Published: Feb 09, 2011
Development drives engagement, which in turn inspires motivation, effort, and smarter thinking—keys to competitive edge and organizational longevity. Yet negative myths about development—it takes too much time, employees are responsible for their own growth—often keep career development from being a first-line...
Published: May 11, 2014