We know that HR needs Seats at Executive Tables. Also key to better business performance is leadership diversity. 2009 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors and 2009 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Executive Officers and Top Earners present disconcerting conclusions: Women held 15.2 percent of board seats. Women of color held 3.1 percent of [...]

People sometimes refer to character as makeup. Not the cosmetic kind but the qualities that really make up a person. Organizations also have makeup. Thats the corporate culture and employment brand you experience as projected by the level of talent that works there. And it all starts with leadership. As an HR professional, how do [...]

McKinseys article, Competing through organizational agility, begins with this wise comment: Market turbulence did not begin with the fall of Lehman Brothers, and it will not end when the global economy recovers. In fact, in a kind of Moores law (the one which describes the exponential increase in the power of information technology) for business, [...]

We predicted recovery would be a buzz word for 2010, and it is appearing”albeit with some trepidation”early and often in articles such as Even in a Recovery, Some Jobs Won’t Return and EU economic recovery is gathering momentum although at a modest pace. While any talk of recovery is welcome, there is also important learning [...]

We know that talent management delivers higher earnings for companies that practice and execute this HR strategy. But what are the key process drivers inside the results? Aberdeens Integrated Talent Management: Improving Business Results through Visibility and Alignment points to alignment of people to company goals. The results include increased profit and engagement: 7x greater [...]

For those of us whove been measuring the financial and business impacts of talent management for years, findings that correlate a talent management strategy to hard dollar business performance are no surprise. Here are some examples that should perk up the ears in the C-suite of any company: Talent Management Correlations Advantage: Talent Management Talent [...]

According to The Wall Street Journals Federal Jobs: Easy to Spot, Hard to Get, the US Federal Government expects to hire more than 250,000 people over the next three years. These projected hiring needs are listed by skill and agency at Where the Jobs Are 2009: Mission-Critical Opportunities for America. While the private sector lost [...]