Managing performance is a key ingredient to corporate performance, especially in the face of increasingly flat, more networked and matrixed organizations. Business leaders acknowledge that talent drives performance in the form of better customer service, higher sales performance, product and service innovation, business process improvement, as well as strong management and leadership. The manager’s role [...]

In the proliferation of new studies on corporate talent issues, a single theme emerges: high-value talent is hard to find and hard to keep. PwC US’ Growth Reimagined: The talent race is back on report notes more than half of the global and U.S. CEO respondents (51 percent global; 55 percent U.S.) plan to increase [...]

The data is compelling. Nearly half of the Federal workforce is eligible for retirement within the next five years. Only 10 percent of Federal employees are under 30 years of age. Regardless of hiring and pay freezes, and even delayed retirement, an estimated 1 million jobs will be opening over the next five years. That [...]

The sharp upswing in adoption of mobile technologies makes it seem like everyone is on the move. But is that same level of mobility also reflected in current internal talent mobility programs and supporting talent management software? A Taleo survey of 500 HR decision makers in large UK businesses identified both challenges and opportunities for using [...]

Talent management and HR leaders in all business sectors are chasing the formula for better execution through the competencies of their managerial and executive staff. A study of nearly 1,000 companies on six continents by the American Management Association (AMA) in partnership with the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) determined a majority of large organizations [...]

Talent management practitioners should take note of a Booz & Company survey of more than 1,800 executives that concluded: Executives Say They’re Pulled in Too Many Directions and That Their Company’s Capabilities Don’t Support Their Strategy. In the survey findings: Executives report that their biggest challenges are (a) ensuring that day-to-day decisions are in line [...]

Intense global competition for scarce talent with specialized skills is creating a turbulent employment market. Companies must use innovative talent management solutions and strategies to attract and retain the strongest employees. Studies show an increasing risk of talent flight with more than 80% of employees actively seeking new work, an increase of nearly 25% over [...]

GUEST POST Mollie Lombardi, Senior Research Analyst, Aberdeen. Mollie is a researcher and analyst in the human capital management field,with a primary focus on how organizations enable business success by unleashing the potential and productivity of their workforce. Mollie studies both workforce and talent management processes and technologies and how organizations put them to use [...]

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit report, Global firms in 2020: The next decade of change for organisations and workers, we can expect many changes to the workforce, including: Increasing workforce flux. More roles will be automated or outsourced, and more workers will be contingent (contract-based), mobile or work flexible hours: 67% of respondents expect [...]

With an optimized onboarding process backed by talent management software with Talent Intelligence, you can extend the power of your employment brand and dramatically improve your new hire experience when you: Use new hire portals to eliminate costly printings and mailings. Display up to the minute status for new hires and onboarding activities. Automatically send [...]

In the past decade, applications of talent management practices have undergone a substantial progression. Although its interesting to consider these developments conceptually, its more informative and valuable to see how organizations”each in its own place on the talent management technology and processes journey”strive to improve. The Future of Talent Management: Four Stages of Evolution by [...]

Three years ago, Gartner produced the first Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment Software. That milestone for e-recruiting and talent management software was significant because an independent analyst firm validated the space and evaluated vendors. Last year, they published the 2008 Magic Quadrant for E-Recruitment. The evaluation criteria is based on the company’s vision and ability to [...]

Talent management is increasingly viewed as a legitimate industry, yet very little effort has been made to define it exactly. What is talent management? First “management” (as per Merriam Webster) is defined as: “judicious use of means to accomplish an end.” Or in the context of talent management, a first definition would be “judicious use [...]

Managing your turnover has its financial advantages and requires housekeeping to deliver returns. HR Reporters Whats the Real Cost of Turnover? article revisits the ROI while addressing what weve known for a while: the estimated financial impacts fluctuate depending on industry, position, and location. Anecdotal evidence provides a range from 25% to 200% of annual [...]

If you do a good job in defining who you are looking to hire, there is a much greater chance for success. Now imagine doing this across all your positions. How do you do it? The key is using performance information to drive recruiting. Kevin Wheeler drills down to the core of the performance + [...]

Talent management and HR leaders in all business sectors are chasing the formula for better execution through the competencies of their managerial and executive staff. A study of nearly 1,000 companies on six continents by the American Management Association (AMA) in partnership with the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) determined a majority of large organizations [...]

In the PricewaterhouseCoopers 12th Annual Global CEO Survey 2009, 97 percent of CEOs answered “access to, and retention of, key talent is their number one source of competitive advantage in sustaining growth over the long term. Aptly, many talent management strategies aim squarely at retention of top talent. The corresponding talent management practices can include [...]

The term employee engagement has become widely used. Exact descriptions of it include The Conference Boards definition: “a heightened emotional connection that an employee feels for his or her organization, that influences him or her to exert greater discretionary effort to his or her work”; MetLife Mature Market Institutes definition: “engagement” as “a positive, enthusiastic, [...]

Managing performance is a key ingredient to corporate performance, especially in the face of increasingly flat, more networked and matrixed organizations. Business leaders acknowledge that talent drives performance in the form of better customer service, higher sales performance, product and service innovation, business process improvement, as well as strong management and leadership. The manager’s role [...]

Two important global studies highlight current talent management issues: one at the macro level, the other more granular on the issue of engagement. Both studies saw an increase in concerns around talent competition and retention. Nine of this year’s top ten issues increased in criticality from 2010, according to The Critical Human Capital Issues of [...]

Managing performance is a key ingredient to corporate performance, especially in the face of increasingly flat, more networked and matrixed organizations. Business leaders acknowledge that talent drives performance in the form of better customer service, higher sales performance, product and service innovation, business process improvement, as well as strong management and leadership. The manager’s role [...]

In the proliferation of new studies on corporate talent issues, a single theme emerges: high-value talent is hard to find and hard to keep. PwC US’ Growth Reimagined: The talent race is back on report notes more than half of the global and U.S. CEO respondents (51 percent global; 55 percent U.S.) plan to increase [...]

The data is compelling. Nearly half of the Federal workforce is eligible for retirement within the next five years. Only 10 percent of Federal employees are under 30 years of age. Regardless of hiring and pay freezes, and even delayed retirement, an estimated 1 million jobs will be opening over the next five years. That [...]

The sharp upswing in adoption of mobile technologies makes it seem like everyone is on the move. But is that same level of mobility also reflected in current internal talent mobility programs and supporting talent management software? A Taleo survey of 500 HR decision makers in large UK businesses identified both challenges and opportunities for using [...]

Talent management and HR leaders in all business sectors are chasing the formula for better execution through the competencies of their managerial and executive staff. A study of nearly 1,000 companies on six continents by the American Management Association (AMA) in partnership with the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) determined a majority of large organizations [...]

Talent management practitioners should take note of a Booz & Company survey of more than 1,800 executives that concluded: Executives Say They’re Pulled in Too Many Directions and That Their Company’s Capabilities Don’t Support Their Strategy. In the survey findings: Executives report that their biggest challenges are (a) ensuring that day-to-day decisions are in line [...]

Intense global competition for scarce talent with specialized skills is creating a turbulent employment market. Companies must use innovative talent management solutions and strategies to attract and retain the strongest employees. Studies show an increasing risk of talent flight with more than 80% of employees actively seeking new work, an increase of nearly 25% over [...]

GUEST POST Mollie Lombardi, Senior Research Analyst, Aberdeen. Mollie is a researcher and analyst in the human capital management field,with a primary focus on how organizations enable business success by unleashing the potential and productivity of their workforce. Mollie studies both workforce and talent management processes and technologies and how organizations put them to use [...]

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit report, Global firms in 2020: The next decade of change for organisations and workers, we can expect many changes to the workforce, including: Increasing workforce flux. More roles will be automated or outsourced, and more workers will be contingent (contract-based), mobile or work flexible hours: 67% of respondents expect [...]

With an optimized onboarding process backed by talent management software with Talent Intelligence, you can extend the power of your employment brand and dramatically improve your new hire experience when you: Use new hire portals to eliminate costly printings and mailings. Display up to the minute status for new hires and onboarding activities. Automatically send [...]