HR leaders are often perceived by line managers and senior executives to deliver the most value when they are firefighting (a.k.a. dowsing “talent fires”). … Read more
Are You Doing Analytics Or Just Reporting Data?
Many HR software packages include built-in analytics. This is a good thing, some data is better than no data. However, as HR gets more sophisticated, we … Read more
Make Your Team More Effective By Getting Them Out of the Office
“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”― Albert Camus Now that we’ve wrapped up another year, and are already well … Read more
Don’t Let Analytics Replace Good Judgement
When a sports writer asked hockey coach Mike Babcock about a particular hockey analytic, Babcock responded, “We don’t know if any of it’s true.” What did … Read more
5 Steps to Selecting a High Value Predictive Workforce Project
Note: KPIs, analytics, predictive analytics — we tend to use these terms interchangeably, but they’re not. They overlap, but progressively more … Read more
How HR Leaders In SMBs Can Make the Shift From Tactical to Strategic
Many HR practitioners who find themselves working in small or medium-sized companies share a common frustration. They complain that their time is spent … Read more
How Not to Hate Change: Communicate. Then Communicate Again. And Again.
This is part three of a three-part look at how companies can manage change in meaningful ways that make sense for individual employees and the organization … Read more
Use These 6 ‘D’s to Be Ready In Case Things Go South
While the economy has been growing steadily stronger since the 2008 recession, few would label the current economic environment as “certain.” National … Read more
How Not to Hate Change: Make Better Decisions
This is part one of a three-part look at how companies can manage change in meaningful ways that make sense for individual employees and the organization … Read more
The New Business-Driven Approach to Employee Experience
Human resources is experiencing a massive shift. For years, organizations have relied on a single annual engagement survey to collect feedback from … Read more
The Biggest Issue Facing HR May Be Managing Change
PIHRA’s California conference, which concluded yesterday, is, in many ways, similar to other large HR conferences anywhere in the U.S. One of the two … Read more
Rewards Can Help Close the Strategy-to-Performance Gap
I like to argue that we should be holding our compensation programs – and the money they represent – to a higher standard. Research examining … Read more
Does Your Org Chart Reflect the New Workforce Realities?
If there is one thing that is for sure in business, it is that the future is guaranteed to no one. In order to continue to grow a sustainable and thriving … Read more
Red Teaming: How to Get At The Truth Within Your Organization
General Martin Dempsey, the former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells a story about the day he was promoted to the Army’s highest rank back … Read more
You Should Know Your Employees As Well As You Know Your Customers?
For the first time in history, there are five generations working side by side. This new multi-generational workforce has the potential to pose major … Read more
5 Challenges to Getting Your HRMS Do Real Analytics
Leaders across the organization recognize that making workforce decisions based on facts and data — instead of intuition alone — is a key route … Read more
A Strategic Plan Without a Talent Strategy Isn’t a Plan
“So what happens if I create strategy and ‘ignore’ the talent side since we have never paired the two together?” As a senior faculty member for the Human … Read more
Get Those Goals Down to a Final Four
If you are a college basketball fan like I am, when you hear the words “Final Four,” you smile. I hope that, after reading and applying what I am sharing … Read more
Get That Seat at the Table Using Metrics to Look Forward
Over the years, human resources has been bumped down lower and lower on the influencer list in organizations, and losing what seats professionals ever had … Read more
The Future Is 4 Years Away. Is Your HR Team Ready?
When the international law firm, Eversheds, working with the Winwark research group, launched the HR 2020 project, its objective was “to study the future … Read more