As an HR professional, you know that a conversation about performance provides an equal opportunity for managers and employees to talk about what’s going well, what needs to improve, and how things are going in general. Can you guess which side I’m referring to? MORE

With continued global expansion, the business recognised the need to better manage its most important asset—its people. There was one for performance management, one for recruiting, and another for learning—all across different geographies. From a talent management perspective, we were relying on spreadsheets to match employee skills with requirements across the business, which was time-consuming and totally inefficient. MORE

Also, most organizations use some type of leadership competency model for this purpose. However, most of these competency models are only loosely related to the organization’s strategic objectives, resulting in sub-optimal succession planning and leadership development programs. MORE

your technology- and system-governance model changes. So many refer to implementation kickoff and go-live dates, implementation progress and overall status, and implementation goals. Those are fine, but “implementation” refers to the technology alone. HR shepherds; talent owns. MORE

Organizational development is a critical and science-based process that helps organizations build their capacity to change and achieve greater effectiveness by developing, improving, and reinforcing strategies, structures, and processes. This is referred to as the functional structure. MORE

The implementation team is made up of three to five specialists who handle various tasks, such as project management, requirements, configuration, testing, and data. A client just needs to have modern web browsers, a fast internet connection and some competent (and available) IT staff. MORE

The question, raised in a LinkedIn forum , was in reference to to Marc Andreesen’s iconic comment, “Software is eating the world.”Andreessen But… Software will Change HR. Software will, however, forever change HR. Is software about to eat HR? MORE

Bookmark this page and refer to it during the event if you need someone’s Twitter ID. hkemploymentlaw : Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, helping employers and higher education institutions navigate ever-changing legal landscapes. cecilehcm : Empassioned agent of change to put people first. MORE

People analytics — the practice of gathering and analyzing workforce data to drive better decision making — is a growing trend in talent management , with many organizations planning to build a program soon. Do we need to build those competencies? Talent Analytics MORE