by Patricia Nazemetz and Will Ruch - hbr.org The HR discipline is evolving into a strategic voice because its sphere of influence — talent attraction, engagement and retention — is now recognized as the foundation to organizational success. But the pervasive influence of social media on...
Outmoded management practices are resulting in disengaged workers. Kim Seeling Smith outlines how to create a viable 21st century. Viva La Revolution! The war for talent is over and talent has won. The companies that don’t recognize this and significiantly change the structures and...
By Andrew Mayo - personneltoday.com The desire to be "strategic" has engulfed many HR departments. Usually what they mean by this is the deployment of their professional knowledge and skills, working with managers, to do things that will improve the organisation in some way. Personally, I...
By Joanne Sammer - businessfinancemag.com Companies that want to increase revenue growth and profit margins should start looking in a new area—human resources. A new study indicates that companies with strong core HR practices have revenue growth that is up to 3.5 times higher than that of...
By Lisa Quast - forbes.com Managers are bombarded with an almost constant stream of data every day. According to David Derbyshire, “Scientists have worked out exactly how much data is sent to a typical person in the course of a year – the equivalent of every...
By Peter Shreeve - hrmagazine.co.uk It’s 2022. As the HR director of a large corporate you are writing your HR strategy for the next year and you begin by reflecting on the last 10-15 years of change. Since the economic crisis of 2008 demand for goods and...
By David Woods - hrmagazine.co.uk Another day, another taxi, another HR exhibition – and all the paraphernalia that goes with it. As an HR professional, it wouldn’t be unheard of to make a career out of attending exhibitions, meeting suppliers and taking away their pens, mouse...
By HR.BLR.com Companies that are highly skilled in core HR practices experience up to 3.5 times the revenue growth and as much as 2.1 times the profit margins of less capable companies, according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the World Federation...
By Jessica Smyrl, founder and director of YSM Solutions - hrzone.co.uk Stress is a big problem within the workplace in the UK and it is not being tackled effectively. Many people are concerned about their jobs and many organisations have to take measures to reduce costs; stress...
By Nick Kemsley - Personneltoday.com Business leaders increasingly agree that taking a strategic approach to planning the future workforce will unlock great value, but effective strategic workforce planning remains an elusive, somewhat mythical beast. Only a small number of organisations are really making it work for...