Blog: Steve Jobs – lessons in talent management
The business world lost one of its most influential leaders last week, and while the technology world mourns its industry mogul there has been repeated talk of how Apple will not be able to cope without him. Steve Jobs was the man behind Apple, he made it what it is today but he did not […]
Blog: Business innovation – your talent management strategy is key
On Friday as I backed out of my driveway, I heard news tidbits on the radio about a company that was possibly announcing bankruptcy. As the news recycled, it was announced that it was Kodak that was possibly going to make the announcement. Also this week, Amazon announced that yes, they are getting into the […]
Personal touch is key to talent management success
Recent research revealed that organisations taking a segmented and personalised approach to managing their talent improve total shareholder return by up to two thirds. But, despite the development of numerous models designed to help organisations define and nurture key employees, getting it right remains notoriously difficult. To try and understand what ‘getting it right’ […]
Steve Jobs: ‘Insanely great, he created a nursery for young talent’
Veteran ICT journalist John Lamb pays tribute to Steve Jobs who died today: The death at 56 of Apple founder, Steve Jobs, is a blow to all those who have grown up with the IT industry. Together with Steve Wozniak, Jobs – catch phrase “insanely great” – produced the first mass-produced home computer in the 1970s, a […]
Talent management – broadening out the talent pool
Despite commonly held views to the contrary, effective talent management does not have to be expensive. It also does not have to be all about measuring, tracking and recording the activity of high achievers to the apparent exclusion of everything else. A key question in this context is that, if there is any truth to […]
Six tips for effective talent management
With competition to retain high-potential employees at fever pitch, talent management is firmly occupying the HR, learning and development and leadership agenda. But there are six principles that organisations can adopt to make a real difference in talent management terms in order to ensure that they select, develop and retain their best performers and future […]
How to avert a ‘micro maternity’ trend
Current employment legislation enables women to take up to year off after they have had a baby. But a recent Daily Mail report suggested that there was a growing number of women taking so-called ‘micro maternity’ leave and returning to the office just a few months after the child was born. The trend is apparently […]
US White House launches Fellowship scheme to woo top IT talent
The White House is trying to tempt top computer science post-grads away from high-paid jobs in the private sector by creating the special new job role of Technology Fellow. The aim of creating the fresh category of positions that are due to last for two years is to increase the US government's pool of “qualified […]
L&D teams’ poor skills hold back learning technology adoption
Although e-learning is by far the most popular of technological tools to help with training activity, learning and development teams’ poor knowledge, skills and confidence are the top barriers to successful adoption. According to a survey among 600 organisations undertaken by benchmarking organisation, Towards Maturity, 72% were convinced that learning technologies would help them respond […]
Blog: I was a vampire HR manager – does it matter?
A while ago I recorded some webinars for a training company, for their YouTube page. When they posted the videos, they told me that they were unable to use my name on the clips, because YouTube automatically puts related video clips on the same page. Why was this a problem? Well, mainly because the majority […]
Birmingham Council to hire out staff using workforce planning tool
Birmingham City Council plans to commercially hire out workers to other local authorities with the help of a newly introduced ‘Talent Net’ workforce planning framework. The framework will also be employed to ensure that the local authority’s skills needs are met in the face of thousands of job cuts by enabling it to identify critical […]
Career visioning as an antidote to corporate rioting
There are very few people who would give those involved in this month’s rioting the time of day, let alone the chance to explain why they sought to bring disruption, violence and chaos to the streets of the UK. But as anyone working in HR will know, communication, whatever the circumstances, is always critical. So […]
Employers must “challenge status quo” for women to reach the top
Employers need to challenge the status quo and revamp out-moded working patterns if they are to give women as much chance as men of getting to the top, according to experts. A report published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission entitled ‘Sex & Power 2011’ earlier this week revealed that, at current rates of […]
Blog: From riot to clean-up – a reminder for HR
If the past couple of weeks have taught us, as a society, anything at all, it is this: underestimate the power of the people at your peril. The rioting that enveloped public interest last week started off on a north London street, and spread like wild fire throughout the entire country, threatening at times to […]
School leavers lack necessary workplace skills
Whether school leavers obtain the A-Level results they hope for today or not, almost half of employers do not believe that they have the necessary skills to work in a business environment. A survey of 2,000 micro-companies undertaken by the British Chambers of Commerce revealed that 47% would be ‘fairly’ or ‘very nervous’ of hiring […]
Benefits must be tailored to age to attract top talent
Benefits must be tailored to workers’ age profile if such packages are to help employers attract and retain top talent effectively, a study has shown. According to a survey among 2,000 UK adults undertaken by YouGov and commissioned by workplace consultancy Croner, issues such as flexible working, company reputation and workplace culture were highly valued […]
What a performance! Talent and technology
As the competition for talent hots up, companies must get the link between performance and reward spot on, says Stuart Hearn, Commercial Director at Vaado Software. Rewarding employees correctly based on how they perform is a tricky area for companies, but if they get it wrong then productivity and motivation levels can nose-dive. Nothing is […]
UK at risk of brain drain
The UK is at risk of suffering a ‘brain drain’, with just over a quarter of both blue and white collar workers saying that they would prepared to move overseas in order to improve their job prospects. According to a survey of 30,556 working adults in 29 countries undertaken by employment engagement researchers GfK NOP […]
‘Sticky’ skilled workers create talent gaps
Despite high levels of unemployment, shortages of managerial, specialist and technical skills are resulting in a renewed talent war as individuals remain reluctant to change jobs due to the ongoing economic uncertainty. These are the findings of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s annual Resourcing and Talent Planning survey, which is produced in conjunction […]
A guide to… Attracting talent
The issue of talent management has climbed steadily up the corporate agenda in recent years. Now, as business leaders prepare to take advantage of an economic upswing, the urgency with which companies must find the right talent with the right skills to execute on growth strategies is becoming ever more pressing. Despite the importance that […]
