Are talent management challenges keeping you awake at night?
Talent management remains one of the top organisation priorities according to a recent HR Outlook survey report by the CIPD, in association with Workday. The survey of 143 HR and 152 non-HR senior leaders were asked about core people-related issues, with a particular focus on talent management. In line with a previous HR Outlook […]
Stop your talent drain using analytics technology
Competition continues to grow for the best talent. When skills are scarce, HR professionals are responsible for finding the best talent but also increasingly important in keeping those high-performing employees that are already in place. Just as it’s more expensive for sales professionals to win new business than keep existing customers happy, HR can help […]
What’s the ‘Cube Age,’ and why must you take heed?
Demographic changes are changing the shape of the workforce structure – requiring businesses to take an innovative approach to talent management Much has been talked about the skills gap facing European businesses; in particular, how this crisis will throw up challenges with managing their workforces. This skills gap is very real, and very troubling – […]
“Talent is one ingredient in how success happens.”
This is an interview with Matthew Syed, who is the former top-ranked table tennis player in England: since retiring he has been on a mission to challenge the commonly-held assumption that talent is fixed and innate and that it is the only variable in whether we succeed or not. He has written two books around […]
How to reduce staff turnover in IT and telecommunications
IT and telecommunications, and particularly call centres, have long been known for higher-than-average employee turnover rates. Especially when an emphasis on 24/7 customer service is core to an organisation’s success, it can be difficult for HR to authentically facilitate a culture that supports employee work-life balance without compromising efficiency and productivity. Add duty of care […]
Utilising disruptive talent to expand the possible
The term ‘disruptive talent’ refers to individuals who see everyday things differently from the majority. They are capable of finding new and significantly more productive ways of doing things whilst rejecting the ‘tried and true’ solutions. In some cases these individuals generate ideas that lead to the next big thing – Virgin Atlantic, iPad and Uber […]
What keeps apetito CEO Paul Freeston up at night?
Paul Freeston is Chairman & Chief Executive of food manufacturing company apetito, who have provided meals to care homes, local authorities and hospitals for over 50 years. He talks to HRZone about his stance on engagement, how he’s developing competitive advantage through people, how apetito’s talent strategy is evolving, and what keeps him up at night. Jamie […]
Making talent management work in global mobility
Within our highly globalised and competitive environment, organisations are urged to identify, select, prepare, develop, promote and performance manage staff who are able and keen to successfully work abroad. Over recent decades, progressive organisations have steadily considered the mutual dependency of assignees and multinational corporations (MNCs) in order to review and refine their global mobility (GM) approaches. The […]
“Top talent are high performers with high potential.”
This is an interview with Ahmed Al Khemeiri, Talent Acquisition Specialist at Abu Dhabi Ports. Ahmed will be speaking at the HR Tech World Congress taking place in Paris on October 27 – 28 Jamie Lawrence, Editor, HRZone: How has the talent landscape changed over the last year – is it harder to recruit the best people? […]
“Venture capitalists put talent ahead of strategy every time.”
This is an interview with Tim Dyson, CEO of communications and marketing group Next15. Tim joined Next15 in 1984 straight from Loughborough University and became its global CEO in 1992. Tim has been named an Emerging Power Player by PR Week US. In 2013, Tim was recognised on the Holmes Report’s In2’s Innovator 25, which recognises individuals […]
The art of facilitation – and five tips to make it work
“You’ve got to help people walk down the road with you rather than dictating the style of the session. Ultimately, it’s engaging people all the way through.” Making the most of situations is what we do practically every day. We try to take care of clients’ problems, or resolve our own, as they come across […]
Interview: Marie Moynihan, Chief Diversity Officer and VP Talent, Dell
Marie Moynihan is Chief Diversity Officer and VP Talent at global computer company Dell. She is an experienced global HR leader and talent executive whose goal is, in her own words, to create an environment that is uniquely open and inclusive, where individuals and teams are challenged to be their best, and do their best work, […]
Talent have not won the war. It’s a terrible lie.
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Three things talent professionals must know
Pretty much every report I read on talent management and succession points to high levels of dissatisfaction in organisations. CEOs aren’t happy and the people on the receiving end generally feel the same. We can fix this, but there’s no magic wand. As I reflect on the experience I have from organisations such as Tesco, […]
Why candidates should write their own job descriptions
At the start of the year I was running a breakfast with a number of CEOs from the Oxfordshire area. We were discussing learnings from the last year. The conversation moved towards recruitment and retaining and attracting talented staff – something that was a top priority for all the attendees, regardless of their business size […]
Interview: Jaime Losantos, Product Marketing Director, ADP
Jaime Losantos is Product Marketing Director at ADP. He has held senior positions with Oracle, Workday and previously before that with Capgemini and professional services firm KPMG. In this interview we get Jaime’s view on the HR technology industry, what senior HR professionals are coming to expect from vendors, and how companies are becoming faster […]
Companies are realising they must hire self-learners, says Josh Bersin
Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, gives us his insight into what’s hot in the world of talent management. On the ‘Irresistible Organisation:’ “The term originally came about a year ago off the back of our Global Human Capital Trends study. We found that among 1700 organisations around the world, the number one problem […]
How to align talent management with business strategies
A business’ future plans provide the greatest indication of what talent is needed to deliver success. Many organisations focus on developing the next generation of leaders, however, cultivating a diverse pool of talent for the next leaders to lead is just as vital to future business success. Unfortunately, this complex strand of organisational development presents […]
Give us your talent management views and win £1000 worth of Amazon vouchers
How is your business doing on talent management and how confident do you feel for the future? We’re tackling talent management head on – take part in our survey and give us your views on talent strategy to be entered into our draw to win £1000 worth of Amazon vouchers if you live in the […]
Top tips to retain your graduate talent
A report from leading advisory firm CEB, published in August, highlighted that a quarter of graduates leave their first job within a year of starting it with an estimated sunk cost in the UK of £112m in 2013. What can businesses do to retain their graduate talent? Here are my top five tips: 1. Employ the […]
