How to foster female talent
In December 2013 it was announced that Mary Barra will become the first female Chief Executive of General Motors. This move signifies an important change in corporate attitudes towards women in business, but why is it that the appointment of women in senior positions seems to remain the exception rather than the norm? One factor […]
The talent retention war is real – and you’re losing
The war for talent is a hot, hot game — and your current policies may be leading top professionals to say sayonara to you and your organization. According to recent studies, the average employee turnover rate is predicted to rise from 20.6 percent in 2012 to 23.4 percent by 2018. This represents 192 million separations. […]
Top talent? I’d wager you’re getting it wrong
It’s evident in every organisation that some point your star performers will be prompted into a leadership role. But does their success in their field mean that they’ll be a success as a leader? Honestly, the answer is probably not. It’s an inevitable reality right now that too many people embarking on leadership programmes will […]
Using crowdsourcing to identify and develop top performers
Crowdsourcing has been a hot topic as it relates to managing and developing the workforce, from its impact on employee engagement to recruiting and hiring. Rather than throwing caution to the wind and trying out new sourcing techniques, however, it’s important to use a method that is closely tied to business objectives and that can […]
Male bonuses double those given to women
Over the last 12 months, male managers earned average bonuses that were twice as big as those earned by their female counterparts. The average bonus came to £6,442 for men compared to £3,029 for women. Average salaries were also reported to be close to 25% larger for men (£38,169 compared to £3,029). Extending these figures […]
UK SMEs concerned skills gap could impact profits and growth
Six out of ten (61%) SMEs believe there is a shortage of skills among their workers, according to the latest report from Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking. A quarter (27%) point to gaps in marketing and sales skills, 21% emphasise IT knowledge and 15% cite management and leadership skills as areas that need attention. Just over […]
Talent exodus on the horizon: how to prevent employees from taking flight
Recent research from Hay Group and the Centre of Economic Business Research shows that employee retention will be a major and increasing concern for HR and organisation leaders. In the UK staff turnover levels are forecast to rise sharply in 2015, resulting in 765,000 more departures than in 2012. And turnover rates over the next […]
Big Data and talent acquisition – what’s the link?
This article was written by David Bernstein, Vice President of Big Data for eQuest. You can’t throw a rock in the business world these days without hitting the topic of Big Data. Why? Because it’s the key to impacting business results. As Virginia Rometty, Chairman and CEO of IBM, recently stated, “Data will be […]
Interview: Nyla Reed, founder of The Educe Group, on talent management, talent strategy and LMS
Nyla Reed is a founder of The Educe Group, a strategic and technical consulting firm. Nyla has more than 16 years' experience implementing HR technologies, developing learning strategies, and designing training for a diverse group of clients including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and high school students. How have training strategies changed over the last five […]
News: Nine out of ten executives label talent management a priority
Eighty-nine percent of UK executives responding to a new survey said that talent management is their most important corporate strategy, ahead of marketing (11 percent), financial management (0 percent) and capitalisation (0 percent). These are the findings of a survey of UK executives conducted from February 6 to March 8, 2013 by Korn/Ferry International, a […]
News: organisations use career opportunities to reward talent
New research from Mercer suggests organisations are increasingly using career frameworks to more effectively develop, manage and reward talent. Career frameworks are organisation-wide series of career levels including accountabilities and competencies that guide individual growth. They provide effective rewards management as well as helping to identify paths that prepare employees for more senior roles. Within […]
Talent Management in practice: WDS seeks global alignment for talent
WDS is part of the wider Xerox Company and positions itself as a provider of customer experience management expertise to the wireless industry, helping both service providers and end-users get the most from their wireless products and services. Its approach is to focus attention away from ‘managing’ customer experience problems and towards resolving the cause […]
Talent Management: The market landscape
It’s talent that’s the challenge, never more so than in the middle of the worst set of economic conditions since the 1920s. And that challenge is only going to get tougher with pay rises that are flat – or non-existent – taking away one of the most obvious motivational incentives. According to the Deloitte 2013 […]
Talent Management: vendor selection – analyst perspective
The Talent Management sector is rapidly consolidating as the leading HCM software vendors jostle for position in the wider market. The rise of newcomers such as Workday have put the old guard of SAP and Oracle et al on an unaccustomed back foot and racing to shore up their positions in the market. All vendors […]
News: skills gap dragging down leading economic powers
Many of the world’s strongest economies are suffering losses in productivity revenue due to a skills gap, according to new research from CareerBuilder. Employers in economically strong countries said that extended job vacancies have resulted in an inability to grow their business. Those in China were most likely to report the negative effects of open […]
News: engagement key to combat salary and morale doldrums
HR must prioritise engagement, leadership and talent retention in 2013 to combat sluggish salary increases and poor morale, suggests Hay Group research. The survey found many HR professionals were worried current reward and talent initiatives were off kilter. One in five of the reward specialist respondents believed their organisation’s incentive programme did not deliver, while […]
Social media not delivering strategic HR results
Organisations are not achieving the full potential of Big Data and social media as part of their HR strategies and need to re-examine their policies surrounding such tools. That’s one of the conclusions of the Global Assessment Trends Report, a study based on the results of an online survey conducted in late 2012 and completed […]
The rise of the stunningly mediocre
Sir Alf Ramsey is quoted as saying that: “The best team is not necessarily made up of the best players.” Despite this wisdom from an acknowledged authority on succeeding at our national team-sport, there are still many flat-earth recruiters and talent managers who believe that appointing ‘the best individuals’ will always lead to success. Many […]
Talent Management: how to channel the force of social media
Talent Management is becoming ever more “social,” driven by mobile and tablet computing. That’s one of the main conclusions of the ‘State of Talent Management 2013’ study conduced by SilkRoad which polled 5,753 people, both dedicated HR professionals and other employees. The findings showed that most employees access social media sites from personal mobile devices frequently […]
Blog: The key talent trends from 2012 revealed
The latest ‘Talent Think Tank’ kicked off with an introduction from our host about some of the key trends in 2012. The change in expectations, career management and generational shifts highlight that there is a burning platform with talent management today to adapt in order to retain talent. Here are some of the key points […]
