How the Millennial Generation is transforming the workplace for the better

This article was written by Prithvi Shergill, Chief Human Resources Officer at HCL Technologies. Post, Pin, Tweet, Webinar, Video Conference, Tele-presence, Social – these are some of the new business terms that we are increasingly seeing heard in our workplace. Gone is the static, paper-based, boardroom-centric world of work. In its place, a new social, collaborative […]

Interview: Shawn Farshchi, CEO of Saba Software

Shawn Farshchi is CEO of Saba Software, a provider of learning and HR software. Shawn has over 30 years' experience leading, driving and managing technological, organisational and cultural change across many different business environments. Before joining Saba, he was COO for IBM subsidiary Coremetrics. 1. How are the expectations of the client evolving when it comes to […]

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 […]

HR and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) – it’s all about balance

This article was written by Simon Meager, Managing Director of Footprint Media. Bring your own device (BYOD) programmes spark many a conversation in and outside the IT department. It’s a growing trend that clearly identifies the consumerisation of IT, in which consumer preference – rather than corporate direction – drives the decision on what technology […]

Blog: how not to ruin a team in 10 conference calls

Working in virtual and ad-hoc teams is on the rise. Here at Brother, employees work in changing groups that often involve people in Japan, the States and all over Europe – some from within Brother, some from external suppliers, consultants and partners.   Over the last 10 years, remote collaboration has usually been achieved through […]

Technology – HCM Cloud customers line up to make their choice

Analysts continue to cite the Cloud HCM market as the great battlefront for business applications in 2013.  With Oracle rolling out its Fusion HCM offering, SAP putting its corporate weight behind SuccessFactors, Workday causing pain to the traditional HR powerhouses and Salesforce.com pitching its Rypple-flavoured offering, there’s certainly enough activity among the vendors to assume […]

Mid-Staffordshire: a challenge to HR to show its mettle

The Francis Report into the scandal of Stafford Hospital needs to be read thoroughly by all senior managers for the lessons to be learned about executive responsibility.  The inquiry chaired by Robert Francis QC was set up to assess the wider lessons to be learnt by the NHS from the Staffordshire scandal where up to […]

Technology: stopping employees going rogue

It seems that stories of employees ‘going rogue’ are always in the press – but how can companies stop them before they make the headlines? Do you even know if you have a rogue employee? If you’re a large multi-national organisation, the laws of probability aren’t in your favour. Add to the mix a person […]

Social media powers bullying in the workplace

More than half of adults believe privacy in the workplace has been eroded with the proliferation of social media.    According to a new study by AVG Technologies, mis-use of social media infiltrates the workplace with often negative effects on employees’ privacy, forcing many to switch off or limit their use of social networking sites. […]

Technology and the changing face of work

Stephen Walker dares to gaze into the future and predict the next working revolution and the skills that will be needed. The human race’s story is one of the development of technology. From the discovery of fire and the flint-cutting edge to the iPhone and 3D printing, technological developments have changed the daily tasks of […]

Technology: the shocking truth about HCM Cloud chief Lars Dalgaard

 "What we’re seeing is a shocking uptake, extremely fast!" So declares the never knowingly under-enthusiastic Lars Dalgaard, former CEO and founder of Cloud HCM firm SuccessFactors and now Cloud chief at SAP. Dalgaard stepped up to his current role last year after the German giant bought out SuccessFactors as part of its own push into […]

The changing market for HCM applications

The market for HR applications is in a state of flux as a wealth of systems start coming up for renewal and cloud computing begins to enter the mainstream. Cloud offerings – where users pay a subscription to access software over the internet instead of licencing and running it in-house at a hefty capital cost […]

News: Law firm’s ‘be in the office by 9.15am or else’ email causes storm

An email from a British manager at a global law firm which demanded that lawyers in his Shanghai office stop coming into work late has caused a storm after going viral. In a lengthy memo circulated to all associates and staff that was subsequently leaked to a legal blog, Andrew McGinty, a managing partner at […]

Case Study: Inchcape Shipping Services standardises global HR to boost efficiency

Inchcape Shipping Services is in the process of standardising its HR processes in a bid to boost efficiency and better understand its workforce across the 67 countries in which it operates. Rapid growth and global expansion meant that the maritime services provider had so far failed to introduce global HR or any other IT systems […]

What does the future hold for HR?

The world of work has changed beyond recognition in recent years, with commentators predicting we are on the verge of a seismic shift not seen since the industrial revolution.   In her book ‘The Shift: The future of work is already here’, Lynda Gratton highlights five forces that will result in profound changes to the […]

Vox Pops: How can you best build a business case for buying HR software?

What's the secret to coming up with a sound business case when purchasing HR applications? Attendees at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's HRD learning and development conference earlier this year share their insights:

Blog: Punk Rock HR – Counting down the top 10 Christmas HR tips

In this mini series, I’m going to count down 10 HR tips as seen through the eyes and ears of Punk Rock. A kind of "HR Top of the Pops" but without the DJ.   No need to pogo whilst reading these unless you must. Punk HR refers to brevity, simplicity and purity of thought […]

Business Cloud Summit 2012: Live blog and tweets replay

NetSuite‘s chief executive, Zach Nelson, the Guardian‘s Charles Arthur and Home Office IT director Denise McDonagh are among the speakers at the Business Cloud Summit 2012 today in London. So we’re providing live coverage of the business content stream below: And if you want to follow our live tweeting from the event:   cover://v/c09eb41358

Three considerations for effective succession planning

In the wake of the crisis that engulfed the BBC following the Jimmy Savile scandal, the broadcaster’s director general, George Entwistle, was forced to resign after only 54 days in the job. But less than a fortnight later, the BBC Trust was able to announce his replacement.   Lord Tony Hall of Birkenhead, chief executive […]