Blog: Succession planning – Winning the talent war
I was watching Oprah’s Lifeclass the other day, and one of the things that resonated with me was that statement that one of her friends said about Oprah and why she was successful. Who is next in your pipeline? Who do you have your other hand extended to? Succession or replacement? You choose. I read […]
Blog: Starting out – HR’s new cost-per-hire standard
Drum roll…For the first time ever, the American National Standards Institute has, like a benevolent genie, granted HR’s wish for an industry-wide widely accepted reporting standard: cost-per-hire. Now, not just in the US, but world-wide (what happens first in the US etc) HR folk can run into the streets (or around the top table – […]
Dealing with an Olympian event
Love them or loathe them, the Olympic and Paralympic Games are now mere months away. But worryingly, according to research by Olympic sponsor, BT, almost a third of organisations across the country have simply not made adequate enough preparations to cope, even though a huge 93% expect to be affected in some way – not […]
Blog: The emerging discipline of strategic workforce planning
The most recent Ochre House HR Network meeting – a think tank of over 650 senior HR figures from employers including BT, Fujitsu and Vodafone – held in Munich in December, brought to light some very interesting issues. We discovered that while practically all large companies now believe that a strategic approach to workforce planning […]
London 2012: 02 staff pilot flexible working options
O2 has asked a quarter of its staff to work remotely today in order to test whether contingency plans intended to manage expected travel disruption during the Olympic Games will work. The mobile telephone operator has closed its Slough headquarters and provided 3,000 employees with access to the necessary technology and support to do their […]
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 […]
HR must become more strategic, warns study
In order to meet the needs of the increasingly complex, globalised business of the future, HR professionals must assume a more strategic role or risk being sidelined, a study has warned. A global survey of 226 senior managers in 42 countries – about 32% of whom worked in HR – revealed that 91% believed HR’s […]
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 […]
Succession planning, skills and performance top priorities for HR
The identification and development of future management candidates, boosting internal skills levels and the creation of a performance-driven culture are the top three challenges facing HR professionals over the year ahead. According to a study undertaken by HR research and consultancy firm Bersin & Associates, as the economy starts to improve, organisations are turning their […]
Barratt homes discover the ideal time to build their dream workforce
The current economic situation has led to a growing number of candidates on the market, which in turn has meant many organisations have seen an increase in the volume of applications received. Many organisations have struggled to cope with the increased workload as the recruitment process has buckled under the strain of applications. Recruitment activities […]
Skills of workers aren’t ‘visible’ claim HR
Only a third of UK HR professionals are very confident that they could redeploy staff as necessary within the business to cope with likely political, economic and business change over the next 12-18 months. Instead too many feel that they do not know what skills and experience are currently available within their workforces, a […]
The new succession planning
Self-service is turning traditional succession planning on its head, addressing the aspirations of high performing individuals throughout the organisation and improving business performance. When it comes to the risk of losing a senior executive, many organisations seek to avoid the potential disruption to business continuity and performance by identifying and grooming potential replacements. However, the […]
Workforce planning: Do you have the right people and skills?
In the first of the series, we explored where to look for wasted effort in your organisation and the importance of left-field thinking in re-designing processes. In this article, George Blair, President of the HR Society looks at how the right people with the right skills can make a difference, and how targeted recruitment and […]
Workforce planning: How many staff does it take to run an organisation?
Workforce planning is become an essential element in these lean times. In the first of this four part series George Blair looks at how many staff you actual need and how to increase their productivity. Workforce planning is rapidly rising to the top of the HR agenda. Companies are being forced to consider the prospect […]
Make 2010 your year: Leadership, personal development and talent
New year means new you: personal development is never wasted, making you a better employee, manager and leader: with succession planning a key aim for many HR directors this year, now is the time to invest in you and be part of the plan. With the prospect of a better year and a brighter future […]
Succession planning: The bigger picture
Asking the big questions about sucession planning, where it fits in to the organisation and who should be included with Chris Berry. Which individuals in your organisation really need to have a succession plan developed for them? Is it just board-level executives, or perhaps each member of the senior management team? Or are there other […]
Discovering the leaders of the future
Are we in an upturn or, as some financial analysts would say, ‘a dead cat bounce’? Whichever way the economy moves next, we in the HR community will be the main architects of talent systems and processes that deliver the right people to lead organisations. But will leaders of the future be the same as […]
Home grown leaders preferred, say UK employees
When hiring your next CEO or director, bear this in mind: research has revealed that ‘growing your own’ creates better perceived, more highly regarded leaders than hiring externally. A majority of UK employees have more respect for leaders who have worked their way up through an organisation. Two thirds of the employees surveyed considered ‘home-grown’ […]
Real succession management
Lisette Howlett examines the broad scope of succession management, and points out the common mistakes that can be made and some of the key factors needed for an effective succession process. I have found that in practice within companies, the terms succession planning and succession management can be used to mean broadly the same thing. My choice […]
Workforce planning: Helping to deliver on promises
Peter Howes identifies the five areas that must be considered to successfully cope with an increasingly unpredictable business environment. Workforce planning means taking the steps today to ensure you have the right people with the right skills in place at the right time. It’s a way of translating future business strategy into workforce demand forecasts […]
