For a few years now, we’ve been hearing that data – “Big Data” – is going to be a major competitive advantage in many different industries and in each department within a company. There are a couple of fraught issues with this… check out this article from CIO Magazine: “Executives value…
As we continue to explore Open Enrollment communications along with how HR can be better marketers, it’s time to get down to the tactics of how you can instantly and easily change the quality of the email messages you send to your employees – whether it’s for Open Enrollment or…
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been chatting with leaders in HR across various industries about employee engagement and HR metrics. And while there have been a few consistent themes across the board which I’ll be releasing in an upcoming white paper, one that has surprised me the most was…
Many of us are starting, or at least starting to get aggressive, with our upcoming Open Enrollment campaigns… even though it’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again. That being said, we have found that Open Enrollment, more than any other HR activity, is significantly behind in having…
Yesterday I hosted a webinar all about how to boost your HR budget using metrics – and one thing became clear to me while answering questions during the Q&A: HR metrics is starting to become a buzz word, but it’s still not clear for many HR professionals why metrics matters….
Maybe it’s the first you’re hearing about needing an HR metrics strategy or perhaps you’re trying to assess if it’s time to reboot your current plan and create one more effective. Either way, here are seven signs that it’s time to reboot your HR metrics strategy and implement meaningful metrics…
Human Resources is in the middle of being transformed. As our world of work changes, the way in which HR is aligned and operates will need to change as well. It’s no longer just about employee engagement, but how HR can deliver actual value to the organization – how it…
During that last 25 years of HR, one of the big aspects has been, and continues to be that Human Resources wants “a seat at the table,” meaning its leaders are getting invited to major decision-making meetings with a revenue focus. Traditionally, HR leaders are not invited to such meetings, because…
Human Resources can be a bit confusing as a department – with each organization creating a different HR alignment or structure for how we get things done. Are you in Recruiting or Talent Acquisition? Do you deliver training in Learning and Development, Training or Organizational Development? Or maybe you do…
Even when I was doing my most strategic HR work, I still felt like I was constantly busy and not sure I was making a real impact. Every employee questions if they are adding value to the organization and their life. But, when I found myself questioning the impact of…
When you Google employee engagement, there are about 6,640,000 results of linked content. And all of that content can be easily summed up with one Wikipedia entry. There is information out there about every thing under the sun, in regards to employee engagement. But to steal a Dr. Phil phrase,…
Apparently we are still celebrating the 25th anniversary of the coined term, employee engagement. 25 years, a quarter of a century, HR has been trying to achieve something that is still not quite defined. When you consider your employee engagement goals, are they concrete? Do you know exactly what “great…