The cost of using spreadsheets for unintended purposes can be enormous. While working with our prospects we find they are often distributing spreadsheets for data collection to hundreds of people. HR professionals and managers are asked to complete individual spreadsheets with data, such as who reports to which manager, which cost code is assigned to each department or individual, as well as verify other data elements that might be missing or inaccurate. THEN the spreadsheets are emailed back to a centralized team and the real fun begins; all those spreadsheets must be aggregated. read more »

We have so many relationships in our work lives, both formal and informal. The org chart gives you a clear vision of the formal work relationships. You might chart people based on their financial reporting relationship or by their day-to-day functional reporting. Many companies do both. Some people scoff, saying that their company works in teams thus making the hierarchy obsolete. I have seldom found this to be a reality. read more »

I am very proud of Aquire’s corporate brand. I am just as passionate about our Employment Brand. An Employment Brand includes the image your employees, and your prospective employees, have of your organization.

This image is important in the search for talent, helping us nurture a rapidly growing company like Aquire. Aquire’s talent management includes the development of a great company culture. This helps us: read more »