Archive for September, 2009

5 Reasons ERP Vendors Will Find It Hard to Sell Their Talent Management

Posted in Talent Management on September 23rd, 2009 by Lois Melbourne – 3 Comments

Technology/Perspective

There are a number of challenges facing the HRIS and ERP vendors in the Talent Management space. I believe the 5 items listed here will make it increasingly difficult for them to sell their Talent Management tools. read more »

Org Charts and Analytics for Dummies – I Mean Executives

Posted in Workforce Analytics on September 17th, 2009 by Lois Melbourne – Be the first to comment

Guest Post By Tom McKeown, President of Aquire

In his early days in office, President Ronald Reagan was handed a 2,000 page document by Secretary of State Alexander Haig that was his strategy document for dealing with the Soviet Union. Reagan took the document and, weighing it with his hands, said, “I’m a big picture guy, how about you sum it up in one page.” It was not what Haig wanted to hear but that was his boss. read more »

Social Media Exposes Diversity

Posted in Social Media on September 9th, 2009 by Lois Melbourne – Be the first to comment

Spiral Smile I’m a great proponent of social media and participate through many websites. Today I saw a new #hashtag, or footnote, on Twitter. It was #NOOE (Not Opinion Of Employer). Organizations strive to bring diversity into their workforce, but often the diversity is classified within the governmental race- and gender-based diversity definitions. We also look to a diverse workforce as one of the best ways to achieve innovation and progress, building our team with very different backgrounds and ideas. Then along comes social media that allows people to publish their unique ideas, concepts, and opinions for all the world, literally, to see. read more »

Is Your Leadership Causing Your Turnover?

Posted in Workforce Metrics on September 3rd, 2009 by Lois Melbourne – Be the first to comment

hierarchyopenIt started as an #HR_Tech chat on Twitter. A group of us were discussing the metrics and analytics in HR. There was some smack talk about the lack of value of turnover data being a lagging indicator of talent. read more »