Guest post by Nora Murphy, Workforce Planning Analyst at Aquire

Everything is three dimensional these days.  Not only do you have the option of watching all your favorite movies in 3D at the theater, you now have this incredible technology in TVs, video games, cameras, camcorders, and even in some phones.  If done right, it can make you feel like you are inside the picture and produce amazing effects that jump out at you.  And the numbers are staggering – by 2014, we are expected to be able to watch over a hundred television channels in 3D, and a third of US households will have a TV set with 3D capability.

While 3D is primarily rooted in the entertainment industry, who says it can’t be applied to workforce analytics?  Like everything else in our world, HR business data is also multidimensional.  For example, attrition records can include several values, such as age, gender, tenure, read more »

There are plenty of reasons to go to the HR Technology Conference. The chance to network with HR professionals across the nation, the opportunity to hear and interact with leaders in our field, the ability to prospect products and services side-by-side, and the sessions focused on social media (They have a session on blogging!), to name a few. Not to mention, our friend, Marc Effron, will be following up his keynote at our conference by keynoting at HR Tech. These are all great and are already worth the trip to the Windy City. But honestly, they’re just an appetizer to read more »

There are so many traits that make up a good leader. One area that often is overlooked when you talk about good leadership, but seems to almost always be present when you discuss poor leadership is Accountability.  A good leader welcomes accountability and takes responsibility for their own actions and their followers actions, when the followers are acting on behalf of the leader or under her instructions. read more »

Many years ago the CRM (customer relationship management) industry exploded.  Organizations realized that if they kept better track of their customers and prospects and their relationship building exercises with those contacts, they could improve their processes and replicate their successes.  Suddenly, the rolodex and the single sales guys copy of “ACT!” was not enough.  Companies invested in integrating their information, and suddenly, they had TONS of information.  The marketing department started demanding access to the data that helped them watch the tie between their activities and the process of the sales department.  Amazing things happened to increase the sales and relationships companies had with their customers.  There is so much more about this evolution that had an impact.  One of the biggest wins was the fact that now many managers could see and measure the success of the initiatives they were doing – where it counted – the deal pipeline.

We are really at the early stage of another powerful industry explosion.  The Talent Management processes are being taken more seriously than ever.  Yes, there have been processes, employee development programs, etc., for as long as companies have had employees.  However, the heat is rising in the real attention the processes are getting.  Organizations are understanding that it is critical to track and manage the development of their employees.  A lot of activity and dollars are being spent on these initiatives.  These projects and systems are generating a LOT of data.  Everybody loves data.  I am sure your favorite item in your inbox is the huge spreadsheet with the reams of data in rows and columns, and occasionally, a pie chart or bar chart helps make the data consumable.  But what does it mean???? read more »

Guest Post from Tom McKeown, President and Chief Operating Officer

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senator John McCain took the fiscal position of needing to take an axe to the federal budget in order to reduce government spending. In response, then Senator Barack Obama countered with the idea that the better tool was a scalpel so one did not cut off muscle with the fat. Politics aside, many corporations face similar decisions during good times and bad, but must act in a quicker manner than government is able or likely to do. read more »