Workforce Planning
Posted on February 5th, 2010.
Today SuccessFactors announced plans to acquire InfoHRM (renamed Inform Business Impact) – a small but very well established leader in the area of HR and Talent Analytics and Workforce Planning. We believe this acquisition is very significant for the talent and HR systems marketplace: it now establishes SuccessFactors as the emerging leader in the broad and important area of delivering actionable talent and HR measurement and…
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Posted on July 9th, 2009.
For the last several years HR and Corporate Training managers have been desperately seeking ways to
cost-justify their increasing investments in talent management programs, processes, and systems. And many vendors have tried to develop cost-justification models and case studies which prove its business impact.
Today, with our launch of the 2009 Talent Management Factbook®, we have some data which really puts this subject to rest.
First…
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Posted on February 26th, 2009.
ARAMARK is one of the country’s most well-run, talent-driven companies – and they are proof that talent management, when done well, is one of the most important business strategies a company can embrace.
Who is ARAMARK?
ARAMARK is an amazing 250,000 person global company which provides facilities management and food service for many of the nation’s national parks, prisons, universities, sporting
arenas, schools, business and industry. Talk about…
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Posted on December 30th, 2008.
Here we are entering the worst recession in more than 30 years, reading about layoffs, downsizing, and restructuring in almost every industry. So why would I start our 2009 research with a discussion about the need to focus on recruiting? Well, contrary to what many may believe, even in times of job reductions recruiting must take a top priority. Let me give you five good reasons: 
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Posted on December 19th, 2008.
Business and HR leaders have been focused on integrated talent management for the last three years now, and it is clear that talent management concepts, strategy, and solutions have started to transform HR. Most HR organizations today now have an owner of “talent management” and this person is pulling together formerly silo’d HR processes like performance management, succession management, career management, and leadership development.
Fig 1: Bersin & Associates…
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Posted on October 20th, 2008.
One of the important things senior business and HR leaders must consider is the availability of labor – that is not just “people” but “the right people.” Right now, with a 6.1% unemployment rate, the US labor market has undergone some major changes…. and such changes in the availability of work directly affect the skills and capabilities of people. For example, when I graduated from college in 1978, there was a dearth of engineers…
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Posted on March 28th, 2008.
Training measurement continues to be a challenge in our industry. In fact, it is one of the top three areas of concern on the minds of corporate training managers.
We have been studying this issue for more than five years now, and much of our findings are now available in a new book The…
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Posted on July 17th, 2007.
The Top 22 Business Processes which Drive Business Impact
In 2007 we conducted one of the largest-ever studies of corporate talent management: we interviewed and surveyed more than 750 corporations to gain an understanding of their business problems, their talent challenges, and their levels of maturity and sophistication in 62 different talent management processes.
This research was designed to do three things: first, gain a clear understanding of how corporate talent management is defined; second…
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Posted on July 16th, 2007.
Talent Management” has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training today. In this article we will explain the history, principles, and processes of talent management and help readers understand our research agenda in this important area.
From Personnel to Strategic HR to Talent Management
To understand why Talent Management has become so important, we must first look at the evolution of corporate HR:
Stage 1: Personnel Department:
In…
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Posted on June 1st, 2007.
“Talent Management” has become one of the most important buzzwords in Corporate HR and Training today. In this article we will explain the history, principles, and processes of talent management and help readers understand our research agenda in this important area.
From Personnel to Strategic HR to Talent Management
To understand why Talent Management has become so important, we must first look at the evolution of corporate HR:
Stage 1: Personnel Department: …
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