Insights on Corporate Talent, Learning, and HR Technology
I don’t claim to be a leadership guru, but I’ve had a lot of experience working with senior leaders, studying leadership, running three fast-growing companies, and leading at big companies. Here are my ten principles, and they apply to you – regardless of your level, tenure, or role.
In this podcast, I go under the covers of JBA, The World’s Professional Development Academy for HR. After two years, forged by the Pandemic, the JBA has become “the global home for HR.”
Here are a few secrets:
In this podcast I talk about the big changes coming from the pandemic recovery, which I call The Calm Before The Storm. And it’s a lot more than Hybrid Work.
Hybrid Work is one of the hottest topics in business today. Is this really a good idea? Yes!
In this podcast, I discuss why Hybrid Work is a very good thing, and discuss the five issues to consider as you build a hybrid work strategy.
Resources:
The Joys of Hybrid Work: Ten Considerations
The ... Read more»
HR Technology remains one of the fastest-growing and important parts of business. In this podcast I demystify this entire topic and give HR and business leaders the five most important things to know.
While the post-pandemic economy grows, it’s now clear that the reduced fertility rate and accelerated retiring of baby boomers is leading to a labor shortage. While this seems new to many of you, it has happened before. In this podcast, I explain what Talent Acquisition is going to look like, and how new business strategies ... Read more»
Business and HR leaders are going through a frenzied focus on skills. As the job market gets competitive and employees come back to new jobs, every company wants to upskill or reskill its people.
For vendors, it’s a red hot marketplace. Vendors from LinkedIn and Microsoft to Coursera, Udemy, Degreed, Cornerstone, and Workday are investing ... Read more»
The global labor market has gone through a massive change. Remote work, automation, and a huge increase in job and career mobility has arrived, coupled with one of the fastest growing economies in decades. What are you going to do about it?
In this podcast I explain what’s going on and show how the new ... Read more»
This podcast is a 45-minute overview of all the major trends in the HR Technology Market, which you can view at the HR Technology Spring 2021 conference. The details behind this will be available in the HR Technology 2021 Definitive Guide on Kindle, and the PDF version will be available to JBA Members in ... Read more»
Understanding the Skills of the Future is a massive effort around the world. In this podcast, I unravel this complicated problem and explain the difference between competencies, skills, and capabilities. As you’ll hear, this is a critical topic and one that warrants a strategic business focus.
Then I introduce our big new project, The Global ... Read more»
Microsoft Viva could play a massive role in the HR Technology landscape. Given all the other deals taking place in this market, how disruptive can Viva become, and could it reshape the entire Employee Experience market? The answer may be yes, and here is my thinking.
For more information on this, please read my article ... Read more»
We just finished one of the most difficult and divisive political periods in our lives. What can we, as business and HR leaders, learn from this? In this podcast I discuss how to deal with politics at work, and also the broader issue of our own role as citizens. And I discuss why we, as ... Read more»
In this podcast I discuss the tremendous importance of Public Health in the Workplace. Learn how the disciplines of Public Health are now part of the Employee Experience, and how Public Health teaches us about the safe workplace, culture, return to work, and the long term resilience of our organizations. Yes, Public Health is now ... Read more»
The last four years of the Trump Administration have taught a lot about leadership. In this podcast I summarize some of the big lessons and why care, trust, and followership are among the most important leadership qualities of all. I also dig in and explain why PowerSkills represent the leadership behaviors of the future. ... Read more»
The Big Tech (Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google) now make up 30% of the S&P 100 and 23% of the S&P 500. The Congressional Report on High Tech is comprehensive and important to read. In this podcast I discuss the report and highlight four things:
