Branding
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The Future of UI
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One of the reasons I write so much about the user interface (UI), portals and SOA is that I believe HR technology’s future is very much about how we engage and increase end user adoption. In an increasingly dispersed global…
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Branding, Communications, Compensation, Engagement, HR Strategy, HR Technology, Talent Mgmt, Vendors, Workforce Planning
We Have Work to Do
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For all our lofty talk about employer branding, employee engagement, communications and change management, and for all the money we’ve been spending on implementing technology, process and workflow, we don’t seem to be tying the two together. I won’t be…
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HR Technology, Branding and Environmentalism
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Going where I never thought I’d go… But the HRIQ blog wrote this page about the amount of waste generated by a workplace in a single year. Apparently the average worker can throw away ONE QUARTER OF A TONNE OF…
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The Keys to Employee Motivation
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At systematicHR, we sit around talking about (reading about) ideas like employee engagement and employer brand a lot. These are quite simple concepts to understand, but actually quite difficult to implement and achieve successfully. In terms of talent, the employer…
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On Engagement and Learning
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The following is heavily plagiarized from Fortune Magazine (reference below) Francis Upton was a Princeton-trained mathematician. Working for Thomas Edison, he wrote to his father, “The strangest thing to me is the $12 that I get each Saturday, for my…
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Great Brands in Action
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Creating a great brand is difficult. Often, the external brand and the internal brand are either not synchronized, or they are simply distinct strategies. Beyond the difficulty of creating a great brand, the difficulty of creating a single brand that…
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A Checklist for Leadership Development
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We all hate this talk about “HR having a seat at the table.” It’s a tagline that getting old and perhaps a bit insulting. The truth is that HR has the influence to spearhead initiatives such as leadership development, but…
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Employer Branding and Talent Management
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The Human Resources IQ Blog has a nice write-up for creating a great employee value propusition and it’s affect on attracting and retaining talent. At systematicHR, we’ve been using the term employer branding, but if fact the two terms may…
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Hot HR Issues – Part 1
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The Conference Board of Canada did an interview with Dave Ulrich where he stated “the 21st century will belong to human resources and to organizational capabilities.” ((Thanks to Romain of unknow origin for pointing me to the Conference Board of…
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Responsibility – Part 1
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Charismatic leaders create an envorinment in which employees want to follow a vision or idea that has been stated. A goal of most leaders is to create the type of enviironment where employees are engaged in that mission and vision…
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Employer branding, talent and engagement Part 3
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So what does all of this have to do with HR Technology and service delivery? Employee Self Service/Portal Manager Self Service/Portal HR Service Center Print Communications I am a firm believer that while your verbal communications are your most powerful…
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Employer branding, talent and engagement Part 2
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So last time we talked about communicating brand and an overview of a chain of effect beginning with the manager communication and ending with the shareholder returns via the Microsoft model. Andrew posted a link to David Kippen. I found…
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Employer branding, talent and engagement Part 1
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I really need to thank Regina for linking to employerbrand.com. I’m finding it to be quite fascinating. There’s really a huge amount of content here about employer branding and employee engagement. I think everyone should read/view the MicroSoft case study…
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Google, Brand, Talent, Engagement
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It was all wrapped into a single post from one of Michael’s link posts. In this google blogger page where Trisha Weir talks about how she got to be hired (partly by selling WHY she owned a Google t-shirt) I…
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Wharton: The Trade-off between Talent and Disruptive Behavior.
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OK – this is way outside of my comfort zone and expertise. However, Wharton pushed out a great article on the Tyrell Owens debate called ‘One for All’ or ‘One for One’? The Trade-off between Talent and Disruptive Behavior. There…
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Branding, Communications, Service Delivery
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Perhaps the post should be “Branding, Communications, Service Delivery… Again.” Actually, there have been a couple of interesting things on the web. The first is a post by Andrew who referred to another debate about communications strategy and change. In…
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Human Resource Lessons Learned from Star Wars
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This was a rather amusing post on talent management and Star Wars. You will also be able to gather from my previous posts on employee engagement and my readings of Regina’s blog that in addition to the below problems (lack…