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  • HR 2006 Part 2 – Direction

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    HR 2006 Intro – What is HR Strategy? HR 2006 Part 1 – Priorities We left off last week with this: Not only do we need to concentrate on how we recruit, develop and retain talent from the pure workforce perspective, we also need to understand how we are creating an overall environment to engage…

  • HR 2006 Part 1 – Priorities

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    We’re onto another series and this one is on pure HR strategy. Last week we defined HR strategy in the intro to this series. As usual, with heavy borrowing from other sources, I’ll be covering the topic obviously at a high level within 3 categories: Top priorities for the near future, What are the impacts…

  • Harvard on Strategy

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    In some really good timing, HBS came out with this article on What Really Drives Your Strategy?

  • Defining HR Strategy – Talentism vs. systematicHR

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    I thought I’d take a shot at this as a separate post. I actually wrote my strategy post before reading Jeff’s stuff at Talentism, and I’m glad I did. I think we vary slightly in our approach to the topic, but let me explain after I note the 2 definitions of strategy. In Jeff’s post:…

  • HR 2006 Intro – HR Strategy – What Is It ?!?

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    This is part 1 of a 4 part series on the future of HR. It will run every Monday for 4 weeks. I’d also like to mention that Jeff has alredy started a series on HR strategy here. Part of me is hoping that our ideas are fairly complementary, and part of me hopes that…

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    HRO Strategy Guide

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    Sometimes a firm actually publishes a study that is neither ‘salesy’ or full of common sensical information that we already knew. Deloitte put out a “Making HR Business Process Outsourcing Work”Deloitte Consulting, November 9, 2005. “Making HR Business Process Outsourcing Work,” retrieved from http://www.deloitte.com on January 3, 2006. study/paper here. I’m not going to comment…

  • Talent Part 1 – HCI on Talent and Engagement

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    This is the first of at least 2 parts. I’m figuring this one out as I go. The Human Capital Institute started this thread on Engaging Talent starting with the dictionary meaning of the words “engage” and “Talent.” As you know, many of us have written quite a bit on this topic, so I’m eager…

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    ADP Benefit TCO study

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    ADP’s benefit TCO study presented some very interesting numbers as well as a few questions: First, I’m not at all surprised that outsourced benefit administration is less costly from a TCO (total cost of ownership) measure than in-house benefit admin. However, let’s look at some of the unspoken assumptions in the survey: The average size…

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    Improving the quality of Communications – Part 2 of 2

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    View part 1 here. Jason wrote this post about The Manager’s Role in PerformanceCorsello, Jason, December 19, 2005. “The Manager’s Role in Performance.” Retrieved from http://jasoncorsello.blogs.com on December 19, 2005. a couple days ago. Seemed to fit into this topic very well and it’s his fault this turned into a 2 day post. In it…

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    Improving the quality of Communications – Part 1 of 2

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    Employee Engagement at 14% Worldwide Actually, I’ll place a healthy bet that all bloggers and almost all blog readers are highly engaged. Let’s face it, for you to search out pages like this one instead of SHRM.com takes some effort. But on to the point: Towers Perrin recently completed what is arguably the broadest survey…

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    TMS (non) fiancials

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    I seem to have made the quite unwise statement that I would attempt to evaluate the financials of several TMS vendors. Realizing now that I should take that statement back (entirely possible with just a quick stroke of the keyboard) and deny the whole thing, I submit the following with a few disclaimers (on top…

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    Technology, Automation, and Talent Case Studies

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    I found this article in CFO Magazine’s online Fall 2005 issue. The full text is quite long and located here. It is a well written piece by Scott Leibs from September 15, 2005. Anything in block quotes below is a direct excerpt. There are so many good examples of everything we’ve been discussion over the…

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    CFO Magazine Survey on Employee Performance

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    As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, I found this article at CFO.com on employee productivity. CFO Staff, September 15, 2005. “Our Assets, Ourselves,” CFO.com. Retrieved December 8, 2005 from CFO.com. First of all, many of the 170 CFO’s surveyed came from “small companies.” Second of all, it’s obvious that what CFO’s/finance see as important HCM…

  • GG and DD define “engagement”

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    Gautam and I take a stab at clarifying our definitions of “engagement” here. Mine is in the comments… Poste Update 12/09/05, 10PM: And a quick addition… David Kippin (the actual originator of all my thoughts in the “branding, talent, engagement” 1, 2, 3 series even though his link is in #2) posted a clarification on…

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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 communications, your internet based tools and your call center are your most frequent methods of…

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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 this post about branding, talent acquisition and retention equally interesting. The following text is from…

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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 they have, not because it’s the best one, but for me it’s the easiest to…

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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 have to give some kudos to the recruiter and hiring manager for recognizing a couple…

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    More on Portals

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    Blogger over at Systematic Viewpoints has been writing about PeopleSoft portals and his implementation experiences lately. Of particular interest is his/er organization’s struggle with the HR portal versus the enterprise portal. If you’re on common platforms (PS, SAP, PT) then integration isn’t so bad. Even if they are not on the same platform, I’m not…

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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 are a couple of factors here. First off, what is the tradeoff between talent and…