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Annual Plug for the HR Technology Survey
Read more: Annual Plug for the HR Technology SurveyHere’s the link – just go take it. www.cedarcrestone.com/survey/systematicHR.html For those of you who are actually going to read this, there are several surveys out there that the industry counts on for trending year over year. How much are people spending, what systems are being bought, what functions are getting the most focus, and how…
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A Technological Approach to Claims Audit
The last two weeks I wrote about the ineffectiveness of traditional claims audit and the inherent conflict of interest some companies face when they perform such audits. This week I’d like to introduce a company that brings a different approach to the industry: HR Best Practices. HR Best Practices was founded by Howard Gerver five…
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Talent Acquisition Systems Updates
I’ve been remiss in my lack of system and vendor updates. Truth be told, not much has actually changed in the vendor landscape other than a few mergers. The vendors I liked last year and early this year are the same ones. Anyways, here’s my update of tier 1 talent acquisition system vendors (in alpha…
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Creating Strategy Part 4
I recently posted that the creation of strategy was better served by being flexible and agile than creating concrete plans. Here’s part 4: 9. Think Scenarios, not Predictions ((Millard, Rob, June 5, 2006. “Increasing Your Strategic Clock Speed.” Retrieved from http://www.robmillard.com on August 6, 2006.)) The future is too complex to accurately predict. It is…
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Creating Strategy Part 3
I recently posted that the creation of strategy was better served by being flexible and agile than creating concrete plans. Here’s part 3: 7. Encourage Risks; Tolerate Mistakes ((Millard, Rob, June 5, 2006. “Increasing Your Strategic Clock Speed.” Retrieved from http://www.robmillard.com on August 6, 2006.)) A culture where mistakes made in good faith are punished…
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Creating Strategy Part 2
I recently posted that the creation of strategy was better served by being flexible and agile than creating concrete plans. Here’s part 2: 6. Focus Action on the Short Term ((Millard, Rob, June 5, 2006. “Increasing Your Strategic Clock Speed.” Retrieved from http://www.robmillard.com on August 6, 2006.)) While strategic objectives may be aimed over a…
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Independent Consulting: Perception or Reality?
Last week, Barbara Martinez wrote a very in-depth article which appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (September 18, 2006; Page A1). A subscription to WSJOnline is necessary to view the article, but I encourage you to read it if at all possible. In the article Ms. Martinez writes about independence in…
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Creating Strategy Part 1
I recently posted that the creation of strategy was better served by being flexible and agile than creating concrete plans. Rob Millard probably said it better: NOT on a soviet-style grand plan, but about creating the resilience that the firm needs to achieve its objectives no matter what the market may choose to throw at…
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We Have Work to Do
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 commenting heavily on this as I really think you should read the whitepaper of the…
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Succession Planning for Leadership Development
There are now studies and metrics coming out that the “talent crisis” may not be as bad as we once thought it would be. Yes, the baby boomers are getting older, and yes, they are reaching retirement age more quickly than the following generation is filling their shoes, but the newest studies are finding that…
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SAP Customers are More Profitable… or Not
So I don’t actually subscribe to any of the advertising hype that says you’ll be significantly more profitable one way or another if you’re running SAP instead of Oracle instead of some other tier 1 applications. Basically I’d say that if you’re running any top ERP suite, the products are within 2% of each other…