Preparing for the 2020 workforce is critical to business strategy, growth and performance. To understand the challenges and opportunities, Oxford Economics and SAP surveyed over 2,700 executives and more than 2,700 employees in 27 countries during the second quarter of 2014. We found that many companies lack the structure,...
Published: May 14, 2013
From entry level to C-level positions, women workers are facing more barriers and advancing more slowly than their male counterparts. What's more, even when training is available, the opportunity to advance and to apply skills may not be.
In this Skillsoft survey, 486 women worldwide weigh in on topics like the...
Published: Oct 01, 2016
Over the past few years, much has been written about millennials’ learning preferences and expectations. This focus on millennials coincided with the generational group becoming the largest element of the workforce - and with massive breakthroughs in web, mobile and social technologies.
Collectively, these forces...
Published: Feb 17, 2017
What if you could give everyone that touches customers an indispensable tool that optimizes business process, removes data silos and makes customer interaction extraordinary?
See how Redglaze Group uses Sugar to give individuals access to critical data, optimize processes and improve efficiencies.
Published: Jan 29, 2016
When it comes to learning and development, most of us know what to do, and what tools and resources are now at our disposal. The challenge often stems from being able to identify and understand all of the elements at play, and still strike a perfect balance.
This paper discusses how to create a recipe for...
Published: Aug 10, 2016
As a human resources manager, you understand the importance of having a strong performance management process in place at your company. Such a process helps you better motivate and retain top performers, more closely align individuals’ goals with those of your organization, and create amore engaged...
Published: Nov 04, 2015
Employees taking time off because they're unwell is part and parcel of running a business. But being at the mercy of the lost productivity and spiraling costs that goes with it doesn't have to be.
In this whitepaper we take a look at the things you can do to monitor and manage your employees' sickness...
Published: Jan 25, 2016
Today’s senior executives don’t hold HR in very high esteem: according to Deloitte, almost half of senior leaders (42%) thought their HR teams were “underperforming or just getting by”; only 27% rated HR as excellent or good.”1 For government HR teams committed to their agency’s mission,...
Published: Jul 18, 2014
Many organizations, regardless of size or industry, are turning to talent management technology solutions to achieve a significant business impact. According to Bersin & Associates research, companies with intermediate to advanced levels of talent management performed better financially during the recession as well...
Published: Feb 01, 2010
Translation? Employees aren‘t quitting their jobs—they’re quitting their bosses.2 That’s bad news for agencies planning for innovation, succession, and market longevity. Human capital is an organization’s most valuable resource—and turnover is expensive not just in terms of sourcing,...
Published: Apr 09, 2013
Development drives engagement, which in turn inspires motivation, effort, and smarter thinking—keys to competitive edge and organizational longevity. Yet negative myths about development—it takes too much time, employees are responsible for their own growth—often keep career development from being a first-line...
Published: May 11, 2014
In the new world of business, the identity of leadership is rapidly changing. Although traditional competencies such as integrity, vision, judgment and people development are still relevant, organizations needing to develop leaders must look beyond the conventional. They must create an environment that allows high performers...
Published: Jan 01, 2011
Performance solutions enable organizations to automate and optimize their performance processes and align employee development and goals with corporate objectives. Organizations that have invested in performance solutions cite several significant benefits, including:
Establishing clear performance expectations...
Published: Nov 10, 2016
Of late, there’s been an ongoing debate in the scientific community as to whether intelligence is fixed or changeable. If intelligence is fixed, then each person’s measure is doled out in the womb, and no amount of information acquisition can increasesomeone’s intelligence quotient, or IQ. But if intelligence...
Published: Jun 01, 2011