Explore HCI's collection of curated research, white papers, case studies and infographics on trending talent management topics.
The Importance of Building a Change Platform
Today’s marketplace has become an environment of continuous change. As a result, many businesses struggle to adapt as multiple areas of their organizations simultaneously experience change of some sort. In a recent webinar, I discussed how change ... Read more
Think Twice Before Hiring More HR Analysts
Great HR leaders excel at finding untapped potential in their people, increasing their efficiency, and maximising their contribution to the company’s strategic objectives and financial performance. One area where CHROs are focusing on unlocking more value is within their HR analytics function.
The GE Journey – Revolutionizing Employment Brand to Transform Talent Strategy
Candidates and employees are smarter than they’ve ever been while the amount of technology and mediums available today allows them to be more transparent in their experiences and open about their demands. In response, truly innovative ...
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Get Retention Right: Rethink your Focus, Approach
Companies spend massive amounts of time, money and headspace on strategies to increase employee retention, hoping that doing so will indemnify them from the risks of losing valuable employees, or thinking it will solve any labor shortage they face that threatens the health and growth of their business.
Conducting better job interviews
We consider it one of the most important steps in the hiring journey. And yet, the job interview, if poorly conducted, can be less predictive of job success than throwing darts. Ill-conceived questions solicit incomplete or useless information. ...
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2017 Agency Recruiting Benchmark Report
We know finding the right candidate for a critical role is imperative to organizations, giving them a competitive advantage that ultimately results in their overall success.
While we know third-party recruiting plays a critical role in this ...
Lack of Clarity in the Workplace is Costing Your Organization
As with every endeavor, it’s important to know where you’re going. If things are foggy or ambiguous on your way to success, any actions taken will require more time and resources, or may fail altogether. Unfortunately, these failures are happening too often in business. Clarity matters. Each small clarity problem within an organization may seem insignificant at first, but gradually, they lead to big problems.
Are You Hiring the Right People? 6 Ways to Find Out
From the employment brand to the onboarding process, recruiters and HR teams work tirelessly to fill vacancies and bring the right people into an organization. But then what?
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Finding and Engaging Proven Independent Talent – Introducing Talent Community
In today’s complex business environment many organizations depend on flexible workers to get vital work done. With more workers choosing to work independently and more companies wanting to use independent workers (such as freelancers, ...
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Rethink, Refresh and Reimagine Your Talent Strategy
Your talent strategy – it’s no longer a ‘nice to have’ or ‘something HR talks about a few times a year.’ The choice is yours – will you take five clear actions now to harness the power of your ...
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How to Effectively Implement Organization Change
I am often asked how to implement organization change. Effective implementation starts with the leadership team. The role of leadership in change management is to... Read more
Improving Employee Well-being with Human Capital Management Technology
Employee well-being has become a top concern for many companies. This is partially due to rising costs of employer health care in the United States. But equally, if not more important, is the challenge of sustaining employee performance in an “always on” world of constant distractions, changes and other sources of stress.
What Makes a Recruiter a Superstar?
Competition for top talent is getting fiercer. And those in staffing and recruiting are no exception. In your high-pressure, high-stakes world, performance matters.
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Will Artificial Intelligence End the War for Talent or Accelerate It?
Whether the topic is autonomous self-driving cars, machine learning, or “big data” there is a lot of interest, and even more business investment, in the areas of artificial intelligence and robotics. These technologies have the ...
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Field Guide to Data-Driven Recruiting Demystifying Recruitment Analytics
The talent market is competitive, and you have to be on the top of your game to recruit the candidates you want to hire. A big part of that is optimizing your recruitment program to ensure you’re using your resources wisely. A LinkedIn ...
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Capitalize on Change by Growing the People Function of the Future
We invite you to take our last Talent Pulse study of the year. We explore the knowledge, skills, and abilities vital to change in the HR role. The report will be published in December 2017.
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Matrix Organization Design: How to Get the Most Out of It
When people talk about matrix organizations, different ideas come to mind. In the most straightforward sense, a matrix organization is when one individual formally reports to two or more managers (solid and dotted lines). We might also say that ... Read more
Success beyond the Four Walls
When a multi-unit position is available, most restaurant and retail leaders will look to their high performing general managers (GM). But sometimes, even your top GMs aren’t ready for this transition.
Learn what to look for—and what ...
The Value of a Fresh Perspective – and Intervention
When you think of outsourcing your talent acquisition process, the first benefit that comes to mind is likely the amount of resources you’re freeing up. Yes, outsourcing will give your human resources (HR) or talent acquisition folks the ...
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How Proper Diagnosis Leads to Change Transformation Success
The times of “stasis” in organization life are nearly gone, and the notion of being “Always on” transformation has gained more traction than ever (BCG). New frameworks, improvement approaches, and ways of working (such as Agile and digital ... Read more