At a time when many workers continue to contemplate and decide to leave their jobs, this article argues that to address the issue, employers need to take the time to understand why their employees are leaving. Without this understanding, organizations risk implementing solutions based on faulty assumptions. For example, Exhibit 5 shows the misalignment between employers’ …
OCTOBER 21, 2021 will be the last day that this list will be updated. MOST RECENT UPDATE: October 21, 2021 at 8:02 AM EST. Updated Apple’s vaccine guidance to their employees. NOTE: If you are using this information for your own blog, website, or other purposes, please credit www.brianheger.com as the original source. As Covid-19 cases …
This excellent 40-page report provides insights from a study of people practices from over 6,600 participants in 113 countries. Using 32 HR and people practices across nine clusters (see Exhibit 2 on p.6 for framework), respondents rated their organization’s current level of capability and each topic’s future importance. In combining these two factors, Exhibit 4 on page nine segments the 32 practices in three categories of …
This article argues that many operational HR activities that are most suitable to be fully owned by a Shared Services Center (SCC) still fall into HR teams outside of SSC. The article begins on page 15 offers and offers a 4-component model that further separates operational and strategic work, and evolves SSC services into a comprehensive …
The coronavirus pandemic impacts have accelerated the evolution of work, the workplace, and workers in every possible way. As firms continue to address these opportunities and challenges with speed and head-on, this article calls for a change in how we view work and, in particular, jobs. It submits that jobs–the staple of many HR processes …
We are about to close out the second month of 2021 and have benefited from consuming the views of several firms and thought leaders on the trends that will guide HR priorities in 2021 and beyond. These reports and resources are replete with insights and in-depth thinking on how firms can effectively meet the challenges …
The 64-page global trend report identifies four trends that will guide many firms’ talent and workforce strategies in 2021 and beyond. 1) Focus on Futures (e.g. remaking opportunities, reimagining retirement, etc. 2) Race to Reskill, (i.e., transform the workforce for a new world economy) 3) Sense with Science (e.g., augmenting Al with human intuition – leveraging analytics such as pay equity analysis, and 4.) Energizing the experience (g., inspiring …
As we close out 2020 and get ready for the new year, I wanted to recap the top articles that I have posted and shared over the past few months. These top fifteen articles (there are actually 21 since I reference a few bonus articles) are in no particular order, but they do represent those …
Inclusion and Diversity(I&D) continue to be a primary focus for many organizations. And although setting I&D goals isn’t sufficient by itself, it is a foundational component that begins to establish accountability for an organizations’ I&D efforts. This article provides 22 examples of diversity goals from top companies aiming to boost diversity, inclusion, and belonging in …
This article provides an expanded view of workforce planning by introducing a 6 step approach to “work-task planning.” While strategic workforce planning approaches usually include the first 3 steps: 1) Business Strategy, 2) Strategic Capabilities, and 3) Critical Roles, the work-task planning concept dives deeper by deconstructing these roles into 4) Tasks (the core components …
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