A decade ago, I wrote a column for Workforce Solutions Review urging HR professionals to look beyond short-term workforce planning. At that time, when businesses were clawing out of a recessionary period, I implored readers to move from the tactical to the strategic: What is strategic workforce planning? It is a holistic framework within which …
The Holy Grail of Data-Driven Workforce Planning – The Back Story Read More »
You have survived—and maybe even thrived—as an HR professional through 2022, a year that saw some back-to-the-office movements post-pandemic and a great deal of volatility that is likely to continue into 2023: international recession fears, geopolitical unrest, and economic ups and downs across the globe. So now, as we get ready to address a fresh …
The HR Professional’s Top Ten To-Do’s to Start 2023 Right Read More »
If nothing else, history offers us invaluable learning experiences. One lesson we can all agree on is that work will never be the same – too many things have changed. In one of the more radical shifts, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that more than 4.3 million people voluntarily quit their jobs in …
Where, Oh Where, Have My Skilled Employees Gone? Read More »
We in HR often throw words around, some- times a bit carelessly. Consider “strategy.” We likely all agree that a strategy is a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a long-term major or overall aim. And a “roadmap” outlines how we are going to attack that strategy: the order that relevant steps need …
Roadmaps for Challenging Times: Preparing for Bumps Read More »
HR professionals may not have thought of themselves as acrobats, ringmasters or lion-tamers, but now is the time to consider juggling the three-ring circus that is HR’s responsibility in today’s world of work. Confronting the escalating issues of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), skill shortages, employee engagement and churn issues, upskilling in analytics, and AI …
3-Ring Circus of Digital Experience in a Hybrid World Read More »
Technology didn’t stand still in the pandemic: tech changes very likely occurred in your workplace while employees were working at home. Coupled with the day-to-day changes of the new hybrid workplace, HR professionals will need to be prepared to wrestle with the impact on many fronts as they try to balance new product integration, introduction, …
The move to cloud computing for core HR and talent applications has provided distinct advantages to HR teams: more rapid access to new features, updates and fixes that don’t require IT intervention, elimination of expensive maintenance contracts, and escape from massive new releases that caused major upheaval (and cost) to re-implement. However, implementing a new …
Where HR gets Its Own Staffing Wrong: HCM Cloud Management Cannot be Left to Chance Read More »
While futurists used to talk about major technological innovations as disruptors and the changes introduced as “disintermediation” of the existing business order, little did they anticipate the degree of disruption caused by the small virus known as Orthocoronavirinae — commonly called the coronavirus. Business leaders had to make almost overnight decisions to ensure business continuity. …
The Back Story: Surviving Disruption with a Capital D Read More »
“Algorithms are opinions embedded in code.” Dr. Cathy O’Neil, author and data scientist Some time ago, I wrote that the ubiquity of artificial intelligence (AI) in HR was not an “if” but a “when.” Now, “when” is today. The current uncertainty in all businesses from Covid-19 and a volatile political and economic environment has proved …
