Everyone from Vendorprisey to Jim Holincheck is chiming in on how HR can achieve more visibility in the boardroom. In order for it to be valued by the C-level, ROI has to be a key calculator in the equation.

A recent article in Talent Management Magazine concurs. The writer explains that for many, linking investment to business outcomes delivers an organizatinal punch.

I can’t agree more, based on the results we see everyday with [...]

Can’t be at this year’s SHRM taking in the sites and sounds of Vegas? We’ll have some more detailed feedback on the show later this week – it’s hot, it’s busy and there’s lot of business being done.

Definitely the show of the year attendance-wise…

In the meantime, check out Workforce’s daily summary of news at the show. SHRM is also posting some content.

Lots of other bloggers providing feedback live from the show floor:

Great summary [...]

A story in the May issue of Talent Management Magazine looks at a survey on Succession Planning from the Institute for Corporate Productivity, which features some interesting findings.

The survey of 799 large and small companies found that:

• Two-thirds of organizations with formal succession plans are planning to change things,
• 75 percent cite the need to integrate with other talent management processes.

What is interesting is not so much that organizations are looking at succession planning, is that [...]

We’ll be holding our second annual User Conference on September 17/18 and we’ll be focusing on the strategic role of HR within organizations.

We are thrilled to have as our keynote speaker Mel Kleiman. Mel is an internationally recognized authority on attracting, selecting, and retaining employees. His expertise is based on more than 25 years of research and consulting work for hundreds of clients. Kleiman is best known for the keynote speeches, educational presentations, [...]

The systematic HR blog has some great observances on defining employee engagement.  It points out that while we want to create motivating workplaces, not all employees are engagable. Nor do we want to spend the time engaging everyone. Our senior talent, managers and executives are of critical importance as are the up and comers that represent our future.

This ties into the importance of talent pooling as a key element in succession planning…

A talent [...]