Well, it’s that time of year again. Amid the turkey and the holiday parties we all do it – predicting and forecasting what we see ahead for 2009. Whether it be at home or at work, this upcoming year is one that will be bringing many people unexpected new situations. Major global issues are having an impact on almost all of us, and HR managers need to stay on top of the trends more than ever in order to bring value to their organizations.

We just wrapped up our holiday fun survey of HR’s favorite things. This is our fourth annual survey and we noticed lots of changes this year!

This is the last in my series of posts on the Six Quality Aims set out by the Institute of Medicine and supported by the AHA. Today I’ll look at the top of the pyramid and consider talent management’s contributions to timeliness as well as provide some concluding thoughts.

If you’re a manager or HR prime whose company does focal reviews, also known as calendar or fixed date reviews, chances are you’re just winding down or getting ready to start up your annual performance appraisal process. The first and fourth quarters of the year are the two most popular times for conducting employee performance reviews.

This is part of my series on the Six Quality Aims set out by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and supported by the AHA. Today, I’d like to talk about talent management’s impact on the aim “effectiveness and efficiency”.

Here again, HR has a huge role to play.

Effectiveness is defined as: “care that is based on the use of systematically acquired evidence to determine whether an intervention, such as a preventive service, diagnostic test, or therapy, [...]