SHRM Wrap UpJune 26th, 2008 |
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I’m back to the office after a few very busy days at SHRM in Chicago. Overall it was a productive show, with a ton of stuff happening! I wanted to take this chance to share just a few pieces of news coming out of this year’s show.
On the Halogen end of things, we announced a new partnership with HodesiQ that will enable our joint customers to integrate recruiting and on-boarding with employee performance and talent management. Customers like Educate and Gentiva are already using this solution. You can read more about this news here.
We also announced our HRIS Connect tool that links HRIS employee data with talent management functions. It is already being very well received by analysts such as Leighanne Levensaler at Bersin & Associates and David Creelman at Creelman Research. Our customer Ginn Reunion Resort is using HRIS Connect to ensure consistency between its systems and save time for all involved.
There was lots of news coming out of this year’s show from all the vendors in attendance and SHRM itself. SHRM’s CEO Susan Meisinger is leaving SHRM, with the announcement of a successor forthcoming over the summer.
Workforce has in-depth coverage of the show here. One of the keynotes was Patrick Lencioni, a world-renowned speaker, author and consultant on topics of leadership and executive-team development, who discussed his book Three Signs of a Miserable Job. The third sign, is particularly relevant - a lack of measurement. Workers have no idea whether or not they are doing a good or poor job. Definitely an argument there for talent management if I’ve ever heard one!
John Hollon has a great piece on the Tao of SHRM about how unpredictable the show is with the show floor being overrun with attendees collecting swag and then how valuable the sessions are. Another great piece coming out of this show is a comment on SHRM’s entertainment from Kris Dunn at the HR Capitalist and his suggestions were he to take over at SHRM’s new CEO.
We’re looking forward to SHRM 2009 in New Orleans - and hey, maybe Kris Dunn will get his way and we’ll be rocking out to AC/DC!
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