by SEAN CONRAD | Mar 13th, 2012 | Performance Management |
For the last two years, PwC’s Annual Global CEO Survey has reported a skills shortage across many industries, including Financial Services. The most recent survey launched in February found 48% of financial services CEOs believe the limited availability of key skills is a serious threat to growth.
About 25% of those surveyed have delayed or even cancelled a strategic initiative in the last year because they did not have the right people [...]
by DONNA RONAYNE | Mar 9th, 2012 | Halogen News |
I want to share some information about a cool new feature - the Halogen Word Cloud generator – available in the latest release of our talent management suite.
The Halogen Word Cloud generator is created from all text used in an appraisal process to give an overall feel of feedback being provided.
While there are great reports and data analysis you can get from an appraisal process - like completion rates, competency scores, goal achievement etc, – the Halogen [...]
by DOMINIQUE JONES | Mar 6th, 2012 | Employee Engagement & Retention |
We’ve all heard about the importance of having an engaged workforce.
But many HR professionals struggle to quantify the business impact of a disengaged workforce, and to justify the expense of programs or initiatives aimed at improving employee engagement.
To help you make a business case for investing in employee engagement initiatives, we’ve pulled together statistics and best practices that demonstrate [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Mar 2nd, 2012 | Employee Engagement & Retention |
Employee turnover is too high. What can we do to retain our valuable employees? These questions were hot topics at the 6th Annual National HR in Hospitality Conference and Expo.
Over 300 senior level Human Resources executives from the hospitality industry spent the last few days in San Francisco discussing the real cost of employee turnover to their organizations, and how it impacts the costs of recruitment, onboarding/hiring, orientation and training, and lost [...]
by MELANY GALLANT | Feb 22nd, 2012 | Recruitment |
What’s the secret behind IKEA’s business success? Swedish meatballs? Perhaps. Those meatballs certainly are part of it. But there’s something deeper. Something brilliant – yet fundamental to its business model – that keeps the company on top.
And that brilliant element is simplicity.
IKEA provides functional, well-designed furniture that is affordable and can serve the many. Plus, buyers assemble the furniture themselves.
Brilliance Point 1:
IKEA harnesses the scientifically proven fact that people are more attached [...]
