How organizational socialization impacts employee onboarding – Part One

Organizational socialization is the practice of quickly familiarizing new employees with an organization's practices, culture and values in order to help them become effective, recognized members of a particular community. Academics and HR experts have expanded on this definition considerably.... [+] Read More

Why do some industries spend more on HR than others?

HR departments are increasingly being asked to do more with less. The trend is a global one, with reports such as a 2015 study from KPMG Russia revealing intentions to reduce HR budgets while attempting to increase the productivity of the workforce.... [+] Read More

Is Your Organization Investing Enough in HR?

Research from CEB Global revealed that the average enterprise needs to improve the performance of its workforce by 27 percent to achieve its goals. At the same time, HR departments may require additional resources to develop a high-performance workforce.... [+] Read More

Strategic Federal Human Capital Management – Employee Engagement

As federal Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs) embrace high-impact initiatives to help agencies meet their missions and HR needs for the 21st century, federal employee engagement continues to appear at or near the top of their lists for short-term fixes. Given emerging technology that is... [+] Read More

Strategic Federal Human Capital Management – Talent Acquisition

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As federal agencies grapple with outdated legacy systems while attempting to evolve in order to better address the new challenges of the 21st century, many federal Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs) look to take a two-tiered plan of attack. In the long term, they understand... [+] Read More

Why is employee turnover on the rise?

How can you keep your top talent from leaving your organization in search of other opportunities? It starts with understanding the reasons that could drive them to leave.... [+] Read More

People Analytics – Getting Interactive

In a previous post, I wrote that new tools are emerging to enhance business intelligence and people analytics that have the potential to improve success rates of data analytics projects and help lead to improved adoption rates. One-directional, static dashboards, while somewhat interesting, are often... [+] Read More

Your People Analytics Dashboard is Not Nearly as Useful as it Could Be

There's a new era coming in business intelligence and people analytics.Powerful dashboards for presenting people analytics information to help drive decision making have been a boon for HR professionals. They help bring increased visibility to the HR function within an organization. But they're not enough,... [+] Read More