HR Tech — Best-of-Breed vs. Integrated Talent Management Solutions

When considering HR solutions, organisations typically consider researching and investigating best-of-breed point solutions as well as so-called integrated talent management systems. At a high level, the issues might seem straight forward. The pros and cons are widely known — or assumed. Pros: Typically represents the... [+] Read More

Federal HR IT Modernization Speeds Up

The highly anticipated legislation to modernize the federal government’s aging information technology infrastructure via the Modernizing Government Technology Act is now law. When it comes to HR and human capital systems, many agencies having been moving down the modernization path already with benefits such as... [+] Read More

The Critical Link Between Employee Engagement and Performance

Performance drives engagement

Want to improve your organization’s workforce performance? A great place to start is with employee engagement. The challenge – how do you get your employees highly engaged, or to start – move them from disengaged to engaged? In the drive to improve employee performance and... [+] Read More

DoD’s “New Beginnings” — Enhanced Engagement and Performance Management

The Department of Defense (DoD) is implementing "New Beginnings," a collaborative labor-management effort to improve HR practices and policies in DoD. In a phased approach, DoD is implementing the enterprise-wide DoD Performance Management and Appraisal Program, "which will help foster a cultural change that encourages... [+] Read More

Go Beyond “Just Numbers” and People Analytics to Gain Buy-In for HR Programs

As advocates for strategic excellence in HR planning and execution, federal agency Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs) and their teams work hard in assembling the metrics required to justify increased budget investments for recruitment, onboarding, training, engagement and succession initiatives. Too often, however, such efforts... [+] Read More