Personal Financial Stress Affecting Employee Performance and Retirement Savings Shows SHRM Survey

Alexandria, Va. – Jan. 24, 2012 – A survey of employer-sponsored financial education initiatives shows that U.S. workers’ money worries are impacting their work performance and retirement savings plans. (Survey BITLY: bit.ly/wPi89A)

The survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) asked HR professionals key questions, including, “In the past 12 months, have employees been more likely to dip into their employer-sponsored retirement savings plans compared with previous years?” More than half-55 percent-of HR professionals agreed while 17 percent strongly agreed. A little less than a quarter, or 24 percent, disagreed, and three percent strongly disagreed.

Succession Management Value Proposition (SMVP): How to Propel Leaders & Organizations to Greatness

The “Stealth Fighter” Model offers a compelling, symbolic way to understand the predictive relationships that exist between critical human capital/succession management processes (the 4 D’s), critical “leading indicators” (capability, commitment and alignment—more on these later), intermediate outcomes and ultimate outcomes. The 4 D’s essentially act as the 4 turbo-charged engines that propel the “Stealth Fighter” towards its target—defined as an organization’s “Future Desired State” and the required leadership competencies to execute both the current and future business strategy.

Lumesse Announces New Version of SaaS-based E-learning Authoring Platform: CourseBuilder V6.1

AUSTIN, Texas & LONDON, Dec 14, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, today announced the latest version of its SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) e-learning authoring platform, CourseBuilder 6.1.

This version features a new software architecture that brings customers greater speed, availability and an enhanced user experience through CourseBuilder’s cloud-based technology. This is the first product release of the award-winning CourseBuilder authoring platform following the acquisition of Edvantage Group by Lumesse. The new version is available immediately to all customers.

One of Hottest – and Hardest – Positions to Fill in Next Five Years: Head of Global Talent Management, Predicts Executive Search Firm Salveson Stetson Group

PHILADELPHIA, PA – December 1, 2011 – One of the hottest and hardest positions that corporations will struggle to fill in the next five years will be the role of Global Talent Management Leader, says retained executive search firm Salveson Stetson Group. As more companies compete globally, they will need to manage an increasingly global workforce – but the pipeline of leaders with experience managing their company’s human capital on a global basis is short, the firm said.

“It has been interesting to watch companies transform from multi-nationals to truly global organizations over the past decade,” said Sally Stetson, Co-Founding Principal and Human Resources Practice Leader at Salveson Stetson Group. “Skills like multi-cultural leadership, which were not even on the radar screen 10 years ago, are now critical to success as companies manage employees, partners and customers across the world.”

Bersin & Associates Predicts that a Global Talent Imbalance Will Shape HR and Talent Strategies in 2012

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Bersin & Associates, the premier research and consulting firm empowering Human Resource (HR) organizations to drive bottom-line impact, today announced that it predicts leading-edge HR teams will drive competitive advantage for their organizations by building a borderless, agile workplace with new and changed talent and learning strategies in 2012. These new strategies include the heavy adoption of social networking for recruiting, employment branding, learning, and collaboration; a focus on diversity and “GirlPower” to build leadership competencies for the future; and continual coaching and goal review to drive agile performance management.

Looking for “Superstars” in all the Wrong Places

November 30, 2011 — By Howard Stevens — Everybody has heard of the 80/20 rule. This concept is based on the research of Wilfried Fritz Pareto, an Italian engineer, sociologist, and economist, who discovered that 80% of the land in 19th century Italy was owned by only 20% of the population….and it tended to stay that way over time. The concept is often applied to sales. It assumes that 80% of your sales will come from 20% of your best salespeople. Based on their anecdotal experience, most sales execs would agree with you. The actual ratio (based on Chally Group Worldwide’s analysis of 900+ B-B sales forces across different industries) reveals that 52% of sales come from the top performers. Still an impressive effort and they are compensated handsomely for it.

Jobs Report: Current Employees Searching For New Jobs – How Employers Can Keep Their Top Performers from Walking Out the Door

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) November 21, 2011 — In the sea of relatively neutral economic news last month, the Department of Labor monthly Jobs Report stated that the number of people who voluntarily left their job increased from 967,000 in September to 1,070,000 in October, up from 845,000 a year ago. While talented employees are out looking for other opportunities, recent research from TNS Employee Insights shows that organizations are spending more time trying to identify ways to keep their top talent from walking out the door.

Recruiting Is Sales

The competition for top talent will continue to increase. How can you differentiate yourself and your company from your competitors? The first key differentiator is you – the recruiter. It is important that you differentiate yourself from your competition who also wants to hire the best talent available in today’s market.

Cornerstone OnDemand Executive to Lead Talent Management Technology Panel at HR Tech Europe 2011

Crescent SocietiesLONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Learning and talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD) today announced that Jason Corsello, Cornerstone’s vice president of corporate development and strategy, will lead a panel discussion examining talent management technology challenges and opportunities at this week’s HR Tech Europe 2011 conference, 2-3 November in Amsterdam. The session, “Using Technology to Foster an Empowered Workforce,” is scheduled for 10:05 – 11:00 a.m. CET on day two of the conference.

More Companies Bet on Taleo’s Model for Real-Time Performance Management

DUBLIN, CA, Oct 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Companies of all sizes are no longer relying solely on annual performance reviews to drive better business results, opting instead for a “continuous dialogue” approach pioneered by Taleo Corporation, the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions.

In the past several months more than a dozen of the world’s largest corporations, and many more small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), have adopted Taleo’s performance management solutions to create a high performance culture by continuously assessing employee performance against the top objectives of the enterprise.