People Management

How to Build the Ideal HR Team

Your resource to understanding where to invest resources as you build your own version of an ideal HR team. In this guide, we’ll: Outline an approach to building an HR team around three key functions: Talent Acquisition, Benefits Administration and HR Operations Dive into the responsibilities of each function and the key metrics that drive their success Consider when, where and why to invest in HCM technology Complete the form below to download the guide now and get started.

HR COE People Management Benchmark Quiz

How well does your HR team manage and develop people? The path to achieving excellence in people management is a continual journey that evolves over three phases. Find out what phase you’re in and get a customized action plan. TAKE OUR QUIZ TO FIND OUT: Quiz will load down below shortly Content loading... Please enable javascript! People Management Quiz What’s preventing you from attracting and hiring top talent? To get to the next level, think about ways to streamline and automate all the workflows that go into the routine tasks of people management, so you can begin to focus on the more strategic aspects of motivating and developing your employees. Based on your responses, you’re in Phase 1: To get to the next level, learn the key...

What Are the True Causes of Turnover? Infographic

With turnover at a 17-year high and unemployment at record lows, organizations are scrambling to retain their best employees. To combat your turnover problem, you must first discover why employees leave in the first place. Check out the infographic to learn more.

Video: People Management: Perception vs. Reality

We asked 700+ HR leaders, CEOs and CFOs about their people management practices. What they said will surprise you.

4 People Management Metrics Your CEO Wants to See

CEOs and the rest of the executive team want human capital management teams to deliver tangible results that demonstrate business impact: Hard facts and figures, not feelings or beliefs. To deliver this value, HCM and HR professionals must better understand the overall business and pick key metrics to help executives make informed decisions about workforce planning. Many CEOs fear that HR leaders are mired in processes and compliance, but the way forward is stepping outside of just HR and taking a holistic look at the entire business. Here are four numbers your C-suite wants to see: 1. Turnover (number of leavers/total population in the organization) Executives care about turnover because it’s costly. According to SHRM, every time a...

Find Time to Lead: People Management

If you’re an HR professional, more than half your time is going to be spent on “people management,” broadly defined; that includes mission-critical initiatives like onboarding, retention, coaching, learning and development. Here’s the problem: you can very easily get mired in the administrative aspect of people management and never find time to address bigger picture concerns. The right HR technology can free you from administration and give you time back. To find time to lead, ask yourself if your current workflows could be more efficient. When’s the last time you shopped around? According to this report, 47% of HR systems are more than seven years old. Does this mean that nearly half of these organizations are so absolutely delighted...

Managing a Multigenerational Workforce

Employees across five different generations are making valuable contributions in today’s business world, but each generation comes to work with a different set of preferences for learning and coaching. Because receiving feedback and seeing a path to career growth are key factors in determining employee satisfaction, it’s imperative that HR professionals know how to navigate the needs of their employees regardless of their age. The five multigenerational employee bands include: Generation Name Born Traditionalists Before 1946 Baby Boomers Between 1946 and 1964 Generation X Between 1965 and 1976 Generation Y, or Millennials Between 1977 and 1997 Generation Z After 1997 Following are some of the differences among the generations and how...

On Demand: How to Manage Your Managers

People management can be tough - especially when you're managing your own managers! During this webinar, Katy Bunn will provide actionable insights into 'Managing Your Managers'. HR Center of Excellence Hub QUIZ: How well does your HR team manage and develop people? ARTICLE: Should we do an employee engagement survey? GUIDE: How to build the ideal HR team GUIDE: Your 5 step guide to personal development plan Complete the form below to watch the webinar:

Transforming Your Managers into Leaders

Hiring the right manager isn’t the end to developing successful teams. Every manager has room to grow and it’s your job, along with the organization, to make sure that your managers are growing periodically. 87% of companies say they don’t do an excellent job developing leaders throughout their organization. If you find yourself in that 87%, this article will help you come up with a plan for growth, resulting in more talented recruits and increased employee retention. The first conversation after hiring/promoting a new manager Whether you’ve hired outside talent or promoted within, those first 30 days of employment are critical. During that time, it’s up to you to set expectations of what the organization values in a leader and how that...

5 Benefits of an Employee Management System

As an HR professional, you’re tasked with recruiting, onboarding, keeping up with compliance and making sure everyone gets paid. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. You’re also charged with developing strategies for improving engagement and increasing retention across your organization. Unfortunately, many HR pros never have the time to focus on the big picture or connect with employees because tedious administrative work often gets in the way. But there’s good news. The key to breaking free and conquering your to-do list begins and ends with the right human capital management technology to help evolve from rigid, cumbersome solutions and automate manual HR processes. Here are 5 ways an employee management system can help you (and...

Human Capital Management (HCM) Technology 101

What does Human Capital Management (HCM) Technology Offer? As a human resource professional, where do you spend most of your time? Working with colleagues to solve big business problems? Implementing employee development programs aimed to increase retention? Or is your day mired in the day-to-day of collecting paperwork, hand-coding the data into a spreadsheet and trying to keep up with endless files? If you’re like most HR professionals, the answer is the latter. To help combat this administrative nightmare and allow HR to focus on bigger-picture initiatives, organizations are investing in Human Capital Management (HCM) technology. What’s HCM, you ask? Think of HCM technology as a one-stop-cloud-based-shop designed to consolidate and...