When thinking about your organization’s future, it’s important to think not only about goals, objectives, and initiatives, but obviously how to achieve them. A major contributor is obviously your employees. Aligning the organization’s business strategy with its workforce is called talent management, and it involves aligning the right person with the right role with the [...]
Archive for the ‘Talent Mangement’ Category
Understand the Components of Talent Management
Posted in Talent Mangement on January 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Transparency in Talent Planning & Performance Management
Posted in Leadership, Talent Mangement, Tips for Down Times on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Before the current economic downturn, SHRM reported in 2006 that 40% of workers were likely to change jobs when the economy turns. Sound familiar? At Insight, we have used this statistic for years. What does it really mean? We believe that employees simply always want development and career advancement opportunities – no matter the times.
Sustainable Talent Management
Posted in Talent Mangement on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Transforming complex, low-value talent processes into efficient and streamlined simple BLOOM talent management is an important first step in performance management. However, if your goal is to achieve sustainable performance management, you can do so much more.
Simplify, simplify, simplify! Performance management that really works
Posted in Talent Mangement on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Think about why and how you use (or would use) a talent management system. Just to keep track of employee performance and compensation data? Consider the knowledge that data would provide if you connected it with your organization’s goals and initiatives. That’s what strategic alignment is all about – identifying the destination, the path, and the people to increase your chances of success. A strategic performance management system helps you stay on course, but when there are too many bells and whistles in the system it becomes bloated and unruly. Simplify!
The Temptation of More: What Drives Paying Too Much for Talent Management Software
Posted in Talent Mangement on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever paid more for something because of all the cool features, only later to realize that you will never use all the bling? The previous cell phone, camera, and computer that I purchased all come to mind. In all cases, the next time I got smart and paid less for less – and I am a much happier user for it.
Are your values driving your organization?
Posted in Talent Mangement on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
About a year ago Netflix posted an internal presentation that outlines their company policy of maintaining relatively few policies. Their point: value statements are all well and good, but when they’re just words on the page they guarantee nothing. What really drives success, growth, and innovation is identifying values, consistently applying and acting on them, and empowering and expecting your employees to do the same. Essentially, Netflix puts their money where their mouth is.
Understanding your employees: spotlight on Millennials
Posted in Strategic Alignment, Talent Mangement on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When it comes to understanding how your employees tick it is helpful to look at the characteristics and experiences of their generation. That may be particularly true for the group born between 1978 and 2002: Millennials.
It’s going to take work: Learn how to develop a healthy approach to dealing with conflict
Posted in Talent Mangement, Tips for Down Times, Training & Learning on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conflict is a natural part of human interaction. A healthy approach to conflict leads to greater understanding of one another and more creative problem solving. An unhealthy approach to conflict leads to wounded egos and frustration. When we understand our individual styles of dealing with conflict we can begin to understand how we can approach [...]
The right skills? The right fit? Take the guesswork out of hiring
Posted in Recruiting and Hiring, Strategic Alignment, Talent Mangement on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been following our blog, you already understand how to align the right people with the right jobs. Now you need to know how to hire for success, too! It’s imperative that business owners and leaders take every opportunity to know who their employees are and what they want from their lives and work. [...]
Ready, set, go! An introduction to job matching
Posted in Performance Planning, Strategic Alignment, Talent Mangement on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of our latest blog posts highlighted the inevitable success that results when you align the right people with the right strategy. We believe that by understanding that each person has a distinct talent you will frame how they will approach their interests and their work. We also believe that the greater a person’s ability [...]