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How to Attract Top Talent with Scarce Skills
Most organizations have been taking the same approach to talent issues for many, many years. Consider hiring requisitions being handled in largely the same way, spreading limited training resources as thinly and evenly as possible, and treating...
Are You an HR Pro Being Asked to Lead Talent Acquisition? 6 Tips for Success
Check out this list of tips for new talent acquisition leaders - especially if you're coming from an HR Generalist role - to shorten your learning curve and drive meaningful results faster.
Leadership and the Knowledge Worker
More than 80% of the share price (market value) of the average company today is created by its underlying intellectual capital – brands, patents, processes, strategic relationships, etc. The percentage of value created by intellectual capital (IC)...
Using Intellectual Capital to Valuate Companies: Algorithm in Action
In today’s knowledge economy, Intellectual Capital (IC) is driving the market value of most companies. As we outlined in a previous post, IC is the product of human capital, or talent, and our proprietary algorithm calculates the value of IC for...
Connecting Talent Investments to Business Outcomes (Infographic)
All roles are not of equal importance. In fact, 20% of roles drive 90% of your growth. The following infographic explores the key differences between the old school industrial economy and our new knowledge based economy as it relates to an...
Simplifying Workforce Planning: Practical Tips for HR Leaders
In today's data-rich landscape, workforce planning is essential for HR leaders to identify talent-related priorities and investments. While tools like Visier and Tableau provide instant and slick access to data, the challenge lies in ensuring its accuracy, deciphering its true meaning and turning it into actionable plans. By focusing on key metrics such as attrition rates and tenure distributions, HR leaders can create directionally-accurate workforce plans that can evolve over time to enable their organizations navigate the most complex talent marketplace we've ever known. This article details a roadmap that will help HR leaders build a simple workforce plan that will allow them to address the most important people-related trends in their organization, now and in the future.
An HR Budget Plan That Showcases HR as an Investment, Not a Cost
It's hard to look like an investment when you act like a cost. Budget season is on the horizon and a lot of HR leaders are already hunkering down to deal with the same old loop of requests and denials. After all, “costs” typically get cut in version one of your budget draft, but you can change this dynamic up by putting yourself in the place of an investor.
The “Human Capitalist”: AKA Your most critical roles
Who They Are, Why Your Business Depends on Them, and How to Win Them
