HR Strategy Articles

Talent Management - A 'Vague Concept'
Updated May 7 2024 - Talent management is a much used term. But what does it mean?

How to Ensure Business Continuity: Tips for Leaders
November 15 2022 - Are you looking to develop more effective management strategies to help your company thrive?

How to Implement an Effective Hybrid Work Policy
October 10 2021 - Essentially, this setup allows employees to arrange their week with days split between working in the office and working at home.

Establishing a Long-Term Remote Work Environment
March 22 2021 - The pandemic forced workplaces to go through one of the biggest changes of all time. Not only were companies grappling with the economic impacts of the pandemic, but they were also left to function smoothly in a structure where employees could no longer be working from the same space.

Keeping Up With the Times: Do Your Workplace Policies Need a Refresh
March 3 2021 - Companies that remain static in their approaches to processes and policies can swiftly be left behind, or worse, become obsolete.

Optimizing the Onboarding Process to Lower Employee Turnover
September 29 2020 - You need a comprehensive onboarding process, so you build up and create employees who are in it for the long haul. Here are some tips on how to do just that.

Why a Flash Sale Can Help Bring Your Business Together
June 10 2020 - It takes the whole organization to survive this crisis, which means sticking together and improving organizational robustness is important.

Six Important Reasons Why Businesses Need Analytics in 2020
April 23 2020 - In a world where every customer, client and potential shopper leaves digital footprints behind, businesses that know how to extract this information and put it to good use stand to gain immensely

How Outsourcing Helps Your Employees
December 4 2019 - A look some of the ways outsourcing not only benefits your business but can also help your employees too.

Focusing on customer service to achieving growth
November 26 2019 - Providing quality customer service tends to be overlooked and it could be the crucial factor that separates your business from the rest.

What HR Can Learn from Project Management Tools
October 20 2019 - This is where you might want to learn from the ways in which project managers keep their people on task in order to get jobs done well and on time.

Which Functions You Should Outsource and Which Ones You Should Not
June 22 2017 - When the idea of outsourcing comes up, the next question arises - outsource what?

Software to Revolutionise Your Business from Ecommerce Sales to HR
October 10 2016 - These days, there are a lot of advanced technological tools that businesses can use to succeed and drive their companies far into the future.

Cybersecurity professionals and businesses in the field seeking to set up in the US
October 9 2015 - For any cybersecurity or privacy expert coming to work in the United States (US) from the European Union (EU), there are some key differences in privacy and security matters to keep in mind.

Creating a Strategic Vision
August 19 2010 - Are You Making These 3 Mistakes Most Organizations Unknowingly Make?

Mergers And Acquisitions
October 27 2009 - A survey by international corporate and litigation firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP analyzed selected U.S. strategic mergers during the credit crisis.

Aging Workforces
March 25 2008 - A survey by the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) found that almost a third of small-business owners are creating 'knowledge transfer' plans - transferring key knowledge from older to younger workers - as a means of coping with the retirement of millions of baby boomers.

Branding Aligns Employees With Organizational Goals
October 6 2008 - The treatment of employees and the quality of products and services rate highest in job-searchers' perceptions of organizations they want to work for even though recent big-name collapses and layoffs might be attributable to financial health and market conditions.

HR Outsourcing To Increase In 2008
November 6 2007 - While HR outsourcing has remained relatively flat since 2005, it is expected to increase in 2008, according to the Everest Research Institute's annual Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO) market study.

The Corporate Leadership Council Launches First HR Business Alignment Tool (HR BAT) for Chief Human Resource Officers to Increase the HR Function's Business Impact
September 21 2007 - An integrated, web-based service that assesses, benchmarks, and determines how HR executives can improve the effectiveness of their HR Function and their HR Staff

Achieving Brand Integrity
September 20 2007 - A new book by Gregg Lederman questions why so many organizations fail to fully invest in their people by focusing on strategic tools such as mission statements at the expense of developing a performance-based work culture.

HR Struggling To Keep Up In High-Growth Companies
August 31 2007 - Two-thirds of respondents to a new survey by the Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS) and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) concluded that HR is not responding quickly enough to strategic growth challenges and a similar percentage felt the emphasis on organizational growth is changing the meaning of "strategic HR."

Offshoring Could Save $58 Billion a Year
November 28 2006 - New research from The Hackett Group, a strategic advisory firm and an Answerthink company, estimates that Fortune 500 companies could potentially save US$58 billion annually, or over US$116 million on average, by off-shoring many of their back office activities.

Strategic Workforce Planning
August 8 2006 - A study from The Conference Board reports that the aging workforce and an emerging retirement wave among 'baby boomers' are driving more businesses toward 'strategic workforce planning'.

Mergers And Acquisitions Failing To Achieve Value
June 23, 2006 - Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) continue apace but many deals fail to create expected value, according to a recent survey by Accenture and the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Help Your Business Get Out of Its Own Way
- Today's roller coaster business climate is filled with enough twists and turns to make some amusement park rides look tame.