Preparing for the upturn26-Mar-2009 - Damian Williams Global leaders are taking care to avoid losing talented players during the current downturn in the market, according to research published by Deloitte. Not only do they understand the importance of talent management but they are also taking ... read more » |
QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE02-Sep-2010 - Les Hayman I believe that “People join companies, but leave managers”. People will join a company in the belief that the image and reputation that it projects is what they are looking for in an employer, and as such somewhere that they can learn, develop and... read more » |
IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME16-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman When I was appointed to the SAP Global Extended Board in 1999, my bosses at the time (the Global CEO and the Board Chairman) approved my title as “CEO Asia Pacific, Board Member SAP-AG”. This was based on the fact that no-one outside of Germany r... read more » |
THE 3 GREAT BUSINESS LIES02-Aug-2010 - Les Hayman It is incredible that marketing organisations within companies spend such an incredible amount of time developing a company’s mission, vision and values statements and yet they all tend to come up with basically the same things over and over aga... read more » |
CONGRATULATIONS … YOU’RE A HIGH POTENTIAL … HERE IS YOUR TATTOO26-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman Ever since Jack Welch told the world something along the lines of “ … look after the top 10% because they create the magic ..”, every company has put some effort into implementing a “High Potential” or “Top Talent” programme (Pesto effect ?), tha... read more » |
HR … THE PESTO EFFECT22-Jul-2010 - Les Hayman A number of people have asked me to write of my experiences running a company internal HR department after 40 years in business roles. When I was first asked whether I would do this, rather than retiring, I felt that it was a bit like asking Attil... read more » |
Making the most of HCM data visualisation02-Nov-2009 - Luke Marson Recently I’ve seen a big increase in the use of SAP’s Talent Visualization by Nakisa (TVN) OrgChart tool by organisations to get their HCM data right. As you may know, HCM data is critical to a number of business and SAP processes and ... read more » |
Getting the Best Future for Your Company01-Jun-2009 - Stephen Burr Early May saw SAP release the latest “Enhancement Package” (EhP4); these packages are SAP’s way of deploying new software functionality to customers without disruption. Although there are notable improvements in the core HC... read more » |
Investing in the future01-Apr-2009 - Damian Williams Employers are not willing to let their talent suffer, according to the latest research from Ochre House. Some 67% of surveyed employers are planning on rewarding their top performers with a pay rise this year, despite the current economic cl... read more » |
Equality Bill, Diversity Management06-Oct-2008 - Damian Williams Diversity management is one of the largest challenges organisations will face over the next decade. Making sure an organisation has a successful mix of staff from different genders, races, ages and ability levels is not only becoming a legal requi... read more » |
Talent Management: Nothing to do with employee benefits?15-Aug-2008 - Damian Williams Talent management is the current buzzword in HR. Talent management is the identification, recruitment, development and deployment of a company's most capable employees. It is a strategy used by employers to improve the retention ratio of thei... read more » |