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Getting the Best Future for Your Company 01-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 future 01-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 »

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 »

Nakisa Partner Forum 2012 10-Oct-2012 - Stephen Burr At the June HR 2012 conference in Milan, conversations with Nakisa’s VP of Alliances set the seeds of an idea to run a Nakisa Partner Forum.  This resulted in Stephen Burr, our Global Nakisa lead, being invited to Nakisa’s head of... read more »

Upgrading Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (Part 1) – Why bother? 18-May-2012 - Stephen Burr   Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (VSN) was “born” in November 2007 when Nakisa’s products became a solution extension of SAP.  Since that initial 1.0 release, the product has evolved, most recently with the release ... read more »

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ISN’T CHANGING QUICKLY ENOUGH 10-Oct-2011 - Les Hayman If global competition and business processes are changing so quickly, why aren’t our leadership practices changing at the same rate to keep up with business needs? A recent study carried out by Development Dimensions International (DDI), a US bas... read more »

HR … THE PESTO EFFECT 22-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 visualisation 02-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 »

Preparing for the upturn 26-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 »