Editor’s Note

Year 2017 has seen many positive changes in the talent management space. Some top predictions for the year involved acceleration in personalizing the employee experience, creating a culture of continuous feedback, the rise of digital HR, and focus on wellness with respect to driving performance and productivity. These predictions have definitely set the tone for the year and will continue to evolve in the coming year.

How The Modern Workplace Will Change In 2018

Workplace stress is a nationwide issue. Nearly half of working adults believe that their job negatively impacts their health. In this stress-rich environment, corporate culture will become increasingly important as a competitive advantage and driver of the bottom line.

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Jobs, Careers, And Callings: Exploring The Way Employees Think About Their Jobs

The world of work is changing.  Based on our latest research, we’ve found that a number of factors—including volatile markets, globalization, technological innovations, demographic shifts, environmental changes, and political upheavals—have altered the way we work and the way we think about work.  The loyalty contract has been replaced by the gig economy. 

Subjective Performance Reviews: If you can’t beat them, use them

Do you think you’re a good judge of people? Could you say which employees are top performers and which need some nudging in the right direction? Most of us would probably say yes, especially if we’re in HR or managerial roles. And most of us would probably be wrong.

Igniting Your Team To New Levels Of Performance: 7 steps to follow

​​​​​​​When it comes to constructing a team of people who work well together to create winning outcomes, knowing ‘how to’ and understanding ‘how to’ are two very different phenomena.

Are Your Remote Employees Engaged?: 7 best practices for leading a remote team

Advances in technology have impacted every facet of our lives. And nowhere is that impact more apparent than the workforce. Gone are the days of teams that not only work side-by-side, but also frequent the same coffee shop and have kids who play on the same sport teams.

Pay And Culture: They go together like peaches and cream

​​​​​​​Reward programs should support business strategy right? But how many organizations have we seen stray from this path when seduced by the latest trend, off the shelf solution or a pay design that worked in a prior life. It's easily done when overworked HR managers see a quick fix.

Why Annual Performance Appraisals Don’t Work Anymore

What is your employees’ collective opinion about your performance appraisal strategy and process? Do you know? If not, maybe now is the time to find out if it’s actually working to affect positive change, or having the opposite effect – lowering morale, sabotaging engagement, and killing motivation.

The Act Of Leading Workforce: Preparing your leaders to effectively lead talent pools

Most organizations encourage disproportionate investment to acquire, manage, reward and nurture the engagement of best employees as per their workforce strategy. Usually, firms pay a lot of attention to acquiring talent. They recruit the “best and brightest” and often win the so called “war of talent”. But not many reap the expected rewards despite acquiring the required talent. Why?