Editor’s Note

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With the year 2019 coming to an end, it is time to discuss what should HR look like in 2020. What should HR stop doing, continue doing and start doing?

Steve Browne's article, HR Roundtable: What HR Should Stop, Start And Continue Doing In 2020, offers you a great framework to review and implement and do some solid reflection about how we practice HR. Go for it!

This issue of HR Strategy & Planning Excellence also includes three research supplements, highlighting some of the important topics related to today’s workforce. 

With more and more HR departments turning to technology today to positively impact everything from recruiting to employee engagement, have you ever wondered whether this investment in HR solutions is having the desired impact on people and on business outcomes? HR.com’s HR.Research Institute along with Deltek set out to discover what correlations exist between successful HR Digitization and its impact on other parts of the business and the employee experience. Read the complete whitepaper here.

A great culture is very important for a successful organization. But, developing a vibrant and solid culture is not an easy job. Do you have a positive culture within your organization? To help answer these and other questions, HR.com partnered with Humantelligence, a leading provider of culture analytics and recruiting software. For key insights and takeaways on this interesting topic, read the complete whitepaper.

As employee well-being shifts toward a more holistic idea of employee health, your upcoming workforce may have an eye on your efforts in this area. How are organizations like yours really implementing these ideas? What effects do they have? What role does advanced technology play in this new concept of well-being? Cigna recently partnered with HR.com to conduct a comprehensive study to provide insight and guidance about the future of employee well-being. Read the report here.

When data is inaccurately processed, recorded, or analyzed, it impacts the accuracy of your KPIs. Implementing regular and consistent data cleansing processes and practices can be an HR life-saver. How to do this effectively? Bruce Marable's article, Proper Data, An HR Life-Saver, offers some great solutions.

Also read informative articles on various HR strategies in this issue. We hope you enjoy reading the articles and take home the insights to make the right decisions to build a high-performing workforce.

Cheers!