And in addition to the new demands put on HR are new challenges—from contending with the rapid pace of technology; engaging multiple generations of workers; and facing an increasingly diverse, remote, and globalized workforce. The company’s brand isn’t just about external perception; how employees themselves perceive the company is just as important. Prioritize employee engagement. Take a look at some additional resources: White Paper: Strategic HR is not an Oxymoron. MORE

Today, big data’s benefits are also being reaped in human resources departments, changing a function that has long been considered a cost center into a revenue driver for many companies. Understanding Employees Creates Value. With some 87 percent of companies trying to enhance their culture and employee engagement, astute HR and company leaders treat employees like customers. Incentivize employees. Change Management Company Culture People Analytics MORE

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the ability to properly interpret and analyze data and build related frameworks in the case of people analytics adoption; and ability to expertly market a “case for change” if an HR transformation effort is in order. Below are two trends I’ve excerpted from a new White Paper I co-authored entitled “ HR Technology Trends to Watch in 2016.” The paper contains nine such trends that are poised to pick up considerable steam. Technology-Enabled Talent-Management Science. MORE

Change is rarely easy, especially when a habit has been formed. Just think about how difficult, stressful, and even annoying it can be when someone asks to change your morning routine or you are forced to change it. So imagine the challenges of trying to implement a change management process in an organization, where all people have different responses to change and ways of coping with it. The perils of change. Poor employee involvement. MORE

Chances are that you are already feeling your fair share of organizational complexity when navigating your current company, but have you ever considered just how much time is spent across all companies on managing complexity? To put that into more concrete numbers, in the US alone, if executives could cut their time spent managing complexity in half, an estimated 8.6 That nearly one in five respondents indicated that they could be 26%-50% more productive is a massive improvement. MORE

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What are the most common reasons that you see companies pursuing a company culture change management strategy? Many organizations view “culture” as a problem that needs to be solved, typically after an increase in employee turnover, declining performance, or some disruption such as a merger or acquisition. What are the hardest aspects of facilitating these change management initiatives? Why do companies often need help in managing culture change? MORE

Touching on HR technology, leadership, change management and employee engagement statistics, these are this week’s most popular articles: Pic Reports: Wearable Technology And Work. As the enterprise wearables market is expected to reach 18Bn by 2019, current HR applications vary from stress management and monitoring to productivity and employee management. How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager. MORE

Human resources, as the steward of the organisation’s people, culture and employee experience, is playing an increasingly important role in these transformations[2]. When working with customers on HR transformations, there are 3 common pitfalls I see when building a case for change: Framing the case for change too narrowly vs framing around the broader priorities, challenges and drivers of the business. And how will the risks and changes be managed? MORE

A simple sequence of clicks somewhere in the world can change the economic conditions of an entire industry. This is the reality of our days, where businesses have to learn to master change management if they are to grow or even survive. Every company goes through continuous, moderate changes. In significant changes such as these, companies often lose track of how employees feel, in an effort to meet the stated objectives. MORE