Saba, a global provider of talent management solutions, just released additional findings from its spring Global Leadership Survey , in which it found that a mere 13 percent of companies worldwide invest in talent-management programs to further employees’ growth and career path. And, according Saba, the majority of employees (57 percent) are simply getting their training from “on the job” experience. “Understandably, companies are focused on bottom line growth and results,” said Emily He, Chief Marketing Officer at Saba. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Human Capital Management #hrtech employee engagement HR technology HR Trends Human resources jayson saba user experience workforce management Earlier this week, I blogged about the buzz we saw this year in HR Tech. But what’s coming in 2015? As As HR continues to embark on the journey to the holy grail of proactively enabling business and vendors stay the course to data-driven insight-based decisions, there […]. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Last week, I led a workshop at the American Payroll Association Congress (#Paycon) on “ROI and Building the Business Case for Payroll Technology.” ” I shared insight into how CFOs view technology investments, the key components of an ROI analysis, and how to account for both hard […]. Human Capital Management Transformative Technology #PayCon American Payroll Association CFO Employee self-service hr compliance HR technology HRIS payroll ROI MORE

For instance, in prior research we did with Saba, we found that companies insist on having annual performance reviews, when employees prefer more regular feedback. We hear it time and again that Millennials (those born between 1982 and 1993) lack soft skills. However, a new study by my company WorkplaceTrends.com, conducted in a partnership with Virtuali, found that Millennials are confident in their soft skills over their hard skills. Millennials Strengths. Our survey focused on the strengths and weaknesses that Millennials have regarding leadership skills. Why this disconnect? MORE

Human Capital Management compliance Dayforce employee productivity HR HRO Today Human resources jayson saba payroll payroll processing technologyIt can’t be understated that effective payroll processing is one of the most important aspects of running a business well. The paycheck is the main reason that people show up to work each day, and with this in mind, it’s imperative that HCM leaders consider investing in better payroll technology. You want a solution that’s […]. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Human Capital Management #SHRM15 ACOO Brands change management Dayforce HCM employee engagement HCM HR Human resources implemenation jayson saba SaaS SHRM talent management Tom CielakAs usual, Ceridian once again took over #SHRM15 last week. Lines of HR practitioners and executives flocked to see Dayforce in action, and get pampered with a makeover and/or a shoeshine. The exhibition floor was dotted with hundreds of providers from human capital management (HCM) […]. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. The way we do work is always changing. As new technology continually makes us more efficient, and evolving collaboration strategies have a noticeable impact on the dynamics within the workplace, every organization finds itself dramatically different at the start of a new year from the way it […]. Human Capital Management corporate learning employee assistance program HR Trends human capital manage Josh Bersin performance management talent acquisition MORE

By Jayson Saba, VP of Market Research & Industry Relations, Ceridian. Jayson Saba is VP of Market Research and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Prior Earlier this year, our CEO David Ossip wrote an article for CEO Magazine about how Ceridian was able to improve engagement during a transformation that required a careful and tremendous focus on change management. . MORE

HR Systems Learning Programs LMS, LCMS kenexa learning lms outstart peoplefluent Saba sumtotal systems taleo trainingThis week Kenexa, one of the largest and most successful HR and talent acquisition consulting companies, announced the acquisition of Outstart, a pioneering company in the market for e-learning. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

HR Systems LMS, LCMS CornerstoneOnDemand Plateau Saba successfactors SumTotal taleoRemember the dot.com bubble of 1995-2000? I do, and it’s back again. But this time it has a new face, it talks about SaaS, highly connected social applications, mobile apps, and talent. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Recruitment & Talent Management compensation employee productivity employee recognition employee retention jayson saba Laurie Ruettimann Before the calendar turned, I had blogged about why 2015 will be the year of the Employee. HR HR professionals will be looking for high levels of employee retention and productivity in 2015 and in some way, shape or form, this has always been their job. But this year, there’s […]. MORE

This week Saba Software released one of its strongest financial results in many years. Saba, which pioneered the market for enterprise learning management systems, has now turned the corner in its. Learning On-Demand LMS, LCMS SabaBersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. HR Systems Learning 2.0 MORE

One study released at the conference but not mentioned yet  came from Saba , showing just how bad companies still are at simply carrying out the basics — not only in terms of engagement, but overall management tactics too. Saba says no, that is not happening much at all. ” And for the most part, she and others at Saba indicate, that is hardly happening at all. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Human Capital Management #CeridianINSIGHTS customer success David Ossip Dayforce HCM HR human capital management Human resources INSIGHTS jayson saba Josh Bersin performance management RelatedMatters ROI TeamRelate WorkAngelIf you follow @Ceridian or any HR analysts on Twitter, you will have noticed over the last couple of weeks that the Twittersphere was buzzing with the hashtag #CeridianINSIGHTS. From July 14-17, nearly 2000 HCM professionals and Ceridian customers gathered in Las Vegas for Ceridian’s […]. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. In many industries, particularly retail, automated workforce management tools have been used for decades to assign workers to shifts/tasks, log their hours, and pay them correctly. But the truth is that simply taking care of business might not be enough. Employees are more than data […]. HR Compliance Human Capital Management clopening employee scheduling hr compliance HR legislation HR technology Human resources retail shift work workforce management MORE

Business Trends HR Systems Talent Strategy ADP bigdata mercer Oracle Saba SAP splunk successfactors SumTotal taleo towers watson workdayBigData is Big News. Splunk, a company that uses BigData technology to analyze huge amounts of customer and transaction data, just went public with a valuation at 28X revenue ($3.2 billion). Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Nearing the end of 2014 and heading into 2015, we’re now firmly entrenched in an era in which widespread technology and the availability of data are changing just about everything in business. Now that professionals of all kinds can so easily access relevant information about […]. Human Capital Management Bersin by Deloitte Big Data HR analytics Leadership MORE

By Jayson Saba, VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. The world of work is changing. Employee preferences for more flexibility and need for a better work-life balance have led companies to adapt by allowing their employees to work virtually or to telecommute. The evolution of technology – phone, email, instant messaging, VPN, laptop, […]. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Human Capital Management CedarCrestone HR professionals HR technology Human resources jayson saba ROIIt’s never been a better time to work in human capital management. Thanks to the rise of innovative HR technology and the arrival of newer, more creative ways of doing work, it’s now easier than ever to manage employees. Everything from handling payroll and benefits logistics […]. MORE

HR Systems CornerstoneOnDemand lumesse Saba StepStone successfactors taleoToday Stepstone Solutions, one of the largest providers of talent management software solutions, changed their company name to Lumesse. While everyone has their own opinions of naming and branding. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

recent Global Workforce Study , commissioned by WorkplaceTrends.com and Saba uncovered a shift in perspective amongst the under-30 worker: the C-suite is no longer coveted. The definition of leadership is changing. Societal expectations of the workplace, fed by economic and demographic trends, are morphing the leadership job description. In many companies, it’s more or less dead and buried. MORE

By Jayson Saba, VP of Market Research & Industry Relations, Ceridian. Jayson Saba is VP of Market Research and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Prior At the 2016 HR Technology Conference and Expo, Stacey Harris of Sierra-Cedar unveiled the results of the survey-based study and shared a peek into the annual flagship 2016-2017 HR Systems Survey report. Thank you. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Human resource professionals are increasingly called upon as leaders and strategists who take companies into cloud (SaaS) HR technology and it’s no wonder: according to Nucleus Research, cloud applications deliver 1.7 higher return on investment than on-premise solutions. Further benefit of the cloud comes from […]. Uncategorized #SHRM15 cloud computing cloud technology HCM HR HR anlaytics HR technology Human resources implementation SaaS SHRM Sierra-Cerida vendor MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Uncategorized cloud computing HCM HR HR technology human capital management human resources big data implemenation jayson saba Leadership workforceBusinesses today are moving in droves toward a new way of approaching human capital management. The old method of gathering employee data and stashing it in filing cabinets is long forgotten – we now have fast-paced, high-powered methods of storing and sharing data remotely, thanks […]. MORE

HR Systems LMS, LCMS bigdata Halogen Software kenexa linkedin Oracle outstart peoplefluent Saba SAP Silkroad strategia successfactors taleo workdayThe talent management systems market has been under quite a bit of stress lately. In the last 90 days we have seen SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors, followed by Oracle’s acquisition. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. recent study of more than 200 companies by our friends at the Starr Conspiracy Intelligence Unit revealed that in the next 12 months, 57% of organizations plan to invest in an HR technology solution.  Companies with less than 1000 employees stated a higher need […]. Human Capital Management Transformative Technology ACA cloud HR technology HRIS HRMA Human resources Nucleus Research ROI single application Starr Conspiracy Intelligence Unit MORE

A very important partnership was announced today: IBM announced a major commitment to Saba as its primary learning management technology partner. Tags: Enterprise Learning HR Systems LMS, LCMS ibm lms Saba Background on IBM’s Learning Platform. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

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By Jayson Saba, VP of Market Research & Industry Relations, Ceridian. Jayson Saba is VP of Market Research and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Prior Human Capital Management #CeridianINSIGHTS corporate culture customer conference Dayforce Dayforce HCM George LaRocque HR HR Happy Hour HR technology INSIGHTS Jason Averbook jayson saba Steve Boese talent development talent retentio MORE

HR Systems Talent Management ADP Cezanne CornerstoneOnDemand Halogen Software HealthcareSource HR Smart iCIMS Insala jobpartners kenexa Kronos lawson lumesse Meta4 NorthgateArinso NuView Oracle EBS Oracle PeopleSoft PageUp People peoplefluent Pilat Plateau (SuccessFactors/SAP) Saba SAP Silkroad successfactors sumtotal systems taleo Technomedia TEDS TowersWatson ultimate software workdayWe just completed a year-long research study on the customer experience with talent management software. MORE

By Jayson Saba, VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. If you’ve been in the industry for long enough, you’ve no doubt noticed a lot of evolution in the world of human capital management technology. We now have more sophisticated solutions than ever before for completing all sorts of HCM tasks. There’s new technology […]. Human Capital Management employee engagement human capital management talent management Human resources HCM Dayforce SHRM recruiting HR technology Leadership employee productivity Employee self-service Josh Bersin MORE

Originally posted on Ceridian - Transforming Human Capital Management : By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. In many industries, particularly retail, automated workforce management tools have been used for decades to assign workers to shifts/tasks, log their hours, and pay them correctly. But the truth is that simply taking care of business… Human Capital Management clopening employee scheduling hr compliance HR legislation HR technology Human resources MORE

By Jayson Saba, VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. A lot has been written about on the need to rethink engagement. The process of conducting an annual employee engagement survey, identifying drivers, prioritizing them, and action-planning need to be supplemented if not replaced by a better process focused on the employee. I don’t […]. Employee Engagement Human Capital Management employee engagement hourly workers Leadership performance management MORE

Last month Saba, a pioneer in the market for enterprise learning and talent management systems, held its annual customer conference (more than 700 learning and HR professionals attended).  I had a. Enterprise Learning HR Systems Learning Programs LMS, LCMS Talent Management CornerstoneOnDemand Oracle Plateau Saba SAP skillsoft successfactors sumtotal systems Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

Saba Software, the pioneer of the enterprise LMS business (yes, they really did define this market), seems to be coming back. I had the opportunity to attend the 2014 user conference and things feel different. I've been following Saba for more than 14 years now (I used client/server version - Saba 3.0), and the company has been through a lot. Saba pioneered the enterprise, multi-domain learning management system. They have always had strong support for customer education (the original Saba data model called a course a "product"). MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Human Capital Management ACA Affordable Care Act analytics Big Data compliance employee engagement HR technology HR Trends human capital management Human resources jayson saba recruiting workforce management As we look back at the most popular HR trends and topics covered in 2014, a few issues rise to the top. Affordable Care Act (ACA) Thanks to the ACA, compliance was and remains a hot topic.  Key employer mandates hit in 2015, and avoidance […]. MORE

By Jayson Saba, VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Human Capital Management human capital management HCM Dayforce HCM payroll jayson saba HM.ClauseHuman Capital Management professionals are increasingly asked to take companies into cloud (SaaS) HCM technology,” says Mark Smith, CEO and Chief Research Officer at Ventana Research. The benefits of cloud technology in HCM are undeniable; however buyers need to know the company and the […]. MORE

By Jayson Saba,VP of Strategy and Industry Relations at Ceridian. Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting my friend and former colleague, Mollie Lombardi, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Brandon Hall, and Mike Kelly, Corporate Payroll Manager at Global Brass and Copper on a Ceridian-hosted webinar. We kicked off the discussion highlighting technology [… MORE

This week Saba made two major announcements. First, the company introduced a bold new product offering, Saba PeopleCloud, an integrated new “work environment” which pulls together. HR Systems SabaBersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

Saba Cloud and Enterprise solution: Saba Cloud Certification. Written by: Ray Eaton. We all have heard the statement, “garbage in – garbage out.” This is especially important when working with data and analytics, and extracting data as databases have become much easier to use. These items include: How does our business model align with our data and talent management needs? MORE