What Is a Skills Inventory (and Why Does It Matter)?

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As companies grow and develop, there is an increasing need to build skills to navigate new business challenges. Creating a skills inventory should be the first step for organizations to gain clarity on their current positioning and needs.

Breaking Down Barriers: How to Highlight and Close Critical Skill Gaps with Technology Workshop

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While there’s no shortage of technology out there to help your people stay aligned, productive and happy in their current roles, most systems leave out the most important factor in your company’s success — development. It’s time to break down the barriers between these systems, identify the core needs of your organization and people and deliver training in a seamless employee experience that’s good for your people and your business.

The Incredible Shrinking CHRO: What’s Next for HR Leaders?

The Incredible Shrinking CHRO: What’s Next for HR Leaders?

With the creation of a C-suite people leadership role, the concept of an HR business partner was officially introduced. It was the first time in many companies that HR began shifting into alignment with business goals instead of being adjacent to the

Breaking Down the HR Tech Stack — Part 3

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With better insights into what your employees need to be successful, you can build a talent development strategy that includes actionable feedback, career progression, and improved performance from each employee. This is where the right HR tech stack comes into play.

Goal-Setting Strategies You Need to Keep Your Year on Track

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Did you start the year with clear goals for your organization? If not, now is the time for individual and team goal setting, and to be sure you’ve got a handle on all of the pieces that need to work together so you can bring your plans to fruitio

Breaking Down the HR Tech Stack — Part 2

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“Performance gaps sometimes exist because companies are using too many disconnected systems,” says Kristy McCann Flynn, CEO and Co-Founder of SkillCycle. “But in other cases, the gaps are simply caused by outdated philosophies regarding performance management.”

Breaking Down the HR Tech Stack — Part 1

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“Performance gaps sometimes exist because companies are using too many disconnected systems,” says Kristy McCann Flynn, CEO and Co-Founder of SkillCycle. “But in other cases, the gaps are simply caused by outdated philosophies regarding performance management.”

Employee Engagement Goals: Make Engagement a Two-way Street

“Ultimately, what matters in engagement is that employees who feel they have a stake in the outcome care more about that outcome,” says Hibschman. “And they care more about their input into reaching it.”

While employee engagement can be a critical driver of business success, it’s not solely the responsibility of leaders, managers, or even HR teams. To reach employee engagement goals, you’ll instead need contributions from everyone on your team, including your staff.