Very Interesting - Knowledge Infusion and IHRIM Announce Annual Survey Results

jason.averbook — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:31:17 GMT

Knowledge Infusion and IHRIM have had a deep partnership over the last four years (since KI's inception) in delivering a yearly survey of its members to the community. This year we took a bit of a different approach; the approach not only looking at STRATEGY, but more importantly, the ability for organization's to EXECUTE that strategy and where they were seeing success and where they were feeling pain. Well, the results were even more interesting than we thought they might be. A few highlights (lowlights?):

Less than 1/3 of organizations surveyed say they are delivering excellent or above average HR services. Hmmm*
Less than 10% said they believed their employees were satisfied with HR and Talent Management technologies. Hmmm*
Over 60% said they do not have a formal governance process for making HR and Talent Management decisions. Hmmm*
Over 60% said they do not have the necessary budget to communicate, train and drive adoption. Hmmm*
Some good news, 20% said they had an aligned HR technology strategy to the business, up from 12% last year. Yes, 20% is not great, but much better than 12%.*

What does all of this mean? What should you do?

One of the things we continue to work with our clients on is that software today is like a "perpetual beta". You don't just stand it up and move on to the next module. Deployments of software in 2008 and beyond require different skills, different logic and most importantly, different focus on the workforce vs. the HR department to drive success. 2008 will be a good year for talent management software sales and MUST be a turning point as to how organizations actually deploy the software they buy.

Take a read of the press release here and look for more details plus many webinars to help you improve these numbers into the future. Send me a comment if you have specific questions.

Link to Press Release

Another infusion of knowledge...

It's a small world

jason.averbook — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:22:41 GMT

IHRIM

Knowledge Infusion is just finishing up a very very successful few days as it comes to changing the industry at IHRIM 2008 in Orlando. I have never seen so many hot, sweaty and tired kids - as mine would be, as I did this trip to Orlando; and no, these were not the IHRIM attendees. I once again commend the IHRIM organization for continuing to try to service the old HR technology paradigms while continuing to think about how to innovate moving forward. President of IHRIM, Jacqueline Kuhn and team are continuing to evolve the organization and to Jackie, thank you for being such a great leader.

Global Talent Management

Next, I wanted you all to see an interesting article from the International Herald Tribune about the recruiting, succession and staffing efforts of Europeans today. This is another example of something we say at Knowledge Infusion, Talent Management as a whole has to be thought of globally, even if all processes and functions don't act the same. The talent availability doesn't align with the progressive nature of change and needs in organizations. We each need to go outside of our normal hiring pockets to find the right people. Take a read and let me know your thoughts.

Have a great day. Another infusion of knowledge...

Link to Europeans Go Global

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Very Interesting - Knowledge Infusion and IHRIM Announce Annual Survey Results

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