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  • How Case Studies Are Actually Helpful

    I want to admit something that might be a bit silly. A few years ago I had my first opportunity to attend the HR Technology Conference, and I didn’t take it seriously. Most of the sessions were not “typical” HR sessions and were focused on case studies of how organizations solved their problems. At the…

  • How Long Is Your Recruiting Process?

    So after reading an interesting post by my friend Tim Sackett recently, I stopped to think about the “ideal” length of the recruiting process. Here’s Tim: People won’t read a 700 page book, they want 300.  No one wants to watch a three hour movie, make it two.  Why do we have to have an…

  • HR Data: It’s About the Application

    Later today (1p EST, to be exact) we’re going to host a free webinar on our new DataNow tool. In a nutshell, DataNow pulls from almost-real-time data to give users the opportunity to find out what companies are doing in terms of talent acquisition, talent management, workforce management, HR, etc. Instead of pushing out data…

  • Your Employees are Struggling with this Personally

    If I told you that 76% of your employees were stressed about something, wouldn’t you want to know what was going on? I mean, after all, when I’m stressed about something, I am usually not very “together” when it comes to critical thinking and other complex tasks. You know where I’m going with this, right?…

  • What’s Up at Brandon Hall Group?

    So it’s been a few months since I started working at Brandon Hall Group, and some of you have been asking me what I’ve been up to. Today I’ll talk a bit about what kind of work I’m doing and some of the things we have going on that are noteworthy. What I do So…

  • Managing Change Doesn’t Happen by Accident

    I can still remember sitting at home watching a movie as part of my change management class. The movie? Lean On Me, featuring Morgan Freeman. Freeman plays the character of the “turnaround principal” of a failing school. His job was to step into the school and reverse the negative trends that were plaguing the students…

  • Using Culture to Drive Policy Decisions

    Decision making isn’t always a process of identifying and communicating facts. There’s often an underlying foundation of history, preferences, and other elements that add a layer to the decision making process. Recently I talked about how even something as seemingly simple as a policy decision can be affected by the organization’s culture. The corporate culture…