When senior leaders at Woolworths were faced with a talent shortage in late 2004, they began to investigate why - in a company where women outnumbered men and 85 per cent of executive appointments were internal - just 16 per cent of its top 400 leaders were women.
Whether a personal handover between an outgoing employee and their replacement will help or hinder a business comes down to the question of trust, says Right Management talent management practice leader Rosemarie Dentesano.
A simple performance management system based on four core processes has raised employee engagement by 17 per cent and reduced recruitment spend by a third at eyewear company Luxottica.
So, here's the bottom line. I know there are lots of employee relations issues related to telling talent they're a part of the succession plan, but you have to do it. You have the plan (at least partly) for them.
The economy has focused employees' needs for status and equity outward ("Two of my neighbours lost their jobs; I'm just happy to have mine"), but at some point in the near future they'll return their focus inside the four walls of your organisation and you better be ready...
Rolling separate talent-development strategies into a single process is critical to creating a high-performance culture and "taking control" of your budget, according to a new SumTotal white paper.
Employers that don't know the difference between employee "engagement" and "satisfaction" are unlikely to achieve a truly engaged workforce, according to an HR researcher.
Every employee will ultimately leave their organisation, but there's no reason why their knowledge has to walk out the door with them, says retention expert Lisa Halloran.
Web 2.0 tools dramatically boost engagement, improve business results and generate new ideas, according to a new report from Aberdeen Group, providing content is driven by "subject-matter experts".
