Each spring, Stacey Harris spends considerable time and effort getting the Sierra-Cedar/Sapient Insights HR Systems Survey off the ground. The project is the HR industry’s longest-running, most distributed research effort, collecting insights on the adoption and deployment of HR technology, and the innovative tech strategies organizations are implementing.
Preview the Findings of the Sierra-Cedar/Sapient 2020-21 HR Systems Survey
Sep 25, 2020 2:52:08 PM / by Human Resource Executive posted in HR Technology, Stacey Harris, HR professionals, Sierra-Cedar, Sapient Insights
8 Keynotes on the Agenda for Reimagined 2020 HR Technology Conference & Exposition®
Sep 15, 2020 7:00:00 AM / by HR Tech posted in future hr tech, HR, HR Technology, HR thought leader, hrtech, innovative HR tech, HR professionals, HR Tech Conference, HR Tech keynote, hr technology experts, HR Tech 2020, HRTechConf
Complimentary Virtual Experience to Feature Live Q&A Sessions, AI-Powered Peer-to-Peer Matchmaking, Interactive Online Marketplace & More
Tech tips to give wellbeing the attention it deserves
Jul 1, 2020 8:57:19 AM / by Steve Boese posted in HR Technology, Steve Boese, HR professionals, health/wellness, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, wellbeing
A few months ago, I set out to articulate the most pressing short- and long-term challenges facing HR and business leaders from the coronavirus pandemic: business agility, wellbeing and leadership. Today, considerable uncertainty, stress, anxiety and even “pandemic fatigue” remain as the crisis continues to weigh on employees, HR professionals, leaders—heck, everyone.
Just a few weeks ago, many of us felt things were trending more positively: Cases of COVID-19 in the earliest and hardest-hit regions of the country had started to slow, while other regions were beginning to re-open workplaces and return to something close to “normal.”
3 Big Ideas from a Top 100 HR Tech Influencer
Jun 29, 2020 12:32:30 PM / by Human Resource Executive posted in AI, HR Technology, John Sumser, HR professionals, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic
John Sumser, founder and principal analyst for HRExaminer, has witnessed change in the HR-technology realm that puts him among the pantheon of advisors and observers.
But he’ll be the first to admit that nothing could have prepared him for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on HR, including on executives and decision-makers who are representing employers of all stripes, sizes and industry sectors.
HR leaders: Stop paying ‘lip service to gender, racial parity’
Jun 29, 2020 12:27:32 PM / by Human Resource Executive posted in diversity, HR Technology, Women in Technology, HR professionals, Women in HR Tech Summit, workforce diversity, work culture, workplace environment, women in workforce, laurie Ruettimann
Laurie Ruettimann doesn’t mince words.
When asked her outlook on gender parity in corporate leadership, she didn’t sugarcoat things: “I’m not optimistic. According to the World Economic Forum, a woman would have to be born in the year 2255 to get equal pay at work. I’m irritated. How about we speed this up, OK?”
That straight talk will be at the heart of the closing session of Women in HR Tech this fall, as Ruettimann moderates a discussion on the long game of achieving gender parity in leadership ranks, which will feature PlanSource’s Nancy Sansom and Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Tomya Watt. The speakers will discuss the progress and pitfalls of gender equity in the workplace and share their personal experiences climbing the corporate ladder, a journey that, for Ruettimann—a corporate trainer, speaker and author—has taken some interesting turns, which she recently shared with HRE.
Sumser: 8 ways to reflect on your HR ethics
Jun 16, 2020 11:31:37 AM / by HR Tech posted in AI, HR Technology, John Sumser, HR professionals, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic, ethics
Pandemic, massive racial and political unrest, economic disruption, men in space, generational conflict, cities burning. You could be forgiven if you think we’ve been transported back to the 1960s. For a long time, nothing much happened. Then, whammo. It’s all happening at once.
The progress toward a society rooted in equality stalled some time ago. It took a political administration that says the quiet part out loud to pull the covers off the thing we didn’t want to see: We live in a class-driven society. And the primary determinant of class is skin color. Our organizations are reflections of the structural forces that drive unequal access to resources, education, jobs, and technology.
Boese: 4 questions for business agility
Jun 10, 2020 10:49:13 AM / by HR Tech posted in HR Technology, Steve Boese, HR professionals, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic
In my last column, I set out to articulate what the team at H3 HR Advisors was considering the primary challenges facing HR and business leaders as they continue to deal with the coronavirus impact today and to plan for a still-uncertain tomorrow. One month later, while perhaps a few elements of the complex array of moving parts impacting work and business have become more clear, many — if not most — have not. And, while perhaps some of us are working more actively toward the restoration of the “normal,” most of us are probably not quite there yet.
Bersin: Here’s the back-to-work playbook for companies to succeed
May 22, 2020 1:39:11 PM / by Josh Bersin posted in HR Technology, josh bersin, HR professionals, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic
Much has been written in the past weeks and months about the business impact of the COVID-19 crisis. I, along with many others, have written extensively about the almost-overnight transition to remote work, as well as many other changes companies implemented to adapt. Now, I will be focusing on considerations for returning to work.
Boese: The biggest post-pandemic HR challenges
May 4, 2020 10:59:30 AM / by HR Tech posted in HR Technology, Steve Boese, HR professionals, covid-19, coronavirus, pandemic
I’m not sure if it is too early yet to be thinking of the post-pandemic world, the so-called “new normal” or whatever phrase gets coined to describe the changed environment and workplaces that we, collectively, are going to concurrently inherit and create.
Josh Bersin: 4 Ways to Build Organizational Resilience
Apr 23, 2020 11:23:53 AM / by Human Resource Executive posted in HR Technology, josh bersin, HR professionals, covid-19, coronavirus
This pandemic has demonstrated just how brittle our society is. A tiny virus has drastically upset our lives, our economies and our societies. In a time like this, resilience—the ability to adapt and bounce back—will be one of the most important characteristics that will help us recover.
But how do we design our organizations for resilience? Here are four things to consider: