HCM is good for the Green
April 24, 2008
Recently Saugatuck Technologies released a study showing that SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) Human Capital Management software contributes at least 2-3% to top line growth – definitely good news for companies seeking more green. An article in this week’s San Francisco Chronicle made me start…
Give the Gift of Great Performance this Year
December 18, 2007
Erik’s note: We’re happy to present another guest post by Chris Lozaga a Research Analyst in SuccessFactors Global Research team
The holiday season has different implications for everyone – the sales team is busy trying to close those year-end deals,…
Does People Performance Really Matter?
November 5, 2007
Imagine you are on the football field – What if 15% of your performance is dependent on the play you select, and 85% of your performance is dependent on your ability to make the play? Where would you invest most…
A spoonful of sugar
May 17, 2007
Dion Hinchcliffe, a well-known blogger and thought leader in the Enterprise 2.0 space wrote a post recently in which he talked about the next generation of business software – social, interactive tools easily delivered over the Web – and how they…
The age old virtues of meritocracy
April 8, 2007
The Atlantic Monthly has been running excerpts from old issues as part of their 150th anniversary celebration. Reading over an issue this weekend, I came across an article written by a Colonel R. Williams about a decade after the civil war…
Poll: Make salaries public? NO!
October 6, 2006
The poll we’ve been running here for the last few weeks has been asking “Would you be in favor of an “open salary” policy at your company in which everyone’s salary was published for all to see?â€
As you can see…
Joe Torre on management
September 14, 2006
I was sent this article written by Joe Torre, the manager of the New York Yankees, that was recently published in BusinessWeek. Now, regardless of what you think of the team, you have to admire Joe. Just being able to remain the…
Is a bonus better than a raise?
August 29, 2006
Depends on who you ask.
Via digg.com, I came across an article from the WSJ entitled “Employers increasingly favor bonuses to raises” - which discusses the whole concept of performance-linked bonuses. According to the article, 80% of companies will offer some from…
Boo! Are you scared now?
August 18, 2006
Sometimes I read these articles and wonder who benefits from all this fear-mongering. Clearly, someone is out to scare the heck out of us. In any event, Forbes presents “Where have all the leaders gone?,” a rather sanguine look at…
You’re getting fired if…
August 3, 2006
From AOL/CareerBuilder comes this list of 12 signs you’re getting fired. Everyone loves lists, but perhaps this one is somewhat overzealous in its paranoia.
#4 on the list is “You had a bad review.” Certainly most companies don’t fire you for a…
