BUSINESS EXECUTION RADIO:


April 1st, 2010

Nick MacIlvaine – SuccessFactors: Employee Central – the next generation in HR Information Systems

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Nick MacIlvaine, Product Executive at SuccessFactors discusses a software as service offering called “Employee Central” that reinvigorates the role Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) play in driving business execution. Nick draws on more than a decade of experience implementing HRIS tools to contrast the traditional role of more transactional HRIS solutions with the more strategic, dynamic focus of Employee Central. He discusses how Employee Central balances support for more administrative tasks like payroll and benefits with more strategic applications that encourage stronger collaboration, insight and utilization within your company’s workforce.

Want to hear the future of HRIS technology? Listen to Nick MacIlvaine – this week on Business Execution Radio.

March 3rd, 2010

JW ‘Jahn’ Ballard – Performance Management Institute: Integrating financial and operational metrics to focus execution on the things that matter

Listen to Business Execution Radio Episode 79:

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Jahn Ballard, founding director of Performance Management Institute discusses methods that integrate financial and operational data to align operating leaders and teams around the actions that drive business results. Jahn approaches business execution from the background of a person rooted in accounting and finance, emphasizing ways to make accounting data more meaningful and impactful for operations managers and employees.

Learn data driven techniques that link front line actions to bottom line results – this week on Business Execution Radio.

March 13th, 2009

Nicholas Garbis – Workforce planning and analytics: planning now for the future

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Nicholas Garbis, Senior Consultant at Infohrm, shares insights and tips for diagnosing, forecasting and planning to address current and future workforce trending. He explains what workforce analytics is and how it helps companies make more intelligent decisions around managing their most expensive asset, their employees. Nick also discusses “data heroics” and some of the other challenges to developing effective workforce plans that will stand up over time.

Learn data driven techniques to ensure you have the talent you need when you need it – this week on People Performance Radio.

January 9th, 2009

Palle Ellemann – How to be a great company in any country or economy

Listen to People Performance Radio Episode 35:

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Palle Elleman (LinkedIn profile) is Managing Director of the Great Place to Work Institute Europe, a company that helps organizations increase employee engagement and productivity through assessing and improving the quality of the workplace. This is the company that does the research underlying the famous “Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For” list along with similar studies in more than 30 other countries. Palle shares insights gained from his experience studying employee engagement and satisfaction across dozens of countries, drawing on more than 10 years of empirical research data to back up his observations. He emphasizes the universal role trust, pride, and camaraderie play in creating great workplaces. But he also notes that how these are established can vary across countries and discusses how their relative importance may change as the economy shifts.

If you are interested in building a great workplace no matter where or when you work, then you will want to listen to the insights shared by Palle Ellement, this week on People Performance Radio.