It’s almost 2013, and the first trend papers have been published. 2012 was a busy year for HR, with many developments in the HRTech space. It all started early this year with SAP’s acquisition of Successfactors. Then Oracle bought Taleo and IBM Kenexa. So for the first time in many years HR was labeled as…
I have been reading Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs and if there’s one thing that stands out in my mind, it’s Jobs’ everlasting quest for simplicity. He applied that to every stage of the design and every inch of his products – not to mention his personal life. You only have to watch toddlers…
Stelt u zich uw bedrijf eens voor zonder HR-functie. En stel dat u de vraag krijgt om HR te bedenken. Wat zou u doen? Zou u het laten zoals het is, of het radicaal anders organiseren? Nog behoefte aan HR? We staan op een keerpunt, waar nieuwe technologie niet alleen ons leven ingrijpend verandert maar…
Imagine, if you will, your company without an HR function. Now suppose you’re asked to set up HR: What would you do? Would you create something similar or radically different? Would you create it at all? We’ve arrived at a turning point in history where new technology is profoundly changing people’s way of life as…
Lately I have been talking to a lot of HR VP’s and many of them struggle with the same issue – how to bring more credibility to the HR Business Partner role. Dave Ulrich introduced us to an HR organization consisting of Shared Service Centers, Centers of Expertise and Business Partners. Shared Service Centers deal…
Do you know what an identity crisis is? In psychology, it’s a failure to achieve ego during adolescence. Those who emerge from this stage with a strong sense of identity are well equipped to face adulthood with confidence and certainty. Those who fail to achieve a cohesive identity – who experience an identity crisis –…
Ever heard of the HR Delivery Dilemma? It’s when you have seen so many 3- and 4-letter abbreviations that you don’t know what to do any more: SAAS, PAAS, BPO, SSC, the list goes on and on. Fortunately, it’s not all black and white, and you don’t have to look at this from an either/or point…
A few years ago I bought a new house. The previous owners did not spend much time gardening and the back yard was a mess. My first priority was to get the house together. When that was done, I decided to tackle the garden. I enjoy being outside and I wanted to create a garden…
HR has come a long way in the last 10 years. Coming from a traditional administrative role, HR has worked hard to revitalize its services, aiming to better fulfill its strategic and tactical role. Administrative services have been optimized and made as (cost-)efficient as possible. Now that most organizations have achieved this minimum standard, the…
Shared services operate within organizations by providing services to internal clients. They operate on business principles and provide internal services at a cost and quality that is acceptable to its clients, when assessed against alternatives. They are referred to as shared services, because their activities are shared by units across entire organizations, instead of duplicating…
Over the past years, we observed a rising trend among customers to carry out benchmark studies before undertaking projects in the field of Human Resources. These benchmarks give companies qualitative and quantitative insight on the role and activities of HR. One key finding is that all companies want Human Resources to play a more pro-active,…
