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HR Delivery Excellence Demands HR-dedicated Case Management: True Temper Tools Would Agree
“The right tool for the right job.” That’s been the advertising slogan for True Temper tools since at least 1907, when the Cleveland-based company was called American Fork & Hoe. The catchphrase is just as true today as it was then, and not only when it comes to forks and hoes. Without the right technology…
Read MoreHR Tech 2013 Recap: The Puzzle of HR Technology Solved!
Guests at LBi Software’s HR Tech booth participated in a game to try to solve the puzzle of HR Technology: Each player would add a piece to the puzzle and try to guess the message. The first correct puzzle guess won a Microsoft Surface and each correct guess after that was put in a drawing…
Read MoreSee HR Technology for HR People, Up Close and Personal
LBi Software will be at booth 1518 2013 HR Technology Conference & Exposition October 7-8, 2013 Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV At LBi Software, we’re constantly striving to put the power of HR technology in the hands of the people who use it every day. You shouldn’t have to puzzle over how to use HR…
Read MoreUsing HR HelpDesk for Talent Management Processes
One of the hottest HR Shared Services products today is talent management software. Designed to manage the entire lifecycle of employee tenure within an organization, these solutions have become one of the most high-demand systems for corporations large and small. However, as they impact virtually every department within HR, from recruiting to benefits to payroll,…
Read MoreStack-Ranking Employees (aka rating on the Bell Curve system)
For many years, large companies such as Microsoft, GE and others have rated their workforce on a bell curve system, which dictates how employees in a review period are ranked within their given group. More importantly, it limits how many can be ranked above average, and requires a certain % to be graded below average.…
Read MoreClosing the Gap in Talent Management Systems
Recruitment Onboarding Performance Training and Development Succession Planning Offboarding Yes, the very best Talent Management systems are designed to handle the complete lifecycle of your workforce. They connect and manage all of the stages of the employee’s career within the organization. Cradle to grave, as they say. Or do they? Is there something missing here?…
Read MoreHR Help Desk vs. IT Help Desk
IT Help Desk solutions are feature rich and generally lower in cost than those developed specifically for HR; but consider the mission critical role of a help desk solution in HR, and the inherent risk of confidentiality breaches from less secure solutions, and the choice seems clear. IT Help Desk systems generally don’t need to…
Read MoreThe Affordable Care Act and Your Employees – Communication is Critical
With all the hype created in the media for The Affordable Care Act, (aka Obamacare), it is critical for HR departments to communicate openly with their employees regarding any impact (whether positive or negative) on them financially or otherwise. While some components of the law have already been enacted, many key provisions (and some of…
Read MoreAre We a Disposable Society? Do We Replace HR Technology Too Quickly?
This weekend my friend, an HR Department Head, asked me if he was being too hasty in replacing his legacy HCM system. After all, his entire department had invested so much time and money into it: learning the nuances, customizations, interfaces… So I asked him what was wrong with the current system. His response was…
Read MoreGetting Contextual: Beyond Employee Engagement in HR Technology
The use of HR technology to heighten employee engagement is still evolving. In some respects – and despite so much that’s been written about it – applying the features of HR and HCM technology to boost employee engagement is still in its infancy. But in other regards, the trend is already starting to become passé.…
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