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  Talent Management, Retention and Succession Planning   The IIR Talent Management, Retention and Succession Planning Conference from 23 to 26 April, is designed to assist HR professionals develop effective strategies to find, retain and develop their talent.  The conference covers aligning performance management with talent management, managing talent risks,  talent management strategies, keeping your [...]

  With the days heating up and workplaces cooling down, it is a sunny forecast for staff crossing off the weeks until their annual leave. Leave, is something to look forward to and the earlier you start the clock, the less you have to be concerned about the daily irritations. You just have to survive until your leave [...]

  Money buys happiness For many years, consultants, especially those in the reward profession, have contended that there is more to attracting and retaining talent, than money. While that assertion may be valid for those occupying the seven figure levels of the organisation or those paid to do nothing, the masses would disagree. Money is the [...]

  In my last column (HRF, August), I revisited the world cup experience, going through five unanswered show-me-the-money questions: local manufacturers missing out on the production of memorabilia, small business benefits, job creation, botched arrangements between Match and local providers, and the future of our stadiums (cash cows or white elephants). This month I want [...]

I’ve presented at numerous IIR Conferences over the years & I’m pleased to be presenting at their 2nd Employee Engagement Conference today. In the aftermath of the global economic tsunami, it is

Want a short cut into the mind of the know-it-all, 21 year old in your department? I am talking about the one that your Talent Acquisition consultant, identified at a graduate recruitment fair last year. And the day after graduation; that one walked into your company, knowing zip about your business. The one that arrives [...]

In Part I, I covered the Market Realities and in Part II, I covered the Bottom Line Realities.

In this concluding post, I am looking at the Talent Realties

Summary

1. Generational Workforce
2. Gender
3. Racial tension…

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With August being women’s month, it is an opportune period for employers to go beyond the fluff and start taking the fairer sex, seriously in the workplace. Here are 3 hot buttons…