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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 [...]

Strike Season  Update: As we head into the 2011 strike season, get up to speed on developments in the previous years.

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

            HR Technology integration becomes the new HR currency as it outperforms non-integration by 41% “Survey findings of the 2010 State of Global People Management research, released by Massachusetts-based international people management software company Softscape, reveals that organisations that integrate talent processes, systems and data on performance, succession planning, compensation, [...]

  Talent If Talent is at the top of your Agenda , then you should get access to our free Talent Agend E-Library. The Talent Agenda E-Library provides HR professionals, payroll personnel, career academics and management, exclusive resources to attract, manage and retain talent. They get access to razor sharp dispatches, free HR Future digital subscription, complimentary HR tickets, online tools and [...]

  Remember the World Cup?   It seems like yesterday, we were celebrating 2010, the economic recovery and the FIFA world cup. Unfortunately, the celebrations were short lived.