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Archives for February, 2009


Talent Relationship Management — Social Networking Meets Talent Management in the Talent Relationship Lifecycle

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 27, 2009  |  15 Comments

On Friday, I had an opportunity to meet with several end user and vendor clients and prospects.  During the course of these discussions, it started to become clearer to me how social networking and talent management could intersect.  In my previous thinking, I focused on use cases.  What use cases (or business problems if you [...]

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Business Software Innovation – Not One Size Fits All

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 26, 2009  |  1 Comment

Vinnie Mirchandani’s post got me thinking about business application innovation.  In my mind, the first step to identify where innovation is most appropriate.  Geoffrey Moore does a great job defining "Core" vs. "Context" in his books.  Core are the processes that provide competitive differentiation.  Context is pretty much everything else.  What is Core vs. Context [...]

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Links 02/21/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 21, 2009  |  Comments Off

PDI Pulse on Leaders Survey Shows Organizations Put Key Talent Retention at the Bottom of the Priority List Sobering news on the priority of talent management in the current economic climate. Business cases right now need to focus on cost optimization and workforce productivity. tags: pdi, talentmanagement Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite [...]

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Links 02/18/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 18, 2009  |  Comments Off

reportonbusiness.com: The just-in-time performance review Interesting thoughts on performance reviews from Don Tapscott. tags: EPM, talentmanagement Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Links 02/17/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 17, 2009  |  Comments Off

Top 100 Companies Hiring This Quarter For HCM software and services providers think of this as good input into your vertical marketing strategy. tags: HCM Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Links 02/14/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 14, 2009  |  Comments Off

10 Ways Microsoft’s Retail Stores Will Differ From Apple Stores – PC World I offer no opinion here other to say I thought it was funny. tags: no_tag Application Strategy in a down economy – Scott Nelson — Gartner Blog Network My Gartner colleague, Scott Nelson, has a smart post about application strategy. tags: no_tag [...]

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Links 02/13/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 13, 2009  |  Comments Off

Glass Bead Consulting & HR Transformer Blog » Blog Archive » Top 5 Benefits of HR Outsourcing Good post on the benefits of HRO. tags: HRO Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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My First Week (Almost) With Twitter

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 12, 2009  |  1 Comment

I resisted Twitter for a long time.  I could not see the point.  I have not had enough time to blog, much less "microblog".  Yet, after seeing all of the communication after major announcements and events that was reported in blogs, but happening in Twitter, I decided to take the plunge.  I already use Facebook, [...]

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Links 02/11/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 11, 2009  |  Comments Off

Doug Struck: Human Capital — an Asset, Not Just an Expense Sobering thoughts. Like many things, there is a balance. There should be corporate social responsibility to take care of employees, but there also shareholders who invested their money who expect a return on that investment. Sometimes it is hard to please every stakeholder. Businesses [...]

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Links 02/10/2009

by Jim Holincheck  |  February 10, 2009  |  Comments Off

Employee Furloughs Can Be a Bad Alternative to Layoffs : ERE.net Furloughs are viewed as an easier way to lower labor costs temporarily, but Dr. Sullivan explores the downside. tags: HCM, talentmanagement Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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