Training and Development

FutureSense and Talent Plus Form Strategic Partnership

By HR Vendor News | March 9, 2020

(Lincoln, Neb.) – Jim Finkelstein, President, CEO and Founder, FutureSense, LLC; and Makenzie Rath, President, Talent Plus, Inc., announced today they have formed a strategic partnership. “The ability to partner with a long-term business and trusted advisor with know-how and expertise in areas that complement the types of services and solutions Talent Plus wants to…

HR Moves Beyond Employee Engagement to Human Experience – According to New Study by the HR Research Institute

By HR Vendor News | March 9, 2020

Most HR professionals say that workplace experiences have become more important in recent years. When asked about their importance to the HR department, fully 72% of HR professionals say the importance of employee experience is very high, and 63% indicate the same thing about the more comprehensive topic of human experience (HX).  Furthermore, nearly half…

‘Talent Keepers’ Honored as One of 2019’s Top Business Books by Soundview Magazine

By HR Vendor News | March 2, 2020

WINTER PARK, FL  March 2, 2020 – What if you gathered 20 years of employee engagement and retention research and combined it with the experience of two senior industry leaders? They’d write one of the best business books of 2019 as recognized by Soundview magazine. “Talent Keepers: How Top Leaders Engage and Retain their Best…

Many HR Departments are Struggling with Talent Analytics – According to New Study by HR.com

By HR Vendor News | January 23, 2020

Few human resources (HR) professionals (37%) say their organizations are good or very good at talent analytics. And nearly as many (34%) say their organizational talent analytics abilities are poor or very poor, calling attention to a lack of confidence and aptitude in analytics in HR. The free research report, The State of Big Data…

Artificial Intelligence in HR Is Set to Disrupt Talent Management – According to New Study by HR.com

By HR Vendor News | January 15, 2020

Very few human resources (HR) professionals (11%) say their organizations use artificial intelligence (AI) to a high or very high degree.  Fast change is on the horizon for HR, however, as a third (33%) anticipate high or very high use of AI in two years. Results from the research study, The State of Artificial Intelligence,…

Inaugural California HR Excellence Awards Added to HR West Conference in the San Francisco Bay Area

By HR Vendor News | December 23, 2019

San Francisco, California, U.S. — Powered by HR.com, the 2020 HR West Conference has added a new level of professional recognition by launching their California HR Excellence Awards. Submissions are now being accepted through January 20th. Award recipients will be announced and celebrated at HR West 2020 in March. With 13 award categories to choose…

Jay A. Conger Receives 2019 Best Practice Institute Lifetime Achievement Award

By HR Vendor News | December 5, 2019

Jay A. Conger, one of the world’s topmost experts on leadership, is receiving the 2019 Best Practice Institute Lifetime Achievement Award at the BPI Senior Executive Board Meeting at today at TIAA’s HQ in Charlotte, NC.  Conger joins other industry trailblazers such as Bev Kaye, John Kotter, Francis Hesselbein, and others who have received this…

CEO of Best Practice Institute, Louis Carter Re-nominated as Number 7 Global Guru in Organizational Culture

By HR Vendor News | December 3, 2019

Louis Carter, the current number 7 Global Guru in Organizational Culture, has been re-nominated as one of the key organizational culture experts by Global Gurus and Marshall Goldsmith. The award-winning CEO executive coach, business strategist and organizational development expert applies his own research, with the research of his peers and mentors to real life situations…

HR has a Critical Role to Play for Successful Workforce Transformation – According to New Study by HR.com

By HR Vendor News | November 25, 2019

Only 25% of human resources (HR) professionals reveal their HR department plays a key role in workforce transformation. This statistic is troubling considering new research showing that HR’s involvement is among the five keys to successful workforce change. HR.com’s Research Institute conducted the global study,  People Power: A Catalyst for Transformation Global Workforce Transformation Trends…

Lights! Camera! Feedback!

By HR Vendor News | November 19, 2019

CHICAGO, Nov. 18, 2019 — In advance of the release of Improvising Radical Candor’s comedy-based online learning program, Radical Candor and Second City Works invited early adopters to an exclusive Launch Partner Summit on Nov. 7, 2019 at world-famous comedy theater The Second City in Chicago. Improvising Radical Candor, a partnership between Second City Works…