The employee engagement survey can be a powerful force for consistent, positive change. This guide provides a more insightful and actionable approach to employee engagement, including a framework for designing and implementing pulse programs. The ideas inside come from decades of engagement survey and organizational development (OD) experience.

In this paper, Judith Leary-Joyce explains why it is important to always be on the lookout for new talent, while also building existing employees’ CVs. From recruitment to development to retention and succession planning, Judith explains just how important learning is to every stage of the talent management lifecycle. So get reading quickly because the talent pipeline never stops moving.

IDC analyzed the business value that six surveyed organizations are realizing through their use of Red Hat integration products based on interviews conducted from April to June 2014. Interviewees were from companies ranging in size from just hundreds of employees to several hundred thousand employees, with a mean employee base of just under 92,000. Companies interviewed included representatives from the telecommunications, IT, shipment and logistics, and document management industries. These organizations are headquartered in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway and several of them operate on a global scale. These organizations use JBoss Fuse for integration and development of business-critical internal and customer-facing applications

To stand out in the application economy, businesses must add digital dimensions to the experiences they provide for customers, employees and partners. Such a “digital transformation” requires new thinking around IT—specifically, its capabilities and goals, and how the various teams must collaborate to deliver on business objectives. For many organizations, the best way to navigate the digital transformation is with DevOps. In this ebook, you’ll learn more about the challenges digital transformation has created and how DevOps best practices, such as Agile Parallel Development, Continuous Delivery and Agile Operations, can be used to capitalize on opportunities and create competitive differentiation in the application economy.

E-learning is already known to be the most efficient and cost effective way to deliver training to a workforce. However, the best way to truly prepare employees for meeting organisational objectives is to focus the training on three major areas of skill development. Using a learning solution that is capable of delivering optimal training on each type of skill and checking for comprehension by examining the outcomes from other HR processes will drive performance within the company as employees develop their soft, functional and compliancebased skills.

We found that many companies lack the structure, strategy, culture, solutions and resources to manage employees effectively. Download this executive summary and learn that to succeed, they must address the role and relevance of people strategy; changing demographics and evolving definitions of work; leadership ability and cultivation; employee wants and needs; and talent development.

We found that many companies lack the structure, strategy, culture, solutions and resources to manage employees effectively. Download this executive summary and learn that to succeed, they must address the role and relevance of people strategy; changing demographics and evolving definitions of work; leadership ability and cultivation; employee wants and needs; and talent development.

Around the globe, organizations in every industry sector are struggling to attract, retain, and develop talent. But few organizations are prepared to successfully overcome those challenges. Download a new learning and talent framework to learn how to create a sustainable source of talent, and to overcome skill gaps. In it you’ll find: - What fundamental shifts you need to make to better compete for talent - How to exploit technology for smarter HCM and L&D strategies - Why learning and talent management processes must be tightly integrated Download "The Skillsoft Learning and Talent Maturity Framework.

Success nowadays demands providing all members of the workforce with the resources they need in order to effectively respond to and support customers’ needs and expectations. More specifically, organizations must provide employees with digestible knowledge at the point of need and as quickly as possible, so they can re-learn how to resolve specific challenges, also known as microlearning. According to research from Aberdeen, Best-in-Class companies are 60% more likely than all others to consider microlearning to be effective for employee development. This report explores the importance of microlearning, and what it can do for your business, your employees, and your customers.

Success nowadays demands providing all members of the workforce with the resources they need in order to effectively respond to and support customers’ needs and expectations. More specifically, organizations must provide employees with digestible knowledge at the point of need and as quickly as possible, so they can re-learn how to resolve specific challenges, also known as microlearning. According to research from Aberdeen, Best-in-Class companies are 60% more likely than all others to consider microlearning to be effective for employee development. This report explores the importance of microlearning, and what it can do for your business, your employees, and your customers.

Digitalization has spurred new opportunities for how business gets done. With the emergence of big data and mobility, enterprises see the promise of making employees more productive and keeping customers more engaged. And they recognize that efficient, prompt application development and delivery are instrumental for taking advantage of these new opportunities. In this unforgiving era of digitalization, you need to be first to market if you want to flourish.

Flexible work arrangements (FWAs) can come in many forms, including telecommuting, compressed workweeks and flexible scheduling that allows employees to perform tasks outside of core business hours. Improvements in technology have made FWAs possible for a broader segment of the labor force, but some of these arrangements have yet to achieve widespread acceptance in many organizations’ workplace cultures. However, SHRM research shows that participation in some FWAs has risen in recent years, and these measures have yielded positive results for companies’ recruitment and retention efforts, as well as their employees’ development and productivity.

This White Paper provides information on how Technological advance is powering a motivational disconnect between what Gen Y/Millenial employees can achieve when it comes to learning and development (L&D).

It is hard to fault the idea that appraisal reveals an employee’s abilities and a development plan should follow naturally from that. The smooth link looks good on paper. The reality is a good deal messier. It is not that HR is doing something wrong, just that the process is harder than it looks. Understanding why it is hard will lead to better results.

Performance appraisal reveals employee abilities. A development plan should follow naturally from that. The process, especially for SMBs or fast-growth companies, can be especially challenging. Understanding those challenges will lead to better results.

The fifth annual State of DevOps Report, presented by Puppet and DevOps Research & Assessment (DORA), confirms and highlights the fact that achieving higher IT and organizational performance is a team effort spanning development and operations — and it’s an investment that can deliver powerful returns. This year’s report shows how DevOps speeds up delivery, improves quality and security, enhances employee engagement and more. Download the report to learn why: • High-performing IT organization experience 200x more frequent deployments and 24x recovery from failures. • High performers spend 22 percent less time on unplanned work and 29 percent more time on new work, such as features or code. • Taking an experimental approach to product development improves IT performance. The report also helps you understand the ROI of DevOps, and includes formulas to quantify your potential cost savings, using metrics from you own organization.

The retail market is growing, presenting employees with more opportunities to find jobs that provide training, development and career progression-something today’s workforce demands. With improvement in the retail sector comes increased pressure to win the war for talent. This three-step checklist will help you identify your talent management strengths and weaknesses so you can recruit and retain the best people.

Hardworking, passionate, and tech-literate — by 2020, more than half of your employees will be from the often-misunderstood “Millennial” generation. However, many millennials hold a different benchmark of expectations from their place of work than previous generations. Download this e-Book to prepare your business. Here’s a list of five expert tips to attracting and retaining the best young talent available, such as: Understanding “work-life balance” beyond the buzzwords Prioritizing professional development for this passionate demographic Satisfying a net-native’s need for tech tools that actually wor

Performance management works hand-in-hand with every phase of the employee lifecycle: learning and development, succession, and even recruiting. Creating a true performance management culture drives employee engagement and retention as well as your bottom line. Download "The True Cost of Not Having Performance Management" to learn how to make the case to execs that investing in performance management drives growth. This brief will uncover: • How smarter recruiting leads to more impactful workers • Strategies for connecting performance to learning • How to create a development plan that matches to performance goals Download the brief to see more proven solutions for building a strong performance management culture!

New research has found that being a Dream Company – one that shows it cares about employees, provides them with learning and growth opportunities, and promotes work/life balance – drives retention, engagement, and talent attraction.

What’s the key to retaining, attracting, and engaging great employees? Research shows that for employers, there’s considerable strategic power in offering people a position in a Dream Company.

Study shows a decidedly scientific approach to benefits development and management, and illustrates emerging trends of benefits that are becoming “need to play,” as well as those growing substantially in popularity, emerging as “need to win.”

This White Paper provides information on how Technological advance is powering a motivational disconnect between what Gen Y/Millenial employees can achieve when it comes to learning and development (L&D).

According to recent surveys, employee social networking is growing rapidly. Learn the pros and cons of employee social networking, from creating business development opportunities to just goofing off. Also, learn how social networking is raising new challenges for enterprise security, and the distinct advantages of implementing MessageLabs Web Services.

Tobacco cessation remains the most cost-effective health benefit you can provide, but how do you get tobacco users at your organization to quit? You'll learn how to plan, launch, and implement a premium differential for your organization.