June 9, 2015
I took the title and input for this blog from John Hoebler's, Technology Lead at CrossCountry Consulting, excellent post recently entitled, "Don't be fooled by 'fake cloud' finance systems" - I changed the title ever so slightly, to really place emphasis on the level of fabricated fashion in today's SaaS vendor space, and of course it's important to HR professionals too! One can immediately see the Barbie® doll, and recognize it's not a reality - it's easy to do that from one glance. However, SaaS (Software as a Service) is hidden from view, under the hood, safe and sound...or is it? Real SaaS vendors might start to sound like a broken record soon, however, buyers are still unequipped, unsure and unaware as John points out in his article the "fake" SaaS vendors are using clever marketing to fool their buyers.…
July 3, 2018
Do you ever read HR blogs? Most of HR blogs will tell you that HR doesn’t really know what they are doing, and are, generally, untrusted by employees and leaders everywhere. Do you ever read message boards or groups that ask employment questions? Most of them will also tell you that HR doesn’t really know what they are doing, and are generally untrusted by employees and leaders everywhere. Do you ever read about companies that don’t have HR? Didn’t think so. So how do we bridge this divide? How do we service employees' needs, give them the answers they are looking for, but not expose them to the HR team they are trying to avoid? How do we make them feel that they are not only valued, but are being considered as we develop our company infrastructure? The answer,…
November 20, 2015
Most Important Asset? It’s a well-known corporate saying that “Employees are our Most Important Asset”. How many of you believe that about your corporate environment? I have previously written about the importance of a vendor’s employees happiness to the success of a company’s relationship with its vendor, but this post, while also about employees, addresses the communication within a company, which ultimately does impact employee happiness, which in turn will affect the job they do on behalf of your organization. The Effectiveness of Communication Recently, Davis & Company commissioned the survey of 1,000 employees from large corporations (minimum of 5,000 employees) in the United States to understand the effectiveness of communication on performance management, benefits, and compensation. One of the key findings was that Employees aren’t getting answers to their questions. “When employees have questions, they turn to the company…
February 26, 2015
A Change Would Do You Good How many times in the last few years (be honest) have you been involved in an HR project to identify something…a process, a model, a technology, a strategy to improve overall performance? How many times has that project been put on hold due to funding, resources, lack of leadership backing, or something else? And how many times has the broken inefficient process just continued? Does it all stem from a poorly supported or drafted business plan? In truth there are a hundred reasons why a project doesn’t come to fruition. But one stands above them all. A change would do you good, yet your business won’t successfully change or evolve when the PROCESS continues to be broken. What do I mean and what I think is the root of the problem? Resistance, the in…
September 22, 2014
Fredric Svennson,Senior HR IS Project Manager, Sony Mobile Sony Mobile implemented an HR Shared Services Center (HR SSC) to streamline its HR processes and provide faster and more consistent service to their rapidly growing employee population. To support its HR Service Delivery model, the HR team, implemented HR Help Desk solution Dovetail Software in December 2013. Fredric Svensson, Senior Global HR IS Project Manager at Sony Mobile and the technology implementation leader will be speaking at the HR Technology Conference in Amsterdam in a few weeks and will discuss how Sony Mobile uses technology and measures success within its HR SSC. Fredric agreed to sit down with me and answer a few questions to give you a glimpse inside Sony Mobile’s HR SSC and offer you a preview of what he will be covering in his session.…