AiiA March Roundup on: Talent

It’s quite possible that for the month of March, your talent—and you—were at home. With that in mind, this month’s resource roundup on talent includes several dense articles, podcasts, webinars, and an eBook that focus on transforming your workforce for the enterprise of tomorrow.

6 Trends Shaping Future Leaders

This article discusses the six trends that identify what will play a major role in shaping future leaders over the next decade and beyond. They include:

1. AI and technology
2. Pace of change
3. Purpose and meaning
4. New talent landscape
5. Morality, ethics, and transparency
6. Globalization

Align Learning to Drive Business Results

Learning and Development is increasingly accountable for achieving results that tie directly to meeting overall corporate objectives. That is only going to continue to intensify as L&D leaders and HR as a whole continue to grapple with challenges related to the future of work.

To that end, Dana Palmblad and Roben Graziadei, segment directors for Leadership and Professional Development with Kaplan, explore how technology and data can be utilized to identify business challenges in order to prioritize your learning investments in this Q&A.

People Analytics Success Stories

As human resources continues to move into the future and professionals take a serious look at their people, one thing is certain:  the need for high performing talent is the greatest it’s ever been in the history of business.  It’s for that reason leveraging data in human resources is paramount to success.  Growth is linked to the data function and its existence across all dimensions of HR from talent acquisition to retention.

This article discusses how companies are driving growth with people analytics including:

• Talent acquisition
• ISS and employee engagement
• Retention
• Performance

Workplace Learning Technologies

Think about the workforce employed by your company.  Look past the demographics for a moment and focus on the type of employees you have.  Think about the way in which they interact with one another and the environment around them.  What’s different as compared to the workforces of 20 years ago? 

More than likely, at this point, you’ve zeroed in on the fact most employees, if not all, have a mobile device on their person; a smart phone or a tablet of some sort.  This single device has changed the way in which the workforce of today consumes information and applies it to their personal lives.

This article discusses how this new development can be implemented into a workplace learning strategy including:

• Engaging, flexible, mobile content & gamification
• eLearning platforms that mimic real-life technologies like YouTube or Facebook

Buyer’s Guide to Talent Development Technology

Two of every three talent development leaders are looking for new solutions to transform their people’s skills and their organizations. Investing in the right technologies will make your organization and your people more productive, responsive, and competitive.

There is no one-size-fits-all formula for choosing an HR technology vendor or building a business case. Every organization has different goals, unique challenges, and
preferred methods for assessing investments.

This guide will help you ask the right questions and understand your options, so you will
be able to effectively communicate the value of your chosen supplier, and create a clearer understanding of your company’s expectations, requirements, and ultimate success.

Key takeaways:

• Real-life examples from companies such as Airbnb and BMO Financial Group
• How to identify your organization’s challenges to help you tie your learning
  strategy to business and hiring strategies
• How to build a case for HR technology

Digital Transformation is a Workforce Transformation

HR should see its role as that of an internal consultant to senior management and the board on the workforce implications of the digital transformation. This article discusses how HR can assist the hiring of people to manage the digital change effort; how HR can also ensure the design and implementation of a governance structure that permits accelerated decision-making capabilities; how it can provide valuable advice on the consistent application of practices, tools, and metrics in areas like benefits management, and it can manage those stakeholders who resist technology adoption.  

Podcast: Kris Rides Discusses the HR/Cybersecurity Relationship

Tiro Security CEO and Founder Kris Rides discusses the unique relationship between HR and cybersecurity teams. Rides and host Mason Stevenson look at ways to better that relationship and they take a look at why it’s so important during the coronavirus situation. The two also look at ways to champion diversity in the industry.

Podcast: Saint Peter’s Healthcare System and HR Transformation

On this episode – Saint Peter’s Healthcare System CHRO Pam Teufel and HR Transformation Manager Maral Parciael. The topic of discussion – HR Transformation. They discuss the pain points in HR right now, plus a look at the impact of the multigenerational workforce on transformation, culture and even employee engagement.

Webinar: #SuddenlyRemote? Learn How to Run Engaging, Productive Remote Meetings

Is your workforce #suddenlyremote? Worried everyone will be surfing the web or answering emails on your call? Don't be that person talking into the abyss with no one listening! With the majority of our company working remotely, we’re experts on the remote workforce. Learn how to run engaging and productive meetings from your laptop that keep everyone contributing and fully present.

This free, on-demand webinar covers:

• How to run interactive remote meetings that involve all participants.
• What aspects of traditional in-person meetings don't translate well virtually.
• How valuable and productive remote work can be for your organization

Webinar: Business Intelligence for Training

Data should always tell a story and constructing a metrics-supported narrative is crucial to the long-term success of any enterprise L&D function. The ability to wield data as a powerful intelligence tool determines whether Training teams will help lead the evolution of business — and be granted the resources to do so — or merely respond to it.

In this free, on-demand webinar, Administrate CEO John Peebles shares

• How you can transform your thinking and build a culture of qualitative and quantitative examination within your Learning and Development team. 
• How to see through the numbers themselves and effectively communicate the direction they’re moving, why they’re moving, and how they represent trailing or leading indicators of your broader business objectives.
• What concrete next steps you can tackle with your team to begin to move away from activity reporting into delivering actionable, high-value intelligence for your organization.

Webinar: Here Come the Machines - Preparing for the Impact of AI & Automation on their Workforce

Though there is little disagreement about whether or not advances in AI and automation will affect the global economy over the next five years, the specifics of which industries will be hit the hardest and the identification of the jobs that will no longer be needed and which will be created is still unclear.

To determine how organizations are preparing for the impending – though uncertain – impact of machines on their workforce, Southern New Hampshire University surveyed 500 US-based HR and Learning and Development leaders about their thoughts on AI and automation and their industries, organizations and employees. Results include data related to the predicted displacement of workers in various sectors and differently-sized organizations and the steps – if any – that companies are taking to prepare. These findings are examined in the context of other research exploring the views of workers themselves and their expectations for employers.

Key takeaways from this free, on-demand webinar include:

• Gain an understanding of the ways in which AI and automation are believed to impact different industries and organizations of various sizes
• Examine how organizations are addressing the integration of new technologies
• Discuss strategies for displaced employees and the logic behind upskilling strategies in advance

Webinar: How Adaptive Learning is Changing How We Think About Online Learning

eLearning has a bad reputation for being unengaging and ineffective.  It's the thing you do when you can't afford face-to-face. But a new generation of adaptive learning tools delivers on the employee value proposition: highly engaging, personalized instruction at scale. In this webinar, Area9 Lyceum Chief Learning Officer Nick Howe explains what adaptive learning is, why it matters and how to get started.

Key takeaways from this free, on-demand webinar:

• Understand why adapting to meet individual needs matters
• Understand the savings in time and improvements in proficiency that result
• Understand how adaptive learning can be implemented in your environment easily.

eBook: Drive Results in Your HR Shared Services Center

Once you’ve made the decision to move to a shared services model, you’ll want to have the technology in place to ensure it’s a success.

That’s where an HR Service Delivery platform comes in. It makes it easier for HR to help employees and for employees to help themselves—boosting satisfaction for everyone.  Learn how HR can meet modern employee expectations by breaking free from the "one-size-fits-all" approach in the eBook, Drive Results in Your HR Shared Service Center.

Other takeaways include:

• How to build agility and efficiency in the new shared services environment
• What requirements to look for when purchasing a new shared services platform
• How to drive results with shared service excellence