Bersin News Events

Leadership Development in China: Building Bench Strength in one of the World’s Largest Marketplaces

Karen O’Leonard, Lead Analyst; and Dr. Katherine Jones, Lead Analyst — Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Many major U.S. companies today have their sights set on China. Leadership bench strength is a paramount issue in the region, since developing effective leaders can be critical to the achievement of goals. But leadership styles and capabilities in China can differ markedly from those in the West, and many multi-nationals struggle with how to effectively fill leadership skills gaps.

A one-size-fits all development approach is unlikely to work with Chinese leaders. Instead, companies should look at customized development initiatives to build a strong pipeline of Chinese executives.

The discussion will address the following questions:

● What are the capabilities required of global leaders?
● What skills gaps have been identified among Chinese leaders?
● How can companies effectively develop leaders in China?

This presentation, based on recent research, can help HR executives understand how to develop more effective leaders in China in order to create and implement a winning strategy in the region.

Real-World Social Learning with Bersin by Deloitte

David Mallon, Vice President of Research — Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Many previous research studies have shown that learners can lose up to 80% of the knowledge learned 90 days after the formal training program. A continuous learning model that reinforces formal training on a regular basis is key to knowledge retention and increased productivity. Social, mobile and collaboration tools can transform your learning practices to drive better continuous social learning. Join us in this session as we discuss:

• Evolution of learning and the current social learning trends
• How to incorporate social learning into your business strategy and use technology to improve access to peers, content and subject matter experts to sustain learning
• Share tips and tricks to avoid common pitfalls when implementing a social learning program
• Examples of social learning environments

Bersin by Deloitte Playbooks: The Newest Enhancement to BersinInsights

Chris Howard, Director; and Camille Price, Research Manager — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

As part of BersinInsights’ continual focus on integration and intelligence, Bersin by Deloitte Playbooks provide a systematic starting point and a set of timely, relevant research-based resources to address the most urgent challenges organizations face today.

Join Chris Howard and Camille Price as they show you how Bersin Playbooks can solve problems and save you time by drawing on the full range of research-based strategies, leading practices, examples and tools available to you as a WhatWorks® member.

In this webinar you will learn how Bersin Playbooks:
- Support you in completing complex tasks to achieve superior business outcomes, such as increased engagement, reduced turnover, and increased productivity
- Focus on specific organizational HR or Learning challenges. Each collection includes timely, relevant research, tools, videos and specialist responses that are selected and regularly updated by our top analysts to meet those challenges, saving you time while enabling you to achieve superior business outcomes
- Regularly deliver fresh and timely information and solutions to urgent and current problems in HR, L&D, recruiting and other areas of talent management
- Support problem-solving, new learning and professional development, helping to transform and align your HR organization to address urgent demands of the modern, rapidly-changing business environment

The Business Value of Integrated Talent Management

Dr. Katherine Jones, Lead Analyst — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Integrated talent management — the unification of processes designed to attract, manage, develop, motivate and retain people — is anything but fluff. For example, in a recent Bersin by Deloitte study, we found that the effectiveness of an organization at integrating performance management with the other elements of learning & talent management can account for 50% of the variability in business performance.

In this webinar, we’ll dive into why the leading companies are the ones that can manage and report on all aspects of recruiting, training, performance, and succession data from a single place.

Key takeaways include:
• Why an integrated system leads to higher employee retention , productivity, and engagement
• What business value the C-suite and HR leaders gain from truly unified reporting
• How separate talent systems hurt your bottom-line

Making Learning Stick: How Building a Continuous Learning Environment Can Improve Learner Retention

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Research shows that regardless of quality or delivery method, learners will forget most training in a very short period of time. When CooperVision, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of contact lenses, launched a new selling process in 2011, they knew it was critical to put in place a reinforcement program to retain the knowledge within their sales force.

In this webinar, David Mallon of Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Perry Cole of CooperVision will discuss how a learning organization can build a continuous learning environment that blends formal and informal learning approaches that are deliberately staged for individualized learning needs.

In this webinar you will learn:
• How to build an environment for continuous learning
• How to better measure formal and informal learning within your learning community
• How blending formal training and informal learning can meet individual learning needs

Leadership Strategy: Linking Business Goals with Leadership Development Solutions

Kim Lamoureux, Lead Analyst — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Strong leadership can differentiate an organization from its competition. Effective leaders at every level create a culture of accountability and high performance. They decide how to establish a competitive position and drive execution of business goals. Yet effectively implementing leadership development is difficult and rarely achieved. So what can an organization do to avoid the risks associated with inadequate leadership and better develop its leaders to achieve organizational impact?

High-performing organizations start by creating a leadership strategy. A leadership strategy defines the way a leadership team must function and the skills leaders require to implement a business strategy successfully. It is the conduit between the organization’s leadership development strategy and its business strategy, and it must be in place before an organization can craft leadership development solutions.

Join Kim as she shares research findings and leading practices for creating a leadership strategy. In this session, she will:

• Define what a leadership strategy is
• Review important elements of a leadership strategy
• Highlight considerations for implementation

Buying HCM Applications: Where Users Will Likely Spend Their HR Dollars

Dr. Katherine Jones, Lead Analyst — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

After years of belt-tightening where few new HR applications had been purchased, what do HR organizations plan for 2013? Will HR executives buy new software? What criteria will drive those acquisitions? We asked—and you told us. This web seminar reviews research from our most recent study of HR users, their current technology environments and what they will likely buy or replace within the next 18 months.

You can learn:
• How the organizations studied manage core HR and how that affects HR management technology choices
• The types, number and age of installed HCM solutions in this population
• The reasons today’s HR executives surveyed seek to change their existing technologies, when they do, and
• The primary criteria driving their decisions for new applications

Does Your LMS Focus on the User Experience?

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

When your employees need to find and access learning content, the experience of doing so should be intuitive, responsive, fast and targeted. Anything less leads to frustration and wasted time. Whether accessed through a desktop, laptop, or mobile device, organizations need an LMS that helps them become efficient and effective.

Join Dr. Katherine Jones, Lead Analyst, HCM Technology at Bersin by Deloitte, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Dan Medakovic, Vice President, eLearning Solutions at Blatant Media Corporation for a webinar that can help you understand how a learning management system that provides a good user experience can reduce wasted time and lessen frustration among end users. You will be presented with:

- The need for, and attributes of, a good user interface
- Strategies for providing end users with fresh, targeted learning content
- Questions to ask when evaluating systems

Webinar - Familiarize Yourself with Your Membership Resources

Erin McLaughlin, Member Success Specialist — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

During this session, we will explore the range of information resources and supporting tools available through the BersinInsights member website. Attendees will learn tips and tricks for leveraging all the resources available on the site, including:

• Best practices in navigating the website and completing specific types of searches
• Use of assets such the Lexicon, Tools, Blogs, Ask the Experts, and the Solutions Library
• Details of Bersin by Deloitte research calendar and member roundtable schedule
• How to take advantage of live and recorded webinars and presentations
• Personalizing your membership experience

Webinar - Familiarize Yourself with Your Membership Resources

Cherie Bescript, Member Success Specialist — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A New Model for Integrated Talent Management: Unleashed

Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The concepts of integrated talent management have been around for nearly a decade now, yet the business world has dramatically changed. Today’s workplace is highly connected, global, and must address new challenges: skills gaps, new career pathways, emerging new leadership models, the need to engage younger workers, and the need to highly customize talent programs from location to location and country to country. And, of course, the opportunity to leverage data analytics and Big Data in HR. In this research-based presentation, Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder of Bersin by Deloitte, will highlight the company’s most recent research on high-impact talent management, showing how modern practices have changed. Josh will also introduce Bersin by Deloitte’s new High-Impact HR research which describes a new operating model for HR and discusses how all HR professionals and leaders can rethink their roles to add tremendous value to their organizations. He will also include case studies on new areas of HR analytics and Big Data.

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A New Model for Integrated Talent Management: Unleashed

Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Join us at The Cornerstone and Bersin by Deloitte London Briefing

The concepts of integrated talent management have been around for nearly a decade now, yet the business world has dramatically changed.

Why you need to attend this briefing:

- Get practical and up-to-date strategies and advice, designed to develop both individual and organisational performance.
- Hear from leaders in their field and engage with them directly.
- Network and share insights with your peers and leading figures in HR.
- Learn and engage at a briefing that will provide you with workable strategies and solutions you can implement for improving real world performance in your organisation.

The briefing features a keynote by Josh Bersin. Josh will present research on today's high-impact talent management, how integrated talent management technology is bringing work to life in many leading organisations and discussing how HR is driving the corporate agenda.

Join us for this exclusive briefing and find out how to release your organisation from the chains of outdated talent management, unleash it with the new model for Integrated Talent Management!

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High-Impact Talent Acquisition: New Roles, New Technology, and Big Data Converge

Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Bersin by Deloitte has just completed a year long research effort to understand the new roles, skills, and technologies driving high-impact talent acquisition today. In this presentation at iRecruit, Josh will unveil this research and describe how the role of the recruiter has changed, how Big Data and Social tools are transforming recruiting, and describe how employment brand and global talent acquisition have come together. Click here for more information.