Rob Scott's Weblog - Human Resources Management Systems : 7 ways to add value

I'm glad I continued searching his blog - another excellent post - and I've now subscribed to see what else comes next.

Mr. Scott's 7 requirements to extract value from your HRIS, and at this point, I agree with them all.

Rob Scott's Weblog - HR Strategy should not be like kissing your sister!

I'm on another 'HR Maturity' searchabout at the moment, and this one was very insightful. A very interesting article about how misunderstanding the HR maturity of your organization can lead to misalignment of the HR function with the organization's strategy and the resulting inefficiency that can bring.

When Good HR Metrics Go Bad - Case Study: Succession Planning at Wonka Industries

This is awesomely creative, and viewing the 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' story from this perspective is actually quite insightful ... I think - I'm still in the 'chuckling phase,' and haven't quite made it to the 'reflection phase.'

Taleo Blog - Talent Delivers Higher Earnings

Man, am I ever bad at keeping up with things.

Another great post from Taleo's Blog on the subject of talent management, providing evidence that developing and enacting a talent management strategy boosts business.

From the Hackett Group study:

TMMLs [talent management maturity leaders] also have a more advanced technology infrastructure to access talent-related information. Their talent management applications are better integrated, and talent reporting is more standardized, detailed and recurring.

Integrated and standardized. That'd be nice.