Today’s blog post is over at InsideTMT. After a flurry of action last week with the acquisitions of SuccessFactors and Jobs2Web, we are now in wait and see mode looking for the next shoe to drop. But whenever a big move is made like this, it is always interesting to see how the competitors respond. I [...]
Another post over at InsideTMT. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…. There had been lot’s of speculation that Jobs2Web would be plucked from the pack of Extension products this year, but after last week’s news would you have guessed SuccessFactors? Please click through to read more……..
I published my blog post over on InsideTMT this morning. Last week I wrote a post about how LinkedIn might be having an identity crisis. That was based purely on my own speculation and the rumor mill as I have never had an opportunity to receive a briefing from them regarding their vision. My good [...]
It was a great holiday weekend, lot’s of good food and drink, visits from relatives, and the traditional Turkey Bowl football game. Our closest friends have five kids, we have four, add a few relatives and it’s a pretty big game. This year it was nine against nine. As an adult in these games you [...]
This morning I published my blog post over at InsideTMT. Earlier this year I was participating in an industry event and a sales executive for a Talent Management Technology vendor was telling the story about how he had won a big deal. Part of the story included how much better off the client would be on [...]
I published a blog post over at InsideTMT regarding the acquisition of The Right Thing by ADP. While most analysts have lauded this as a great move and puts ADP in a leading position in the RPO market, it will be no walk in the park. Click through to read more.
In the last five years or so the concept of employee engagement has taken center stage as the holy grail metric for Human Capital Management (HCM). There are quite a few studies that demonstrate the bottom line impact of increasing employee engagement, and if you google it you can find plenty. This article (click here) [...]
This morning I published my blog post over at InsideTMT. It is about a new joint venture among four niche software vendors coming together to offer a comprehensive Talent Management Suite, called HR in The Cloud. Please click through to check it out. I have also been slowly publishing several product demonstrations that I recorded [...]
Many years ago when we moved into our first single family home we had a pretty good sized yard. A little more than 1/2 an acre. While it was not completely necessary, I took the opportunity to head to the Home Depot and buy a riding lawn mower. I forget the brand name, but it [...]
In my junior year in high school we put on the play Man of La Mancha (that’s me on the left). It is based on the fictional story of Don Quixote, a retired country gentleman who goes a little crazy after reading too many books of chivalry and fancies himself a knight in shining armor. He [...]
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