Bersin & Associates News Events

Creating a High-Performance Organization: A Discussion with David Malfitano about Wayne Farms' Performance Management Transformation

Stacia Sherman Garr, Senior Analyst — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

As organizations ask their employees to deliver more with less, effectively managing performance has never been more critical. However, many organizations have a performance management process that is inconsistent, misaligned with business needs and fails to differentiate employees or reward them based on impact. This was the situation at Wayne Farms LLC in 2003. Since then, the organization has gone through a total performance management transformation. The result is that performance is now more a part of the organization’s culture, with managers more proficient at addressing performance problems as they occur and being able to effectively differentiate performance levels.

This webcast will discuss the critical steps in this journey, providing listeners with a roadmap for doing this at their own organization. David Malfitano, vice president and chief human resource officer for Wayne Farms LLC will join Stacia to discuss Wayne Farms' performance management transformation. During the call, you will learn:

The steps Wayne Farms took to instill performance management discipline
The key organizational and process changes they made
Critical components of the change management effort
The business results of these efforts.

There will be time for Q&A at the end of the call to ask David questions about this performance management transformation.

Boost Performance by Developing Careers

Josh Bersin, President — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Best-in-class companies have rediscovered a weapon for sustainable competitive advantage - employee performance.

In this webinar, Josh will outline the best practices that drive performance by implementing development-driven performance management.

You'll learn:

How to rapidly improve performance with coaching and development
How actionable career development decisions drive retention and engagement
How you can develop leaders and create high performance culture with development-driven performance management

High Impact HR: Key Truths About the Path to Excellence and 10 Best Practices to Incorporate Along the Way

Stacey Harris, Principal Analyst — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Faced with changing workforce demographics, challenging economics, rapidly changing regulatory environments, and a consolidating menu of system providers, HR organizations need to deliver ever-greater levels of service, support and business alignment to their organizations.

In this webinar, Stacey Harris will share research from Bersin & Associates’ newest practice – the discipline of Human Resources. Stacey will discuss the characteristics of a high impact HR organization, three key truths and the top 10 best practices that provide the greatest impact on HR’s ability to be efficient, effective, and well aligned with their business needs. Stacey studied 720 organizations to identify the key trends, best practices, and insights found across organizations of multiple sizes and industries.

Please join Stacey as she discusses the value of an HR organization and governance models; the critical role of the HR Business Partner; strategic HR services and delivery models; outsourcing for value; HR systems and HR measurement; and the importance of HR internal development.

Don’t miss the Q&A at the end where you can ask Stacey questions about this research from our newest practice.

Evolution of the Learning System: How it Affects You

David Mallon, Principal Analyst — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Our latest research reveals new trends in the learning systems market: consolidation of vendors, product specialization, and globalization. How can you make sure that you are up-to-date with changes in the LMS market, new feature sets, and evolving product strategies?

Whether you are considering a new LMS or looking to evaluate your current system, you won’t want to miss this webinar session with Bersin & Associates’ learning systems expert, David Mallon. He’ll present top findings from his most recent research. You’ll get a panoramic view of the vendor landscape and also learn about the trends and issues influencing product directions such as social and informal learning. He’ll discuss budget and operating challenges, consolidation issues, and new functionality for talent management. There will be Q&A at the end where you can ask David questions about the ever changing LMS marketplace.

2011 Predictions: Building the Borderless Workplace

Josh Bersin, President — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

2010 has been an exciting and frustrating year for both HR professionals and their organizations. Unemployment is high and hiring more difficult than ever. The multi-generational workforce requires organizations to be adept at hiring, retaining and growing talent, from baby boomers to new graduates in their 20s. Organizations are globalizing and growing beyond their traditional geographic footprints, requiring systematic yet localized recruiting, development and talent mobility solutions. Nearly every organization is operating in a far more uncertain and rapidly changing environment now than they were are the start of the year. And all of this change is taking place in a rapidly consolidating systems environment.

Join Josh for his 2011 Predictions about how leading edge HR teams will drive competitive advantage for their organizations by building Businesses without Borders. Josh’s predictions will cover topics from the role of learning culture in the organization to new models for leadership development to the rapidly changing world of talent acquisition. Don’t miss the Q&A at the end where you can ask Josh questions about his Predictions.

Building a Better Business Case for Talent Management

Stacey Harris, Principal Analyst; Karen O'Leonard, Principal Analyst — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Have you been asked to demonstrate the value of your talent management efforts? Are you currently building a business case for future talent management initiatives? Join us for a roundtable discussion on the tangible and intangible benefits of implementing a strategic approach to talent management.

Our presenters will kick off the session with findings from our recent research, which show how mature talent management can lead to higher employee retention, promotion rates, and engagement scores. Those findings will help to generate some discussion, and we will ask you to provide input on how talent management has impacted your business.

Some items that will be helpful to bring to the discussion include:

A sample business case for talent process or system improvements
Your current talent strategy
Scorecards, dashboards, or measurement plans for evaluating talent initiatives

We look forward to an engaging discussion.

The European Digital Education Agenda

Josh Bersin, President — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ELIG has a significant presence at the 2010 ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN. This pre-conference workshop will focus on questions related to the European Digital Education Agenda.

The European digital education market is still in the early stages of development. Emerging Internet service platforms (such as social networks or workplace-embedded cloud services), content distribution models, devices (such as the iPad) and the significantly higher bandwidths of new mobile (4G) and fixed line (Gigabit) networks offer a radically changed environment for digitizing education.

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Today’s High-Impact Corporate Learning: The Role of Learning Culture

Josh Bersin, President — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Josh Bersin will be a part of an excellent panel of speakers at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN. He'll be talking about Today’s High-Impact Corporate Learning: The Role of Learning Culture.

Issues to be presented and discussed in this panel session will include the challenges of value creation in the knowledge economy, knowledge navigation and intellectual capital, and the key practices that are driving high performing learning cultures in organisations. Additionally, specific examples of how organisations are learning how to “learn at the speed of need” will give insights for participants to take back to their own organisations.

Speakers Include:

Leif Edvinsson, University of Lund, Sweden, Knowledge Navigation, Intelligence for the Societal Innovation

Josh Bersin, Bersin & Associates, USA, Today’s High-Impact Corporate Learning: The Role of Learning Culture

Joe Pokropski, Thomson Reuters, USA, SWITCH Happens! The Challenges of Learning at the Speed of Need

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Balancing Individual and Organizational Learning

Josh Bersin, President — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

This session will explore the nature of new knowledge worker skills, how organizations can provide the most effective training approaches for current needs and what organizations might consider doing to strike a balance between empowering knowledge workers and upholding the values, aims and objectives of a modern and successful organization.

Speakers:
Josh Bersin, Bersin & Associates , USA
Martti Raevaara, Aalto University, Finland
Paul Hunter, Corporate Learning Network – IMD, Switzerland
Fabrizio Cardinali, eXact learning solutions / European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), Italy

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The Changing Learning Function: Rethinking How Your Organization Works

David Mallon, Principal Analyst — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Today’s modern corporate learning and development functions face tremendous pressures. Learning leaders say that their three biggest challenges today are building the next generation of blended-learning programs, using social networking and other tools to enhance the learning culture, and updating and getting better understanding of the disciplines of the modern training organization. The fundamental principles of training have not changed — employees still need deep levels of skills, experience, and practice to become proficient with any role, as well as continuous training to stay current on the company’s products, processes, and markets. What is changing, however, is the recognition that most learning is informal and learner-initiated, and forward-thinking companies are shifting focus and resources away from company-driven, formal learning programs to supporting the natural flow of learning across the organization.

Participants in this session will discover how these changes present many challenges, from the redesign of learning programs to re-skilling of learning teams.

In this session, you will learn:

The key approaches, practices, and disciplines of modern corporate training
The role of the learning function in informal and social learning
How a learning organization can use informal learning in a more formal way
The relevance of a learning culture to the business
The role the learning function plays in cultivating a culture of learning

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