Voice of Lumesse

Lumesse Recognised as Talent Management ‘Visionary’ - Gartner

Lumesse has been recognised as a market ‘Visionary’ by leading research and advisory company, Gartner, in its recent Magic Quadrant for Talent Management Suites.* Gartner positions Lumesse based on its ability to execute and completeness of vision. We believe this new report underlines the value of Lumesse to organisations struggling to manage talent in an increasingly complex world.

Agile Succession - HR's Toughest Challenge

How often do the people responsible for recruitment, compensation or any other key HR function actually work with succession experts in a co-ordinated way which can deliver the agility a functional succession plan needs?

Writing in Human Resources Executive Online, Daniela Porr examines the challenges and opportunities presented when developing a succession strategy.

Lumesse rated #1 in HRO Today Baker’s Dozen for 2nd year in a row

The recently published HRO Today Baker’s Dozen customer satisfaction rankings for Talent Management software have once again placed Lumesse in the #1 position.  It’s the second year in a row Lumesse has topped the HRO Today rankings list, which are compiled from user feedback across three key categories including, scope of product features, market environment and quality of service.

Five Key HR Trends for 2013

In a recent article, HR guru Dave Ulrich described HR as having moved through a range of stages, from administration to developing HR practices such as reward, succession planning and learning to connecting HR to business strategy. He then went on to describe the next stage in the development of HR, which he calls 'HR outside in'.

Ulrich says that 'HR outside in' will see HR teams look outside of their organisations to customers, investors and communities to define what successful HR looks like. As Peter Cheese, CEO, CIPD, says: “There are now so many critical business, economic and social issues that are genuinely strategic and that we have to engage with and have the confidence to talk to."

HR Tech Europe - What the panel said . . .

Day one of the HR tech Conference 2012 ended with a panel debate hosted by conference MC, Jon Ingham. Here are some of the highlights . . .

[Panel left to right: Vinzenz Kremer, global head HR IT Consulting, Accenture, David Wilson, founder, Elearnity, Josh Bersin, CEO, Bersin & Associates, Thomas Otter, VP research, Gartner, Sarah White, founder, Sarah White & Associates]

Q: Can you tell us about what you are seeing in new HR technology?

VK: 85% of deals in last year were Saas - this is a revolution (although it is worth noting that Lumesse has seen a roughly 50:50 split this year so there’s still plenty of our customers not looking at SaaS). Key part of this is user experience – just take a look at sites like Worker.com and Jobs to Web. If you go for an SaaS solution you will reduce workload in your shared service centre by half.

HR Tech Europe - What Makes an Agile Business? Views from Josh Bersin

Josh Bersin, CEO, Bersin and Associates provided a 30-minute insight into agile business at his HR Tech Europe session ‘New talent strategies: building an agile business in today's borderless workplace’.

He set the scene of 21^st century business in which globalisation has impacted on the ways organisations operate. 

What does this look like? Well, organisations in emerging markets require different leadership models to those in the West, there is a move towards specialisation in skills, and organisations are now becoming more diverse, which is leading to improved performance.

Agile Learning: a lesson from sports science

In the last few days I have witnessed amazing performances from the Team GB cycling and rowing teams. Both teams have secured 9 Olympic medals, both have athlete and machine working in perfect harmony.

 I found myself asking the question as to what is the magic ingredient which has enabled such a high degree of success. Is it the technology or the talent? Could Team GB take any of the other Olympic riders on a GB bike and turn them into a gold medal rider? Or is it a perfectly blended combination of technology, talent and environment.