Connecting People to What Matters Most
Deloittes Talent Research - Part 2
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 "Connecting" matters. CEOs are constantly talking about the need to connect with customers and suppliers, across teams and silos, and to connect to strategies to meet big goals. In this new world of work, diverse groups of people are connected across professions, across generations and across cultures in a huge global network.
Connecting people to what matters most is an important business imperative. Accessing networks provides flexibility to respond to future challenges.
A Deloitte Research study explores this issue and offers practical ideas to build connections that drive innovation and growth. The focus is on three broad kinds of connections: connecting people with people, connecting people to a sense of purpose, and connecting people to resources.
Click here to download the report - It's 2008: Do You Know Where Your Talent Is? Connecting People to What Matters.
Click here to download Part 1 of the series - It's 2008: Do You Know Where Your Talent Is?
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L&D - Aligning the Workforce with Business Objectives
Aberdeen Group Research
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 Workforce learning and development has long been a victim of corporate budget cuts and scrutiny, due in large part to the subjective interpretation of its business impact. However, as organisations face mounting pressures to align the workforce with business objectives, and as they continue to seek ways to improve workforce retention and productivity, learning and development has achieved heightened strategic importance.
In a recent benchmark report, "Learning and Development: Aligning Workforce with Business Objectives," Aberdeen Group found that 77% of Best-in-Class organisations leveraged organisational learning and development to improve employee performance, whereas 41% of Industry Average and only 28% of Laggards were able to do the same. This benchmark report is a compilation of surveys and interviews from 687 organisations globally and highlights how Best-in-Class performers are using a combination of strategies, processes and technology solutions to align the workforce with business objectives and achieve measurable business improvement.
This report examines how global enterprises are utilising learning and development strategies, processes, and solutions to improve workforce retention and productivity, and help organisations adapt to business change. In addition to providing insight into what Best-in-Class companies are doing, this report also offers recommended actions that all companies can take to implement and improve learning and development efforts and achieve competitive advantage.
Click here to download a copy of this report.
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Creating Organisational Transformations McKinsey Global Survey Results
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 The McKinsey Quarterly asked executives from around the world about a recent major change effort at their company, including goals such as completing a merger, dealing with a crisis, or reducing costs. They were asked how their organisations designed and managed the change, how the employees engaged in the change and how involved senior leaders were. Only a third of transformations of any kind were deemed very or extremely successful.
At companies that did change successfully; transformations were managed differently - clear and high goals were set, large number of tactics were used to engage employees, and communication about the change focused on the positive aspects rather than pointing out problems.
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Click here to download a copy of the survey results "Creating Organisational Transformations".
Click here to also download McKinsey research on "The CEO's role in Leading Transformation".
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