Jim Kirkpatrick – Kirkpatrick Partners: Training on trial – linking training to business execution results

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Jim Kirkpatrick, President of Kirkpatrick Partners, discusses his recently published book “Training on trial: how workplace learning must reinvent itself to remain relevant”. Jim explains why training is frequently eliminated during a financial downturn. He argues that training professionals must be extremely proactive in demonstrating that training changes employee behaviors that drive business results. This requires rethinking training design and establishing a “chain of evidence” linking training outcomes to business results.

Most leaders don’t care about training, they care about results. Lean how to link the two together this week on Business Execution Radio.

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Nick MacIlvaine – SuccessFactors: Employee Central – the next generation in HR Information Systems

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Nick MacIlvaine, Product Executive at SuccessFactors discusses a software as service offering called “Employee Central” that reinvigorates the role Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) play in driving business execution. Nick draws on more than a decade of experience implementing HRIS tools to contrast the traditional role of more transactional HRIS solutions with the more strategic, dynamic focus of Employee Central. He discusses how Employee Central balances support for more administrative tasks like payroll and benefits with more strategic applications that encourage stronger collaboration, insight and utilization within your company’s workforce.

Want to hear the future of HRIS technology? Listen to Nick MacIlvaine – this week on Business Execution Radio.