If you are struggling with ways of ensuring that you have a leadership pipeline, you probably have a High Potentials challenge. This webcast will share some practical approaches and specific techniques from two leading companies with proven programs for identifying and cultivating tomorrow's leaders.

The newest words being tossed out by IT are SOA and Web Services. What does this mean in terms of any advantages for the world of HR technology? Our introduction to the subject will be from a panel of experts, who will take us through the technical evolution that gave rise to SOA. The Web Services and SOA will be presented as both the technical and lay person perspective. We will also explore the skills and knowledge needed to utilize these new technical tools. From understanding these terms we will move into a panel presentation that will provide insights into our HR vendors and consultants, what are they doing to utilize these tools, what can we expect, and how should we prepare.

Wherever in the world your company has operations and employees, you need reliable economic indicators and compensation planning information in order to make equitable, competitive, and cost-effective business decisions that align with your global workforce strategy as well as corporate goals, policies, and practices. Knowing the right market-driven questions to ask anywhere in the world regarding salary trends, unemployment rates, inflation outlook, and anticipated GDP is critical to the success and profitability of your global organizations. This webinar, sponsored by HCR Solutions Software will guide you through critical compensation issues resulting from competing on the global stage -- and provide you information on best practice global compensation systems, processes, and solutions.

Twenty years ago, Dave Duffield founded PeopleSoft utilizing a new, little known technology client/server. Dave invested in this technology as the future for human resource systems delivery. In retrospect, we know that client/server revolutionized HR and PeopleSoft became the dominant vendor for this solution. Today, Dave Duffield is banking on web services as the next revolution in Human Capital Management solutions through his new company Workday.

This presentation will discuss the many faces of Web Services technologies. Internationally renowned experts Karen Beaman founder of Jeitosa Group International and Kelvin Gray of Workday will discuss the benefits of Web Services technology as well as clarify the collection of alphabet soup of acronyms associated with it. Additionally, the presenters will discuss the impact of Web services on the HR industry and what it means for ERP and modern HR solutions.

IHRIM Pacific Southwest invites you to attend our annual day-long event focused on topics critical to HR and HRIT professionals who are faced with the challenge of using information management and technology to address Human Resources' most pressing needs. Join us aboard the historic Queen Mary, the most luxurious ocean liner ever built, to hear what industry experts and your peers from various well-known companies have to say about the future of HR systems and the virtual workplace.

The business world continues to globalize. No longer limited by geography or national boundaries, companies of all size are ‘going global’—compelling HR professionals and other decision makers with significant line-of-business and value creation responsibilities to enter the unchartered territory of sustaining competitiveness worldwide using new tools in new markets. The truth is, building a world-class borderless enterprise is difficult to conceptualize, visualize, and support. The complexities of acculturation as well as the barriers of language, business practices, and international regulations contribute to a lack of organizational clarity when transcending boundaries. This timely, thought-provoking webinar sponsored by HumanConcepts Inc. and Jeitosa Group International will discuss business models for the global stage that embrace growth, highlight proven processes in optimizing a cross-border orientation—and demonstrate a best practice tool to help executives best organize themselves for international operations.

How many presentations have you sat through about HR becoming a strategic business partner? One issue is that HR and HR technology sometimes work in opposing directions: either too charming catering to the soft stuff or too “cerebral” generating a plethora of unintelligible metrics. Statistics show that 80 percent of HR departments have either gone through or are in process of “transformation”. What are the skill sets required to truly transform the role of HR and HRIS in an organization. This presentation will show you how you and your HRMS can be both charming and cerebral, delivering greater business value to your organization.

The IHRIM SF/Bay Chapter will be tying into an IHRIM Webinar to hear Joanne Bintliff-Richie, Chief Strategist at Doublestar, Inc. Joanne will be speaking on the topic, 'Making Workforce Analytics a Reality in your Organization - A Roadmap to Success.' Following this session, plan on staying to hear and interact with two well known names in the industry: - Karen Beaman from Jeitosa Group and an IHRIM Summit Award Winner - Dr. Jac Fitz-enz, the 'father of analytics' and winner of the IHRIM Chariman's Award Karen and Jac will facilitate a discussion about workforce analytics, providing everyone an opportunity to share experiences and observations and ask questions.

IHRIM's Global Forum is the platform for interacting with HR's global visionaries and innovators, testing theoretical findings with real challenges and issues, hearing case studies from practitioners who've been there before you, and learning how to meet greater efficiency and effectiveness demands in an increasingly complex global environment.

The Practical Partnering and Integration Summit 2007, September 27-28, is the indispensable conference for time-pressed technology officers, software development managers, architects, product managers and strategists, and business analysts working within the field of HR services delivery.  It is the key industry event for comparing your company’s strategy to those of the industry’s most innovative companies. The Summit is your chance to obtain critical insights from industry analysts and hear advice from leading technology experts.
To register contact: Chuck Allen <chucka (at) hr-xml (dot) org>

Web services is a technology that has been heralded as the "next big thing" for a number of years now. More recently "service oriented architecture" (SOA) is the buzzword seemingly connected with every technology offering. In 2007, are web services and SOA still just buzz words or are these concepts beginning making a real impact within the HCM marketplace? Are these technologies merely new ways of integrating systems or are there higher-level business benefits being realized?

In this session, internationally renowned experts Karen Beaman, founder of Jeitosa Group International, and Kelvin Gray of Workday will help you cut through the hype with their perspectives about where web services and SOA are making an impact and what challenges exist for the full realization of benefits within the HCM marketplace.

Companies of all shape and size -- whether they are foreign or domestic, start-up or publically traded -- are often faced with the need to determine market rates for mission critical jobs that do not have distinct counterparts in published surveys.  In this educational webinar sponsored by HCR Solutions Software, Judy Canavan, Global Compensation Advisor for Jeitosa Group International, will discuss how to address these types of positions.  Using real examples from her 20+ years of consulting experience, Ms. Canavan points out ways the strategic hiring and positioning of critical talent throughout an organization is dependent, in part, on having the ability to determine job market rates. What do you do when this information is not readily available? What are the factors to consider? What are the steps necessary to determine if compensation and benefit programs are market competitive and internally equitable?

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In this first of a series of regionally-focused thought leadership webinars sponsored by IHRIM, Luiz de Oliveira, Vice President, Business Strategy and Latin America, Jeitosa Group International, discusses Latin America from an HR and HR outsourcing perspective. Participants are provided an overview of HR approaches and processes in Latin America, noting similarities and differences when compared to the US.  The significance of knowing privacy and security policies in the region is explored along with language as a critical component of HR outsourcing success. Questions concerning HR service providers in Latin America are addressed including examples of best practice engagements. Webinar system requirements: PC-based attendees: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista, Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 (Panther®) or newer.

With the rapid growth of the Internet and the emergence of the Digital Economy, with the increase in mobility of people across geographic borders, and with the expansion and multiplicity of regional trade alliances (NAFTA, EEC, ASEAN), the birth of the "global village" is becoming a reality.  Yet, most companies are ill-prepared to take on the challenge of working across borders: the vast majority of our employees have had largely "ethnocentric" upbringings with little to no exposure to how business is done outside their own cultures.  What role does culture play in the workplace and in the success (or failure) of international business interactions?  What are the differences in how people communicate, conduct meetings, make decisions, etc. that are ripe for conflict and misunderstanding in a multi-cultural environment?  The fact that culture has a profound impact on the workplace cannot be disputed.  Karen Beaman talks about the many factors involved in effective cross-cultural communications with the goal of increasing awareness that business around the world cannot be done the same manner that it’s done at home.

Companies of all shape and size -- whether they are foreign or domestic, start-up or publically traded -- are often faced with the need to determine market rates for mission critical jobs that do not have distinct counterparts in published surveys.  In this educational webinar sponsored by HCR Solutions Software, Judy Canavan, Global Compensation Advisor for Jeitosa Group International, will discuss how to address these types of positions.  Using real examples from her 20+ years of consulting experience, Ms. Canavan points out ways the strategic hiring and positioning of critical talent throughout an organization is dependent, in part, on having the ability to determine job market rates. What do you do when this information is not readily available? What are the factors to consider? What are the steps necessary to determine if compensation and benefit programs are market competitive and internally equitable?

Whether to centralize or decentralize the global HRIT organization continues to perplex HR and IT executives. Yet, it turns out that we're not asking the right question. In fact, we've been going about globalization completely the wrong way. The old adage, "Think Global, Act Local", is the inverse of what we should be doing in HRIT. Rather, it is by first "thinking locally" to understand the needs of our local business communities, and then "acting globally" to seamlessly knit together diverse business functions and systems into a holistic approach that we can build an effective and competitive global organization.

Whether to centralize or decentralize the global HRIT organization continues to perplex Human Resources and IT executives. Yet, it turns out that we’re not asking the right questions. In fact, we’ve been going about globalization completely the wrong way. The old adage, “Think Global, Act Local,” is the inverse of what we should be doing in HRIT. Rather, it is by first “thinking locally” to understand the needs of our local business communities, and then “acting globally” to seamlessly knit together diverse business functions and systems into a holistic approach that we can build an effective and competitive global organization.

A widely recognized global HR industry and business leader, Karen Beaman has more than 25 years experience in information systems and human resource management. Before founding Jeitosa, Karen built two highly-regarded consulting businesses: AGConsulting East and ADP Europe (UK, France, and Germany). She is Editor-in-Chief of the IHRIM Journal and is currently working on her fourth industry-focused book. Karen was a significant contributor to the strategy and design of Workday's new global HCM offering. In 2002, she was honored with IHRIM's Summit Award recognizing her outstanding achievement in the field of HR systems.

IHRIM and Jeitosa Group International are partnering to sponsor information sharing and networking sessions in downtown San Francisco to kick off the day. Come join us for breakfast to network with your peers and hear from other leading professionals solutions to HR's many pressing issues. We'll talk about current issues, latest research, industry trends, pain points, and opportunities for senior leaders in the field of HR and HR systems.

IHRIM and Jeitosa Group International are partnering to sponsor information sharing and networking sessions in downtown San Francisco to kick off the day. Come join us for breakfast to network with your peers and hear from other leading professionals solutions to HR's many pressing issues. We'll talk about current issues, latest research, industry trends, pain points, and opportunities for senior leaders in the field of HR and HR systems.

Twenty years ago, Dave Duffield founded PeopleSoft utilizing a new, little known technology client/server. Dave invested in this technology as the future for human resource systems delivery. In retrospect, we know that client/server revolutionized HR and PeopleSoft became the dominant vendor for this solution. Today, Dave Duffield is banking on web services as the next revolution in Human Capital Management solutions through his new company Workday.
 
This presentation will discuss the many faces of Web Services technologies. Internationally renowned experts Karen Beaman founder of The Jeitosa Group and Kelvin Gray of Workday will discuss the benefits of Web Services technology as well as clarify the collection of alphabet soup of acronyms associated with it. Additionally, the presenters will discuss the impact of Web services on the HR industry and what it means for ERP and modern HR solutions.
 
Karen V. Beaman is the founder and Managing Partner of The Jeitosa Group, a worldwide strategic business consultancy focused on making global HR a reality. Most recently, she consulted with Workday as the chief strategist responsible for designing the Global Enterprise Model (GEM) and Human Capital Management (HCM) System.
 
Kelvin Gray is responsible for Workday's Technology Sales Support organization. Kelvin spent 10 years with PeopleSoft in various regional and national sales support roles, providing solutions to customers during the sales cycle. Kelvin holds a M.S. in Information Technology from Northwestern University and a B.A. in Computer Science from Morehouse College.

Organizations are increasingly under pressure to deliver greater value for less cost and to drive enterprise performance management and accountability on a global basis.  But how do you determine value and evaluate cost in a global environment?  What is highly prized in one culture may be looked down upon by another; what is high cost in one country may be cost effective in another.  Metrics on diversity, mobility, satisfaction, retention, rewards, recognition, and so on differ widely in their interpretation, acceptance, relevance, and usefulness in different countries around the world.  The challenge before us is to “think locally, but act globally,”  This means we must first make sure that we truly understand the requirements and conditions in the local business environment; only then can we build a global workforce intelligence model that is effective and relevant on a worldwide basis.  Based on the results of a recent “Going Global” survey, this presentation will describe the types of metrics organizations are using globally, regionally, and locally.  We will attempt to unravel some of the complexities of global workforce intelligence and illuminate the cultural influences organizations face in interpreting and driving organizational performance through predictive analytics and business forecasting.

Every year corporations become more reliant on their human capital, but the replacement cost equivalent of these resources are not considered a key reporting items.  What must HR and technology change to become a key player in corporate strategy?  To become a critical component of key business strategy there are strategy tools which need to be incorporated to assure HR’s seat at all corporate discussions.  This iStream will focus on the various components of strategy development that has been absent from HR planning.  The focus will be on HR, HR systems and Technology strategy.

Whether to centralize or decentralize the global HRIT organization continues to perplex HR and IT executives. Yet, it turns out that we’re not asking the right question. In fact, we’ve been going about globalization completely the wrong way. The old adage, “Think Global, Act Local,” is the inverse of what we should be doing in HRIT. Rather, it is by first “thinking locally” to understand the needs of our local business communities, and then “acting globally” to seamlessly knit together diverse business functions and systems into a holistic approach that we can build an effective and competitive global organization.