Are you taking advantage of leading global HR practices?

How do top-performing organizations support their global HR function?

What HR tools and practices have the greatest global business impact?

To find out answers to these and many other questions, you’re invited to take part in Jeitosa’s Fifth Annual Going Global Survey. Co-sponsored by the association for International Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), Jeitosa’s Going Global Survey covers the global HR, Benefits, Payroll and Talent Management functions, specifically focusing on global HR strategy, global organization design, global business process design, people, competences and culture, plus the global vendor landscape and technology infrastructure options that support the strategy of top-performing organizations.

Read last year’s report here.

Here’s what Bill Kutik, analyst, columnist at HR Executive Magazine and father of the HR Technology Conference says:

“HR is awash in surveys. But amid the clutter, one survey stands out for HR’s international issues and the challenges in going global: Jeitosa Group International’s Going Global Survey. The survey covers global HR strategy, organization, business process, culture, and technology—all the areas where Jeitosa has no real competition that I know of.”

Click here to take the survey now.

In appreciation of your participation, you will be:

1. Provided a copy of the final report.
2. Invited to a webinar presenting the final results.
3. Given the option to participate in a debriefing session to benchmark your organization with others in the study.

If you’re off to OHUG 2012—the annual confab for the Oracle HCM Users Group—in Las Vegas, June 18-22, 2012, mark your event calendar for two enlightening sessions close to our heart, our Tuesday night Sushi & Sake Soiree, and demos of HumanConcepts Suite at Booth #526.

Double Down on HCM Sessions Starring HumanConcepts

How Organizational Planning Rules in the Age of Agility

Presenter: Rana Hobbs, Director of Customer Success, HumanConcepts
Tuesday, June 19, 2:45-3:45 p.m.

Are you a strategic or reluctant planner? HCI research confirms that organizations that build a management discipline around both organizational planning and talent planning enjoy higher employee engagement, profitability, and strategy alignment.

Avoiding the Million Dollar Mistake: How RIFs, M&A and Reorgs Can Cost Your Organization Millions—And What You Can Do to Prevent It

Presenter: Suzanne Johnson, Director of Global Services, HumanConcepts
Tuesday, June 19, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Over 40% of mergers, reorganizations, and RIFs fail to meet committed objectives. Learn how to effectively manage worker realignment and reduction processes to achieve goals and pursue new opportunities.

Sushi & Sake Soiree

Stop by the Japonais Lounge inside the Mirage, on Tuesday, June 19, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for free sushi and drinks and a chance to unwind after a busy day absorbing the conference. RSVP now to events@humanconcepts.com.

With human capital accounting for nearly 70% of an organization’s cost, optimizing the investment demands constant vigilance. While most organizations do engage in planning around talent development, organizational structure and future workforce needs, the planning is often performed on an ad hoc or as-needed basis—and with limited participation from line-of-business leaders.

The Human Capital Institute recently examined the effects of planning on bottom line results. The findings? Organizations that build a management discipline around both organizational planning and talent planning enjoy higher employee engagement, profitability and strategy alignment. Planning for either without the other produces suboptimal results.

HCI’s findings confirm that organizational planning, or creating and adjusting the organizational structure to meet business goals, enables a new level of organizational agility when done with a methodical process on a regular basis.

With an organizational planning discipline, a firm is better prepared to adapt quickly to changes in the business environment and is better equipped for long-term or strategic workforce planning. This flexibility can provide an outstanding competitive edge, especially when an organization is confronted with reorganizations, restructurings or mergers and acquisitions.

Watch HCI Webcast, Get Research Report Free

Learn the value of organizational planning by registering for our upcoming webcast “Creating a Better Plan: Connecting Business Strategy, Structure and Talent,” presented in partnership with HCI, on Wednesday, April 25, 9 a.m. PDT/12 p.m. EDT.

Key topics include:

• Recommended process, ownership and framework for organizational planning.
• The business case for investing in planning initiatives.
• Case Study: Tools and techniques Shionogi Pharmaceutical used to shift from tactical to strategic thinking around organizational issues.

Presenters include Stephen Matthaey, manager of Compensation and HRIS, Shionogi Inc., and Rana Hobbs, director of Customer Success, HumanConcepts.

All webcast attendees will receive a complimentary copy of HCI’s research report.

People are the heart of every organization.

But how do you organize, engage, motivate and develop your people to create a high performance workplace? With the recent Saba acquisition of HumanConcepts, two talent and planning leaders have come together to deliver an unparalleled suite of technology and services to do just that.

To create a high performance workforce, you must have:

• Visibility into talent, risks and gaps.
• Agility to adapt to changing market conditions and
  manage global complexity.
• Engagement to ensure peak retention and performance.
• Business execution that engages, develops and inspires your employees every day.

The ability to understand the organization, react quickly to changing business trends and take care of your people is what differentiates strong, successful organizations from their competitors. We believe our combined offering will provide clients with best-in-breed workforce planning, talent management and transition management solutions.

In short, establishing people-centric processes help create a high performance workforce.

Learn more by registering for our free webinar, “Saba and HumanConcepts: Creating a High Performance Workforce,” on Tuesday, April 24, 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EDT.

Our featured presenters include:

• Katy Colletto, Director, Marketing Programs, HumanConcepts. Katy has been driving product, strategy and thought leadership initiatives with HumanConcepts for the past five years. She engages with customers, partners and industry analysts to track and communicate best practices and trends that help the HR organization achieve success.
• Chris Tratar, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Talent Management, Saba Software. Chris has been in the enterprise software industry for more than 15 years, bringing to market several industry leading solutions with Taleo, Vista Technology Group and JD Edwards. He studies the trends in talent management processes and technologies that help organizations build high performance workplaces that drive business results.

Increasingly, today’s employees “workshift.” That means they work from anywhere, anytime. Furthermore, they and their supervisors now demand more control over managing and developing their careers.

These human capital management trends make the IHRIM 2012 HRMS Strategies Conference and Technology Expo, April 30-May 3, Chicago, with more than 58 educational conference and pre-conference sessions, such a marquee event for HR systems learning.

Citrix Senior Director of Global HRIS and Metrics Rich Berger agrees. “There’s no better place to meet leading HRIS providers than IHRIM,” he says. During the conference, Berger will present a compelling case study, “Manage Talent from Anywhere—Mobile and Cloud Come Together for Citrix.” In it, he will detail how Citrix implemented a robust talent management solution, helping a mobile workforce plan and track talent needs 24x7x365 by leveraging mobile devices (such as iPads) and remote access to corporate talent information, recruiting activities and other mobile apps—all from the cloud.

Expect Berger, a long-time user of HumanConcepts workforce visualization solutions, to drop by our booth (#810) during IHRIM. Learn from a master how combining application-driven software with established business processes and a cloud computing platform can transform a workforce while simultaneously delighting employees and managers.

The latest Bersin & Associates research tells us businesses are struggling to adapt quickly to change and are facing challenges within their HR and Learning departments. Not only are companies unable to keep up with the rate of change, they are losing business opportunities and revenue.

At IMPACT 2012, April 10-13 in St. Petersburg, Florida, we’ll share our own perspective on how companies can better manage organizational change, using HumanConcepts Organizational Planning Suite. Of note, this will be the first show we share an official table with our parent organization, Saba.

HumanConcepts Director of Marketing Programs Katy Colletto is a champion of IMPACT 2012, whose theme this year is Building Business Agility through People. “We’re always thrilled to be part of the conference, one of the top gatherings of HR practitioners and analysts. As participants, we gain incredible insight into market dynamics so we can build better solutions to meet our customer needs.”

More About IMPACT 2012

Expect more than 30 practicing corporate leaders to present in-depth case studies showcasing actionable best practices as well as delivery strategies, bottom-line impact and business case rationale. IMPACT 2011 participants included AT&T, Fidelity Investments, UnitedHealth Group, Turner Broadcasting System, Intuit, MasterCard Incorporated, JetBlue Airways Corporation and Merck & Co. See this year’s list.

Bersin & Associates analysts will present the latest research findings in next-generation recruiting, mobile learning, workforce planning, people strategies in emerging markets, talent management analytics—including what Big Data means for HR.

Visit the IMPACT conference site for registration details.