Tag: Brian Kimball
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Perspective: Reflecting on the last 30 years in HCM Technology
Written by Brian Kimball I retire at the end of March 2022. My HCM/HR/HRIS career (choose your acronym) has come to completion. I am off to enjoy life with my horses, vineyard, orchard, and gardens with my wife after 30+ years in this space. The past 30 years have covered a lot of ground. It Read Article »
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AQ and why it matters
Written by Brian Kimball The (Human Capital Management) HCM world has focused quite extensively on the importance of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for successful management, development and support of the workforce. Indeed, companies that fail to understand that EQ is just as important as IQ – and therefore account for it accordingly in company and organizational Read Article »
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The Importance of Project Governance
Written by: Brian Kimball Projects – when ungoverned – become unmanageable pretty quickly. This is exacerbated when project teams are comprised of people who have other responsibilities that actually comprise their regular roles within the organization. Very few companies have the luxury of dedicating full time resources to HCM implementations, and many of the people Read Article »
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The Best Laid Plans part 4
I am not certain as to why this happens, but unfortunately it happens anyway in a large number of system deployments. Despite overwhelming evidence that internal resources do not have either the time or the ability or both, companies still proceed to implement systems with the expectation that the end result will be stellar. One Read Article »
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The Best Laid Plans Part 3
Deploying a system is not a sprint – no matter what your vendor tells you. It is a marathon. And it has many stages. Implementation is only one of them. And that can be very fast if needed. But the goal of deployment is not to simply implement. I know – we all get this. Read Article »
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