Comments on: The Perennial Fire Drill http://perceptivehrtech.com/2009/01/16/the-perennial-fire-drill/ Insight into today's HR technology issues and trends Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dale Henry http://perceptivehrtech.com/2009/01/16/the-perennial-fire-drill/#comment-194 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:14:59 +0000 http://perceptivehrtech.com/?p=108#comment-194 Larry, if HR can clearly & effectively make the case that the current environment/situation isn’t a ‘current cost cutting issue’, it’s instead a ‘performance (and leadership) issue with a cost CONSTRAINT’, then HR might get more attention. Because we all know the reality is the layoff IS the ‘fire drill’, but after it’s over management is left to deal with the ‘smoldering remains’. You still need to run the business effectively and do all that was required prior to the layoff.

But without that level of leadership, they will just be the ones to ‘go run and get us whatever data we have’, and their budgets will be cut more than others (after they’re done executing the layoffs, of course.)

]]> By: Naomi Bloom http://perceptivehrtech.com/2009/01/16/the-perennial-fire-drill/#comment-191 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:51:37 +0000 http://perceptivehrtech.com/?p=108#comment-191 Larry, I am not sanguine about how aggressively the HR community will make the case for improved data management, especially as it relates to talent management, in the face of the worst economy that even I have ever seen. If past recessions are any indicator, spending on HR technology beyond the most administrative, headcount-based ROI business cases (and we all know that such business cases are very long in the tooth) isn’t likely to increase during this one. That said, a lot has been spent over the last few years on the kind of software that really does help management make wiser decisions about who to keep now, how to engage and develop those we do keep, and who and how to unleash them when opportunities improve. Naomi

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