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Market Alert: Paylocity Expands Its Suite of Services and Solutions

What Happened Last week, Paylocity, a leading cloud human capital management (HCM) and payroll software company, expanded its suite of services and solutions with the introduction of two new products. Employee Voice and Recognition & Rewards may both be broadly categorized as employee engagement offerings, but each meets a distinct and critical need for organizations aiming to attract and retain top talent and maintain a competitive edge with the modern workforce. Background Employee Voice from Paylocity is designed to gather employee feedback and procure pertinent insights from it without extra work on the part of an organization’s HR team. Building on the vendor’s existing Surveys tool, Employee Voice automates the survey process to collect employee responses and collate them into functional, digestible dashboards and heatmaps. […]

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Guest LinkedIn Live: Blueprint for keeping your organization agile

  Steve Goldberg, HCM research & advisory, and Jennifer Borun, senior director, analyst relations and strategic engagement of Cornerstone, sat down on LinkedIn Live to discuss how to guide your organization through solving future problems and succeeding in a volatile market. Take one look at the news (or your LinkedIn feed), and you’ll see a lot of talk about market changes and economic shifts. There’s fear and uncertainty about what’s to come. Steve explained that unpredictability and volatility are relative concepts, but the landscape of a pandemic has given these terms a tangible depth and taken uncertainty to a new level. That level, Steve said, is “a period of max fluidity.” Fancy term! But what is “max fluidity”? Think of the supply chain disruptions currently […]

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deal architect Guest Podcast: Burning Platform – Insights from Fall 2023 Industry Events

For this 104rd  episode of Burning Platform, Vinnie Mirchandani host Pete Tiliakos of 3Sixty Insights and Jon Reed of Diginomica. He invited them both as we approach the end of Fall slate of Industry Events to get a distillation of perspectives from 25 or so events the three of them were privileged to be part of. It is a rapid-fire 40 minutes and they broadly go over 5 topics. As smart analysts are prone to do, they have strong opinions, they disagree on several points, and take off on some tangents including one on the potential global scenario of “de-dollarization” starting around 31.00 The first section summarizes their “sentiment” and the attendee vibe they picked up from the events. Vendor AR and event managers will […]

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Monthly Research Recap | October 2023

Upcoming Events: Webinar: Performance Management Today | November 20, 2023 @ 2pm EST Those attending this Performance Management Today webinar will hear about advances in this HR process area like check-ins, continuous performance management and having the process encompass employee career goals. That said, the webinar will focus even more on newer and less obvious considerations for designing a very modern PM process, some of which our presenter had a role in originating and broadly syndicating. Webinar: HR Planning for FY24: Business as Unusual | Thursday, November 16, 2023, 10:00am – 11:00am PST Join this Q&A session to hear from organizational agility expert and industry analyst, advisor and influencer Steve Goldberg on how to enact, enable and embrace change at your company – regardless of […]

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Blueboard Guest Blog: Curating Company Culture in a Complex Talent Market

Curated—(kyur-a-ted) Adjective Selected, organized, and presented using professional or expert knowledge.  Carefully chosen. (Merriam-Webster) There is a constant flow of research and information on what the HR agenda should be in organizations in 2023. Topics range from AI and the search for talent, to where, how and when people work, to becoming a skills-first organization. Attracting and retaining top talent has become more challenging in our post-pandemic reality. People want more from work—they want connection, belonging, alignment on values, flexibility, career development, learning, customization, and they want to have great work experiences—not just every now and then, but every day. People want work to be fulfilling and engaging. They want to be passionate about what they are doing and where they are working. It sounds like […]

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Webinar: Performance Management Today | November 20, 2023 @ 2pm EST

There are some startling numbers being reported around our declining productivity rates. It is down 4.1% on an annualized basis in the U.S., which is the largest decline since 1948. And it’s not that different globally. And when this issue comes up in leadership team meetings, there are a few related topics that often come up as well. One is whether technology and automation are being leveraged adequately and intelligently. Another is whether people need more training, including managers. And every now and then, the focus is squarely placed on an organization’s performance management process, including whether the current process itself has a direct positive effect on productivity. Those attending this Performance Management Today webinar will hear about advances in this HR process area like check-ins, […]

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3Sixty Insights Names Pamela Stroko Director and Principal Analyst of Talent and Performance Management

BOSTON, MA – 3Sixty Insights, a research, advisory, and consulting firm, is pleased to welcome Pamela Stroko to its leadership team. Stroko will head the company’s talent management practice area as that division’s Director and Principal Analyst. “Pamela is well-known as a thought leader in the talent management space,” said Nicholas Biron, founder and CEO of 3Sixty Insights. “We are delighted that she is bringing her wealth of expertise as a practitioner, as a consultant, and on the vendor side to our analyst team.” Stroko is an experienced HCM practitioner and an expert in HR technology. She previously served as Vice President of HCM Transformation & Thought Leadership at Oracle, and, more recently, led her own HCM consultancy. She has helped numerous organizations develop their […]

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Pulse Survey: What Makes Leave Management the #1 Pain Point – and How to Fix It

A recent herronpalmer survey on HR-Payroll revealed that more than half (60%) of companies cited leave management as a #1 leading pain point for the smooth and efficient running of payroll – 2x that of any other aspect of paying the workforce!  Diagnosing technology and process pain points has been the HR/Payroll conversation most requested by Total Rewards leaders in 2022 and 2023. What is it then that makes the interaction between this data and payroll twice as painful as any other aspect of paying the workforce? We invite you to spend 10-15 minutes to provide your input – and will share the results from our first HR Practitioner Pulse survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LeavePainPoints

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Analyst Insight: Talent Intelligence Fundamentally Shifts How Organizations Should Measure Success

As 2023 rang in, so did the hype over artificial intelligence, particularly with generative AI (such as ChatGPT). Seemingly overnight, the long-gathering buzz surrounding AI’s applicability not only to the world of work, but also to business and everything else, became nearly deafening. AI has become seemingly pertinent to just about everything — and it probably is. As more industries begin to realize the opportunities this rapidly developing technology presents to their operations and bottom lines, questions abound. Front-and-center among them is: where to start? In human capital management (HCM), the answer is, just about anywhere. We see vendors applying AI to their solutions for payroll, scheduling, employee self-service, performance management, benefits administration — the list goes on. Name a subdomain of HCM, and there’s […]

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Case Study Vignette: Harri – Helping a Private Equity Fund Protect and Grow the Value of Its Restaurant Investments

Private equity can be a tough business. So is the restaurant industry. Imagine combining the two. A private equity firm first and foremost must have wealth. And it must be adept at conserving and building that wealth. Those are the main criteria for success. As for running a restaurant, the margins can be thin. This is why, for any restaurant, among the most time-consuming activities (and greatest operational costs) are those associated with employing people effectively and compliantly. Scheduling is a big one here. Putting together employees’ hours is another. With non-exempt staff’s fluctuating hours and toggling between workweeks considered part-time and full-time under the law, benefits administration can be a big challenge, too. At a restaurant, these operational costs have a way of easily […]

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Anatomy of a Decision: Harri’s Consultative, Collaborative Approach Equips Restaurants to Manage Growth and Support Employee Experience

What You Need to Know Growth and expansion are priority goals for restaurant owners. With these goals come many questions about how to grow. How do I manage multiple locations? How do I communicate directly with employees? How do I streamline employee onboarding? How do I remain compliant with labor regulations in each state? How do I make it easy for employees to see schedules, trade shifts, and communicate with managers? Finding efficiencies and creating repeatable processes for performance management contribute to answering all of these questions and to driving a restaurant business toward future growth. 3Sixty Insights’ discussions with users of Harri show that the vendor and its HCM software suite help keep restaurants running smoothly and consistently from one location to hundreds and […]

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Navigating HR Tech: Best-in-Breed Talent Solutions vs. All-in-One Platforms

Navigating HR Tech: Best-in-Breed Talent Solutions vs. All-in-One Platforms

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of human resources, technology has emerged as a transformative force, reshaping the way organizations manage and engage their most valuable asset: their talent. From recruitment and onboarding to performance management and career development, the realms of HR have been irrevocably altered by innovative solutions that streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and elevate the employee experience. As organizations grapple with the challenges of a dynamic workforce and the demand for unprecedented levels of agility, the significance of selecting the right HR technology solutions has reached paramount importance. With a plethora of options available, ranging from specialized best-in-breed tools to comprehensive all-in-one platforms, the choices can be both empowering and overwhelming. 3Sixty Insights aims to illuminate the intricacies of this critical decision-making process, […]

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Now of Work Guest Podcast – Women in HR Tech Summit — Exclusive Preview

Headed to HR Technology Conference on Oct 10-13? Still on the fence? Reason #117 to go (you could say #1 reason): The Women in HR Technology Summit is included in your premium pass, and it’s the only conference program like it. Jeanne Achille is the Program Chair for Women in HR Tech, and she covered the origins of this powerful summit with my co-host, Jess Von Bank! HR is dominated by women, even at executive levels where the numbers normally skew toward men. So why this summit and these topics? Jess and Jeanne also discussed the programming for Women in HR Tech, which includes six sessions and keynotes designed to provide valuable insights into topics that impact everyone in the workforce, including how to generate new leadership opportunities for women, and how to build cultures of […]

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Case Study: Rutherford Investment Company Partners with isolved to Evolve from Operational to Strategic HR

What You Need to Know We often discuss digitization as a way to facilitate operational HR—the nitty gritty fundamentals, the necessities, the boxes that need to be checked. The assumption inherent in these conversations is that greasing the path for these compliance-oriented tasks will free up time for strategic HR, reducing administrative tedium in favor of higher-level, people-oriented efforts. This journey to HCM maturity is a long series of steps, each at once meaningful and small. It is a path to success we’ve seen unfold time and time again with users of isolved. Put these small steps aside, however. Consider also that it’s so often the small things that define the employee experience, always a priority no matter where an organization is in its HCM […]

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Analyst Insight: Insperity Empowers People Leader at CoreRx to Demonstrate HR’s Strategic Value to the Organization

Six years ago, Kevin Rierson became the very first HR person at CoreRx. In business for 11 years at the time, CoreRx, which now employs approximately 200 people (with some seasonal ebb and flow), is what’s known in the pharmaceutical industry as a contract manufacturing organization (CMO). This means it formulates drug delivery methods, such as tablets and capsules, and moves them through the manufacturing process to be cleared and approved by the FDA. Before Rierson joined CoreRx as the HR director, HR at the company fell under the authority of an “accidental HR person” — in the parlance of human capital management (HCM), someone with another, official role who also happened to be responsible for tactical, operational HR. It’s easy to imagine the result […]

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Anatomy of a Decision: Frontline Employee Experience Platform Harri Drives Operational and Financial Excellence for Jersey Mike’s Subs

What You Need to Know At what point does a business pause to consider the costs of managing HR processes on paper and in digital spreadsheets? Where does the push come from to trigger an analysis of manual processes vs. automation? In many cases, manual processes work just fine and a ‘don’t fix it if it ain’t broke’ perspective leaves those processes neglected until a problem arises. Because something is working, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s efficient. What if transitioning human capital management (HCM) processes from manual to automated can save a significant amount of time, money, and frustration for your business? HCM automation enables swift execution of scheduling and recruiting processes that currently consume large chunks of time for businesses. Automation alleviates complex […]

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Professional Employer Organizations: Getting From Operational to Strategic

When it comes to HR, most small businesses reach a point of reckoning. They finally realize they can’t wing it anymore, whether that be with accidental HR people or inadequate technology — or, for the latter, none at all beyond email, perhaps a shared drive, and standard-issue spreadsheet software. (Believe us when we say, even well past the second decade of the 21st century, we still see it all in the interviews 3Sixty Insights conducts with users….) Reaching their senses, small businesses eventually seek structure for all the complexities and red tape associated with the management of the employment of people. This is when they may call up the services of a typical professional employer organization. Most of the time, these employers are stretched as […]

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Analyst Insight: Collaborative Success – Adopting Cornerstone Through Strong Solution Provider and Customer Partnership

Introduction The successful implementation of a solution like Cornerstone requires a collaborative effort between the solution provider and the company, with both parties having important responsibilities throughout the process to ensure success and desired outcomes. Companies that implement performance management systems, like Cornerstone, realize huge administrative savings and set the stage for dynamic performance conversations. Long gone are the days when our HR professionals can be effective by collecting performance data on paper forms and storing them in file folders. Administrators and HR managers are more efficient when multiple processes like training, performance, recruiting, and compensation are centralized into one system. A solution like Cornerstone alleviates cumbersome bouncing between program windows and measurement tools to deliver intricate data insights that work together without manual interpretation. […]

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Market Alert: Cornerstone Content Studio & Opportunity Marketplace: Enhancing Talent Experience with Holistic Learning and Development Solutions

What Happened In April of this year, Cornerstone announced two new offerings that appear poised to enhance the vendor’s dominance. Cornerstone, known for more than 20 years as a provider of corporate learning solutions, became an end-to-end learning suite when it acquired EdCast and that company’s learning experience platform (LXP) in early 2022. 3Sixty Insights reported at the time that the move made Cornerstone the first mature, single-vendor solution of its kind, uniquely positioned to meet the needs of the future of work. Now the company has upped the ante with the introduction of its Content Studio and Opportunity Marketplace products, expanding its  consequence in talent experience and moving ever closer to its goal of presenting the ultimate holistic people experience. Background Each of these […]

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#HRTechChat: Marta Weinstock, Senior Director of Operations at Rutherford Investment Company

#HRTechChat: Marta Weinstock, Senior Director of Operations at Rutherford Investment Company

Marta Weinstock, my guest for this episode of the #HRTechChat video podcast, is senior director of operations at California-based Rutherford Investment Company. Part of her charter at Rutherford Investments is to get human capital management as efficient as possible. Under the aegis of her leadership and the help of isolved, the employer’s journey along the road to HCM maturity has been sweeping and inspiring. With isolved, Marta has brought order to a previously dysfunctional, disorganized HR ecosystem. Leading the charge for digital transformation from the inside, Marta has witnessed first-hand not only the excellent capabilities found in isolved’s software-as-a-service People Cloud™, but also the highly attentive approach of isolved’s HR services team. Our #HRTechChat Series is also available as a podcast on the following platforms: […]

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