Whitepapers & Talent Management Reports
Strategic Thought Leadership from Around the Industry
In addition to its own research, Cornerstone is routinely featured in whitepapers and reports written by leading independent research firms and industry analysts. Below you will find a selection of these reports (registration required).
Aberdeen Group
All Aboard: Effective Onboarding Techniques and Strategies [January 2008]
The Aberdeen Group surveys practitioners to identify key trends in employee onboarding practices. Findings illustrate the areas in which companies are currently tackling onboarding and great areas of opportunity.
Bersin & Associates
The ROI of Talent in a Down Economy [December 2008]
Bersin & Associates Analyst Kim Lamoureux examines the key challenges and focus areas for organisations in today's economic environment to achieve the highest possible return on investment on talent.
Bersin & Associates
Social Networking in Talent Management [October 2008]
Josh Bersin describes changes in the nature of today’s highly networked organisation that call for new ways of managing talent. Of course, real business impact flows from practical use cases and this research describes how to apply corporate social networking in the context of talent management.
Bersin & Associates
The Talent Management Experience Series – New Roles and Expectations for Systems (Part 3 – The Employee Experience) [September 2008]
In the final installment of Leighanne Levensaler’s three part series, the analyst describes why it is useful to evaluate talent management challenges from the perspective of the key stakeholders. In this case, it’s from the perspective of the employee.
Bersin & Associates
The Talent Management Experience Series – New Roles and Expectations for Systems (Part 2 – Business Leader Experience) [June 2008]
In the second part of Leighanne Levensaler’s three part series, the analyst describes why it is useful to evaluate talent management challenges from the perspective of the key stakeholders. In this case, it’s from the perspective of executives.
Bersin & Associates
The Talent Management Experience Series – New Roles and Expectations for Systems (Part 1 – The Manager Experience) [March 2008]
In the first part of Leighanne Levensaler’s three part series, the analyst describes why it is useful to evaluate talent management challenges from the perspective of the key stakeholders. In this case, it’s from the perspective of managers.
Bersin & Associates
Cornerstone OnDemand: A Growing Player in the Evolving Market for Talent Management Software [June 2008]
A profile of Cornerstone OnDemand independently written by leading analyst and research Josh Bersin. The profile also includes interesting findings and data about the state of the talent management market generally.
Bersin & Associates
Talent Management Suites: Executive Summary of Key Findings (Cornerstone profile) [October 2007]
This Cornerstone OnDemand profile comes from the massive original research on the state of the talent management marketplace and analysis of all the key vendors.
Bersin & Associates
Learning Management Systems 2008: Facts, Practical Analysis, Trends and
Vendor Profiles (Cornerstone Profile Only) [June 2007]
Bersin’s comprehensive research of the LMS market and vendors. This is an excerpt of Cornerstone OnDemand’s profile only.
Bersin & Associates
Talent Management What Can We Learn from Experienced Companies? [May 2007]
In this research, Bersin & Associates takes on a series of high-level questions about talent management. To name just a few: what are the forces driving talent management, how does your organisation get started, and what is the role of technology? A primer on talent management.
Cornerstone OnDemand Research
Compliance Challenges for Today’s Talent Managers [December 2007]
A high-level overview of the critical challenges facing HR practitioners around compliance management. Not specific to any one industry, this paper provides solid footing for how to handle a range of compliance, licensure, and certification management issues.
Cornerstone OnDemand Research
Creating “Ready” Strategies for Healthcare People Management [October 2007]
Nowhere is the pressure to attract committed, motivated professionals greater than in healthcare.
In addition to the shortage of skilled workers, healthcare providers must comply with numerous regulations to retain their accreditation.
Cornerstone OnDemand Research
Talent Management Strategies for the Retail Grocery Industry [October 2007]
Retail in general, and the grocery industry specifically, faces a set of unique talent challenges. Coping with often sky-high turnover, the modern grocer has to focus on retention, time-to-competence and how to get the most out of a labor component that is the industry’s largest single cost.
Cornerstone OnDemand Research
Strategic Employee Onboarding: First Impressions Are Everything [October 2007]
Strategic onboarding programs (to be distinguished from tactical “orientation”) last for a minimum of six months and pay attention to more than burying new hires in paperwork. Socialization plays a key role, as does acclimation to corporate culture. Getting new hires up to speed and proficient fast pays huge dividends.
Cornerstone OnDemand Research
Distinct Aspects of True On-Demand Software [2007]
A foundational look at the business case for Software-as-a-Service, including definition of key concepts are defined and the benefits and challenges for important stakeholders in your organisation.
Knowledge Infusion
Buying a Talent Management System: The 11 Key Steps to Success [July 2007]
For many organisations, especially mid-sized companies, the process of procuring a talent management system can seem daunting. Knowledge Infusion outlines eleven key steps to simplifying the processes.
