Starbucks made a splash recently by closing 8,000 stores to provide unconscious bias training for over 100,000 employees. The company decided on this widespread training after an employee stopped two black men from using their onsite restroom in a Philadelphia store.As a former Chief Learning Officer at multiple organizations, I don't think this training will change much. And, as a consultant, I c...

Thanks Cornerstone! I was a kid in your Convergence candy score just a few weeks ago. As a result, I'm a bit wiser today, stuffed with fresh ideas, greater awareness, and many new friends. Here's what I observed and learned at the conference.At the event, over 2000 participants listened to leadership and industry thought leaders and clients share stories, offer tips, and release practical pearls o...

To learn more about Cornerstone Content please visit http://csod.com

Adobe Systems’ successful business transformation to a cloud-based business with a subscription model required significant shifts in infrastructure, mindsets and practices. Listening deeply to leaders, managers and employees, Adobe’s employee experience team abolished the annual performance review process for a light-weight performance management approach that provided more flexibility in a fast-p...

Dear ReWorker,If an employee reports harassment to their manager, is it the responsibility of the manager to report it to HR? What should if the employee doesn't want the complaint to go to HR, and the manager doesn't want to lose the employee's trust? And, what should a manager do if the employee describes the situation, but doesn't provides the name of the alleged harasser? Does a manager need t...

Hiring managers often become a company's primary representatives, especially for small businesses that are working to build a reputation and gain traction. These managers represent the company values to those outside of the organization, and play a primary role in attracting potential employees and growing the team.When it comes to bringing new recruitment managers on board, C-level executives sho...

"It's about time you got your act together," a young boy clad in business attire told the crowd at Cornerstone's 17th annual Convergence conference last week.The candor behind his statement garnered some laughs, but there were also head nods: yes, attendees agreed, it is about time. Navigating the future of work and making way for the next generation of workers—like the kids in the video—was top-o...

Editor's Note: In today's fast-paced news cycle, we know it's difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest HR trends and stories. To make sure you're updated, we're recapping our most popular articles every month in our "In Case You Missed It" series. Keep reading for May's top stories!Why Working With Your Hands Is Key to Creativity in the WorkplaceVan Lai-DuMone, CEO and founder of WorksmAR...

Cornerstone has been spending a lot of time gazing into our crystal ball and thinking about the future. More specifically, how organisations like yours can navigate the future and prepare for the emerging Skills Economy. The way we see it, we are at a critical juncture where the world is experiencing a major shift in the way everyone works and learns. The most successful companies continually rei...

Worried about the future? We don't blame you. It's time to start preparing for the future of work. Learn more at http://csod.com/skillseconomy. To view more videos from the workforce of tomorrow, click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRZad6_yL927Yo-nsRK7EqUySw2AVhtBM

The Skills Economy is changing the way organizations identify and evaluate job candidates. One thing is clear: The traditional resume is no longer adequate. In our five-part mini-series, we explore how the resume of the future will help companies win the war for talent. Check out part one here.Claire McTaggart, is tired of the traditional resume.After trying on different jobs in her 20s—from polit...

Cornerstone has been spending a lot of time gazing into our crystal ball and thinking about the future. More specifically, how organisations like yours can navigate the future and prepare for the emerging Skills Economy. The way we see it, we are at a critical juncture where the world is experiencing a major shift in the way everyone works and learns. The most successful companies continually re...

Cornerstone has been spending a lot of time gazing into our crystal ball and thinking about the future. More specifically, how organisations like yours can navigate the future and prepare for the emerging Skills Economy. The way we see it, we are at a critical juncture where the world is experiencing a major shift in the way everyone works and learns. The most successful companies continually rei...

Cornerstone has been spending a lot of time gazing into our crystal ball and thinking about the future. More specifically, how organisations like yours can navigate the future and prepare for the emerging Skills Economy. The way we see it, we are at a critical juncture where the world is experiencing a major shift in the way everyone works and learns. The most successful companies continually rei...

Editor's Note: This post is part of our "Cartoon Coffee Break" series. While we take talent management seriously, we also know it's important to have a good laugh. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon.Thinking of shaking up your onboarding process? Try doing away with the probation period.Header photo: Creative CommonsCategories: Talent ManagementArticle Tags: Talent Management

At 16th annual Convergence conference, Cornerstone recognized the recipients of its 2018 Client RAVE (Remarkable Achievements and Visionary Elites) Awards. Winners were evaluated across a wide range of criteria and recognized based on their innovative approaches to using and adopting Cornerstone’s software and services to advance their people management initiatives. Recipients include: Horace Man...

Over the next decade, our world will become more connected than ever before. Anything that can be distributed will be distributed: workforces, organizations, supply webs and more. The tired practices of centralized organizations will become brittle in a future where authority is radically decentralized. Rigid hierarchies will give way to liquid structures. Most leaders — and most organizations — a...

Let’s be radically candid around innovation in HR technology……. what IS the impact on talent management? HR Leaders hear the buzz about Artificial Intelligence, machine learning and other tools in the HR space. But what technology can further innovation in talent management? And what is just hype? Hear from our panel of experts from 3 innovative organizations for insights into where they are head...

We’ve entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where cars drive themselves, robots are more than a sci-fi storyline, and the line separating biology and technology is increasingly fuzzy. The future workplace has room for humans, but job roles will be radically different. As automation and AI capabilities eliminate repetitive, manual work, employees will take on new roles with more creative, ana...

Cornerstone's founder and CEO, Adam Miller, showcases how organizations can prepare for the future of work with Cornerstone HR (CHR) and Edge, which enable organizations to use personalized data to make smarter staffing decisions, identify performance gaps and talent challenges within the company as well as benchmark against companies within the same industry, of the same size and more. We’ve en...

Cornerstone's founder and CEO, Adam Miller, showcases how Cornerstone OnDemand offers more than a Human Capital Management (HCM) system, with a Human Potential Management experience. We’ve entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where cars drive themselves, robots are more than a sci-fi storyline, and the line separating biology and technology is increasingly fuzzy. The future workplace has ...

We’ve entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where cars drive themselves, robots are more than a sci-fi storyline, and the line separating biology and technology is increasingly fuzzy. The future workplace has room for humans, but job roles will be radically different. As automation and AI capabilities eliminate repetitive, manual work, employees will take on new roles with more creative, ana...

Cornerstone's AVP of Product Management, Tammy Hahn, previews the new Cornerstone Career Center, which will enable organizations to recruit, train and retain their upskilled workforce. We’ve entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where cars drive themselves, robots are more than a sci-fi storyline, and the line separating biology and technology is increasingly fuzzy. The future workplace has...

A version of this article was originally published on the SmashFly blog.I am the person whose mobile Gmail app always has a number bubble on it. This weekend, it stood at 12,576.I finally decided it was time to go through them (enough is enough, even I have standards people!). And going through them mainly meant deleting—without regard—nearly everything unread older than one month. I figured if I ...

We’ve entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where cars drive themselves, robots are more than a sci-fi storyline, and the line separating biology and technology is increasingly fuzzy. The future workplace has room for humans, but job roles will be radically different. As automation and AI capabilities eliminate repetitive, manual work, employees will take on new roles with more creative, ana...

Day two of Cornerstone's 16th annual Convergence conference kicked off with a simple but profound concept called Radical Candor, presented by Kim Scott, co-founder of Candor Inc. Radical Candor, is a framework for giving effective feedback which requires challenging directly while showing you care personally at the same time.Scott and Russ Laraway founded Candor Inc. based on this idea, after thei...