In The News - Hudson Europe
Global Enterprise – October 23, 2009 – Marc Timmerman, Executive Director of Talent Management at Hudson, talks about how rigid organizations and top-down management are notions that belong in the past. The business enterprise of the future will be more horizontal. Companies won't be organized like a symphonic orchestra, but will rather work like a jazz band, where the leader is also playing an instrument and the structure tunes itself to the rhythm and the creative music improvised by all.
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TACKLING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: HAS HR LEARNED FROM THE PAST?
In 2009 Hudson conducted a survey of over 500 HR and business leaders in more than 30 countries worldwide. The aim was to explore how HR priorities and challenges have changed during the global economic downturn. Hudson's study indicates that during this current economic crisis, the focus is not only on cost-cutting through right-sizing, but also on talent engagement, talent development, and the retention of talent key to the organisation's success.
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Marika Wassberg Skärvik - one of the most powerful business women in Sweden
Following Hudson Europe’s recent study – Could the right man for the job be a woman? – leading publications in Sweden have answered the question with a resounding yes. Not only is the right “man” for the job a woman, but she is Hudson’s own Marika Wassberg Skärvik.
Hudson teams up with Google to create unique career portal
Hudson has become the first major recruiter in the UK to create a career portal powered by the latest search engine technology from Google Enterprise, the company’s business technology division. The new portal, My.hudson.com, is a crucial element of Hudson’s strategy to help clients fight the economic downturn by responding to a tough climate with meaningful innovation that will benefit clients and candidates alike.
Could the right man for the job be a woman?
Hudson releases a new study that focuses on the personality traits of women leaders and how these can be the basis of career progression and benefits for organisations. This study, conducted by Hudson’s R&D Centre, was based on data collected from 65,000 people worldwide, including 600 people in senior leadership roles. The study report “Could the right man for the job be a woman ?” reveals new findings on the business attitudes that are most desirable in current and future leaders. And since today's world dictates that leadership in companies is critical to their survival of the economic downturn, Hudson's study into how women fare as leaders is especially timely.
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Talent Engagement Webcast
- Why should organisations take the engagement of their employees seriously?
- What are the costs to business of doing nothing?
- Why is it a difficult issue to address?
- How can understanding the psychological contract help?
To learn more about this topic watch Hudson’s webcast on Talent Engagement.
High Potentials - Fact & Fictions
Discover why the survival of the fittest assumption doesn't work and 10 guiding principles about high potential programmes.
