How a Nonprofit Improved Candidate Quality and Number of Potential Candidates Simultaneously

Teen Parent Connection’s Board of Directors was struggling to help the organization reach its fundraising, community awareness, and expansion goals.  The board faced numerous challenges when recruiting new board members and had recently dropped below the required number of board members stated in its bylaws.  The Board President and Executive Director were concerned that

Research Reveals Gilead Best Human Capital Manager Among Leading Biotech Companies

To determine which company is the best manager of human capital among major biotech companies CorDell & Company analyzed sales per employee, cash flow per employee, and total number of employees at Amgen, Biogen, Celgene, Genzyme, and Gilead between 2005 and 2009.

Who is the Best at Talent Management, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle or SAP?

To determine which of the leading computer software companies, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, or SAP, is the most effective at talent management we compared their workforces’ production of sales and cash flow between 2005 and 2009.  Microsoft’s workforce significantly outperformed the workforces of IBM, Oracle, and SAP.  However, it appears that Microsoft’s talent acquisition function is unable

How to Calculate the ROI for Training and Development Programs

Most organizations operate under the assumption that investments in training and development programs payoff by improving employee performance and employee retention, yet a number of employee training decisions are made using intuition or industry “best practices” without consideration for measurement of program outcomes nor their alignment with business strategy.  Over time investments made this way cause learning and development to look like an expense center rather than investment center, which makes it highly susceptible to cost reduction initiatives.  Calculating the expected ROI, or financial value, of investments in learning and development programs is not easy, but it is ideal for

New Research Reveals Cisco Winning “War for Talent” Among Network Equipment Manufacturers

CorDell & Company Study Examines Human Capital Productivity at Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, and Motorola

To determine who’s winning the “war for talent” among Network Equipment Manufacturers, CorDell & Company compared human capital productivity at Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), Cisco (CSCO), Ericsson (ERIC), Juniper (JNPR), and Motorola (MOT) on a number of workforce productivity measures for fiscal years 2005 to 2009.

MOT had the highest average sales per employee (SE) at $524,998, although

Who’s winning the ‘war for talent’ in Auto Parts Manufacturing, MGA, DNZOY, ALV, ARM, or TRW?

Between 2005 and 2009 ArvinMeritor’s human capital generated the most in top line revenues per employee, but Denso Corporation’s human capital produced the most operating profits per employee.  Denso also had the best average operating margin and was the only company to grow its workforce every year of this study.  This implies that Denso was able to

Discover who’s winning the ‘war for talent’ in Marketing and Advertising, IPG, WPP, Omnicom, or Publicis!

Between 2005 and 2009 Omnicom Group’s human capital generated the most revenues on average among major marketing and advertising agencies.  However, its human capital produced about the same operating income as Publicis Groupe’s human capital even though Publicis Groupe’s human capital generated around 20% less in revenues.  This is why we believe

Discover who’s winning the “war for talent” in Chemical Manufacturing, Dow, DuPont, BASF, or Akzo Nobel!

Because its human capital produces the most operating profits we believe BASF is winning the ‘war for talent’ in chemical manufacturing.  However, Akzo Nobel appears to be the only firm improving the productivity of its human capital in this industry.  Between 2005 and 2009 Dow Chemical had the best performing human capital when it comes to top line productivity, but Akzo Nobel’s human capital is

Who Has the Most Productive Workforce in Heavy Equipment Manufacturing?

Between 2005 and 2009 Joy Global’s human capital generated the most profits among leading heavy equipment manufacturers, but Bucyrus’ is currently in the lead.  Between 2005 and 2009 CNH Global had the highest average sales per employee at $540,872.  However, Joy Global had the highest average operating income per employee at $48,754.  Even with workforce reductions in 2009,

Why Exit Interviews are a Poor Strategy for Improving Employee Retention

In a recent post titled “Exist Interviews, Try This New Twist” author Dick Finnegan suggests organizations can improve exit interviews by having the manager of the person who supervised the employee that quit interview that supervisor to gather data about the reasons the employee quit.  This suggestion, while grounded in good intentions to hold supervisors accountable for the engagement of those they supervise, is a really bad idea for one simple reason.