“Will it make the boat go faster,” is the famous guiding principle the late Sir Peter Blake articulated for his 1995 Americas Cup winning team. One of the key ingredients in the success of that campaign was the ability to focus everyone’s activity on that vision. How can you achieve the same focus on performance in large and much more complex organisations? 

Unemployment is on the rise again after years of labour shortages. Does that mean as human resource professionals we can relax when it comes to introducing technology into key employee engagement processes like remuneration and performance management.

As the recession starts to bite, the pressure on companies to do more with less is starting to build. That puts the spotlight on human resources, with organisations wanting to get more out of their existing staff, and being able to attract and retain the best people.