What’s Trending? Organizational Development
Without a strong organizational culture, your HR team will struggle to navigate the rapid shifts in key HR priority areas: technology, strategic workforce planning, leader and manager development and change management.
But how do you build the strength of your organizational culture? We focus on a three-pronged approach that helps you align your employee value proposition, create a great employee experience and drive employee engagement.
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What’s Trending? Change Management
In Gartner’s October 2024 survey, 74% of HR leaders said their employees are “experiencing change fatigue.” The pain was real. And year later it still is – and now it’s accelerating.
Rapid Change Management is our love language. We can help your HR team learn the tools to better cope with rapid change – empowering them to help the employees and leaders in their organizations.
What’s Trending? Leadership Development
Gartner’s HR leader survey from one year ago listed leader and manager development as the #1 concern, with both manager overwhelm today and gaps in training and development opportunities that should prepare managers for the future.
Bringing in experts to fill interim leadership, training and mentoring roles gives your managers a leg up on learning that will help reduce overwhelm today and build your leadership team for the future.
What’s Trending? Strategic Workforce Planning
As market and technology disruptors shift both workforce needs and the available talent pool strategic workforce planning is more urgent than ever. But retooling your plans to meet shifting business goals is never easy. It’s hard to go it alone.
That’s where we come in. Whether you want guidance, perspective or feet-on-the-ground expertise, we can help you refocus your strategic workforce planning for success.
Your CRM Could Be Doing More for You—Here’s How to Unlock It
Your CRM’s not broken — it’s untapped.
In her latest article, Nikki Barnes, Head of Implementations at Bright Talent, breaks down how to unlock the full potential of your recruiting CRM, transforming it from a dusty data dump into a pipeline powerhouse.
Automate smarter. Integrate better. Lead stronger. Before you pull the plug on your CRM, give it a reboot!
What’s Trending? HR Technology
AI is the undisputed disruptor in HR tech today. From using generative AI to craft job descriptions and employee communications to the emerging use of chat bots and other agentic applications, AI offers HR departments many ways to streamline operations while creating richer candidate and employee experiences.
It all sounds great, right? The thing is, how do you make your existing HR technology and all these emerging AI opportunities work seamlessly together?
Then how do you translate those tech investments into measurable ROI for the C-Suite?
Top HR Focus Areas for 2025
HR Leaders -- At Bright Talent, we are in the unique position of partnering with HR leaders and their teams. This gives us an excellent view of a variety of different companies and their focus. In that context, I re-read this article published by Gartner in October 2024 and thought it would be a good time to review their recommendations and check-in on their relevance.
A New HR-OS: Why not give it a try?
At first, Bright Talent founder and president Brenan German found himself struggling with how to think about McKinsey's new operating model for people management. But a documentary on Star Wars and the early days of Industrial Light and Magic gave him just the inspiration he needed to "give it a try."
SHRM Expo Observations 2025
It had been a while since our Founder and President, Brenan German, had been to SHRM -- or any large conference, for that matter. He worried he'd be a little "out of shape," but he dusted off his business shoes, pulled out the business cards and spent a day working the expo floor at SHRM San Diego.
We're happy to announce Brenan survived to tell the tale, and you can read it now in his blog:
CIO & CHRO Better Together
Moderna recently announced they merged their technology and HR functions, choosing the CHRO to lead the newly combined group.
This is exciting news. It validates how any tech enablement within organizations will impact people, and that the business leader best positioned to help strategize and govern organizational change is the CHRO.
Thoughts on "How PepsiCo moves past AI pilot purgatory"
HR leaders: The use of AI within businesses has increased significantly, but for most organizations, the ability to track its ROI has been difficult. Aside from time saved completing tasks, the actual measured time savings and financial benefits have been elusive. With the evolution into Agentic AI, some organizations, like PepsiCo, are taking a more methodical approach.
Does AI adoption call for a change in human behavior?
HR Leaders, I want to share a "wake up" moment recently highlighted in the news. It was reported that a recent graduate of UCLA, while sitting in the commencement ceremony, held up his laptop for the camera and showed the ChatGPT prompts he used to complete his final project to earn his degree.
Why does this matter? Everything we hold in principle about adult learning and development is rapidly changing. This includes all of your employees and how they do their jobs.
What is the Key to Upskilling? Mentoring!
How do you build a culture where employees want to stay and grow? Start with mentorship.
In our latest blog, Technologent CEO Tammy Cooper shares the journey of launching a powerful mentorship program that’s done more than upskill employees—it’s created real connection, fostered career paths, and become a game-changer for retention and engagement.
From a small pilot to a company-wide initiative, Tammy’s story is a blueprint for any HR leader looking to elevate culture, strengthen internal networks, and build a future-ready workforce.
The Power Of Purpose
I frequently meet with HR and talent acquisition leaders across a spectrum of company sizes and industries. What I am observing in the job market is the realization of a multi-generational workforce. It is a fascinating study in sociology that validates much of the science of generational studies and the differences between generations.
What's Keeping HR Up At Night?
Check out these important insights for HR leaders in this great piece published by HR Executive. Our very own Brenan German was quoted for this article, on subjects as diverse as AI for HR and how HR managers can work more successfully with other business leaders to garner more budget for their departments.
Organizational Resilience – Buzzword or Competitive Strategy?
Building Resilient Organizations: A Conversation with Lamya Alaoui
Organizational resilience is about more than just surviving during hard times, it's about flourishing in the face of adversity, transforming challenges into opportunities and carving out a path to enduring success. This perspective, shared by Lamya Alaoui, a multifaceted executive with extensive experience leading organizational transformation, was the inspiration for lively conversation with Brenan German of Bright Talent. Together they explored perspectives on how organizations can build resilience and how HR leaders can make the business case to C-level execs for investing in organizational resilience as a competitive strategy.
Thoughts on Ulrich’s Article – human capability delivering value
Dave Ulrich often talks about the tension and paradox between people practices and business expectations. After reading his article on the “Past, Present, and Future of Human Capability: Delivering Value to All Stakeholders” a paradox and tension emerged between human ingenuity and adaptation.
Workplace Challenges & Engagement: My Thoughts on Two Key Articles
As a Gallup alum, I am a fan of the organization and frequently share their articles, which I find very insightful. Ben Wigert, Ph.D, MBA and Ryan Pendell of Gallup recently published an important article on the seven workplace challenges for 2025 that is worth reading. It speaks to the importance of employee engagement, which is at historic lows.
Thoughts on Bersin's HBR Article re. Boost Your Teams Productivity by Hiring Force Multipliers
HR Leaders, in this Harvard Business Review article by Josh Bersin, he highlights the great success of Netflix as a company that continuously evolves and outperforms most industry standards while continually hiring and retaining top talent.
Winning HR Budget Approval: Let’s Talk To The CFO
Budget season can be a time of strategic hope – and frustration – for HR leaders as the “new vision” evaporates, pass after pass, into a boiled down version of the same old budget with the same old limitations. It doesn’t have to be this way.
The secret to budget success is practical and doesn’t just take place during budget season.