Sue Lingard
When we first started to develop the Cezanne HR system, we had five key objectives – objectives that we still hold to today. The first was to develop a great HR software system that meets the real needs of today’s HR professionals, and the people and organisations they support. The second was put our clients […]
Do you have employees who report to more than one manager? Perhaps because they work on multiple projects at the same time, or have more than one role in the organisation. If so, you’ll know how tricky absence approvals can be. In an ideal world, an employee should be able to submit a single time […]
The system is live: your data uploaded, processes configured, reminders in place and workflows all set to go. Now all that’s needed is to give employees their logins and, as if by magic, company-wide self-service and streamlined HR will be achieved overnight! Unfortunately, it’s never quite that simple. At heart, we are all creatures of […]
Whether you are making a shift to evidence-based HR, or just want to make sure you have your finger on the pulse of your business, there are some key metrics that ever HR manager needs. Here’s our list of the top ten: 1. Headcount It’s surprising how many companies tell us they don’t actually know […]
I was chatting to someone at an HR networking event last week about the trials and tribulations of selecting HR software. They’d invested a lot of time and energy in selecting a new HR solution, only to take the difficult decision to pull the plug on the whole project several months in. The vendor they’d […]
It’s the time of year when many HR teams find themselves under pressure to bring down costs – and commit to making limited budgets stretch even further. Faced with demands to reduce spending, it may feel as if the easiest option is to abandon the new initiatives you’ve got planned for the year ahead. You […]
Teresa May has said that in her view “Brexit is Brexit,” but what that will look like, and when it will happen, is far from clear! This presents HR with unique challenges: helping employees deal with uncertainty today, and equipping the company to plan for the future. Whatever the outcome of the negotiations, it seems […]
As one of the finalists at the upcoming HRO EMEA iTalent completion, our R&D Director, John Hixon has just 7 minutes to pitch our solution to an expert panel. It’s given us the ideal opportunity to look back at our original vision, and review how we’ve managed to grow from a handful of early adopters […]
I recently came across the definition of HR analytics on the CIPD website, and it left me thinking that I’d need a degree in applied maths to even begin to get my head around it. Does “the application of mathematical, statistical and data mining techniques” really fit in with what HR is all about? The […]
I came across an interesting debate on LinkedIn this week on the pros and cons of starting the holiday absence year at different periods of the year. Since it’s topic we often discuss with our customers, we thought we’d pitch in with our views—and some insight into how the Cezanne HR system can help make managing […]
