For most companies, the status quo of learning and development isn’t working anymore. And in a market where the balance has shifted in favor of the employee, organizations need to stop training its top learners to leave and instead develop them to stay.

In this podcast, Founder and CEO of Visier, John Schwarz discusses the growing trend of workforce analytics. He addresses the growing importance of analytics as well as why some companies are still struggling to adopt an analytics program.

What factors might indicate that your organization is in need of workforce planning? Mick Collins, VP of Workforce Analytics & Planning at SuccessFactors, discusses what you need to know about workforce planning and how to measure a program's effectiveness.

Tim Hickey of Exelon and Bridget Laffey of BPI group reflect on a major change management undertaking at Exelon, how they coped with mid-project changes and advice for HR leaders looking to undergo similar transformations. They also discuss the importance of the Change Pathfinder, a crucial role in leading change in any organization.

Steve Cohen, Director of Talent Acquisition at Ideal Image, discusses the hiring challenges his organization faces. It is one thing to evaluate technical skills required for roles like nurse practitioner, but hiring for character requires a new perspective on candidate pre-assessments and evaluations.

If a new hire leaves within the first year, are you due your money back? Onboarding is more than insuring that employees fill out their paperwork, understand their role and meet their manager. Onboarding is a continuation of the talent acquisition process that when done properly can reinforce the talent brand, predict success early on, accelerate the time to productivity and insure that your new employee comes “on board” motivated, excited and ready to contribute.

Dr. Charles Handler, noted talent assessment expert, answers questions about how best to utilize assessment data in concert with sound judgement grounded in experience and business acumen. Mixing intuition with objectivity and analytics is a recipe for success. By creating systems that rely on a thoughtful combination of both logic and emotion, HR can begin to create trust and become a respected advisor in human capital management and decision-making.

Greta Roberts, co-founder and CEO of Talent Analytics, discusses challenges that many organizations face when working to implement an analytics program and ways to achieve "quick wins" to gain stakeholder support for larger scale analytics projects.

HR Transformation promises to be a hot topic in the coming years. Geoff Dubiski, EVP of Global HR Transformation at WilsonHCG, discusses how HR can take advantage of this trend by partnering with the C-Suite to initiate meaningful change within an organization.

Dr. Woody, the "Dr. Phil of Business," discusses how companies can make better hiring decisions by analyzing the characteristics and traits of current high performing employees. He also shares his thoughts on why the candidate experience is so important, and why a quality onboarding program is necessary for long-term employee engagement.