Talent Management

You can tempt talent on board with the right incentives. However, keeping people engaged and motivated once they’ve signed on isn’t so simple.
Rise to the challenge and improve staff retention rates with integrated talent management software.

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How does HR talent management software help keep staff on side?

As you’re developing your talent management processes, you’ll no doubt be on the lookout for tools and strategies to help you achieve goals like improving recruitment and staff retention rates.

If you know how you want to attract and retain your best people, you can turn to talent management software to implement your strategy, e.g. using L&D tools to offer better training.

However, talent management software can also help you shape your strategy, especially if you’re not sure where to start. By investing in a hard-working, multi-feature system, you can explore benefits you might not have considered and find what works best for your people.

HR manager using talent management software

How does HR talent management software help keep staff happy and engaged?

Talent management software can help you keep staff engaged, using a range of features, including:

Interactive platforms to help managers and staff monitor training and objectives
Staff self-service portals so employees can control their own data
Internal communication tools to foster community and spot-light achievements
Staff survey functionality, providing your people with the means to share their views
Process automation that frees up time to focus on more valuable work

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If you want long-standing, business-wide change, consider incorporating some of these guiding principles into your staff management plans.

Prioritise Learning & Development (L&D)

Studies show that when employees are considering jobs, Learning and Development (L&D) is a top priority.

Access to relevant training can be a massive motivator for staff, allowing people to develop new skills, take on more responsibility (e.g. leadership roles) and progress in line with their career aspirations.
Offer a hybrid working model
When you provide your people with the autonomy to work in ways that suit them best – such as working partly from home – both you and your employees reap the benefits.
- Staff enjoy a better work-life balance, meaning productivity and morale improve
- Staff feel trusted by employers, fostering greater loyalty and commitment to shared goals
- As an employer, you now have an edge over competitors who don’t offer staff the same flexibility
Foster an ‘open feedback’ culture
Encourage a culture where staff feel comfortable voicing their concerns, questions or ideas without fear of judgement.

In action, this might look like:
- Monthly ‘town hall’ style meetings with open-floor Q&As and flexible agendas
- Regular staff surveys, perhaps with the option to submit answers anonymously to encourage true feedback
- Coaching managers on how to prompt and receive feedback from their teams
- Training on how to give feedback to encourage less confident colleagues to share their views
When people feel listened to, they’re more likely to address and overcome challenges, rather than handing in their resignation.
Bring staff in on the bigger picture

When you let staff know how their individual contribution is helping you reach massive, company-wide goals, you give them more reason to feel involved in the mission.

You can do this by taking a big goal and breaking it down, so each employee understands their individual impact and can take pride in their contribution.

For example, if you’re looking to retain sales talent, a big goal like ‘we want to support over 1,000 new clients this year’ breaks down to ‘I want to bring in 5 new clients a month’.

Same goal, different perspective.
Curate your onboarding experience
Starting a new job can be a daunting, stressful experience.

When you, as an employer, make the process as painless as possible, your relationship with that new starter gets off to a much better start.

Why not try some of the following strategies?
- Provide a comprehensive new starter handbook and include personal touches, like a list of the best lunch spots near the office
- Train managers on onboarding etiquette and how to effectively integrate new team members
- Offer suitable colleague intros (not everyone wants a shout-out in the big departmental stand-up!)

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Is HR talent management software suitable for start-ups and small businesses (SMEs)?

Smaller businesses still need to retain their talent and look after their people, and software is a fantastic way to achieve that goal.

For example, Staffology HR is a scalable cloud-based solution designed to streamline your core HR processes and make staff management easier, helping small to medium-sized businesses implement an effective talent management strategy.

Larger organisations with more complex needs might turn to more high-level software like IRIS Cascade, featuring more advanced, comprehensive functionality.

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IRIS Cascade HRi

“Before we discovered IRIS Cascade, we had a payroll system but the rest of our HR processes were archaic – nothing was joined up. As HR manager, I didn’t have a system to gain an overview or tools for reporting. IRIS Cascade has given us one central place we can store all the reporting information. Data like holiday records and training history is at your fingertips. The reporting is intuitive and flexible, and I can now quickly pull out and provide the information I need. It’s a powerful tool for managers too; you can see your team in a snapshot with the reporting dashboard and it’s really visual. We’ve been very happy with adopting IRIS Cascade. It’s enabled us to become more efficient and focus on higher value HR activities. We’ve come a long way!”

Kate Gledhill

Acorn Stairlifts

Cascade HR

“IRIS Cascade is the best system I have worked with. Staff find it really easy to use and we love that our employees can self-serve; it has given our managers valuable time back.”

Marie Pritchard

NHS Confederation

Staffology HR by IRIS

“Staffology is a great piece of cloud-based payroll software. It has enabled me to free up a lot of time through its innovative use of automation that I have not seen in other products. Not only can I set payrolls to run automatically, Staffology will also send out the reports and payslips for me without any intervention. The constant stream of development that goes into it also provides new benefits such as the links to accountancy and HR software.”