When I look about 16 years back at the time I kick started my career in HR, I realize that times have changed so exponentially that it feels like several generations have passed through. The very essence of HR in an organization has undergone a transformation so complex that its role can no longer be viewed separate from business. In a sense, I think “integration” is the key underlying theme for the past few years and the years to come.
Why “integration”? Businesses are getting acquired to enable larger players to capitalize on capabilities and widen offerings. People and skills are so much more accessible that they were ever before across the globe. Communication channels have made events global and real time. If you’re not operating a 24x7 operation, you may soon be out of business. Thinking patterns are no more starkly different across continents owing to massive knowledge sharing, borrowing of best practices and increased mobility. The world is becoming a smaller place!
Business environments are changing faster than ever before. Ambiguity, hyper-competition, demanding customers and speed are the rules. Organizations are changing too. From bureaucratic, centralized and sluggish systems, they are now bottom-up, fluid and extended and agile. The fabric of people is changing as people cross boundaries of geographies, generations, motivations, expectations and contributions. Technology is transforming our lives and creating opportunities. A new way of work is also emerging. Ways where people need to contribute, feel engaged, see a purpose and control their destiny. The market has evolved from information-centric technology to business process optimization to social enterprise platform.
What does this underlying theme of “integration” mean for us? Leveraging the wave of integration to envision a business application that will continue to be valid through its very nature of flexibility for years is an achievement. And Saba has this success story behind it. At Saba, we believe in “the transformative workplace”. This is in fact not a place at all, but a flexible, interactive environment that enables organizations to provide their people development, engagement and inspiration to constantly transform themselves to be equipped to manage challenges of the networked economy.
Imagine an application that allows employees, customers, partners across the globe to align with a common sense of purpose. A system that provides tools and practices to communicate strategy, track progress, recognize good work and leverage the people network effectively. One that taps into the social collaboration and connect with experts and right ideas to stay ahead of competition or facilitates development.
Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) provides a new class of people systems, the Saba People Cloud, that combine enterprise learning, people management and collaboration technologies. Today’s people-driven enterprises are using Saba's solutions to mobilize and engage people around new strategies and initiatives, align and connect people to accelerate the flow of business, and cultivate, capture and share individual and collective knowhow to effectively compete and succeed.
My goal in the People department is to enable and encourage my employees to reach their greatest career potential here. Towards this, we have leveraged the Saba People Cloud to create a perfect combination of information, connections, and resources that are aimed at helping them become more productive, connected and empowered to achieve their role. And we have created communities. Individuals and communities can access information and resources relevant to them, share knowledge and ideas through workspaces, create and deliver learning modules and track progress. ‘Saba Impressions’ allows people to recognize ideas, efforts, good work done and a collective summary of all such recognitions translates into an employee’s achievements for the year! We encourage employees to use these functionalities. We have moved some of our key processes such as Goal setting and alignment and performance reviews on Saba People Cloud. These blend seamlessly into the recognition and rewards space of the product and allow us to take a holistic view of an employee. And all these are available on mobile too, so everything and everybody is accessible on the run. Truly an agile workplace!
In Saba People Cloud, the workspace belongs to every employee. We hear their voice, their opinions, their grievances and celebrations in that workspace. And we see it change everyday; which keeps us very close to their sentiments and engagement level. We run our management system, our staff meetings and our team meetings on Saba People Cloud and ensure that communities are tightly connected. Blogs and posts on latest happenings are common and employees extensively exchange ideas, publish findings, offer recommendations and provide solutions.
Our aim in the People department is to move our operations completely on to the Saba People Cloud. And do away with email. We are moving ahead another step, every day. We want to be ahead of the times!
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Why “integration”? Businesses are getting acquired to enable larger players to capitalize on capabilities and widen offerings. People and skills are so much more accessible that they were ever before across the globe. Communication channels have made events global and real time. If you’re not operating a 24x7 operation, you may soon be out of business. Thinking patterns are no more starkly different across continents owing to massive knowledge sharing, borrowing of best practices and increased mobility. The world is becoming a smaller place!
Business environments are changing faster than ever before. Ambiguity, hyper-competition, demanding customers and speed are the rules. Organizations are changing too. From bureaucratic, centralized and sluggish systems, they are now bottom-up, fluid and extended and agile. The fabric of people is changing as people cross boundaries of geographies, generations, motivations, expectations and contributions. Technology is transforming our lives and creating opportunities. A new way of work is also emerging. Ways where people need to contribute, feel engaged, see a purpose and control their destiny. The market has evolved from information-centric technology to business process optimization to social enterprise platform.
What does this underlying theme of “integration” mean for us? Leveraging the wave of integration to envision a business application that will continue to be valid through its very nature of flexibility for years is an achievement. And Saba has this success story behind it. At Saba, we believe in “the transformative workplace”. This is in fact not a place at all, but a flexible, interactive environment that enables organizations to provide their people development, engagement and inspiration to constantly transform themselves to be equipped to manage challenges of the networked economy.
Imagine an application that allows employees, customers, partners across the globe to align with a common sense of purpose. A system that provides tools and practices to communicate strategy, track progress, recognize good work and leverage the people network effectively. One that taps into the social collaboration and connect with experts and right ideas to stay ahead of competition or facilitates development.
Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) provides a new class of people systems, the Saba People Cloud, that combine enterprise learning, people management and collaboration technologies. Today’s people-driven enterprises are using Saba's solutions to mobilize and engage people around new strategies and initiatives, align and connect people to accelerate the flow of business, and cultivate, capture and share individual and collective knowhow to effectively compete and succeed.
My goal in the People department is to enable and encourage my employees to reach their greatest career potential here. Towards this, we have leveraged the Saba People Cloud to create a perfect combination of information, connections, and resources that are aimed at helping them become more productive, connected and empowered to achieve their role. And we have created communities. Individuals and communities can access information and resources relevant to them, share knowledge and ideas through workspaces, create and deliver learning modules and track progress. ‘Saba Impressions’ allows people to recognize ideas, efforts, good work done and a collective summary of all such recognitions translates into an employee’s achievements for the year! We encourage employees to use these functionalities. We have moved some of our key processes such as Goal setting and alignment and performance reviews on Saba People Cloud. These blend seamlessly into the recognition and rewards space of the product and allow us to take a holistic view of an employee. And all these are available on mobile too, so everything and everybody is accessible on the run. Truly an agile workplace!
In Saba People Cloud, the workspace belongs to every employee. We hear their voice, their opinions, their grievances and celebrations in that workspace. And we see it change everyday; which keeps us very close to their sentiments and engagement level. We run our management system, our staff meetings and our team meetings on Saba People Cloud and ensure that communities are tightly connected. Blogs and posts on latest happenings are common and employees extensively exchange ideas, publish findings, offer recommendations and provide solutions.
Our aim in the People department is to move our operations completely on to the Saba People Cloud. And do away with email. We are moving ahead another step, every day. We want to be ahead of the times!
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