Talent Development Analytics:
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Why Talent Development Analytics?

You’ve probably heard that the next big thing in HR is analytics, and for good reason. Once you discover the story your talent development program’s data is telling you, you can not only prove your ROI, but also run a more successful program and better engage the employees who are a part of those talent development programs, too.

But before you can have talent development analytics, you need solid data and reporting capabilities.

Our state-of-the-art reporting tool, StarReports, can help you discover and demonstrate that story so that you can do just that.

Prove your ROI and keep your funding

Proving your program’s ROI is arguably the biggest need driving the rise of talent development analytics — but your success metrics will vary depending on your program’s objective. StarReports is highly configurable, so you’ll be able to create, save, and schedule reports to that detail exactly the information you need.

Here are just a few examples of ways StarReports can assist your efforts to show ROI:

  • Prove that your employees are using your software and are active in your program.
  • Tie your employees’ learning plans to their career paths.
  • Tie what your employees have actually achieved to their learning plan.
  • Show change in employees’ competencies by comparing before and after competency result tests.
  • Show your employees’ progress toward their goals, along with their completed action items.

Run a more efficient and successful program

Why stop at simply proving your program’s ROI when you can dig into the data enough to see exactly where things could be running more smoothly, efficiently, or successfully? For example, StarReports can help you:

  • See if and how your program participants are using your software or tools
  • See if program participants are logging activity in the program
  • Send out targeted communications or take targeted action to promote certain tools based on usage stats and how they tie into your organizational objectives.

Engage your users

Likewise, if you know in what ways employees are or aren't participating in your program, you can target those areas to improve them. For example:

  • Determine if employees are logging into your portal, and implement a communication strategy
  • Determine if consultants are engaging their assigned candidates and staying on top of their deliverables
  • Pinpoint the reason behind any piece of user engagement data and take action to fix any problems as necessary — before they become issues that threaten to cripple your program.

Interested in learning more about how StarReports can help your talent development programs?


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Success Stories

Insala helped address some of the key challenges we faced at Unilever, which is virtual mentoring, as many of our mentees and mentors are not in the same geographic location. Insala's mentoring consultant, Judy Corner, is a true mentoring specialist and a highly engaging individual.

Katherine Ray
Unilever

Our pilot Mentoring programme using the Insala platform has been well received by our participants and has given our Mentees the tools to chose an appropriate Mentor to meet their own specific development and career needs. Organisationally the portal is encouraging networking and collaboration across both business lines and functions and locations. The Insala team are professional, pragmatic and agile and have worked closely with us to deliver our pilot programme to meet our business needs

Julie Aspinall
Societe Generale

I worked with Judy Corner of Insala to develop a customized mentoring program for International Paper. Judy provided a degree of confidence to the Chairman's Diversity Council as she presented a pragmatic, visionary, long term perspective on the benefits to be gained from Insala's program. Following the M.O.R.E. workshop, participants were surveyed on session effectiveness and Insala received a 100% favorable rating on the value of the day. I highly recommend Insala and believe they offer a distinct advantage to companies looking to advance their position in the ongoing war for talent.

Cheryl Kern
Amway/Alticor

As part of a talent management initiative, United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU), partnered with Insala to provide high potential/high performing staff with a structured vehicle to develop their career goals. From the onset, the Insala team provided exceptional client service, ensuring UNFCU had knowledgeable technical resources at its disposal throughout the implementation of its Career Development portal. Insala's partnership with UNFCU has directly impacted its ability to solidify an effective succession planning program and retain our high potential/high performing talent.

Carlene Alexander
UNFCU

Insala provided a global online solution which helped align our business strategy with our management needs for the future. With their product, we were able to understand our skill gaps and develop our future leaders with the findings. This solution took one hour for an employee to complete, eliminated drawers of paperwork, and provided upper management instant visibility on our progress.

Rick Huntley
Intertek

ACCA aims to provide our 110,000 members and 260,000 students with direct access to the most exciting and rewarding job opportunities currently available in the world of business and finance. Our online Career Management Resources, available through ACCA Careers, is powered by EmploymentTalk™ and allows our members, students and affiliates to use their time both efficiently and effectively on critical career development activities, while EmploymentTalk™ organizes and plans the route to career success.

Heather Morris
ACCA

Our partnership with Insala has allowed us to offer an entirely new service to our job seekers, which helps prepare them for getting their next job. The assessments and career advice tools offered through our site continue to be successful, and the seamless support provided has proven very efficient. Insala consistently responds in a swift fashion whenever we need assistance, and continues to provide us with a very professional service.

Marcy Richardson
Monster

This past winter was definitely remarkable. We found that the E-mail Broadcaster function is the easiest and fastest way to reach all our candidates to inform them of any changes in our office hours - including having to close due to inclement weather, delayed openings, or early closure. Additionally, we use this function to promote our seminars and workshops, and the career coaches can reach all of their candidates in one simple email. This tool is a tremendous asset.

Antoinette Murray
The Schegg Group

We first started using EmploymentTalk™ in our practice in 2001, and have stuck with it ever since. What spurred us to stay on was both the professionalism and responsiveness of the Insala team, as well as the regular software upgrades we received, which ensured we had a cutting edge tool at any given time. Today, EmploymentTalk™ enables us to deliver a longer duration of outplacement services and thereby exceed our clients' expectations. As more and more organizations look to provide cost-effective, efficient and high-impact outplacement, we are able to meet their needs.

Len Rishkofski
Snowden

This is a fantastic product that will really help our workforce. The Insala team has done a great job maximizing the application capabilities and tailoring it to help our diverse workforce in transition. They've demonstrated a true partnership in providing us with expert assistance, met our special needs, and done so in a timely and cost effective manner.

Len Martinez
Kaiser-Hill Company, LLC

Insala has excelled as a global technology partner to our organization. Insala is not only a provider and implementer of superior career management technology, but a constant and reliable source of ideas and best practices in our industry. Having Insala as a strategic partner has enabled our organization to provide superior, seamless career management and transition services to corporate clients worldwide, and has positioned OI Partners as a global leader in the delivery of career transition services.

Joy Reed Belt, Ph.D.
OI Partners, Americas

Our candidates are just blown away by the amount of research they get on specific companies and industries. Their ability to get REALLY good information, and MUCH MORE information than they typically could get on their own, and have it presented so quickly and effectively, is very powerful. It gives us a big sales and marketing advantage.

Kathleen Brown
King & Bishop

Insala performed very well in creating our new corporate website. I was really pleased with the design options they offered. In addition, Insala representatives were wonderful to work with, responding quickly to our needs and delivering solutions in a very timely manner.

Dr. Pamela Johnson
Nia Consulting & Development

One way in which we demonstrate our commitment to employees is to provide opportunities for them to develop; mentoring is an important component of employee development in North America. Insala supported us in leveraging formal mechanisms and provided us best practices to launch a sustainable mentor program. The MORE Workshop was our pivotal starting point, strategizing with stakeholders to build a practical plan for implementation including communication, training, metrics, and more. The outcome has been a clear benefit for participants and for Solvay.

Kelly Bessler
Solvay

Articles

August 16, 2019

Creating a Successful Mentoring Program for Career Development

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July 18, 2019

Criteria for Matching Mentors and Mentees for Career Development

Career development is no longer an optional benefit for you to offer. Your employees are demanding it, especially your millennials. In fact, 87% of millennials say career development opportunities are an important factor when choosing an organization. A great way to satisfy this need for career dev... More

July 10, 2019

Best Practices for Creating a Career Development Program

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June 20, 2019

Career Development Mentoring Benefits

The workforce is becoming more diverse every day. The increase in diversity means that the focus of a mentoring program should be well defined and fit the necessary objectives. Many individuals are demanding a mentoring program that isn’t just put in place, but is also very specific to their needs.... More

June 19, 2019

Career Development Challenges

The benefits of learning and career development in your workplace are obvious. Of course, this is not to say that it is easy to achieve. As you’re encouraging a career development culture, you must be aware of the preexisting challenges. These challenges may limit the way development occurs. It’s im... More

March 14, 2017

Assessing Career Development Culture for Your Organization

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April 26, 2016

Enhancing Career Development With Mentoring

There is a shift currently happening in our day and age; the shift in the work force. With 4 generations of people in the work force today; there is a very diverse way of approaching tasks. However, we are slowly losing our strong footing; the baby boomers. In 2016, a myriad of baby boomers are at r... More

July 03, 2014

Building Brand, Engagement, and Career Development Culture

Not Another Employee Engagement Article “Employee engagement” has been a buzzword for so long that we're all collectively wondering if it hasn't lost all meaning. It’s a similar story with “company culture”. While that begs the question, "Why are we all still talking about it?", the answer is clear... More

February 04, 2014

What a Corporate Alumni Program Has to Do With Employee Engagement

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