Three findings—around employee productivity, workplace connection and the role of the office in a post-pandemic world—in Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index report are linked to a new set of features that the software giant added this week to its Viva HCM platform.
Employee experience platform provider LumApps unveiled LumApps Campaigns, an HR communication solution for disseminating information to targeted groups within a company. LumApps Campaigns enables organizations to create segmented groups based on various factors (employee roles, interests, behaviors, etc.) and implement targeted campaigns based on the needs and preferences of each employee. “Companies can easily build, measure and automate hyper-personalized campaigns across multiple channels to make meaningful connections that empower productivity and support engagement and retention efforts,” said Idriss Bentoumi, chief product officer at LumApps in a press release.
SkillsNow launched an all-in-one HR SaaS platform designed to help customers hire, train and develop digital talent. The platform allows companies to onboard and train new employees as well as develop the careers of new and current employees with relevant skills.
Workforce management provider Connecteam made its all-in-one app for managing deskless workers available for free to small businesses of up to 10 employees. The free access is valued at $4,000 per year, the company said in a news release, and comes at a “critical time” as organizations face economic uncertainty and rising prices due to inflation.
People Moves
HR and compliance solutions provider Mineral has hired Chris Lanier as its new chief technology officer. The former EVP of engineering at BetterWorks, Lanier is charged with growing the engineering team and helping Mineral become a “product-led growth company,” according to a news release from the company.
Matt van Geldere is the new and first chief people officer at Thunes, a global B2B payments company that currently supports 79 currencies and enables payments to 130 countries, the company announced this week. In this role, van Geldere will lead Thunes’ global human resources strategy, including talent acquisition, training and leadership development, and building and maintaining company culture, diversity and inclusion. The Singapore-based organization anticipates a period of rapid growth.
Risk service provider Sigma7 appointed Jodi Cheek as its vice president of HR, a new role for the firm. Cheek will design and implement new HR development processes and oversee a collaborative culture across Sigma7’s core companies, which include Paragon Risk Engineering, RWH Myers and Intelligence Fusion. Prior to joining Sigma7, Cheek was North American HR director at Descours & Cabaud, a French global construction materials distributor.
HRE editor Elizabeth Clarke contributed to this report.
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