Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Earlier this month, I asked you to share your funniest office holiday stories. Here are eight of my favorites. 1. The come-hither pirate. “This wasn’t a White Elephant gift, but one a coworker who didn’t last so long gave to all the unpartnered women under 40: A studio portrait of himself, semi-80s background, with lasers, soft focus,, standing, with his hand on his chin, a ‘come hither’ look, and his parrot on his shoulder.” 2.

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Evil HR Lady

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Of course you know the story of Washington Crossing the Delaware River, which took place on Christmas Day in 1776. The Hessians, who were across the river, were quite surprised. No one really expects a lot of work to be done on Christmas, especially battles. While this was a turning point, emotionally, for the colonists–they needed a win–I’m not much a military expert.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 25, 2018

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer whose mentors were pressuring her to do networking favors she didn’t feel comfortable with ? Here’s the update. I first took the commentariat’s advice about the VP speaker request and forwarded the request email to the VP’s administrative assistant.

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HR Examiner

DECEMBER 25, 2018

We clamor for more and bigger data while simultaneously avoiding some of the most valuable, and readily accessible information there is; the emotions of our employees. After finishing a bit of work with a financial services organization this past year, I had a 1:1 meeting with the CEO to review our progress. In that meeting I said “ if we keep this up, people are going to love coming to work here.

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 25, 2018

2018 is almost over and HR is now gearing up for the new year. In 2019, HR will no longer be just plain human resources. With the recent shifts in technology, HR is also jumping on the bandwagon of this new tech-era. 2019 can safely be assumed to be the year of human resources technology or HR Tech. These changes will be the top trendsetters in the upcoming year.

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EasyHire

DECEMBER 25, 2018

It is very important to make the video interview process easy and comfortable for the candidate. Easyhire.me took care of the usability of the platform and in order to make the interview more comfortable for the candidate, we give managers the opportunity to record a video introduction and “Thank you” message for on-demand and assessment interviews.

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MapHR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

It’s a complex and challenging time in HR. The need for high performing talent is the greatest it’s ever been in the history of business. It’s for that reason leveraging data in human resources is paramount to success. Growth is linked to the data function and its existence across all dimensions of HR from talent acquisition to retention. People Analytics Stats According to Deloitte’s 2018 Human Capital Trends report, 85% of companies see people analytics as a high priority, but only 42% beli

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Zenefits

DECEMBER 25, 2018

When it comes to running a small business, there are a million things on your plate and in your mind all the time, especially around the end of the year. And on top of throwing holiday office parties and navigating everyone’s time off requests, there still exist all of the regular day-to-day business operations that never stop. Having employees means managing payroll, (even while dodging bank holidays towards the end of the year ) and running payroll means withholding the appropriate amount of l

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MapHR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Learning is the framework for development within an organization. The challenge in learning is raising it to the level of a culture rather than a required exercise. What does it look like? How does one define it? Marcia Porchia, the Vice President of Accountability, and Corrin Duarte, the Director of Performance Improvement, for Global Custom Commerce (A Home Depot Company) explain the Learning Culture Building Blocks The first deals with leaders.

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Thrive Global

DECEMBER 25, 2018

You’d expect me to be a poster boy for promoting technology to help with our environment. I host the Leadership and the Environment podcast. I have a PhD in physics and helped build an observational satellite orbiting the Earth. I take 16 months to fill a small load of trash from my entire home. On the contrary, the more I learn about the effects of technology, the more I find that making a polluting system more efficient makes it pollute more efficiently.

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MapHR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Generally speaking, the newest of HR professionals know employee engagement is important. But to answer the question that is at the root of this article, we look to numbers. The HR Exchange Network surveyed HR professionals across the globe in an effort to quantify the importance of employee engagement. Overwhelmingly, 79% said it’s very important to the organization.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

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MapHR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Every HR professional knows people are an organization’s greatest asset, but not all organizations live by that creed. Not because the company chooses to ignore its employees, it simply and unconsciously neglects the workforce. When considering the ever-changing HR technology environment and the consistent amount of innovation, it’s easy to see how it happens.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 25, 2018

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are five updates from past letter-writers. 1. My anxiety is causing problems at work (#2 at the link). I wrote in to you last year and you answered my letter very kindly. I wrote in about my anxiety causing trouble at my work and how I went to my coworker’s house because I thought she didn’t like me. .

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TLNT: The Business of HR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

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6Q

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Conflict is unavoidable. In fact, on average in the United States, it is estimated that conflict can cost employers as much as $1 million a year. While conflict is unavoidable, though, this doesn’t mean that an effective resolution is out of reach. Let’s look at the Thomas-Kilmann model. The Thomas-Kilmann model is the idea that everyone thinks differently and handles conflict differently but these differences can be overcome.

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As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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MapHR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

People Analytics is like any other strategy: successful when all the right components are there and less than successful when they are not. What are the reasons for employing a people analytics approach to human resources? Talent insight Prediction Trend revelations Those are just a few in an every growing list. People Analytics and Growth In my first article in this series, I presented case studies in which companies applied people analytics to particular functions within HR and then the resu

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Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 25, 2018

With the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and massive adoption of technology promoting remote work, HR is also jumping on the bandwagon of this new tech-era. 2020 can safely be assumed to be the year when human resources technology or HR Tech will completely take a new shape. These changes will be the top trendsetters this year. The Influx of AI. Artificial intelligence or AI is the intelligence demonstrated by machines.

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MapHR

DECEMBER 25, 2018

It’s a complex and challenging time in HR. The need for high performing talent is the greatest it’s ever been in the history of business. It’s for that reason leveraging data in human resources is paramount to success. HR Exchange Network editor Mason Stevenson continues his series on people analytics and driving growth. This week he focuses specifically on performance and organizational network analysis.

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