Mon.Jun 18, 2018

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Leadership Is Tough These Days; Do it Anyway!

HR Daily Advisor

It is indeed a great honor to have joined such a respected organization as BLR ® and be invited to write this weekly column. I am also very proud of the world-class leadership development workshops and coaching programs that Bluepoint Leadership brings to this partnership. vchal / iStock / Getty Images Plus. In crafting this column, I will draw upon the lessons I have learned over the past 25 years working with some amazing companies and even more amazing leaders.

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4 Ways to Make Your HR Team More Strategic

Reflektive

An organization relies on its people, yet too often the strategic value of people themselves is overshadowed, and by default, the human resources function is brushed aside. According to a DDI Global Leadership Forecast , HR is even seen by CEOs as providing less strategic value than any other major business function. The role of HR underpins everything employees do at work and touches all departments Click To Tweet ?.

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Helping remote employees feel connected

PeopleStrategy

Telecommuting, the gig economy, remote work opportunities and flex schedules are becoming more mainstream as technology makes it easier to perform most work from virtually anywhere. While remote working arrangements can provide employees with better work-life balance, they can present challenges. One of the most common is making sure remote employees feel connected to – and stay engaged with – the organization.

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Asking Employees for Reimbursement After They?ve Departed ? Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Today’s reader note is about a company that’s doing something really nice for employees and ends up with a huge dilemma on their hands. Our company takes all employees (along with their family, significant other, friend, etc.) to Disney for the weekend. We cover hotel, park tickets, meals, a company meeting, and airfare. While this is not a mandatory event, we hope all employees will attend.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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50+ Tips to Implement Modern Performance Management Fast

ClearCompany HRM

What is performance management and why is it important? Getting managers and employees on the same page with expectations, goals and progress all while keeping the vision of your company in mind sounds like a big task. This is why having a performance management strategy is important. Check out these articles and expert tips to help kickstart your implementation of modern project management.

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Mentoring ? How You Create Your Legacy

Hppy

Back in 2015 I was doing some research on the aspect of creating a legacy. I was gazing into the future from my own personal perspective and wondered what might be some of the outcomes of the journey that I was on. Fast forward a few years and I again am asking myself much the same questions and hoping that this time the answers will be clearer. Also read: Mentoring And Global Trends In The Workplace.

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#WorkTrends: The Power of People Data

TalentCulture

“People analytics” is a term that gets a lot of people (myself included!) very excited. But the idea of people […]. The post #WorkTrends: The Power of People Data appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Amazon Flexes Muscles, Eliminates Occupational Tax in Seattle in One Month.

The HR Capitalist

Here's what power looks like in an employer, my friends. Less than a month after unanimously passing a contentious tax on big business, Seattle’s city council has voted to repeal the so-called “head tax.” Against the fervent protestations of residents and local coalitions—which were extended to a full hour of testimony—council members voted 7-2 to pulled the plug on what would have been a vital source of support for city’s growing homeless population. .

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Job Requirements: The How, Why and What

TalentLyft

In this blog post, you will learn everything you need to know about the job requirements. What is the definition of the job requirements? Why are they so important? How to write them? A complete tutorial plus good and bad examples ! Read More.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Daniel Goleman and Our New Emotional Intelligence Paths

Everwise

Many of us want to be better leaders, or be prepared to lead. And we know intelligence is essential for successful leadership. But which type of intelligence should be our guide? Last century’s dominant measure, IQ? A combination of Gardner’s nine types of intelligence laid out in the ‘80s? Of the various types of intelligence, Emotional intelligence (EI, also called EQ) has recently been linked to successful leadership.

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New Jersey?s Equal Pay Act Expands Protection for Workers

Justworks

On April 24, 2018, New Jersey joined the list of states to pass equal pay legislation. While similar to the federal Equal Pay Act, New Jersey’s equal pay law will extend legal protections beyond gender and provide relief to all classes of employees protected under the state’s anti-discrimination law. Named for the state legislator who advocated for women’s rights and equal pay for over twenty years, The Diane B.

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The biggest productivity killer

PI Worldwide

It’s 2PM. Wasn’t it just 10AM? The to-do list for this glorious Monday only has one thing checked off out of the 5 things I committed to completing for the day—“check email.” Not bad, right? I mean there were a lot of emails to check and tons more to reply to…So, when and how did my day get off course? What or who is to blame? We’ve all had a day like the one I described—when time just seems to slip past you and the super productive person who walked through the door in the morning turns into a

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my boss wants us to all share our mental health needs ? at every meeting

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work at a small company where I like to maintain a professional persona, focusing on getting work done and keeping my personal life separate. The company is not well managed but I have a decent amount of autonomy, people are reasonably pleasant, and for a variety of family reasons the location, commute, and hours work really well and would be hard to replicate elsewhere.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Work/life balance: ditch the clich

HR Zone

Culture. Why work/life balance doesn’t exist.

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Five common workplace distractions ? and how to handle them

cipHR

More than half of workers says that distractions are preventing them working properly; we explore how to tackle the most persistent problems, from smartphones to social media. Whether you’re in a busy office, working flexibly in a coffee shop, or spending the day working at home, there is a near-endless range of distractions that could tempt you to spend time away from what you’re supposed to be working on.

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Women at Work: How to Command a Room #SHRM18

Workology

Earlier this year, I launched a series here on Workology focused on women in the workplace. The feedback from my first blog post was clear. I received many emails, DMs and phone calls sharing their. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Reconvening Its Task Force and Filing 7 Suits, EEOC Signals Sex Harassment Still a Top Priority.

TLNT: The Business of HR

The EEOC sent a powerful signal last week that sexual harassment was still squarely on its radar filing 7 lawsuits against employers across the nation while reconvening its Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

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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Employee Wellness Is Good for Business

6Q

Responsible employers know the importance of promoting employee wellness. Rather than being driven purely by a sense of benevolence, the truth is employee wellness is actually good for business. Aimed at improving the health of staff members, workplace wellness programmes can help reduce health-related absenteeism and increase productivity. In the United States alone the annual cost of employee sickness and injury is as much as $225.8 billion or $1,685 per employee.

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Lattice Book Report: Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Lattice

Chances are, you’ve had a “bad boss” experience or maybe you’ve been a boss frustrated about how best to manage your team. In either situation, you may have felt stuck, unsure about how to communicate and mend the situation. Kim Scott’s “Radical Candor” was written to mediate those relationships and think more largely about company culture.

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#SHRM18 ? Johnny Taylor is the Exciting Leader HR has Needed!

The Tim Sackett Project

I’ve been a SHRM member since 2001. Over that entire time, I have never been excited about the leadership of my professional organization in HR. It’s not that SHRM didn’t have good, solid leaders, but they were never people who inspired me in my profession. At the SHRM National Conference this year in Chicago, Johnny Taylor , SHRM’s new CEO, will take the stage and many in attendance will get to meet the man for the very first time.

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Can a DOL Benefits Audit Impact Small Employers?

Extensis

To avoid running into compliance problems, employers of all sizes need to keep up with the latest news and changes to HR-related laws. An aspect of HR compliance that has become a greater focus are employee benefit audits.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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I showed up for an interview on the wrong day

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I have a job interview lined up that I’m really looking forward to. I like the organization, it’s an appropriate step up from my current job, and all that good stuff. So I did all my research and prep, took the day off work, put on my interview clothes, and headed off – only to discover that I had the day wrong. The interview was actually scheduled for a week later!

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The Journey towards an Agile HR Function

Digital HR Tech

Agile working methods have been disrupting the technology world for the past 20 years. As such, they’ve created innovation in software development, improved numerous products and increased speed to market. Innovation methodologies have been part of the IT world as key capabilities to deliver value to customers while creating a new organizational culture.

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Career Confessions from Gen-Z: My Dad is the Greatest!

The Tim Sackett Project

I bet you didn’t expect a post from me on a Monday! Well here I am, with an extra post just to celebrate the creator of the Tim Sackett Project, the “foremost expert on workplace hugging”, HR microcelebrity, or otherwise known was my father. Many of you know my Dad from his witty blog posts or his presentations at HR conferences. While my Dad may be a fantastic writer and public speaker, he has a lot of cool, sometimes very strange, and special qualities/talents that I thought I would share!

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How to Avoid a Culture of Lies

HR Daily Advisor

While everyone may bend the truth from time to time, it’s important that lies in the workplace not be tolerated. When affirmative falsifications and lies of omission are not punished, a culture of secrets, misrepresentations, and self-preservation can easily take precedent over the good of the company. Hiding in Plain Sight. No one likes to get into trouble.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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people keep sending me job postings that are way below my skill level

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work in a director level position at a medium-sized nonprofit (not sure if my field is relevant to this question). Often times, I will receive emails and calls directly from friends and former colleagues with open positions in my area, or recruiters will contact me having been given my information from former colleagues. My problem is, the positions people are referring me for are either below my current level (think coordinator or low-level manager jobs) or are part-time jobs

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How CTC Transportation Insurance Services Drives Productivity, Profitability, and Progress with Quick Base

Quickbase

CTC Transportation Insurance Services (CTC) is one of the largest and fastest growing insurance companies in the nation. Quick Base has been a key facilitator of its accelerated trajectory since 2015, helping to nearly double the number of policies written in that time. We sat down with CTC’s Lucas Perea, head of IT, and his […].

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my boss reminds me to do basic tasks, should I stand up when my manager comes to my desk, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss keeps reminding me to do basic tasks. My boss constantly reminds me of things I already know how to do. These are VERY basic tasks required of someone in my position. Early on, I would respond to these “helpful” “reminders” with something to the effect of “got it” or “yes, I know.” A few weeks later, it’s the exact same reminder, or something similar, so the fact that I already know how to do X or Y clearly isn’t registering.