Ask a Manager

JUNE 19, 2017

A reader writes: As a long-time reader, I’m fully aware that Other People’s Time Off Is None Of My Business, unless it’s affecting your work, in which case you can approach your boss about the work segment. But what if it’s your boss’s time off creating the issue? We work for a very small nonprofit (fewer than 10 people), which falls under the umbrella of a larger organization, and my boss’s boss is the executive director.

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HR Bartender

JUNE 19, 2017

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is sponsored by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), a leading provider of insurance, annuities, retirement plans, and other employee benefits. They were recently recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company. Many congratulations to them. Enjoy the post!) . All businesses face the same challenges.

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Corn on the Job

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s just as important to avoid bad practices in the workplace as it is to implement good ones. Lucky for us, the Avengers can help us learn some things we shouldn’t ever do. Really though, do any of this stuff and Thanos will hire your employees right from under your nose. The Computer Merchant , Ltd. is an IT staffing firm that helps you find the Ironmen and Black Widows you need to properly staff your company’s tech jobs.

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UpstartHR

JUNE 19, 2017

Listen on Stitcher Listen on Blogtalkradio Talent management technology has come a long way in recent years. I can still remember seeing a demo for a technology solution back in 2014 and the salesperson was so proud of the fact that I could copy and paste data into the system. By the way: It wasn’t searchable. You couldn’t run reports. You couldn’t export anything.

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EmployeeConnect

JUNE 19, 2017

If you’re in a managerial position and you are not getting feedback from your direct reports, you need to change this situation. It’s quite important for managers to receive upward feedback because it contains valuable inputs can be extracted into modified behavior, policies & process. In fact, soliciting upward feedback helps boost the morale of the entire team.

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Everwise

JUNE 19, 2017

Over the course of his 20-year career, Ranu Gupta has held HR and Learning leadership roles at global corporations like Procter and Gamble, Western Union, and GE Capital. He has an M.B.A. from Xavier’s Institute of Management and is currently working towards a graduate degree in Executive Management at Stanford University. Above all, Gupta understands the importance of self awareness, reflection, and being a trusted sounding board when developing yourself as a leader.

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Hppy

JUNE 19, 2017

They were like ships without a rudder, a sailboat without any wind. They were frustrated and becoming more and more disengaged as the days went by. Some had already hit the breaking point and left for what we hoped was greener pastures on the other side of the fence. What if nothing changed though? What if things were not any better next door? It all seemed to be better from the outside but once we get inside it – will it be that way?

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ACA Times

JUNE 19, 2017

For those employers with self-insured plans, the annual filing and fee payments deadline is coming up on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee on July 31. IRS Form 720, the Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return, will be used to report and pay the annual PCORI fee. The rate to determine the PCORI fee has increased to $2.26, the “applicable dollar amount.

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TalentCulture

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s no surprise that women bring distinctive viewpoints, ideas, and insights to the workplace. But here’s the more shocking stat: Women lead men in terms of workplace engagement. In fact, 35 percent of female employees are engaged at work, compared with only 29 percent of male employees, according to Gallup’s 2017 report, “ Women in America: Work and Life Well-Lived.”.

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WorqIQ

JUNE 19, 2017

Not long ago, promotions went to employees with the most technical expertise. Companies bent over backward to gain specialized industry knowledge, so it made sense to promote based on its merit. But the times, as they say, are a-changin'. At a certain point in history, technical ingenuity began to take a back seat to interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.

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Trish McFarlane

JUNE 19, 2017

Sometimes there is value in taking a break. I don’t mean taking a break in the sense of relaxation, but in removing yourself from some activity or situation. Sometimes it is intentional and sometimes it is beyond your control. Either way, it offers the ability to gain new perspective on the value of what you’re missing. I took a break from SHRM annual last year due to a client commitment.

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Paychex

JUNE 19, 2017

Human resources professionals are as strategic as ever, and technology has played a large part in helping them get there, according to our recent survey of HR decision makers. Take a look at the numbers and trends that highlight the state of HR today.

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HR Zone

JUNE 19, 2017

People. Autonomy at work raises wellbeing and satisfaction.

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Workology

JUNE 19, 2017

Last week Amazon and Whole Foods announced a $13.4 billion purchase deal that would give Amazon a foothold in the fresh market, neatly supplementing its existence business in dry goods and virtually. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 19, 2017

When you’re applying for jobs, your cover letter can be the determining factor in whether you hear nothing from an employer or whether you get called for an interview. And yet job seekers regularly give their cover letters short shrift – writing deadly dull missives that make hiring managers’ eyes glaze over or using them simply to summarize their resumes.

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Ceridian

JUNE 19, 2017

Look around your office and you’ll see colleagues, team members and employees of all ages. Today’s workforce consists of Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and, now entering the workforce, Gen Z. Such a workforce is an advantage to businesses because each generation brings their experience and skills to their jobs. These groups though, have different expectations and needs when it comes to their jobs and management styles.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JUNE 19, 2017

The past few years have put a spotlight on the one “human resource” process that is both the most important process, as well as the most hated. Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon to move from static, snapshot-based annual reviews to frequent two-way conversations. It’s the right time; with today’s operational and human complexities, we need to be communicating up, down, and across to make sure that everyone is working toward the same end.

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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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Paychex

JUNE 19, 2017

As summer gets into full swing, you may be considering hiring seasonal employees. Before you do, keep the following regulatory factors in mind to stay in compliance.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JUNE 19, 2017

A Canadian pension fund and private equity firm Apollo Global Management announced today they are buying a majority share of CareerBuilder. The price was not disclosed, but various calculations put the cash value between $600 million and $654 million.

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Steve Boese

JUNE 19, 2017

I'm not a user of Snapchat. Mainly because I am an adult, I was never able to figure it out the two or three times my HR Happy Hour partner Trish McFarlane tried to explain it to me, and also because I am an adult. While 'maturing' as a platform, (I bet following the same pattern as Facebook, as the parents of the pre-teens, teens, and young adults who were the primary users of the network are 'forced' to sign up in order to keep and eye on what their kids are up to online), Snapchat is still by

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JUNE 19, 2017

Business owners, especially small business owners, are constantly concerned about keeping costs down — and rightfully so. But there are some scenarios in which culture and costs clash — and employee departures is one such area.

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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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QAspire

JUNE 19, 2017

Talking about the impending shifts like automation, robotics, disruptions and uncertainties in our world of work is almost clichéd. What seems like a problem is also an opportunity to do the thing that makes us human – to change our attitudes and fixed beliefs about how we have traditionally experienced work. It is this shift in how we see the world around us that truly enables us to deal with it constructively.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JUNE 19, 2017

Communication has become one of the most important – and effective – means of influence for leaders and those who aspire to be leaders.

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Limeade

JUNE 19, 2017

Life is complicated. And when you combine your personal life with work, it can be even more complicated. That’s why employees need boundaries to achieve balance between their personal and professional lives. Some employers feel work is work and life is life, and prefer to keep them separate. But here at Limeade, we believe you need to focus on the whole employee , rather than separating who they are in the office and who they are at home.

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Compensation Today

JUNE 19, 2017

This year’s Compference (#Compference17), the modern compensation event for comp professionals, HR professionals and business leaders, is packed with educational sessions and actionable insights. Compference is literally “an event with a playbook” — you’ll walk away from two days of jammin’ on comp and HR topics with specific ideas for how to implement your learnings and get comp right for your organization.

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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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The Chemistry Group

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s Friday evening and you are meeting your friend, a general manager for an upmarket hotel chain, in a local bar. As you wait for them to arrive, you contemplate the job of general manager. You admire your friend; it must be a demanding and challenging job. A mini CEO almost. All the different areas to be on top of – operations, finance, food, accommodation, maintenance, sales, marketing.

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The Tim Sackett Project

JUNE 19, 2017

Just got off the spring HR conference season, although it seems like the HR/TA conference season is now never ending. It used to be the conference season for HR and TA conferences were spring and fall, with the one outlier being SHRM National at the end of June. Now, you can go to a conference in any month of the year! As one of the many people in our industry that writes, speaks, etc.

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Workology

JUNE 19, 2017

Someone once reflected with me in my capacity as an HR Leader that how people are treated as they leave an organization sends a message to the people who remain with it. Is that one of the reasons we. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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