Sat.Mar 23, 2019

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Uptight Coworkers? Spiking Their Drinks with LSD is Not the Way to Solve this Problem.

Evil HR Lady

Do your coworkers lack a sense of humor? Are they not excited about happy hour on Thursdays? Well, a 19-year-old Enterprise Rent-A-Car worker in Missouri admits to giving his coworkers LSD laced drinks to his coworkers because “they were too uptight, and needed to have better energy.” “…allegedly told investigators he did it because “they were too uptight, and needed to have better energy,” [link] — Alyssa Hernandez | High on HR (@highonhr) March 23, 2019.

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weekend free-for-all – March 23-24, 2019

Ask a Manager

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school.). Book recommendation of the week: Daisy Jones and the Six , by Taylor Jenkins Reid — the fictitious oral history of a band in the 70s. It’s like the written version of watching a “Behind the Music” special but with more drama and more humor.

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How to handle employee poor hygiene at work

HR Digest

Organizations are sometimes faced with issues of employee poor hygiene at work. And ignoring this issue means taking on a deliberate risk. Poor employee hygiene has negative impacts on productivity and can reduce the overall workplace satisfaction among other employees. As an employer, the responsibility is yours to handle poor hygiene at work when it arises.

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Reporting Workplace Problems To Your Boss: A Simple Guide

New to HR

If you visit any online advice forum, you will see a persistent pattern amongst posters who are experiencing issues at work: tell your boss. Whatever a person is experiencing, whether it’s harassment or ongoing disagreements with a colleague, the advice. The post Reporting Workplace Problems To Your Boss: A Simple Guide appeared first on New To HR.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Why and How; The Ultimate Guide to Optimizing your Employee Discount Program.

Vantage Circle

There is a harsh truth that employers and head HR of a company doesn’t like to acknowledge. A simple survey shows that employees hardly care about the employee benefits the company offers. Be it life insurance, medical benefits or disability benefits. On top of that, all these benefits are double-edged swords. You won’t actually use them unless you had to.

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Change management is a strategic skill HR must master

The HRX

By Di Colavita, Psy. D. orkforce planning is vital to any organization’s future, but the increased speed and continuous nature of organizational change puts additional pressure on organizations to accurately maintain workforce information. Ideally, workforce planning is integrated into all business objectives and forecasting, but this is an aspirational goal for many businesses.

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Bobbi Brown On Reinvention And How Talking To Strangers Was The Key To Her Success

Thrive Global

Bobbi Brown turning her love of beauty inward. Beauty Evolution Long gone are the days when you choose one career path and do that for the rest of your life. Even when you’re the best at it. Enter Bobbi Brown, famed cosmetics mogul who’s now in a new act of her career after selling her brand (and namesake). Aptly named, Brown’s new company Evolution promotes “beauty from the inside out”.

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Assembling the Highlights from OFCCP v. Analogic Corporation

DCI Consulting

The decision handed down last week from Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Colleen A. Geraghty in OFCCP v. Analogic Corporation contains some important information for federal contractors. The case involved an allegation by OFCCP that Analogic paid female assemblers less than male assemblers in two specific positions. Judge Geraghty evaluated the regression approaches and models of each expert and the anecdotal evidence provided by each party, and considered both disparate impact and disparate treat

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Healthcare In The Age Of Personalization Part 3: How Business Models Must Evolve

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Healthcare systems must consider the age of personalization as their business models evolve. If the right changes are not made today, healthcare systems may not be relevant a few years from now. Could this mean a loss of millions of dollars and thousands of lives?

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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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10 Steps To Become A Millionaire In 5 Years (Or Less)

Thrive Global

Wired It doesn’t matter where you currently are in your financial situation?—?whether just starting out or already making lots of money. Most people, no matter what their income, are treading water. As a person’s income rises, so does their spending. Few people understand how to continually increase their income, lifestyle, and joy at the same time.

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Why You Should Hire Video Game Players

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Many older people have little respect for video game players, and this applies to job interviews. But many games challenge players to make economic decisions, such as using resources today or having more in the future. Some games reward cooperation and strategy evaluation--great business skills.

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Art & Science of Human Resource

Hiring Plug

A Happy workplace yields happy customers and the onus of creating a positive environment, rests with HR leaders. Here's how they do it well.

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The College Admissions Scandal: A Study In Privilege

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Getting into a top tier college requires hard work, exceptional grades, and a proven record of academic success - or does it? The college admissions scandal has shown us another side of college admissions.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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Bargain-Hunting For Employees Is Over; Raise People's Pay

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Companies can't complain that they have a hard time finding employees after they've spent more than a decade reducing workers' slice of the pie.

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It's Official -- Your Company Is Worth Less

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The seller's market for middle market companies might be nearing its end. It appears that a multi-year cycle affecting middle market business valuations might have turned down.

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The Politician, His Cow And His Mother: Some Thoughts On Freedom Of Expression

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Establishing where defamation, libel, incitement to violence or insult begins and where satire, humor or legitimate criticism of a public figure ends is not an easy task. What should be the limits (if any) to freedom of opinion and expression?

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Age Discrimination And The Presidential Election

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Just five days ago a Washington Post op ed, “Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are too old to be president." Where are the editors. Are Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, too black to run? Are Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Kirsten Gillibrand, too female to run?

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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Ageism And The Presidential Contest

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Just five days ago a Washington Post op ed “Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders too old to run. Where are the editors. Is Kamela Harris and Cory Booker, too black to run? Are Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Kirsten Gilibrand, too female to run?

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