Wed.May 22, 2019

article thumbnail

10 Ground Rules for Red Teams

Symantec

An effective Red Team offers huge value to your defensive strategy, but you have to be prepared to face up to some hard truths

Strategy 108
article thumbnail

The Best Speech In The 'Game Of Thrones' Finale And Why It Matters To Today’s Leaders

Forbes Leadership Strategy

There is no greater power than storytelling, according to the screenwriters for Game of Thrones. Historically, they're right.

16
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Employee Engagement: A Rant

HRGem

I’ve recently been asked to deliver a workshop on employee engagement. It’s been a while since I’ve run a session like this, so I dug out my material and refreshed my thoughts. And got very grumpy.

article thumbnail

The ‘experience economy’ includes your employees

The HRX

By Ron Thomas. In the Experience Economy , the customer is the innovator, not the enterprise. Technology lets customers create very personalized experiences. As people become more comfortable and facile with technology, they will create new ways of managing their daily lives and online experiences. And they will expect that kind of flexibility from every company they do business with.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Professional Services Firms: Five Critical Factors for Better Capacity Planning

Workday

Pop quiz: How many resources do you need in a week, a month, or a season from now? Anyone tasked with capacity planning at a professional services organization knows that question is enough to keep you up at night. The sales pipeline might provide something of a clue—but often not enough. Warm leads go cold and deals fall through or—on the flip side—tepid talks suddenly turn red hot, and there’s a monster contract to be dealt with.

More Trending

article thumbnail

The Three Things Your Job Description is Missing

Achievers

Long gone are the days where we simply checked in and checked out of work. With the average American working 47 hours a week , and many working over 50, work isn’t just something we do, it is an indicator of who we are, who we spend our time with, and what problems we are interested in solving. Why then is it 16% of the global workforce is engaged, and only 17% here at home are engaged ?

article thumbnail

Are Leaders Who Coach Lazy?

The People Equation

As the parent of two teens, I’ve become quite accustomed to The Eye Roll. This ocular straining happens most often when I request a previously agreed upon task be completed by said teen. Me: “Hey, it’s time to empty the trash. Trash pick up is tomorrow.” Teen: “Ugh,” with a healthy helping of Eye Roll. When the groaning and eye rolling gets excessive, I sit my kid(s) down and clarify a very important fact of parenting: I don’t ask you to carry out chores because I’m lazy.

Coaching 130
article thumbnail

Suggestions on Responding to IRS 6721/6722 ACA Penalties

ACA Times

3 minute read: In late 2018, the IRS began issuing ACA penalties under IRC 6721/6722 to employers that failed to distribute 1095-C forms to employees and to file 1094-C and 1095-C forms with the federal tax agency by required deadlines for the 2015 and 2016 tax years. The penalties are being issued to employers using Letter 5005-A/Form 886-A. Some of the penalties are in the millions of dollars.

article thumbnail

A #SHRM19 Interview with Paylocity

SHRM

As a Paylocity user myself, it was an easy decision to select Paylocity as a vendor that I wanted to highlight prior to #SHRM19. Please enjoy this 2019 SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition interview with Alexis Knaack, Event Specialist, for Paylocity. Who is Paylocity? Tell us everything, just as you would someone approaching your booth and asking you this question at #SHRM19 in Las Vegas.

Paylocity 106
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Celebrating individualism in the workplace

HR Zone

Culture. Celebrating individualism in the workplace.

160
160
article thumbnail

Worth A Thousand Words: How Art Can Help Your Work Performance

Take It Personel-ly

You’re in a meeting, or on a call, and your mind’s starting to wander. The more you try to focus, the more distracted you get, thinking about the stress of your job and how tired you are. If you’re in the 38% of Americans who daydream during meetings, you’re not alone, but you may be wondering […].

Meeting 101
article thumbnail

Ep 182 – Improving Your Workplace Communication

Workology

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that every year, nearly two million U.S. workers are victims of workplace violence. There is so much divisiveness in our lives right. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that every year, nearly two million U.S. workers are victims of workplace violence.

article thumbnail

Are Leaders Who Coach Lazy?

The People Equation

As the parent of two teens, I’ve become quite accustomed to The Eye Roll. This ocular straining happens most often when I request a previously agreed upon task be completed by said teen. Me: “Hey, it’s time to empty the trash. Trash pick up is tomorrow.” Teen: “Ugh,” with a healthy helping of Eye Roll. When the groaning and eye rolling gets excessive, I sit my kid(s) down and clarify a very important fact of parenting: I don’t ask you to carry out chores because I’m lazy.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Recruitment: five problems with competency-based interviewing and a few solutions

HR Zone

Acquisition. Interview techniques: what's going wrong?

article thumbnail

Creating Community – Human Resources Practitioners of Color #SHRM19

SHRM

HR Pros know very well the importance of a peer network. One of the benefits of attending an event on the scale of the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition (#SHRM19) is the networking opportunities. There will be many conference-sponsored opportunities to connect in Las Vegas, such as the SHRM Foundation brunch, the certification lounge and Meet-To-Eats.

article thumbnail

Web Form Notifications Not Getting Through? Use Gmail SMTP.

marenated HR

By Kerry Pivovar: We ??web forms. They are a simple and widespread way for prospective customers, clients, and the general public to contact a company. And when they work as they should, all is right with the world. However, there are times when we can set up forms 100% correct, but still, form submissions are missed. Form notifications not getting through to the email, where they are intended, ranks high on my most infuriating problems in creating a new website.

Data 94
article thumbnail

Preparing for salary history bans?

HR Morning

How can employers make sure that a prospective hire will be willing to take a job at a salary you consider fair before you spend everyone’s time interviewing ? That puzzle is getting even harder to solve in the nearly 30 cities and states that have banned employers from asking prospects about their salary history. And these laws aren’t restricted to the most progressive states and cities.

article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

Gig Worker Model Upends Employee Classification Debate

SHRM Resources

?Classifying workers—as independent contractors or employees—was already a contentious issue in the workplace before the rise of the freelance, or gig, economy and recent developments have only muddied the waters more.A new federal opinion letter made it easier for employers to classify a worker as an independent contractor, while a court ruling handed down days later in California doubled down on the state's more-restrictive standard, making it harder for companies to classify workers as indepe

Company 89
article thumbnail

The key to unlocking the details of a change initiative

Davis & Company

You are here Home RSS feed. The key to unlocking the details of a change initiative. Use this approach to write better change content. David. Pitre. President. An experienced speaker on communication issues, David has conducted workshops for The Conference Board, the International. LinkedIn Twitter Related work & content. Often the team charged with leading a change is so embedded in the details, members have difficulty articulating it and helping others understand it.

article thumbnail

Stand Out For Success: 11 Details Entrepreneurs Need To Cover In Their Funding Pitch

Forbes Coaches Council

Your pitch is your one chance to impress potential investors and convince them to help fund your business. Forbes Coaches Council leaders share their top details you can't afford to forget if you want your funding pitch to succeed.

article thumbnail

The Right Way for Employees to Speak Up and Have Their Voices Heard

IO At Work

Researchers conduct three studies to demonstrate the roles of straightforward communication and employee credibility in making sure suggestions are heard.

Study 88
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Jeanne Bliss: Why ‘how’ you grow is just as important as ‘how much’

Qualtrics HR

Ask Jeanne Bliss, CEO and founder of Customer Bliss, what she does for a living and she’ll tell you she’s on ‘a crusade’. It’s one that has seen her give 2,000 keynotes, coach more than 20,000 execs around the world, and publish four best-selling books. Her mission? “To help people around the world do a better job of uniting their organization to improve lives and to grow their business admirably.”.

article thumbnail

8 Types of Recognition that Suck!

The Tim Sackett Project

I run a small business. When I need to know something, I usually reach out to my employees and find out what they think. It’s not some big fancy ‘research’ survey with thousands of responses, but it’s real. Recently, I wanted to know what people might want in terms of a recognition award. Ironically, what I found goes against some big fancy research done by recognition companies who are in the business of selling the crap on the list below, crazy how that works in the

Survey 77
article thumbnail

6 companies who provide the best experience on social media (and why)

Qualtrics HR

In an age when many consumers grew up using smart phones and social media, it is becoming increasingly important to use social media in your customer experience efforts. According to a case study by Twitter , when a customer tweets at a brand and receives a response, that customer is willing to spend up to 20% more with that brand on future purchases.

Adobe 80
article thumbnail

5 Must-Have Benefits for Millennial Employees

Best Money Moves

Two million students will graduate with a bachelor’s degree this year and enter the workforce. MAVY Poll surveyed recent graduates on behalf of the American Institute of CPAs to determine which employee benefits would most help them achieve their financial goals as they begin their job search. “The job market, and therefore the employee benefits market, is constantly evolving.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Help Your Team Bond With These Nine Morale-Boosting Approaches

Forbes Coaches Council

Encouraging long-term teamwork isn't simple: You need to establish the right culture, and then really listen. Here are some things to consider.

85
article thumbnail

Why Microlearning Meets Training Needs for Professional Services

BizLibrary - HR

Professional services encompass several job titles, and most require constant training to meet legal and professional standards! The post Why Microlearning Meets Training Needs for Professional Services appeared first on BizLibrary.

article thumbnail

10 Hot Topics for Strengths Coaching

Life and Work Blog

Sometimes I get asked what happens in a strengths coaching session (or a strengths debrief as it’s also called). The short answer is it depends on what the client wants to get out of it. I don’t approach a session with my own agenda; as a coach, I want to follow the client’s agenda. But if a client has never been to a coaching session, they may not know the possibilities.