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Employee Perks To Improve Happiness And Health

New to HR

Employee perks can’t replace a good working culture and environment. You can’t use them to cover up employees being treated badly or to make up. The post Employee Perks To Improve Happiness And Health appeared first on New To HR.

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weekend open thread – October 16-17, 2021

Ask a Manager

This post, weekend open thread – October 16-17, 2021 , was originally published by Alison Green on 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. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: The Husbands , by Chandler Baker.

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Three and Jackie Carpenter of People First: “Be Credible”

Thrive Global

Be Credible. Your reputation as an employer is crucial for attracting and retaining your employees. It’s what others say about you but it starts within your four walls. Be credible as an employer and be truthful, trustworthy and consistent. When you are credible, you put your employees first and you are the kind of employer people can be proud to work for because they can trust you to do the right thing.

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What Type of Brokerage is Best for Your Investments?

Take It Personel-ly

Investing is one of the best ways to grow your money and create a better future for yourself and your family. One of the first things you’ll need to do before investing is to choose which brokerage account will work best for you. There are many types of brokerages available, so you must find out […].

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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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What Is Financial Resilience and What Are Some Strategies To Achieve It?

Thrive Global

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused more than 4.5 million deaths worldwide and has triggered massive economic disruption. During COVID-19, the words “resilience” and “resiliency” have been used in terms our collective ability to withstand shocks and bounce back. The term “resiliency” is normally referred to as the ability to be able weather life’s eventual storms and setbacks.

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Becca Tepper Teruel: “Make All Your Dreams A Reality”

Thrive Global

So many dreams, so little time. And we all have them. We all want what we don’t have, and we figure out ways to get it! But sometimes we can be too focused on our main goal that we forget about the reality of the situation and how life works and – BAM- our dreams are no longer just dreams but distant memories that never even happened in the first place because something else distracted us along the way to following our dream!

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Is Rage Quitting Right?

HR Digest

“I am done with this job.” This is a phrase that many of us might have heard a colleague or fellow worker announce in anger and walk out. Some of us might have silently applauded the move, and others wondered at the stupidity or impetuousness of the move. To rage quit means you are so angry and frustrated with a situation that you are forced to just quit entirely without waiting for any resolution for the problem.

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Time to Rebalance? 6 Ways to Rediscover and Take Action On What’s Important to You

Thrive Global

It might be your garden or your children. Perhaps spending time with good friends. Maybe it’s an early morning walk or meditation. Or a date night with your significant other. What fills your soul with joy? More importantly, are you making the time for it? We all have commitments that require a great deal of time and energy. As high-achieving women, we tend to work hard on what we believe will bring us profit and success.

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Federal Debt When Interest Rates Rise

Forbes Leadership Strategy

When interest rates rise, how much will the interest cost of the federal debt increase? The Federal Reserve is increasingly talking about tapering its long-term securities purchases. After that they are likely to raise short-term interest rates, pushing up U.S. interest expense.

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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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Why You Need Resilience

Thrive Global

As I write to you, we are officially a few weeks into the fourth quarter of 2021. I hope that you can look back on the third quarter with a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Most of all, I hope that you are making progress on your goals and seeing your vision manifest. So many people never want to assess their progress for a quarter. However, it is impossible to know how you are doing without taking the time to assess your actions.

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We See Your Company’s Hypocrisy About DEI Through 1 Revealing LinkedIn Post

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Mo matter how many DEI trainings and programs an organization offers, if they don’t also do the work of discovering how they’re suppressing individuality throughout their organization, and change their systems toward unleashing individuality, they will move further from achieving their DEI goals.

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How to Improve Your Performance at Work

Thrive Global

We all strive to better perform at work and to tap into our full potential. To reach these goals, we need to know what holds us back and how to overcome it, says Georges Chahwan. Our habits are the result of the experiences we make in our lives, but they can also prevent us from experiencing everything the world has to offer. It’s important that you understand your thought patterns and question them if necessary.

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Awakening The Power Of Midlife Women

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Nourishing retreats designed for midlife women, organised by Noon. I attended the first. Here's what i found.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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Kelsi Rohrmann and Patrick Gilfether: “Listen to your people”

Thrive Global

Listen to your people. Make your team meetings and 1:1s safe spaces for people to express their ideas, ask questions, and be heard. Encourage them to share how they’re really feeling and give them the opportunity to have difficult conversations. When your team knows they can do this without fear, it actually breeds innovation and agility?—?you can move past problems faster, you can minimize input and maximize output, and at the end of the day your team will feel seen, understood, and supported.

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Running Out: Can Fast Food Favorites Beat Supply Shortages?

Forbes Leadership Strategy

McDonald's, Taco Bell and Starbucks among chains facing issues, as other consumer products disappear from shelves.

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Royce King of Your Startup Coach: “Discipline”

Thrive Global

Discipline: it can be easy to allow the highs and lows of emotion to detour you. But discipline is doing what it takes, whether you are down and don’t feel like it or celebrating a win and feel you deserve the day off. As part of our interview series called “ 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A Founder ”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Royce King.

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How To Make More Money By Knowing The Right Numbers

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Business consultant Rick Scruggs shares advice on "keeping your house in good order," a must for guiding strategic decision-making.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Jeff Yorzyk of HelloFresh: “Don’t Give Up”

Thrive Global

Don’t Give Up ?—?Sustainability solutions don’t always fit the business agenda. It can take time to develop a successful approach and align the agendas, but good sustainability conversations should also be good business conversations. It has been estimated that each year, more than 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. That equates to more than 160 billion dollars worth of food thrown away each year.

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Rob Connoley of Bulrush: “Invest in your retirement”

Thrive Global

Invest in your retirement. I was probably told this a hundred times, as we all were. Yet so many of us don’t understand the importance of this until far too late in life. And especially when I preceded this advice by saying to follow your passion?—?oftentimes your passion, while making you happy, will not feed you once you have stopped working. It has been estimated that each year, more than 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States.

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COVID-19 second wave: Experts suggest ways to take care of your mental health

Thrive Global

Besides following Covid-appropriate behaviour, psychiatrist Dr Samir Parikh suggested that one must try and not “look into social media too. We are living in challenging times that consume a lot of our mental energy and focus. With the number of cases rising each day, near and dear ones getting affected, and amid lockdowns, stress and anxiety are at an all-time high in the second wave of Covid 19.

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Apply the Right Kind of Pressure to Motivate Your Child

Thrive Global

As parents, we want our kids to do their very best and be successful. This often means that we provide expectations for our kids to meet and apply pressure to help them meet these expectations in the ways we think are best. Unfortunately, even the best intentions can backfire, and many parents don’t realize the harm of parental pressure on a child’s mental health until it’s too late.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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What Can We Learn on World Teachers’ Day?

Thrive Global

This month, on October 5, to be exact, is World Teachers’ Day. A teacher used to be, and in some countries still is, a venerable occupation. A teacher was not simply someone who taught you math or English, but someone who taught you the wisdom of life and was a role model to follow. Judging by what is happening today, it seems we are in desperate need of good teachers.

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What’s Your Teaching Style?

Thrive Global

Paul B. Thornton. Does your teaching style engage, energize, and empower your students? I conduct seminars, workshops, and teach college classes on leadership. I use three teaching styles—Directing, Discussing, and Delegating. I generally structure my classes to include using some amount of each style. However, during the first part of a semester, I primarily use the directing style.

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John Douglas Steuart: “Entrepreneurship is hard work”

Thrive Global

Entrepreneurship is hard work. As an inexperienced entrepreneur, you will initially need to do much more work than people who have been doing it for years such as planning tasks out creatively and delegating effectively as well as keeping track of the business’s day-to-day operations personally rather than delegating responsibilities to an assistant.

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Donna Baer of Strong Happy Family: “Kids feel free to explore when they feel safe”

Thrive Global

Kids feel free to explore when they feel safe. Safe from physical harm. Safe from harsh criticism. Safe from bullies. If we want kids to follow their muses and curiously explore the world, they need to know they dwell in safety. If a school cannot guarantee a child’s safety, it will never produce a lifelong learner. As a part of my interview series about “5 Things You Need To Know To Be A Highly Effective Educator”, I had the pleasure to interview Donna Baer.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Travis Hardy of Empatico: “Support for culturally responsive teaching and inclusive learning environments”

Thrive Global

Support for culturally responsive teaching and inclusive learning environments. Children need to feel safe and a sense of belonging in their school communities, and to do that we need to invest in cultural competence training for educators and leverage children’s unique backgrounds and abilities for better engagement and motivation for learning. As a part of my interview series about “5 Things You Need To Know To Be A Highly Effective Educator”, I had the pleasure to interview Travis Hardy.

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Kieu Phan: “Lean on others when you feel tired”

Thrive Global

Lean on others when you feel tired. As I was young, my mom was always be strong and independent. She never rely on anyone. But as I grew up, I saw a different side of her. She had a pain inside her and never share to anyone. At that movement, I realized that it’s okay to cry and have a shoulder to lean on. As part of my series about young people who are making an important social impact,I had the pleasure of interviewing Kieu Anh Phan.

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Mia Su of the Bio-STEM Club: “Don’t hesitate to ask questions”

Thrive Global

Don’t hesitate to ask questions. Organizing the Girls Ask event with Young Women in Bio last year, in which students ask their questions to professionals in STEM, was one of my first times organizing an event. It was confusing sometimes but asking for clarifications and communicating with the other side made things so much easier. As part of my series about young people who are making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mia Su.