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4 Keys to Learning and Development in the 21st Century Workplace

Cornerstone On Demand

Learning for the 21st century and beyond—sounds like a sci-fi novel, right? The term “ learning " is thrown around a lot lately. Many organizations even have Chief Learning Officers, responsible for the development of the organization's human resources. Is the Chief Learning Officer really a glorified Training Director, though? It's an important question, because learning today is vastly different from years past when "training" was the go-to term.

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Why Great Leaders See More And Exclude Less

15Five

The central dilemma of a modern leader is to balance apparently conflicting virtues and beliefs without choosing sides between them. Decisiveness, for example, is widely and rightly perceived as crucial to effective leadership. It’s the opposite of uncertainty and insecurity, which are paralyzing. But decisiveness overused eventually congeals into certainty.

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10 Workplace Dysfunctions That Create A Toxic Culture

Hppy

Every organization would like to build a high performance culture, but these ten non-strategic activities are in the way of making serious progress. Here are the top 10 workplace dysfunctions that consume precious time and suck up emotional energy: 1. Committee work. How many committees do you have working on various projects? What would happen if you reduced the number by 50% and empowered folks to make decisions and get on with execution?

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5 Factors Changing the U.S. Job Market - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

5 Factors Changing the U.S. Job Market. Why is employee retention so difficult? In the VIDEO: 5 Factors Changing the U.S. Job Market I talk about the monumental changes in the U.S. job market that are having a major impact on hiring and retaining employees. There are basically 5 factors at play in the US economy that are radically changing the job market and influencing how organizations are competing for top talent.

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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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The HR Metric You’re Not Measuring (But Should Be)

WorkHuman

New research suggests employee engagement may not tell the whole story of the employee experience at work. For years, HR leaders and professionals have been laser-focused on measuring and improving employee engagement. In fact, Josh Bersin noted in a Forbes editorial that the roots of engagement surveys go all the way back to the late 1800s when Fredrick Taylor studied how people’s attitudes impacted their productivity in the steel industry.

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VIDEO: 5 Factors Changing the U.S. Job Market - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

5 Factors Changing the U.S. Job Market. Why is employee retention so difficult? In the VIDEO: 5 Factors Changing the U.S. Job Market I talk about the monumental changes in the U.S. job market that are having a major impact on hiring and retaining employees. There are basically 5 factors at play in the US economy that are radically changing the job market and influencing how organizations are competing for top talent.

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VP of Equality Is The Rationalized Replacement for VP of Diversity at Salesforce.

The HR Capitalist

Capitalist Note - I originally posted this a couple of weeks back over at Fistful of Talent. While some of you read both FOT and the Capitalist, not all of you do - so I'm reposting here. Take a look, interesting stuff from Salesforce as they seek to change the narrative from Diversity to Equality. Some will be frustrated, some will think it's brilliant.

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A Quick Update On The ACA From The ABA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plans National Institute

ACA Times

On October 6th and 7th, officials from several governmental departments—including the Treasury Department—gathered in Washington, D.C. for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Health and Welfare Benefit Plans National Institute. Officials were given previews to a number of projects, including guidance on the Affordable Care Act. Among the responses, the Treasury officials found that while notes were given on some proposed regulations including Code Sec. 36B regarding the premium tax credit, furt

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The Employee Development Honor Roll: Gap

Kazoo

(In this blog series, we share the stories of companies that have taken the first steps toward their employee development transformation. You can read the other posts in this series on Patagonia ’s transition to real-time employee development , Adobe’s check-in culture and Goldman Sachs’ decision to completely remove numerical rankings.). Anchoring performance management to a philosophy that unites your employees.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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4 Key Steps To An Extraordinary Workforce

TalentCulture

If you want an amazing workforce, it’s not just about hiring. It’s about marketing. You need to shift your thinking of the workplace as an amorphous collection of desks to a product, and embrace the concept that in order to hire the best you have to market to the workplace on multiple channels. Here are 4 key steps to do it: 1.) Reconsider your recruitment channels and their effectiveness.

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Employees as Brand Ambassadors on the new LinkedIn Company Pages

Workology

Today’s candidates are looking for the right culture fit. A significant element of that culture includes the current company employees and the team that the candidate will be joining. Candidates care who they work with and for. LinkedIn’s new Company Pages show employees and connections more prominently than before. Expect your prospective candidates to look at employee and leader profiles before or during the applicant journey with your company.

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How much are your toxic employees costing you?

HR Morning

A lot’s been written about how much a bad hire (one you terminate and replace quickly) costs companies. But a group of researchers has taken that concept a bit further — examining how much letting a toxic employee stick around costs employers. . The answer? The estimated savings from firing (or avoiding the hire of) a toxic employee is $12,489.

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7 Reasons why fun in the office is the future of work

cipHR

People don't want to work every day, we'd all prefer to be spending time with friends and family, going on holiday and following our passions. Making the working environment more fun seems like the most logical path however, few employers make an effort to proactively ensure that their employees are happy and enjoy being in the office. Utilising certain days of the year such as Halloween or Fireworks night, TV programs such as Bake off or The Apprentice or even local events you can concoct compe

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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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PODCAST - HR Happy Hour 265 - Women in HR Technology

Steve Boese

HR Happy Hour 265 - Women in HR Technology. Hosts: Steve Boese. Guest: Bianca McCann, VP, HR Expert Network Cloud HCM, SAP. Listen to the show HERE. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve Boese is joined by Bianca McCann , VP of the HR Expert Network for Cloud HCM at SAP to talk about the recent Women in HR Technology Summit that was held at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago in early October.

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5 Totally Different (and Fulfilling) Ways to Serve

BambooHR

When I was in the Boy Scouts, our leaders decided to teach us a lesson on service. So, one December we undertook a “twelve days of Christmas” activity in which we left anonymous gifts on an elderly man’s porch on each of the twelve days leading up to Christmas Eve. All I knew about the […]. The post 5 Totally Different (and Fulfilling) Ways to Serve appeared first on.

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"The challenge for any organisation will be to create a culture where the intervention of AI is seen as a positive and not as a threat."

HR Zone

Future. How will Artificial Intelligence help you at work?

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my boss gets angry when I won’t share my food with her

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: My supervisor is obsessed with food! It started when I first went on a diet. I would have my lunch box packed with all of my essentials for the day. I thought it was just her being friendly when she asked to taste certain foods when I sat down at my desk to eat. But then I noticed her asking for food pretty regularly — even food that’s not “shareable” like fish tacos, salad, or chicken wraps.

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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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The Real PURPOSE of Chocolate

Maritz Motivation

There’s a very special lady I know (let’s call her Christine) who happens to work at a local, family-owned chocolate store in town. She works in the back of the shop with one of the owners meticulously preparing sea salt caramels, dark chocolate dipped wine bottles, hundreds of finely detailed chocolate turkeys, and even chocolate dipped potato chips for certain chocolate addicts. .

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What 750 Stats Tell Us About Engagement, Satisfaction and Work

TLNT: The Business of HR

Every day it seems as if there’s a new research report or survey published about employee engagement and retention, or benefits, or what constitutes an effective workplace. Each one promises a hot new revelation or breakthrough that you can use to get your own office revved up and dialed in.

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Trading PTO for Perks

HRExecutive

It happens all the time: The end of the year rolls around, and busy employees find themselves with handfuls of unused vacation days, and too much work to feel good about cashing them in. But what if they could still get something of value in exchange for that paid time off? A new start-up is enabling employees to do just that. As recently reported in the Washington Post , PTO Exchange has just begun working with Premera Blue Cross to let the health insurer’s workers trade in the value of their u

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Fair and Predictable Scheduling: Seattle Edition

Ceridian

By James Arsenault, Director of Strategic Communications, Ceridian. Seattle, following San Francisco, has become the second major US city to approve new regulations for the scheduling of retail and food-service employees. Last year, San Francisco passed a landmark piece of legislation known as the San Francisco Workers’ Bill of Rights. The bill was created with the following goals in mind: Promotion of full-time work and access to hours; Encouragement of fair and predictable scheduling practices

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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Turn Your High-Potential Pool into Enterprise Entrepreneurs

DDI

To take on the challenges of digital transformation, organizations need leaders who can disrupt the status quo, mobilize change, and be increasingly client-centric.

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Gratitude 101: What Is It And Why Do I Need It?

WeSpire

Throughout the month of November, we’re going focus on the topic of gratitude, including its personal and professional benefits. We’ll also be participating in the national #GratitudeChallenge. Join us on Twitter! The first step to expressing gratitude is to fully understand it’s definition. Robert Emmons, a professor at UC Davis and leading expert in gratitude has a comprehensive, two-part definition: Gratitude is an affirmation of goodness.

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Don’t Accidentally Give Thieves Access to Your Computer Systems

HR Daily Advisor

In an open letter to customers earlier this year, Apple ® CEO Tim Cook wrote, “All that information needs to be protected from hackers and criminals who want to access it, steal it, and use it without our knowledge or permission.”. By Sam Karson. If you follow the latest cybersecurity news, you are certainly aware of the Apple-FBI legal dispute in California.

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How Prepared Are You to Deal With Workplace Violence?

TLNT: The Business of HR

Although violence in the workplace continues to plague employers, many still cling to the idea that “those types of things would never happen here.” This does not mean that most employers turn a blind eye to workplace violence; in fact, many employers concern themselves with preventing violent behavior. Fortunately, there are many actions these employers can take to prepare themselves to handle dangerous situations when they occur.

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DEIB Reimagined: Navigating Change and Shaping the Future

Speaker: Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CTA, CDP - Founder/Principal Consultant at LBB Edutainment, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of DEIB. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged over the past year and explore what lies ahead. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies, best practices, and reflection tools to effectively lead and inspire change in your organization.

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Applying Agile Principles to Recruiting & Talent

Jeff Waldman

I had the fortunate opportunity last week to attend WilsonHCG ‘s event, “ Connect 2016, the Agile Approach to Talent Acquisition “, hosted by Scotiabank. For those who don’t know about this Toronto-based event, it’s an annual half-day conference put on by Paul Dodd , Head of Canadian Engagement at Wilson that is dedicated to talent acquisition.

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ADP Report: Private Employers Added 147,000 Workers In October

TLNT: The Business of HR

ADP said private employers added 147,000 new workers to the payrolls last month, the smallest private sector jobs increase reported by the payroll processing and HR services company since April.

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I feel guilty that I got a job through family connections

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: So I am a year and a half out of college. I work as a Teapot Package Designer (obviously not my real field). I’ve been in my job since May of this year and I’m definitely happy to be here. I like the work, my team is great, and I’ve learned so much. I got my position through a family friend, who heads Teapot Packaging at my workplace.

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