Sat.Nov 17, 2012 - Fri.Nov 23, 2012

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Top 3 Mistakes Fast Growing Businesses Make

Insperity

And how you can fix them. You’ve overshot your forecasts, revenues are up and so too are the demands on your time. Congratulations, you’re running a fast-growing business. Now, you have to prepare yourself to handle the growth. Increased demands on your time and resources can quickly spiral out of control. Without a growth plan in place, your fast and impressive progress can become a top-heavy burden to your businesses success.

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Thanks.For Nothing

NoExcusesHR

'I''m writing over at Performance I Create today. Check out my post on being thankful.or maybe not so thankful.in today''s workplace. Let me know what you think about shared responsibility, entitlement, and being miserable on the job. I''d love to hear form you. No Excuses.

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Employee Engagement: Strengthening Wellbeing

David Zinger

Employee Engagement: Strengths Make Me Well. The pyramid of employee engagement offers a model of the 10 blocks of employee engagement. Here is a link to a 50 page booklet on the pyramid. There are 10 posts in this series. To learn more with a chance to be interactive on strengths and engagement plan to attend an educational workshop in London on the importance of strengths for employee engagement and a fusion of the pyramid of employee engagement with a strength-based approach to work.

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De-Siloing Social Software

Bersin with Deloitte

Human beings are social by nature. And why shouldn’t the software that people use at work support that inherent social inclination? It can – if it is intrinsic in the way that they actually work. To date, many initial social endeavors from software providers have included a Facebook-like page through which employees can recognize, comment, […].

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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.

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Feedback Lineup: Building a 360-review “A” Team

Reviewsnap

'During 360-review season, you’re asked to select raters to help evaluate your performance. Just like picking players for a kickball team, you want raters who will make you look good. But you don’t want to look good because the raters are all generic and wishy-washy. You want to look good because there’s something worthwhile in the feedback. Think about the kickball team: If people are picking daisies in the outfield and constantly missing the ball, even if you score home runs, you could still l

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Employee Engagement: Engage!

David Zinger

Engage! How did engage become engagement? If you are a rugby fan could you imagine the scrum starting with “crouch, touch, pause, engagement.” Engagement does not work to start action. Don’t freeze up your work with engagement. We don’t engagement at work. We engage. Engage today and you will find that engagement takes care of itself.

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BigData in HR: Why it’s Here and What it Means

Bersin with Deloitte

The talk about BigData is getting louder by the minute. As companies shift their core systems to the cloud, more and more people-related data becomes available. This, coupled with the tremendous focus on BigData in the technology sector, has created a huge focus on data driven decision-making. Why Analytics is Coming to HR If you […]. The post BigData in HR: Why it’s Here and What it Means appeared first on Bersin by Deloitte.

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How to Lead Like Abraham Lincoln

45 Things

I don't profess to be an expert on Abraham Lincoln, but what I have read about his life has been inspiring. He was the focus on a recent column I did for Gannett/USA Today. As Steven Spielberg's Lincoln brings audiences into theaters to learn of the 16th president's astute leadership and President Obama vows to work with opposing lawmakers in his second term, it's a good time to consider how compromise can be gained in the workplace on a day-to-day basis.

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All Is Lost

NoExcusesHR

'"All is lost." Could there be a more depressing phrase in all the world? I think not. It epitomizes the ultimate in defeatism. It''s literally the realization that you no longer have choices and somehow are required to give up. Well I think that'' s a bunch of crap. Options We''ve all had our fair share of challenging moments in life. Whether we were under tremendous pressure at work and made an untimely mistake.

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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.

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Employee Engagement: Energetic Strengths

David Zinger

Employee Engagement: Strong Energy. The pyramid of employee engagement offers a model of the 10 blocks of employee engagement. Here is a link to a 50 page booklet on the pyramid. There are 10 posts in this series. To learn more with a chance to be interactive on strengths and engagement plan to attend an educational workshop in London on the importance of strengths for employee engagement and a fusion of the pyramid of employee engagement with a strength-based approach to work.

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#HRSummitExpo - The Credible Activist ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human.

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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Why You Need To Ask for Advice

Quickbase

Recently I’ve come to realize that one bad habit I’ve developed is I dislike asking people for advice unless I can’t figure it out myself. With two simple tools–Google and a laptop–I figure I can do the research myself, collect all the relevant data points, and come to a reasonable and logical conclusion independently. This […].

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Head On Collision HR

NoExcusesHR

'Much is written about " good " leaders and " bad " leaders with myriad examples of both behaviors. I believe there continues to be a need for this discussion because there is far too little of the former, and sadly an excess of the latter. I''m No Expert One of the unique perspectives that human resources professionals have in their organizations is that we see 100% of the problems. ( Or at least the ones that become big enough to have to deal with.

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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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Employee Engagement Friday Factoid #9: Disengaged Performance Management

David Zinger

Zinger Friday Factoid #9: A Waste of Performance Time. According to “Abandoning Performance Scores,” a case study published in March by Bersin & Associates, the company conducted an internal focus group in 2008 that found managers spent an average of seven hours per employee conducting a performance report. Managers spent little of this time, however, in one-on-one interaction with employees.

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hrsummitexpo Middle East HR Summit & Expo - Dubai - Strategic HCM

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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Great Quote: On System of Management by Deming

QAspire

W. Edwards Deming , the pioneer and guru in quality revolution wrote the following paragraph when commenting on Peter Senge’s book “ The Fifth Discipline ” and it instantly struck the chord. Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning.

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Aurico Ranks as one of the Nation’s Top Background Screening Providers

Aurico

'In the November issue of HRO Today, Aurico ranks as one of the nation’s top background screening providers. Aurico ranks sixth overall in the 2012 Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings. We are honored and appreciative of this recognition and humbled to know it is based solely on independent feedback from our clients. One of our raving fans includes Jana, Director of Talent Acquisition, who states, “I love Aurico and everything about them.

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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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In 100 Words: Bitter or Better?

QAspire

Nick Vujicic is a hero. He was born with no arms and no legs! After struggling initially as a depressed kid who contemplated suicide, he was transformed when his mother showed him an inspiring article about a man who was also dealing with a severe disability. This realization was so profound that he started looking at life differently, mastered it and eventually did everything a normal man can do.

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