Sat.Jan 05, 2013 - Fri.Jan 11, 2013

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On Obamacare and Restaurants

True Faith HR

'Hey restaurants owners. We get you''re unhappy about some of the regulations in Obamacare that require you to provide basic health care to your employees who work over 30 hours a week. How about you Taco Bell? Johnna Davis has worked at the Taco Bell in Guthrie since September. She''s seen a 200 dollar cut in her paycheck since a new store policy went into effect.

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Thoughts Without Words

NoExcusesHR

'2013 has started like an NHL playoff game: non-stop action, very high stakes and a huge amount of energy being expended. Quite honestly I wouldn''t have it any other way. I have one of the most exciting years ahead of me professionally, but not because I feel like everything is going smoothly and I can sit back and bask in the glow of success. No, that is not the case this year ( or any year for that matter.

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How to Impress a New Boss

45 Things

Is there anything more frustrating than working your tail off for your boss and then one day -- poof! The boss is gone and you've got to start all over with a new manager. It would be helpful if you could just direct the new boss to a YouTube video that documented all your hard work, but that's not possible. Instead, you've got to be smart about the way you let the new boss know that you can be a valuable member of the team, and not just dead wood hanging around from the last administration.

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Employee Engagement and Management Craft: 5 Cores to Great Leadership

David Zinger

Five Core Beliefs to Great Leadership. Thank you Lisa! Lisa Haneberg is an awesome writer and management educator. She wrote her last blog post on New Year’s Day. I have loved her perspectives and provocations at Management Craft. I will miss her wisdom and regular contribution while admiring her personal and professional decisions. I was honored to work with her in Washington DC.

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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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#TalentNet Live: The Academic Approach - #HR in the Classroom

True Faith HR

'In case any of you are interested, I''ll be on Talent Net Radio tomorrow at 7PM Eastern/6PM Central to discuss the nexus of human resources and the classroom. Here is the link to the show Here are the questions we''ll be discussing; you can join the conversation with me and the #TalentNet team of Craig Fisher (@fishdogs ), Crystal Miller ( @theonecrystal ) and Matt Charney (@MattCharney ) by using the #TalentNet hashtag or calling in live.

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In 100 Words: Learning (and Teaching) to Fly

QAspire

Here’s how eagles learn to fly. When the baby eagle (eaglet) has fully developed wings, the mother hovers above the nest with a piece of food in her claws. She nurtures the curiosity and shows the eaglet that wings are for flying. Piece of food inspires the eaglet to try. If this doesn’t work, eagle just throws the eaglets out of her nest. When the eaglet is falling, the eagle swoops under the baby and picks the baby on wings before throwing again till the eaglet starts flapping the wings and fl

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Employee Engagement: 10 Personal Work and Wellbeing Prescriptions for 2013

David Zinger

10 Engagement Prescriptions for 2013. Here are David Zinger’s 10 personal prescriptions for work and wellbeing engagement in 2013. 20 seconds to results. Begin each major activity with a 20 second pause to determine the result I am trying to achieve from that activity. Relationship turbocharging. Turbocharge relationships by reaching out to others for connection, assistance, input, contribution, insight, and collaboration.

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Use 360 Degree Reviews to Help Employees Process Feedback

Reviewsnap

'Employees don’t like being railroaded with feedback about poor performance. If it’s the first time they’ve heard the news or they only ever hear it from one person, it can feel like an attack. The employee can’t focus on a development plan when he is still trying to figure out where the negative feedback came from. Sometimes, employees need time to process.

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Commander’s Intent – A Transformational Leadership Tool

Inpower Coaching

My son is applying for a military academy and as you might imagine, our household has been full of discussions about military issues and approaches to things of late. In working with clients recently, I realized that one of the military’s greatest leadership principles I was opining on with my son is rarely leveraged in the commercial world. This is the concept of Commander’s Intent.

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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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Cohesive Leadership Team: Whole Before the Part

QAspire

After reading my last post about cohesive leadership team , some one asked me, “What exactly is cohesion?” I went on to share the following example. In a recent game of cricket, the top batsmen failed to make an impact and got out in quick succession. Clearly, the team was facing the risk of scoring the lowest total ever. Then, the captain walks in with a resolve clearly visible on his face.

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Employee Engagement Friday Factoid 16# : Going Mobile

David Zinger

1.3 billion mobile workers by 2015. By 2015, 1.3 billion people worldwide will be working remotely. That’s almost 40% of the entire global workforce. ( Bring Nomadic Employees Back to the Mothership by Philip Tidd ). Commentary. How do we engage with everyone on the go. Imagine our world in just two years when 40% of our entire global workforce is mobile!

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How to cope with dope: Marijuana & the Minnesota workplace

Business Management Daily

Minnesota employers are stuck in the middle of the battle between state and federal law. The tension may create confusion for employers trying to legally enforce their policies, including drug-free workplace policies. The post How to cope with dope: Marijuana & the Minnesota workplace appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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The Secret to Being a Better Boss: Better Org Charts

Insperity

For many of us, org charts are seen as cold, flat representations of a company’s hierarchy. Names, titles and reporting relationships – that’s all they’re good for. Static, mildly informative org charts can create distance between you and your employees. Your people are the pulse of your business, and keeping up with the beat is crucial. Effective org charting software not only gives insight into how your workforce is performing, it can also provide a closer understanding of your employees thems

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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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Great Quotes: On Expectations

QAspire

“Nobody rises to low expectations.” ~ Calvin Lloyd. One of the most important qualities of a leader is to believe that they can do better. People respond to expectations and the only way to grow people is to consistently raise the bar of expectations. If a team is not doing great, it is either because the team members are incapable or the leader has established very low expectations from them.

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Selecting the Right CRM Applications for Your Sales Force

Quickbase

There are a lot of choices available in CRM applications. You can pay a lot of money for your sales CRM if you fall prey to slick demos and fast-talking sales people at trade shows, especially if you haven’t outlined your needs in advance. Here are some important questions to ask — and to explore […].

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Game Changers Radio Show Features Ben Goldberg

Aurico

'The President of Aurico was recently featured as a guest on the Play Makers Spotlight at a local radio station. Ben spoke on the history of Aurico, how technology impacts our clients, and what it means to take the Aurico Challenge. You can listen to the podcast here. The 10-minute interview begins around the 13:00 marker. The Game Changers Radio Show airs every Saturday at 7:00PM CST on AM 560.

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Hiring Technology In Layman’s Terms

ExactHire

When I hired on at ExactHire, I honestly had NO idea what this company did. I had never dealt with applicant tracking systems and onboarding before. These were words that might as well have been foreign! To make it more interesting, my family and friends wanted to hear all about my new job and what services we provided…. I had a hard time explaining, at first.

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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?