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Fleming Europe - Gamification in HR

Strategic HCM

'On most topics in HR I''m pretty sure what I believe, and although I do sometimes shift on this slightly, my learning tends to be more about how I argue my position, and case studies, pro and con, etc. However there are a few other topics I find I touch a lot but don''t feel as confident in my perspectives. One of these areas is gamification. I know that some companies do find benefits from these approaches but I know there are a lot of nonsense being promoted too.

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25 Sales Motivation Quotes for Your Sales Team

Kazoo

Not every day feels like a walk in the park for salespeople. Working hard and winning new customers feels incredible; but, when calls aren’t returned and end of quarter quotas seem out of reach, even the healthiest sales motivation can suffer. Am I just off my game? Why can’t I close a deal? That swaggering confidence can quickly turn into bad news for employee engagement, and nobody needs that!

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Eli Lilly’s Specialized Approach to Employee Engagement

Achievers

How do organizations create an atmosphere where people feel engaged and motivated? Ask anyone and they’ll tell you that there are many factors involved in creating an engaged workforce, but it usually requires a strategy that outlines specific targets and processes around company goals and objectives, career planning, employee feedback, and recognition. .

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2. Employee Engagement: Creating Iatrogenic Disengagement – Creepy Interventions

David Zinger

'Don’t be creepy if you want to create fuller employee engagement. (Reading time = 58 seconds). This is the second post in a series on iatrogenic disengagement. Iatrogenic disengagement occurs when our efforts at employee engagement fail and cause disengagement. Read the first post here. Creepy employee engagement approaches occur when they are inauthentic or manipulative.

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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ProQuest Case Study: Using the Oscillation Principle for Software Development

Conversation Matters

'ProQuest is an information company that connects people with vetted, reliable information, from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to news. The company began in Michigan with the invention of microfilm in the 1930s and over time its role has become essential to libraries, universities, research centers and other organizations whose mission depends on the delivery of complete, trustworthy information.

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Four Secrets to Recruiting and Retaining the Class of 2014

Achievers

Millennials are driven, motivated, and more educated than any other group in history – and this year’s graduating class marks a critical time for employers. Businesses have the power to engage smart and energized people and help them cultivate their skills to become the company’s greatest asset. What can employers do to ensure that the bright and energized class of 2014 will want to work for them?

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10 Private Exchange Features Important to Employers Like You [Stats]

CheckPoint HR

'A recent study by the Private Exchange Evaluation Collaborative (PEEC) found that 45% of employers have implemented or plan to consider a private exchange for active, full-time employees before 2018. As the private exchange landscape develops, it''s these employers who dictate the features that are critical to private exchange selection.

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Client Story: York College of Pennsylvania

Reviewsnap

'Since opening its doors in 1787, York College of Pennsylvania has maintained a sterling reputation as a “center of affordable academic excellence.” But in 2010, after more than two centuries of distinction, the College decided that one thing needed to change: its performance review process. Its legacy process—labor-intensive and spreadsheet-driven—was no longer keeping pace with the needs of its busy staff and employees.

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Free Will Sacrifice

NoExcusesHR

'I spend a lot of time thinking about leadership, and more specifically what it takes to be an effective leader. So much is written about this topic ( including this blog ) that it almost seems impossible to read it all, process it in a timely way, and execute the approaches that make the most sense to us in our professional lives. We have so many options to consider, perhaps we are over-thinking the core concepts of leadership; and in so doing, we''re missing opportunities to achieve our primar

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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[Webinar] Class of 2014: Your Next Generation of Top Talent

Achievers

They’re optimistic, they’re driven and they’re making communication a priority. For the fifth consecutive year, ConnectEDU and Achievers have partnered to understand exactly what the next generation of top talent is looking for from their future organization. Interested in learning what trends have remained constant, what’s new this year and the secret weapon for appealing to the needs of the Class of 2014?

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Workday 22: Simpler, Faster, and Smarter Finance Management for Large Enterprises

Workday

'With every Workday update, we ask ourselves the same question: How can we meet the requirements of large enterprise customers in a way that''s simpler, faster, and smarter? Below I highlight several new features in Workday 22, announced today, that demonstrate how we''re delivering on that promise. It''s just a sample of all the new functionality we''ve added to Workday Financial Management in this update—including more than 25 major new features—and as always, our customers have the flexibilit

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#BDW14 - Challenges for Big Data in HR

Strategic HCM

'Tomorrow I''m attending Big Data Week''s main UK event and am looking forward to finding out more about big data, and in particular how it can be used for HR. And I do write how rather than if. Big data analytics will have important implications for HR. But unless you''re Google , probably not yet! Despite lots of books and blog posts etc I''ve still not seen many case studies of companies identifying anything new from big data analytics that they shouldn''t really have been able to intuit stra

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The Little Plaid Skirt

Lisa Rosendahl

'I have been in the workforce long enough to see coworkers retire. Not the old geezers I thought were taking up space when I was much newer to the workforce, but experienced and contributing colleagues and friends. A colleague retired last week. When I saw her in the hallway on her last day, I noticed her smiling ear to ear commenting on the sun''s appearance (just like the rest of Minnesota) and then, I noticed her clothes.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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How to Make Your Presentations Much, Much Better

45 Things

'Everyone can give a fantastic presentation. Not so, you may think. You’ve seen plenty of horrible ones, and may even believe that it’s something you’re only so-so at doing. (If you’re being completely honest, you may even admit your last presentation sucked.) That’s OK, right? Everyone has their gifts, and for some people, presenting an idea to a bunch of strangers or co-workers isn’t one of them.

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Video Highlights from Live Launch of Workday Recruiting and Workday 22

Workday

'It''s been an exciting week for us here at Workday, and for our customers too. In this video, we share highlights from "Workday Elevate" in San Francisco on May 6, where our Chairman, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO Aneel Bhusri introduced Workday Recruiting, an application that redefines recruiting and already has been selected by more than 70 customers.

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The Top 4 Signs Your Employees Are about to Quit

Insperity

A recent study at Utah State University (USU) found that employees about to leave their jobs give very clear cues that they’re about to go. The clues aren’t the ones you might expect – like taking more vacation time or leaving at 5 p.m. every day – but, rather, a disengagement from the workplace – not participating in meetings, not contributing new ideas and just doing enough work to get by.

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Taking Time for Yourself Will Help You Get More Done at Work

Workboard

Mastering the Work-Life Balance. Great leaders are givers—but in an effort to give more, do more and be more, many put their own needs on the back burner. They make health a variable, sacrifice presence in relationships and put off the things that put energy in. We’ve all experienced the horrible fallout of this choice and intellectually understand we shouldn’t make it.

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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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How to Best Manage Telecommuters

45 Things

'Allowing employees to work from home or other remote locations is often touted as a way to keep workers more engaged and retain key employees. With more than 3.3 million working remotely, or about 2.6% of the U.S. employee workforce, it’s clear that the definition of the American workplace is changing. But that doesn’t mean working remotely is without its problems.

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Introducing Workday Recruiting

Workday

'It’s here! After two years in the making, today we announced Workday Recruiting, which I wholeheartedly believe reinvents the recruiting experience. In this video, I share the inspiration behind our new offering, plus a brief tour of the application from the user perspective.

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#BDW14 Internet of Things

Strategic HCM

'One of the key themes of the big data week conference is the internet of things. We’ve had an introductory session from Dave Starling, Chief Architect at Picsolve which seemed interesting from a technical perspective but was pretty simple from a functional one – really just about combining photos and videos across different leisure attractions, like Harry Potter World, and providing and combining fairly small amounts of data (eg 2-300 data points) and doing some fairly interesting analysis eg p

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Business Analytics are all the Rage: Should HR Care?

Newmeasures

There has been a lot of buzz lately about business analytics, predictive analytics, and big data. Organizations are using such methods to predict behaviors of customers, understand marketing and sales strategies, and inform strategic decisions. However, a study byTDWI (found here) indicates that of all business functions, HR is the least likely to use these methods.

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A Benefits Leaders Top Priority: Reducing Cancer at all Costs

U.S. employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade next year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers? Cancer.

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Striking the Balance

Cielo HR Leader

'Thought Leadership Discussion: Sue Brooks, Managing Director, Cielo , and Bev Cunningham, Head of Talent and Resourcing for EMEA at CSC. Sue Brooks, Managing Director of Cielo, talks to Bev Cunningham, the Head of Talent and Resourcing for EMEA at technology giant CSC, about how her company is striking the balance between regional and local imperatives.

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3 Points the Millennial Generation May be Missing

Turning the Corner

By Carrie S Ahmad, SPHR, SHRM-SCP. Vice President, People, Turning the Corner, LLC. Recently I interviewed a candidate for an entry-level job and was so pleasantly surprised by her “will do anything to learn” attitude that I actually called it out at the end of the interview and told her that interviewing her was a wonderfully positive and refreshing experience.

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Three Trends of Our Changing Workforce- Part 1: Globalization

Asure Software

AsureSpace Vice President of Marketing, Jen Roth, has put together a three part series on emerging trends in the workforce. Below is part 1, focusing on Globalization. Be sure to check back for parts 2 and 3! Learn more about Jen The Three Trends Changing Our Workforce If the words Globalization, Mobilization and Technology aren’t … Continue reading "Three Trends of Our Changing Workforce- Part 1: Globalization".

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Best Practices of Customer Feedback

Questback

Darren Bosik, Questback's talented methodologist, shares his knowledge and tips about customer feedback and market research.

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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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#BDW14 Kenneth Cukier and the Criticisms of Big Data

Strategic HCM

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4 Ideas for Better Promoting Disability Inclusion in Your Workplace

ExactHire

If you have a culture of universal inclusion, then many individuals and employees may not be as likely to see the need to self-identify their disabilities. With a company that willingly and proactively embraces teammates with disabilities, an environment may already be conducive to the needs of someone without the necessity of a reasonable accommodation.

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Workday Recruiting: Will It Disrupt The Talent Acquisition Software Market?

Bersin with Deloitte

This week Workday introduced Workday Recruiting, a long-awaited new module in the company's growing suite of cloud-based HR and Financial Management applications. In many ways this product has the potential to disrupt the landscape for corporate recruiting software. Rather than being designed as a tool for recruiters which integrates with other HR systems, Workday started from scratch and developed […].