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[SlideShare] Are You a Workplace Trendsetter?

Achievers

An engaged, aligned, and recognized workforce separates you from the pack. Get inspired. Be a trendsetter. Are You a Workplace Trendsetter? from Achievers. The post [SlideShare] Are You a Workplace Trendsetter? appeared first on [engage]- The Employee Success and Engagement Blog by Achievers.

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What is Strategic Engagement?

Newmeasures

'Strategy without an engaged workforce has no momentum. Engagement without strategy has momentum with nowhere to go. Most organizations have come to recognize the value of employee engagement. Engaged employees are more loyal and productive. However, not all engagement is created equal. The energy of engaged employees must be focused in a way that creates a competitive advantage for the organization.

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Master Moments: 6 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Master Moments. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the sixth of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on mastering moments, the block furthest to the right on the third row of the pyramid of employee engagement.

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Stress Test: What Are You Doing To Combat the Number One Workforce Risk?

Reviewsnap

'A 2014 study by Monster found that nearly half of the U.S. workers they surveyed left a job due to an overly stressful environment, according to a worrisome article on TLNT.com. The study discovered that 42 percent of the participants “purposely changed jobs” due to an overly stressful work environment. And another 35 percent have thought about changing jobs for the same reason.

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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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The Four #SHRM14 Conference Keynote Archetypes

True Faith HR

'If you''re a newbie to the SHRM Annual Conference, you''ll see that a major attraction to entice people to attend is the array of keynotes providing guidance and inspiration. Perhaps this was one of the critical factors influencing your decision. After attending for 14 years, you''ll see that their are 4 major types of keynotes (h/t to Matt Charney for inspiring the post) that SHRM brings in.

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Enliven Energy: 10 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Enliven Energy. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the tenth of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on enliven energy, the block at the base on the far right hand side of the pyramid. This question was originally developed by Donald Graves as he examined the energy to teach: What gives me energy, what takes it away, and what for me is a waste of

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The Difference Between Dreamers and Doers

Workboard

4 techniques that separate doers and achievers from dreamers. In many ways, setting goals is similar to dreaming of success – goals are desired outcomes. But achieving goals (and with them, success) is infinitely harder and more complex. While many things on the road to success like Estée Lauder’s are beyond your control, how you apply your energy toward success is something you have a great deal of control over.

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My Annual Love Letter to the @SHRMFoundation #SHRM14

True Faith HR

'Dear SHRM Foundation , We’ve known each other for years. We’ve had our ups (your support of the HRGames) and our downs (the 247 Director’s Circle pins you sent me as a sign of your affection). However, despite this rollercoaster of emotions, I’ve always supported you and been in your corner. So, in this public forum, it is time to declare my love for you and say that you’re the best thing under the SHRM umbrella.

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The Peter Principle: 5 signs you are a "Peter"

Newmeasures

'Our research continuously shows that organizations are better at achieving results than valuing people. If most people will tell you that valuing people is critical to accomplishing results, why is it that so many organizations are unbalanced? One answer can be found in the age-old Peter Principle (Peter & Raymond, 1969.

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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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How to Build A Dream Team At Work

TheHRBlog

A super achievers team is a highly cohesive, diverse and aligned group of performers each skilled in their own domains. These teams speed- up the learning and growth of its members and It’s fun being on it, as everyone achieves more. So how do you go about building a super achiever team at work? At the new- age […].

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The Difference Between Getting Things Done and Having a Meaningful Impact

Workboard

5 Career Velocity Strategies. There is a lot of discussion about productivity, but I’ve always preferred the term velocity. I’ve found that my velocity to goal determines my career velocity. By that I mean the speed and efficiency with which I achieve my goals determines the speed and degree of career growth I experience. If I use half the time and half the people, capital and other resources to achieve the goal as planned or as a peer, there will be career reward and recognition.

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Enhance Wellbeing: 9 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Enhance Wellbeing. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the ninth of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on enhance wellbeing, the second block from the right at the base of the pyramid. How do I work this week so that work makes me well?

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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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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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How to Curb Your Addiction to a Frantic Pace

45 Things

'There''s a famous quote from “Alice Adventures in Wonderland” author Louis Carroll that says: “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” Since Carroll died in 1898, it’s clear that the current-day dilemma we seem to have with rushing around and trying to get more done isn’t a new problem. But as Carroll points out, all that hurrying doesn’t seem to pay off in getting ahead.

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An Execution Framework for Achieving Ambitious Goals

Workboard

3 essentials for high cadence, high impact execution. While annual planning and performance reviews are very structured processes, most organizations don’t have structured models for managing execution and goal achievement between plan and review. How are your planned outcomes versus actuals monitored week over week and how much does your approach vary over the course of the year?

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Leverage Strengths: 7 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Leverage Strengths. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the seventh of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on leveraging strengths, the first block on the bottom row of the pyramid of employee engagement.

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The Big Data Boom: Helping Leaders Accomplish Strategic Priorities

Newmeasures

'According to a Big Data @ Work study of 1,144 organizations in over 90 countries, conducted by the University of Oxford School of business in conjunction with IBM, “The most effective big data solutions identify business requirements first, and then tailor the infrastructure, data sources and analytics to support the business.” This has been our approach at Newmeasures for several years and our own research shows similar conclusions.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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#HRPickUpLines and the #SHRM14 Expo Hall

True Faith HR

'This is the 14th SHRM Annual Conference I''ve attended, so I''m a bit jaded when it comes to the promotion from vendors to visit their booths. However, this year, Careerbuilder has a unique take by using the hashtag #HRPickUpLines as a way to get attention to their name. The "best" lines can win an iPad air. Here is the first winning line: Here is a sampling of my entries: @CBforEmployers "Care to have me remove the zipper clause in your contract?

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Sign-On and Retention Bonuses Reach All-Time High

Compensation Force

'The use of sign-on and retention bonuses appears to be at an all-time high, according to a recently released WorldatWork survey on Bonus Programs and Practices. The research, which highlights the practices of 713 organizational participants, is the fifth iteration of a series that dates back to 2001. Among other things (like the volatility of today''s labor market), these findings tell us that an increasing proportion of the reward dollars needed to attract and retain talent are being channele

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Make Meaning: 8 of 10 Daily Questions to Improve Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'Make Meaning. (Reading time = 28 seconds). This is the eighth of a 2 week series outlining a different engaging question you can ask yourself each day. The questions are derived from the pyramid of employee engagement. Here is today’s question based on making meaning, the second block on the base of the pyramid of employee engagement. Why do I do what I do?

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The World Is Changing. Is HR Ready?

Newmeasures

'As we move further away from the recession, most businesses are working to position themselves for growth and expansion. However, the workforce is not the same as it was just six years ago and HR is presented with new challenges. Among these workforce trends include: Flood of New Knowledge: The amount of knowledge in the world doubles every year and, according to IBM, in just a few years it will double every 12 hours.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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3 Times it Pays to have Integrated Benefits and Payroll Systems

CheckPoint HR

'Midway through 2014, integrated HR technology remains a trending topic for HR practitioners and organizations looking to streamline operations and save on administrative costs. Integration starts with payroll – the big data-keeper for your organization. Many HR Professionals are looking for payroll systems that are integrated with HRMS technology. But to get the most out of integration, some are getting ahead of the curve and looking for payroll systems that also integrate with benefits adminis

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Leadership in VUCA World: Perspectives on #IndiaHRChat

QAspire

'Today’s business environment is best described as VUCA – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. VUCA is, quite simply, the expression of the fact that the rate of change is outpacing our ability to adapt. As a result of this, businesses, industries and careers are disrupted faster than ever before. We have to seriously rethink about how we lead ourselves, others and our organizations.

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How to Quiet That Inner Voice of Doubt

45 Things

'We all have experienced, at one time or another, that tiny voice inside our head that tells us we can’t do something or that we’re failures. But once we start listening to that tiny voice, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. If that voice tells you, for example, that you won’t give a successful presentation , then you may decide not to even try to prepare – and you actually give a rotten presentation.

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Taking Community For Granted

Lisa Rosendahl

'We long for a place where everybody knows our name. We seek community. While there continue to be discussions over what actually defines a community, for many, it is a sense of cohesiveness among a group of people. Let''s go with that. Photo Credit: iStockphoto. Sometimes communities are organized like Women of HR or Tribewriters. Sometimes communities are organic.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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#ECTalent - Darren Chlds: Putting himself on the line

Strategic HCM

'Darren Childs, CEO of UKTV at the Economist Talent Management Summit 2014 Well due to the French air traffic control strikes I missed the sessions I really wanted to see but we''ve had a couple of good sessions on diversity (Jean Marting arguing that businesses needing to progress people from unusual sources and a panel providing lots of examples about this not happening.

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Dogs and Advertising

The HR Minion

'One thing you learn very quickly as a blogger, especially if you ever get to be part of a social media team at a conference or event, is that you quickly start getting pitches from marketers about stuff to talk about on your blog. At first, it can be flattering. People are paying attention to you! Isn’t that like totally the point of blogging?

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How to Keep Your Best Employees with a Better Retention Strategy

Insperity

A retention strategy isn’t in every business’s HR arsenal. But it should be. You worked so hard to get the right people in your organization. Why wouldn’t you work just as hard to keep them? Having an outdated or ill-conceived retention strategy, however, is just as bad as not having one at all. Here are some ways to make sure your business’s retention strategy is performing as well as the people it’s trying to keep in the building.