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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article on “ Working from Home Version 2.0: 5 Things to Consider ” and honestly, it was very focused on setting up a work environment that helps you to be productive. MORE
The Importance of Communicating with your workforce during times of crisis. Point of View, Bill Erickson, Co-Founder, WSA. This question is taking on a new and expanded sense of significance. For many of us, a related but even more important question is—who CAN we trust? The Edelman Trust Barometer 2020 provides clear evidence that trust, in our most important institutions, is deteriorating substantially, nationally and internationally. MORE
A Powerful Lever During Challenging Times. In a critical time, emotions tend to be expansive, ranging from lows to highs in a moment’s notice. Employees might turn from fear to anxiety to gratitude to gratefulness all within a few hours. MORE
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Last week, we provided a list of resources to help individuals get adjusted to working from home. After it was published, I received this note. Dear HR Bartender! I’m a loyal and excited reader of your blog and usually find very great tricks and tips I can experiment with at my workplace. MORE
When COVID-19 started making headlines and employees were working from home, the idea was that this was all temporary. In a few weeks (or months), life would return to normal and we’d all be back in the workplace. That hasn’t exactly happened. In fact, many organizations are telling employees they can stay home for the rest of the summer, year, or forever. If you’re in one of these situations where your working from home is being extended, it might be time to think about your office set-up. MORE
I’m here to deliver some tough love to businesses today. As a HR pro, I totally understand that the recruitment market is tough. I hear the same stories from recruiters who are posting job openings and getting zero responses. I also understand the pressure to deliver revenue and profits. MORE
What you say matters. It’s important, as leaders, that we understand the difference between good and poor communication. That being said, the difference isn’t always clear. We hear different advice and perspectives on what’s effective—especially in our current environment. Good communication has three facets: Clarity. Transparency. Impact. As leaders, we have the responsibility to deliver the right message at the right time in the right way, particularly during times of change and unrest. MORE
(Editor’s note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Paycom , a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software. MORE
What is Employee Engagement, Really? And What is a Good Employee Engagement Definition? Employee engagement is the measure of how far an organization can go with the talent they have. For peak performance, culture and engagement go hand-in-hand. Culture is the difference between an ordinary group of people and a unified organization. Culture and Engagement are two parts of a transformational whole. A simplified way to look at it is culture is “the who” and engagement is “the what.”. MORE
Organizations are always making decisions. And when faced with unique circumstances, they might have to make some more – including some really tough ones. Decision making isn’t easy. Some people avoid making decisions at all costs. And avoidance is a decision in itself. There are times when the outcome from no decision can be worse. At some point last year, I attended a conference where the speaker shared six principles for decision making. MORE
SHRM Snapshot of the Effect of the Pandemic on Business. What you need to know about the changing environment. It’s no secret that we are approaching a new normal for businesses and for workforces. The COVID-19 crisis has been devasting for many business owners, leaders, and employees worldwide. SHRM publishes a bi-weekly pulse of how the pandemic is impacting US businesses—information we see as being extremely valuable to HR departments, CEO’s, and all business leaders across the country. MORE
Creating an effective 360 degree feedback survey means understanding the difference between 360 degree feedback surveys and employee engagement surveys. They both serve different purposes and should be used according to what your business wants to accomplish. Know the Difference. Use the right question items on the survey. The single biggest mistake made by most companies when designing their 360 degree feedback process is using items that are inappropriate for this type of survey. MORE
Organizations are constantly asking themselves “What do our employees want?” And if they’re not asking that question, they should be. The answer helps organizations create a workplace that employees want to be a part of. That aids employee engagement. MORE
One of the more popular articles on HR Bartender is titled “ Leadership Power: The 7 Types and How to Use Them ”. Every one of us has power and it’s important to recognize the different types of power we possess, how much of each type we have, and how to use them in a positive way. MORE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. Forty years of employee research – lessons learned. Companies have been conducting employee surveys for many decades, mostly with mixed results. In far too many instances, the periodic employee survey, sometimes expendable, has been an obligatory act of leadership to see what leaders could learn, if anything, by listening to their employees. MORE
Using the Right Engagement Index is Critical to a Successful Engagement Process. The ultimate purpose for finding the most precise index for measuring and benchmarking employee engagement is to ensure accurate identification of actionable management factors that cause employees to want to work harder, stay longer and care more. MORE
When I worked in an office environment, I tried to spend a lot of time walking around. It was a great opportunity to be visible and chat with employees. It also got me into the habit of always having a notebook with me. Employees would ask questions and I needed some way to remember. MORE
I’m a sports fan, and this is a sports story. Some of the most fun and educational experiences of my career came from when I have been able to work closely with professional and college teams in several different sports. If you’re not a sports fan—in fact, if you’ve had it up to there with sports metaphors in business—take heart. First, this story is about hockey—a sport I admittedly knew absolutely nothing about at the time. MORE
When designing and setting up an employee engagement survey, the overriding consideration is to ensure the utilization of good science. But it’s not just about good science. Even more, it’s about the right science. Use our six proven pitfalls to avoid key mistakes and ensure your employee engagement survey is designed with the right science so your organization can see the powerful outcomes of doing employee engagement done right. Forcing A Direction. MORE
How to Recognize Employee Engagement. The Employee Engagement Picture, Know it When You See It. If you had to sum it up with a single concept, employee engagement is all about psychological ownership. When I become engaged, when I feel a sense of ownership, the company ceases to be your company and becomes my company. It doesn’t matter whether or not I own a single share of stock. MORE
Getting employee survey timing right. When it comes to employee engagement, timing and balance are critical. Similar to many things in life, too little or too much of any given thing can cause outcomes we didn’t intend. For example, if you have too little time for yourself, you may start to feel unappreciated, tired, overwhelmed and frustrated. Likewise, too much time to yourself can start to build feelings of loneliness, self-doubt and sadness. MORE
When designing and setting up an employee engagement survey, the overriding consideration is to ensure the utilization of good science. But it’s not just about good science. Even more, it’s about the right science. To get the science right, you must include the right items. MORE
What is Employee Engagement? While many leaders think employee engagement surveys alone can improve their organization, CultureIQ’s decades of research show that improving overall culture is a far more effective way to improve business outcomes and propel growth. MORE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. Forty years of employee research – lessons learned. Companies have been conducting employee surveys for many decades, mostly with mixed results. In far too many instances, the periodic employee survey, sometimes expendable, has been an obligatory act of leadership to see what leaders could learn, if anything, by listening to their employees. MORE
Interpret Your Results. Measuring What Matters. Related Videos. Understanding Your Survey Results. Understanding Your Survey Results Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what. Measuring What Matters. Measuring What Matters Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. MORE
Interpret Your Results. Understanding Your Survey Results. Related Videos. Understanding Your Survey Results. Understanding Your Survey Results Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what. Measuring What Matters. MORE
Understand the Process. Tips for Boosting Engagement. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees. MORE
Understand the Process. The Role of The Manager. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees. Related Videos. MORE
Understand the Process. Engage and Equip. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees. Related Videos. MORE
Understand the Process. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees. MORE
Understand the Process. What is Employee Engagement? Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees. MORE
Using the Right Engagement Index is Critical to a Successful Engagement Process. The ultimate purpose for finding the most precise index for measuring and benchmarking employee engagement is to ensure accurate identification of actionable management factors that cause employees to want to work harder, stay longer and care more. MORE
I’m a sports fan, and this is a sports story. Some of the most fun and educational experiences of my career came from when I have been able to work closely with professional and college teams in several different sports. If you’re not a sports fan—in fact, if you’ve had it up to there with sports metaphors in business—take heart. First, this story is about hockey—a sport I admittedly knew absolutely nothing about at the time. MORE
Workforce Science Associates
MAY 26, 2020
A Powerful Lever During Challenging Times. In a critical time, emotions tend to be expansive, ranging from lows to highs in a moment’s notice. Employees might turn from fear to anxiety to gratitude to gratefulness all within a few hours.
Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 25, 2020
What you say matters. It’s important, as leaders, that we understand the difference between good and poor communication. That being said, the difference isn’t always clear. We hear different advice and perspectives on what’s effective—especially in our current environment. Good communication has three facets: Clarity. Transparency. Impact. As leaders, we have the responsibility to deliver the right message at the right time in the right way, particularly during times of change and unrest.
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Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 19, 2020
SHRM Snapshot of the Effect of the Pandemic on Business. What you need to know about the changing environment. It’s no secret that we are approaching a new normal for businesses and for workforces. The COVID-19 crisis has been devasting for many business owners, leaders, and employees worldwide. SHRM publishes a bi-weekly pulse of how the pandemic is impacting US businesses—information we see as being extremely valuable to HR departments, CEO’s, and all business leaders across the country.
Workforce Science Associates
MARCH 14, 2020
The Importance of Communicating with your workforce during times of crisis. Point of View, Bill Erickson, Co-Founder, WSA. This question is taking on a new and expanded sense of significance. For many of us, a related but even more important question is—who CAN we trust? The Edelman Trust Barometer 2020 provides clear evidence that trust, in our most important institutions, is deteriorating substantially, nationally and internationally.
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We wanted to know how COVID-19 impacted businesses and their workforces. Did they need government funds? How many workers did they layoff or furlough? Are employees working from home now? How’s team morale? And perhaps most importantly, what are their plans for the future? This guide offers a pretty good idea of how business leaders are feeling, what keeps them up at night, and what approaches they’re taking to solve problems. Download the guide to see all the survey results and where your organization might stand comparatively.
Workforce Science Associates
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
I’m a sports fan, and this is a sports story. Some of the most fun and educational experiences of my career came from when I have been able to work closely with professional and college teams in several different sports. If you’re not a sports fan—in fact, if you’ve had it up to there with sports metaphors in business—take heart. First, this story is about hockey—a sport I admittedly knew absolutely nothing about at the time.
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Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 28, 2019
Using the Right Engagement Index is Critical to a Successful Engagement Process. The ultimate purpose for finding the most precise index for measuring and benchmarking employee engagement is to ensure accurate identification of actionable management factors that cause employees to want to work harder, stay longer and care more.
Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 28, 2019
Using the Right Engagement Index is Critical to a Successful Engagement Process. The ultimate purpose for finding the most precise index for measuring and benchmarking employee engagement is to ensure accurate identification of actionable management factors that cause employees to want to work harder, stay longer and care more.
Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 10, 2019
Understand the Process. Engage and Equip. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees. Related Videos.
Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 10, 2019
Understand the Process. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees.
Speaker: Trish Uhl, Founder of Owl's Ledge LLC and the Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum
Digital is disrupting every part of an organization's value chain at a record pace, creating a critical need to transform operations and employees' ways of working. Formal training alone can't keep up; it's often too slow, too generic, inconvenient, inefficient, unduly expensive and lacks or lags methods for measuring business-related effectiveness. Trish Uhl show you how to start leveraging Learning Engineering, a multidisciplinary approach that combines modern technology, data analytics, decision science, learning sciences and change management with human-centered engineering design methodologies to ultimately deliver targeted learning outcomes and business results that keep pace with the business and merge learning into the flow of work and lead Digital Adoption.
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Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 10, 2019
Understand the Process. What is Employee Engagement? Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees.
Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 9, 2019
Understand the Process. The Role of The Manager. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees. Related Videos.
Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 7, 2019
Interpret Your Results. Measuring What Matters. Related Videos. Understanding Your Survey Results. Understanding Your Survey Results Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what. Measuring What Matters. Measuring What Matters Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer.
Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 7, 2019
Interpret Your Results. Understanding Your Survey Results. Related Videos. Understanding Your Survey Results. Understanding Your Survey Results Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what. Measuring What Matters.
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Workforce Science Associates
JUNE 7, 2019
Understand the Process. Tips for Boosting Engagement. Related Videos. What is Employee Engagement? What is Employee Engagement? What is the Purpose of an Employee Engagement Survey? Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video Description or maybe some bullet points describing what the video has to offer. Video. Moving the Needle on Engagement. Moving the Needle on Engagement Coming up with the right engagement strategy for your employees.
Workforce Science Associates
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. Forty years of employee research – lessons learned. Companies have been conducting employee surveys for many decades, mostly with mixed results. In far too many instances, the periodic employee survey, sometimes expendable, has been an obligatory act of leadership to see what leaders could learn, if anything, by listening to their employees.
Workforce Science Associates
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. Forty years of employee research – lessons learned. Companies have been conducting employee surveys for many decades, mostly with mixed results. In far too many instances, the periodic employee survey, sometimes expendable, has been an obligatory act of leadership to see what leaders could learn, if anything, by listening to their employees.
Workforce Science Associates
DECEMBER 7, 2018
When designing and setting up an employee engagement survey, the overriding consideration is to ensure the utilization of good science. But it’s not just about good science. Even more, it’s about the right science. To get the science right, you must include the right items.
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Workforce Science Associates
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Creating an effective 360 degree feedback survey means understanding the difference between 360 degree feedback surveys and employee engagement surveys. They both serve different purposes and should be used according to what your business wants to accomplish. Know the Difference. Use the right question items on the survey. The single biggest mistake made by most companies when designing their 360 degree feedback process is using items that are inappropriate for this type of survey.
Workforce Science Associates
NOVEMBER 24, 2018
Getting employee survey timing right. When it comes to employee engagement, timing and balance are critical. Similar to many things in life, too little or too much of any given thing can cause outcomes we didn’t intend. For example, if you have too little time for yourself, you may start to feel unappreciated, tired, overwhelmed and frustrated. Likewise, too much time to yourself can start to build feelings of loneliness, self-doubt and sadness.
Workforce Science Associates
OCTOBER 18, 2018
How to Recognize Employee Engagement. The Employee Engagement Picture, Know it When You See It. If you had to sum it up with a single concept, employee engagement is all about psychological ownership. When I become engaged, when I feel a sense of ownership, the company ceases to be your company and becomes my company. It doesn’t matter whether or not I own a single share of stock.
Workforce Science Associates
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
What is Employee Engagement, Really? And What is a Good Employee Engagement Definition? Employee engagement is the measure of how far an organization can go with the talent they have. For peak performance, culture and engagement go hand-in-hand. Culture is the difference between an ordinary group of people and a unified organization. Culture and Engagement are two parts of a transformational whole. A simplified way to look at it is culture is “the who” and engagement is “the what.”.
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2020’s boldest people leaders are building and living core values along with their employees. Elevating Employee Voice engages an organization’s “collective hearts and habits” to drive transformation at scale. It connects every individual, manager and team in an authentic dialogue to create shared alignment, ownership and trust in the path ahead.
Workforce Science Associates
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
When designing and setting up an employee engagement survey, the overriding consideration is to ensure the utilization of good science. But it’s not just about good science. Even more, it’s about the right science. Use our six proven pitfalls to avoid key mistakes and ensure your employee engagement survey is designed with the right science so your organization can see the powerful outcomes of doing employee engagement done right. Forcing A Direction.
HR Bartender
MAY 31, 2020
When I worked in an office environment, I tried to spend a lot of time walking around. It was a great opportunity to be visible and chat with employees. It also got me into the habit of always having a notebook with me. Employees would ask questions and I needed some way to remember.
HR Bartender
AUGUST 18, 2020
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article on “ Working from Home Version 2.0: 5 Things to Consider ” and honestly, it was very focused on setting up a work environment that helps you to be productive.
HR Bartender
APRIL 2, 2020
Last week, we provided a list of resources to help individuals get adjusted to working from home. After it was published, I received this note. Dear HR Bartender! I’m a loyal and excited reader of your blog and usually find very great tricks and tips I can experiment with at my workplace.
Speaker: David Secunda, CEO, WorkBright
Companies are looking to adjust their new hire onboarding to accommodate unique ‘social distancing’ challenges like securely collecting personally identifiable information and understanding new compliance regulations like Form I-9 verification. Join Workbright on Thursday, August 27th, to get a first-hand look at how a 100% remote onboarding process works using their system. They'll cover a few of the new COVID-19 related legislation changes and how they can be easily facilitated with their platform.
HR Bartender
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
(Editor’s note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Paycom , a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software.
HR Bartender
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Organizations are constantly asking themselves “What do our employees want?” And if they’re not asking that question, they should be. The answer helps organizations create a workplace that employees want to be a part of. That aids employee engagement.
CultureIQ
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
What is Employee Engagement? While many leaders think employee engagement surveys alone can improve their organization, CultureIQ’s decades of research show that improving overall culture is a far more effective way to improve business outcomes and propel growth.
HR Bartender
APRIL 19, 2020
One of the more popular articles on HR Bartender is titled “ Leadership Power: The 7 Types and How to Use Them ”. Every one of us has power and it’s important to recognize the different types of power we possess, how much of each type we have, and how to use them in a positive way.
Speaker: Donald Fan, Senior Director of the Global Office of Culture, Diversity & Inclusion at Walmart Inc.
In the digital era, rife with uncertainty and ambiguity, innovation plays an essential role in sustaining organic growth and outperforming the global competition. Research proves time and again, there exists a robust bond between innovation and diversity & inclusion (D&I); our challenge is to help our leaders understand how to plant the seeds of innovation in the fertile D&I garden in order to drive a strategic and competitive advantage from the office and in the digital landscape.
CuteHR
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
HRT 2020 MVP Awards - Other
HR Bartender
AUGUST 11, 2020
Organizations are always making decisions. And when faced with unique circumstances, they might have to make some more – including some really tough ones. Decision making isn’t easy. Some people avoid making decisions at all costs. And avoidance is a decision in itself. There are times when the outcome from no decision can be worse. At some point last year, I attended a conference where the speaker shared six principles for decision making.
HR Bartender
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
I’m here to deliver some tough love to businesses today. As a HR pro, I totally understand that the recruitment market is tough. I hear the same stories from recruiters who are posting job openings and getting zero responses. I also understand the pressure to deliver revenue and profits.
HR Bartender
AUGUST 4, 2020
When COVID-19 started making headlines and employees were working from home, the idea was that this was all temporary. In a few weeks (or months), life would return to normal and we’d all be back in the workplace. That hasn’t exactly happened. In fact, many organizations are telling employees they can stay home for the rest of the summer, year, or forever. If you’re in one of these situations where your working from home is being extended, it might be time to think about your office set-up.
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As we approach 2019, major shifts in the work environment will continue to affect the ways companies do business. Companies that are looking to attract, engage, and retain top talent should leverage these trends to create workplaces where employees thrive.
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