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Best Books for Developing Your Leaders

ATD Human Capital

The ASTD Leadership Handbook. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press, 2010. Handbook of Leadership Development, Third Edition. Alexandria, VA: ASTD Press, 2010. Designing Your Leadership Program. Biech, Elaine. Developing Talent for Organizational Results. San Francisco: Pfeiffer Publishing, 2012. Biech, Elaine. Bruce, Anne.

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8 Best-Practice Tips for Writing an Employee Handbook

6Q

Every business needs an employee handbook. Companies often use handbooks to familiarise new employees with the company’s mission, values, and policies, but they are also useful for existing team members. Businesses need an employee handbook to: Communicate to employees what the company expects of them. Why do you need one?

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Handling Your HR Mistakes – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

I started June 2010. He also serves as Chair of the firm’s #SocialMedia Practice Group, and publishes the blog The Employer Handbook , which was recognized as a top labor and employment law blog by the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal. The company I work for is closing. When I was told that I would receive 2.5

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Why hair discrimination should be the next focus for DEI progress

HRExecutive

In 2010, for example, an Alabama Black woman had her job offer at a call center revoked after refusing to cut off her dreadlocks. - Advertisement - And in 2021, the U.S. They also should review their handbooks for inadvertent bias in grooming policies and consider striking any blanket hairstyle bans.

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Understanding Meal and Break Policy at Work

HR Digest

Stock exchange traders in Hong Kong had the longest lunch break of any of the world’s big bourses, at two hours, until 2010. The integration of an employee break policy in your handbook will allow workers the time to recover from the physiological exhaustion that occurs at every 90 minutes. How long should workplace breaks be?

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Employee Benefits Management: Getting the Most Out of Your Benefits Plan

Netchex HR Blog

As soon as you make any changes to benefits, it’s time to update the employee handbook. Help your company go paperless and you can distribute updated handbooks by PDF for free. READ: Updating Employee Handbooks: Why, When, and How. DISCOVER: Top Ten Tips for Improving HR Communication. Train employees on benefits and software.

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The Link Between Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organization Development, and Change Management

Workplace Psychology

Indeed, in his book, The Theory and Practice of Change Management , Hayes (2010) wrote: “Change management is most effective when the use of tools and techniques is guided by theory” (p. It’s about people adopting new mindsets, policies, practices, and behaviors to deliver organizational results (Aguirre, Brown, & Harshak, 2010).