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3 Business-Critical Reasons to Invest in Strategic HR

15Five

Open enrollment still needs to happen, candidates need to be screened, and new hires must be oriented. When HR teams are empowered and resourced properly, they can impact the business in three critical ways: Improving employee engagement Building a high-performance culture Increasing revenue.

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5 Companies Using Gamification to Boost Business Results

Cornerstone On Demand

In 2011, a group of online gamers collectively solved a problem in three short weeks that had puzzled scientists for decades: They found the structure of an enzyme that helps AIDS-like viruses reproduce. Microsoft included intentionally poor translations to make sure its employees were actually paying attention.

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People Analytics and HR-Tech Reading List

Littal Shemer

The readers will develop insights into the topics like primary metrics, KPIs, and processes involved in different HR subdomains like recruitment and employee engagement.” It includes examples, such as employee engagement, performance, and turnover. How to use the findings to add business value?

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10+ Canadian startups shaping global workplace culture

Collage

Since inception in 2011, nearly 7 million people have been serviced by businesses using Jobber, delivering over $3 billion in services to their customers. Industry: Employee engagement software. Officevibe is employee engagement software built on the belief that everyone should be happy at work. Officevibe.

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10 Ways to Improve Your Employee Health

Semos Cloud

While employee health brings with it many advantages, this piece will focus on the benefits that have a positive effect on the company’s return on investment (ROI). . According to research by FirstCare , the cost of lost productivity to the UK economy has been on an upward spiral since 2011. Increased productivity .

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Narcissistic Leaders: How To Avoid When Hiring

Analytics in HR

Clearer objectives and criteria will help pinpoint these areas much quicker in the screening process. Leader narcissism and the effectiveness of employee self-promotion. Country differences in the relationship between leadership and employee engagement: A meta-analysis. References Antonakis, J. Antonakis, J., DeWall, C.

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Using technology and social media for engaging relationships

Strategic HCM

For example, it includes CedarCrestone’s finding from its 2010-11 survey that HR generally prefers pay per use provision, supporting Could based delivery ( see here if you wish to participate in the 2011-12 research). And relationship development definitely improves engagement (even if Kenexa argues with this ).