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3 Business-Critical Reasons to Invest in Strategic HR

15Five

Your strategic HR plan is like the blueprint for supporting your company’s long-term business goals. Why is strategic HR important? In companies where HR is treated as a primarily administrative function, business goals like increasing sales, improving customer retention, and growing market share are rarely considered.

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Weaving Success: Building a People-First Culture at Wajax

Blu Ivy Group

With over 25 years of experience in HR, Mark is a seasoned veteran in the field, and his insights into creating a people-first culture are nothing short of revolutionary. Mark also emphasizes the critical role of middle management in driving this cultural shift. The conversation is also a testament to the power of listening.

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Guiding Principles for Developing and Setting Employee Performance Goals

EmployeeConnect

It also provides regular formal as well as informal feedback about the performance of employees regarding their set goals. HR professionals need to ensure that all their managers are trained well on how to develop effective performance objectives and share and discuss them with each employee.

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Employer Brand Awards That Matter

Blu Ivy Group

While we can’t make that call for you, we have put together this handy rundown of some of the most popular workplace recognition lists in the HR/Employer Branding space. The rankings recognize companies in many different categories based on geography, industry, and demography (e.g., Be based in the United States. Pros and Cons.

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Kristine Hartmann: “Ensure that you actively listen, so that you’re enabling your employees to lift and raise their ideas”

Thrive Global

Aker BioMarine is a Norwegian biotech innovator, harvesting krill in the Southern Ocean around the Antarctic Peninsula, making krill oil products (a source of omega-3s) for human consumption and aquaculture feed. So, what is the secret of the culture behind this, still relatively small Norwegian based company?

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The 14 Silicon Valley HR Execs You Should Follow on Social Media

Eightfold

Whether it’s reading quick nuggets of information on Twitter or sitting down with a 300-page book, learning from people who have been there and done it is a must if you want to make the most of your career — and your organization’s current HR efforts. . Barbie Brewer has more than 20 years of HR experience in Silicon Valley.