It’s a key competitive differentiator in the modern business landscape, and unsurprisingly, highly-engaged teams perform much better than their counterparts. An organization’s leadership team and managers have a huge impact on employee engagement. MORE

Editor's Note: Last summer we posted an announcement from Gerry Ledford (one of our profession's leading scholars) introducing a new academic study focused on leading edge performance management practices and an invitation for any qualified organizations to participate. For the past year, I have been leading research on cutting-edge performance management practices at the Center for Effective Organizations (CEO), University of Southern California. MORE

Part 1 Published date: June 16, 2016 Home. Whether or not many recruiters consider onboarding their role, momentum and merit is building for collaboration between recruiters and HR managers toward ensuring the positive experience and development of new employees. MORE

SmartRecruiters conducted demos of its Hiring App for Android, which enables recruiters and hiring managers to collaborate with each other, review and rate candidates based on their resumes, and engage with candidates in real time. MORE

Across the recruiting industry there is a push to become more metrics and data-driven, and that push comes from a logical place: If we don’t hire the people we need, our companies will be understaffed and resource-strapped. To review, KPIs are: Key – Focused on the most important metrics. MORE

Any number of strategies can foster employee engagement, but the truth is that your company’s managers generate the greatest results because they occupy the hot-seat positions that affect day-to-day operations, company culture and staff performance. In fact Gallup research reveals managers account for at least 70% of the variance in employee engagement scores across business units. Strong managers stand by their people and decisions when faced with challenges. MORE

Today at the 2016 Glassdoor Summit , one presenter offered some amazing advice that is worth exploring. So far at the event we’ve heard from several speakers, including CEO of Glassdoor, Robert Hohman, about the value of transparency into culture. MORE

1-3 at the Sheraton New York Times Square, and is the most recent of a series of events held by NeuroLeadership Institute over the past nine years. Here are a few learnings our team took home on changing performance management and employee feedback. MORE

It’s that time of year, the annual performance review! We’ve all had them, the grueling session where you and your manager try desperately to remember what you did last year. Perform employee self-appraisal. Manager evaluates employee. Have performance review. MORE

The HR Summit and Expo 2016 (HRSE16) is just around the corner! The event, which runs from November 14-16 at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, brings together thousands of HR and business thought leaders from around the world. MORE

Part 1 Published date: June 16, 2016 Home. Whether or not many recruiters consider onboarding their role, momentum and merit is building for collaboration between recruiters and HR managers toward ensuring the positive experience and development of new employees. MORE

“Annual performance reviews,” report performance management consultancy experts Gallup , “no longer work.”. In fact, research results from Brandon Hall Group’s 2015 survey show 70% of organizations believe their performance management programs are ‘average’ or ‘below average’. MORE