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Five Tips to Optimize Team-Building

Ceridian

Team-building activities have a polarizing reputation. A majority of companies have them, spending billions of dollars a year for programs designed to create stronger teams. When I am asked for a team-building exercise, two of the questions I always ask are, “What are you trying to accomplish?’

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Alera Group Acquires Zinn Insurance. Ceridian Celebrates Canada’s Tech and Innovation Community through Elevate Toronto Partnership. Birkman Launches the First Birkman at Work Interactive Workshop Toolkit for Team Building Sessions. EmployStream Raises $1 Million in Funding. Merchants Information Solutions, Inc.

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Should You Start with Team Building to Increase Engagement?

Achievers

Inevitably, one of my VPs or directors would call and ask for team building efforts. When someone requests for team building, I always ask why. I typically discover that the requestor thinks team engagement is low and believes that team building will resolve the problem. Word of Caution.

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How to manage a multi-generational workforce

Ceridian

These groups though, have different expectations and needs when it comes to their jobs and management styles. They are digital-first groups who grew up with the internet, cell phone technology and social media. Focus on the individual, not the group. Team-building activities can be good or bad.

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Four ways to motivate your multi-generational team

Ceridian

The modern workforce comprises several generational groups, with Gen Z now joining the ranks. Business leaders can be challenged to keep employees engaged – with each other, with their teams, and with the company itself. Assumptions about people and age groups can inhibit problem solving. Backgrounds are different.

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HR Tech Weekly: Episode #290: Stacey Harris and John Sumser

HR Examiner

So like our workforce management, Cronos, Ceridian dayforce, those kind of areas. So it was a little bit like a cheerleading group behind me while I was doing my q&a session. My team is amazing. And that’s probably in our time and attendance management areas. And that was nice. That was really good.