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5 Common HR Issues for Small Businesses and How to Solve Them

Extensis

Leverage outside help : If you aren’t sure your team has the bandwidth to manage the above suggestion, consider an HR outsourcing partner that can provide access to a range of vetted tools. Issue #4: Change management The world is changing quickly, and businesses must adapt just as swiftly if they want to achieve maximum success.

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Don't Do That! Bad Habits and Compensation

Compensation Cafe

Everything we do in compensation is communications. Change management should be the foundation of 90% of compensation communications. Why is change such a big part of it? No wonder there can be so much frustration about the effectiveness of compensation communications. Here are three basics of our work.

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What is People Analytics and How Do I Get Started?

Visier

When it comes to the practical application of analytics, it is far more about change management. Building a data-driven culture requires a full organizational shift and change-management plan. . Are there managers in other departments who have invested in analytics and technology? ” Find your data champions.

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Cafe Classic: Frustrated? Here's How Compensation Practices Can Change for the Better

Compensation Cafe

I just ran into a classic that can change the way we work and make our compensation design decisions far more effective. It's a must read for most of us as we struggle with incentive, recognition, merit and executive compensation designs that fail to live up to their promise. You hear this a lot on the Compensation Cafe!

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Cafe Classic: Why Do Some Approaches to Compensation Communication Work Better than Others?

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: It doesn't take magic to create memorable and impactful compensation communication. We want our compensation communications to inspire employees to be all of these and more. I heartily recommend you read Ann's Compensation Force article to hear her excitement about the insights in this piece. Motivated . .

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What Does "Engagement" Mean These Days? And Why Should It Matter to Comp?

Compensation Cafe

Our Compensation responsibilities don't stop at numbers. They include performance management, reward strategy, career development, compensation communications, among many other key influencers of employee engagement. There's nothing more important in Compensation's role than building shared trust and thus engagement.

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If You Don't Give Raises This Year

Compensation Cafe

Also notice that, because you will the asking employees to realign their opinions about what is valuable to them, your replacement program will need a change management foundation rather than a typical, linear communications approach. Earlier, she was a Principal at Willis Towers Watson.