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From Coworker to Boss: Helping Newly Promoted Employees Transition to Management

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Moving existing employees up the chain of command starts them off with a solid footing. The challenge for business goes beyond looking for who to promote — it requires they make sure to help smooth the transition from peer to manager with tools and training that helps them thrive in their new role. The potential is there.

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7 Challenges Facing HR Departments in 2018

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Effectively Handling Sexual Harassment Issues. As Hollywood has shown us in late 2017, sexual harassment in the workplace is far more commonplace than many realize. HR needs to design significantly [improved] training related to what sexual harassment is and isn’t,” she says. “HR

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Is Favoritism Derailing Your DEI Efforts?

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People also have implicit biases that cause them to favor others based on likenesses, such as ethnicity, gender, age or religion, according to The Ohio State University’s Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race And Ethnicity. In fact, favoritism may even be illegal if it’s biased against protected workers under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.