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HR and Contingency Planning: Ensuring Business Success

EmployeeConnect

A contingency plan is a backup plan for when things don’t go according to plan. In the business world, having a contingency plan in place is essential for ensuring that operations continue even in the face of unexpected events. What is a Contingency Plan?

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HR Functions: 10 Fundamentals for Every HR Professional

Primalogik

Companies depend on their HR departments for personnel management. And every aspect of HR influences the employee experience. As a result, organizations are recognizing the vital importance of HR functions and the professionals that implement them. In fact, 70% believe HR leaders belong on their board of directors.

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7 Employee Engagement Goals for HR Professionals

15Five

By setting employee engagement goals, HR leaders can regularly review and monitor metrics to ensure their goal of increasing engagement is met. For example, if your organization sets and measures new goals or OKRs every quarter, maybe engagement can be measured on a quarterly basis as well. Why do employee engagement goals matter?

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8 HR Nightmares & How to Avoid Them

Rise

Chilling ghost stories are a guilty pleasure, but horrifying HR nightmares are no laughing matter. Terrifying tales of irretrievable paperwork and staffing shortages can cause human resources managers hours upon hours of headaches and hair pulling. Failing to track important documents.

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HR Consulting Firms for Small Businesses: 15 Leading Experts

Astron Solutions

Effective human resources policies are probably one of the most important investments that any small business can make in its ability to continue growing! Today, we’ll be doing the same for the much broader category of human resources consulting for small businesses. Top HR consulting firms by specialty.

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Employee Assessment: A Complete Guide to Best Practices (Free Template)

Primalogik

They inform decision-making in multiple ways: Growing self-awareness Shaping personal improvement plans Helping employees set appropriate goals Guiding staffing and promotional decisions Influencing succession planning Affecting raises and bonuses Organizations use these assessments to make decisions about advancement.

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Business Succession Planning: 3 Ways to Create a Succession Plan That Works

Intoo USA

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown companies big and small that business and life don’t always go as planned. In any climate, business succession planning can help ease transitions that affect all levels of the company. What is a succession plan, exactly? Start business succession planning by examining your organization in depth.