Mon.Feb 04, 2019

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The Right-Brain Left-Brain Concept is Untrue

Jeff Waldman

I had the opportunity to attend the HRPA 2019 Annual Conference & Trade Show last week, and needless to say, it was one of the best I’ve attended to date. I attended many sessions this time around, but one session, in particular, caught my attention. It was called “Self-Awareness Through Science: Improving Workplace Performance Through Cognitive Diversity”(watch the short intro video below) with Calgary-based Gregor Jeffrey (btw, great last name).

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Value On Investment: The Case For Employee Wellness Program Benefits

Wellable

Management often looks for returns to justify the financial and labor investment into employee wellness programs, just as what they would do in other business initiatives. Two types of perspectives usually come up: return-on-investment (ROI) and value-on-investment (VOI). Here’s a quick look at the differences between these two assessment methodologies.

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Implementing Digital HR Initiatives; an Opportunity or a Disaster?

Digital HR Tech

In our daily practice, we see organizations working on projects around HR Technologies. HR Tech is trending and big business in the market. Solution providers are promoting and predicting large positive impacts of implementing their technologies. Often, these technologies are introduced as the solution to all problems. Of course, mobile availability, the current permanent online society, and the push to go digital create a lot of excitement.

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12 Mistakes That Managers Make and How To Avoid Them

Reflektive

Managers are human, therefore they make mistakes. This isn’t always easy for a manager to admit, which is in and of itself a mistake. No-one thrives in management without learning to identify and correct their own mistakes. Below are twelve of the most common mistakes managers make, with suggestions on how to avoid or correct them. SEE ALSO: The Ultimate Guide to One-on-Ones.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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Simplify Mileage Reimbursements With Time & Attendance Software

nettime solutions

What does reporting business miles have to do with time & attendance? These days, more than you might think. When employees travel for business they’re often on the clock. More and more of today’s workers need to report business miles for expense reimbursement. Whether they are remote workers, or on-the-go professionals who are building connections and closing deals, they need to log road miles.

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12 Ways to Stimulate Positive Personal Growth

Take It Personel-ly

We all want the best things in life. We all have dreams and we all want to be happy and successful. But getting the most from what life has to offer starts with personal growth. However sometimes, easy as it sounds, it can be the most challenging thing in the world. Even if you do […].

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Stay Positive! 16 Ways To Bounce Back From Negative Thinking

Forbes Coaches Council

Everyone makes mistakes, both personally and professionally. If a setback makes you slip into a negative outlook, try these tactics recommended by members of Forbes Coaches Council.

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@SHRM Making a Stand for Hiring Candidates with Criminal Record!

The Tim Sackett Project

When it comes to hiring bias in America we HATE hiring 3 types of candidates: Old People. Fat People. People with a Criminal Record. SHRM decided to try and make an impact and help those with past criminal records get hired with their new initiative called: Getting Talent Back to Work. GTBW is an initiative launched by SHRM to get employers to join in and take a pledge that their organizations will work to put people with criminal records back into their hiring pools.

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If You are Diagnosed With a Serious Illness, Guess What… You Take It To Work With You

Workology

When cancer or serious illness hits someone in life, they take it to work too. That person could be you. What you would hope exists within the culture of your workplace that would help you deal with. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Unlocking Employee Potential with the Power of Continuous Feedback

Speaker: Erin Daruszka and Nakisha Dixon

Recent studies show that only 21% of employees feel their performance and growth are within their control. What if the answer to employee development and high performance lies elsewhere? Enter continuous feedback. Imagine a work environment where feedback isn't a dreaded annual event, but a constant source of growth. Join us to discover how ongoing, actionable feedback empowers your team to take ownership of their performance, boosting engagement and development.

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5 Reasons Managers Should Have Frequent 1-on-1’s

Engagedly

One on ones are a great way for managers to communicate with their employees. They encourage effective and frequent conversations between them so that the overall team productivity is improved. Though these meetings can feel a little […].

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Mandatory Paid Family Leave is Trending in the United States

Workforce Software

Is your organization required to provide mandatory paid leave to your employees? Check out this list of jurisdictions requiring, or who soon will require, paid family leave for employees.

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Handling layoffs: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Workable

Do you still have a job at BuzzFeed ? What seems like a normal, fun quiz hosted on the popular media website actually carries the bitterness of some recently laid-off employees: On January 23, BuzzFeed’s CEO sent a memo to the staff announcing a 15% cut to the workforce. And that – along with what followed – was a story that BuzzFeed would have rather not seen go viral.

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Making Human Resource Management Smarter with Analytics

SutiHR

Hiring practices used to guide hiring impacts who you hire and why. Organizations are always looking for even better ways to hire candidates who align with the company objectives. Today, the trend is to use analytics and big data applications throughout the hiring process. What are the hiring methods and how a company can best. The post Making Human Resource Management Smarter with Analytics appeared first on SutiHR.

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The Complete People Management Toolkit

From welcoming new team members to tough termination decisions, each employment lifecycle phase requires a balance of knowledge, empathy & legal diligence.

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4 key employee benefit trends to watch

Business Management Daily

Emotional health, family-friendly perks, and employee-benefit tech trends lead the way in new ways employers are broadening their benefits efforts to meet the changing demands of their workforce. The post 4 key employee benefit trends to watch appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Trust: The Key Element for an Inclusive Workplace

Symantec

Organizations thrive when employees do. Meg L. shares why trust, diversity, and feeling included matter for organizations, managers, and individual contributors.

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How HR Can Become a Cybersecurity Ninja

HRExecutive

Corporate culture should be a critical factor in a successful cybersecurity program. Culture is universally recognized as a key component of business outcomes in general. Peter Drucker famously said that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” The National Association for Corporate Directors regards culture as a corporate asset. In today’s world of instant communications, culture can immediately influence business outcomes, either positively or negatively.

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The Journey To Becoming A Successful Leader-Coach

Forbes Coaches Council

Each step represents a stage of awareness, with each stage representing a new insight that is pivotal to being a great leader-coach.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Ten HR Lessons from New England Patriots Winning Ways ( and how they can help most organizations succeed)

SHRM

Whether you are a fan of the team or not we are all suffering a bit from Patriots hangover (sleep deprivation—not alcohol induced) after the Patriots’ win last night. (A survey suggests that over 17 million employees will call out sick today. Wow! I don’t get that. Now, tomorrow, the day of the victory parade in Boston when the temperature could be 60 degrees, I can see work in greater Boston coming to a standstill).

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Ten HR Lessons from New England Patriots Winning Ways ( and how they can help most organizations succeed)

The SHRM Blog

Whether you are a fan of the team or not we are all suffering a bit from Patriots hangover (sleep deprivation—not alcohol induced) after the Patriots’ win last night. (A survey suggests that over 17 million employees will call out sick today. Wow! I don’t get that. Now, tomorrow, the day of the victory parade in Boston when the temperature could be 60 degrees, I can see work in greater Boston coming to a standstill).

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The Art of Successful Giving: Adam Grant

QAspire

I created a series of sketch notes for Tiffani Bova’s “ What’s Next ” podcast where she meets brilliant people to discuss customer experience, growth and innovation. Tiffani Bova is a Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. I will post sketchnote versions of selected podcast episodes that enlightened me. Tiffani is also the author of a WSJ bestseller book “ Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business ”.

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Deepening Relationships with Mental Wellness Basics | Scholarship Winner

EverFi - HR

Today we’re featuring an excerpt from Daya, a scholarship winner from British Columbia who recently earned her Mental Wellness Basics certification. Daya shares how the lessons she learned from Mental Wellness Basics will help her build better relationships and provide her with the tools to become a successful pediatrician. Congratulations to Daya for being one of our scholarship recipients!

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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don’t send chocolate or lottery tickets to hiring managers

Ask a Manager

I wrote a piece for Slate today about gimmicks in job searching — the reasons some candidates feel compelled to use them, some of the weirdest stunts people have tried, and why they really, really, really don’t work. (And yes, I mentioned last week’s lottery ticket sender.). You can read it here. You may also like: is it okay to say “no” at work?

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How Employee Appreciation Can Make a Difference

Evil HR Lady

Workers deserve to feel appreciated every day they walk into the office. After all, without these team members performing vital tasks, your organization wouldn’t be able to do business. Not to mention, employees who feel valued are more likely to work harder and be more productive. Looking to boost morale and output at your workplace? Follow these four tips to help your fellow employees feel appreciated on a daily basis. 1.

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10 Ways Modern Companies Are Tracking Down Sales Leads

Forbes Coaches Council

Members of Forbes Coaches Council offer unique and practical ideas for tracking down sales leads.

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I just started my new job and I miss my old one — did I make a mistake?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I recently left a job that I’d been at for a few years and felt really comfortable, had a relaxed working environment, and fun coworkers. The problem was I didn’t have room for advancement or growth, I was regularly bored with the work, and there wasn’t any wiggle room for more responsibilities or raises. I jumped at a new opportunity that provides me all of the above, as well as the opportunity to network with many leaders across my city, but in my first week

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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#BlackBlogsMatter Y’all Want to Play?

HRJazzy

I’ve missed 2 weeks of the #BlackBlogsMatter Challenge, but I hope you’ve been keeping up with the hashtag on Twitter, IG, and every social platform. With so much going on, it’s hard to write about everything, but it all needs to be addressed. The past, the present, and the future … lets go. Week 2… Continue reading #BlackBlogsMatter Y’all Want to Play?

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Case Study: Steelcase Uses Onboarding Technology for Leadership Development

Silkroad

Unlimited possibilities. That’s what companies are discovering about onboarding technology and here’s a super interesting example. Steelcase is a global leader in helping companies create great workspaces. When they launched a program for new leaders, they chose a unique path for implementation. The ENGAGE program combined formal leadership training with an innovative approach: having SilkRoad Activate Onboarding automate this important journey.

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Why leaders should never underestimate the power of face-to-face communication

Poppulo

“For all of the beauty of technology and all the things we’ve helped facilitate over the years, nothing yet replaces human interaction,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal. If your role is to help leaders communicate, there is one thing you cannot ignore. The immense importance of face-to-face communication. Seems obvious?

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