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Chief Information Officer Bill Blount is Finalist for CIO of the Year

WEX Inc.

Benefitexpress is committed to hiring the best benefits administration team in the industry, and attracting exceptional people begins at the top with our Executive Leadership Team. Today, we are thrilled to announce that Chief Information Officer, Bill Blount, has been named a finalist for the 2020 CIO of the Year by the Society of Information Management Chicago Chapter.

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weekend free-for-all – March 7-8, 2020

Ask a Manager

Wallace loves foster cat Hank. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school.). Book recommendation of the week: Something That May Shock and Discredit You , by Daniel Mallory Ortberg (now Daniel Lavery) of The Toast and Dear Prudence, whose writing is always a delight.

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Look Back, Spring Forward!

WEX Inc.

This weekend, most of the United States will leap ahead one hour as Daylight Savings Time begins. While you prepare to spring forward towards sunny days, we're taking a look back on all things benefitexpress social media. Take a break from re-setting your clocks and catch up on what you've missed. This week's social media topics include: 5 causes of employee turnover.

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Coronavirus making you work from home? Here are 10 tips to thriving while working from home

Thrive Global

Amid Coronavirus concerns, some Silicon Valley companies have recommended that employees work from home for the foreseeable future, and more will likely follow suit in the coming weeks. Although this was done as a cautionary measure, we can expect more people to be working from home going forward. Working out of the comfort of your own home can be amazing.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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How Do You Prepare Your Business For Remote Working?

New to HR

Remote working has become a trending topic over the past few weeks, thanks to some major events shaking up the way we have to do business in a very short time. However, a lot of employers rightfully have concerns about. The post How Do You Prepare Your Business For Remote Working? appeared first on New To HR.

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Tips To Make Your Website More Mobile-Friendly

New to HR

Improving your website can be beneficial in a number of ways and for the most part, making it mobile friendly is the most important part. As people spend more time on their phones and smaller electronic devices, the need for. The post Tips To Make Your Website More Mobile-Friendly appeared first on New To HR.

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Jason Lauritsen - Untitled Article

Jason Lauritsen

According to Scott Berkun, innovation is “ significant positive change.” In case you haven’t noticed already, I’m trying something a little different with my emails lately. It felt like we needed some innovation to bring more value to your inbox. Today is my first attempt at a new monthly newsletter format to share with you some resources that I find both important and interesting.

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Bring Your Business Into The 21st Century

New to HR

The business world moves so quickly that if you take your foot off the gas, it’s easy to get left behind. To ensure this doesn’t happen, you must look for ways to consistently evolve how you run your business to. The post Bring Your Business Into The 21st Century appeared first on New To HR.

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How Technology Serves Speaker

Thrive Global

In today’s fast moving digital world, we all receives thousands of notification daily, whereas it is important to listen and anticipate what society wants. People have always been an activist but today they have more channels to have their voices heard. Every day we see new cases of micro activism that highlight individual problems, and brands have to take very seriously.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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3 Key Takeaways from Quirks Brooklyn 2020

Remesh

Earlier this week, the Remesh team had the pleasure of exhibiting and presenting at Quirks Brooklyn 2020 , one of the largest events for market research and insights professionals all over the world. As always, we had a ton of fun.

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The Defining Moment That Inspired Alli Young to Work Smarter, Not Harder

Thrive Global

At Thrive Global, in honor of International Women’s Day, we’re inviting women business leaders to share how they Thrive. . Thrive Global: What obstacles have you overcome in your career, particularly obstacles that had to do with your gender? What did you learn from those experiences that you wish you’d known before? Alli Young: When I was just starting out — and I see this often with a lot of young, professional women — I thought that doing the most work, or handling the most projects, would he

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Not Just Child’s Play: Three Reasons Parents Would Never Consider Working For You

New to HR

A recent study found that 81% of families now have at least one working parent. And, as it becomes increasingly expected for moms to return to work after maternity leave, that figure only looks set to grow. This poses unique. The post Not Just Child’s Play: Three Reasons Parents Would Never Consider Working For You appeared first on New To HR.

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No virus can stop us

Thrive Global

International Women’s Day in 2020 finds us on the verge of a success explosion in the world in the midst of an international health crisis. My daughter was sent home from her job at Microsoft — not a small company. Major conferences are cancelling. Flights are being changed and rerouted. It’s giving a new meaning to business as usual.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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CIO of the Year Nomination | benefitexpress

WEX Inc.

CIO of the Year Nomination. Benefitexpress is committed to hiring the best benefits administration team in the industry, and attracting exceptional people begins at the top with our Executive Leadership Team.

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How To Encourage An Employee To Perform A Self-Evaluation in 2020

GroSum

If you want your employees to more actively participate in career planning and performance evaluation, you might benefit from employee self-evaluation. This method allows organizations to increase employee engagement significantly, helping employees focus on their performance. In addition, this approach makes it easier for employees to set career goals.

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Wisdom is Knowing What to Do

Thrive Global

Brush Dance, the publishing company I began many years ago, once published a greeting card that says: “ Wisdom is knowing what to do next.”. Wisdom, in relationship, business, and life may be as simple or as complex as knowing whether to act or not act, to step in or out, to make tremendous effort or let go – all with an abiding awareness, and with consideration of what actions might have the best possible outcome for others, for the environment, and the planet as a whole.

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International Women's Day #IWD2020

SHRM

International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year to applaud the extraordinary achievements and accomplishments of women in every sphere of life. Although much progress has been made since IWD was first celebrated in 1911, there is still work to do—and HR professionals play a vital role. According to the International Women’s Day website , this day was founded as a way to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women while serving as a call to

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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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The Unknown Truths of the Power of Prayer

Thrive Global

Prayer is communication between one and a supreme being. The very thought of surrendering to someone or something may seem foolish, but it is in this foolishness that many have come to find peace, strength and wisdom in a very busy world. Much to contrary belief, prayer isn’t for the weak. Instead I see prayer as one saying, I don’t know it all and I’m willing to listen and learn.

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What Causes Marketing Spend Waste And How To Address The Marketing Proof Gap

Forbes Leadership Strategy

As a follow-up to an interview conducted with Mark Stouse, CEO of Proof Analytics, about the “Marketing Proof Gap,” the article dives deeper into what causes a lot of waste in marketing spend and how the best marketers are finding ways to better measure marketing impact.

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How to Work Smart.

Thrive Global

Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash. So, what do I mean by “working smart”? And does working smart mean we don’t have to work as hard? The answer is both yes and no. But let me explain. Let’s say, you decide you want to start working out at the gym. But you are going with a certain goal of gaining muscle. Let’s say, your goal is not to burn fat, but rather, to build muscle and actually gain weight.

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U.S. Housing Market In Balance

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Housing construction increased the last two years, but after several years of underbuilding we are not overbuilt but closer to supply-demand balance.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Giving Feedback is Difficult. There Are Ways to Make it Easier.

Thrive Global

Feedback is a touchy subject. Managers are often loath to give it just as employees often cringe at receiving it. However, we absolutely need it to know where we stand and to continue improving, for everyone’s sake. Some ideas I’ve seen work well to make these conversations less fraught with anxiety and more productive in terms of outcomes: Building feedback up as some looming future event is almost guaranteed to make everyone dread the very thought of it, impairing people’s analytic

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Five Crucial Tips For Working From Home

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Your organization just asked you to work from home. Here are five crucial tips to help you be successful.

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BlickyStix’s journey through Facebook Gaming gives us insight on how to grow a community

Thrive Global

Many of you might already know Facebook Gaming has taken its seat at the top in the business of Esports. Many are taking the leap from other platforms because of the higher payouts from Facebook Gaming. For one lucky streamer, it was a case of knowing exactly where to start. BlickyStix formally known as Carlos Gutierrez Jr has taken his own seat in the Facebook gaming community.

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How To Be A Passionate AND Vulnerable Leader

Forbes Leadership Strategy

During the 20 years he was GE’s CEO, Jack Welch showed how to be a passionate and vulnerable leader. He wrote shareholder letters that were informative and emotional. He was demanding, decisive, and a champion of candor. I got to interview him in July 2001, just days before he retired.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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The Magic of “What If…”

Thrive Global

What If … What if you could get to your desired outcome by redirecting a conversation, without having to say no ? What if two simple words could pivot a contentious interaction into a positive outcome? What if it were as simple as … ‘What if…’? These are magical words. And the technique works as well in business as it does in personal interactions.

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European Tour Endures Coronavirus Cancellations

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The European Tour's loss of third tournament to Coronavirus responses has prompted travel disruptions and confusion among players and caddies.

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Thalia’s Daily Prayers

Thrive Global

My prayer is gratitude. I say, “Thank you, God for this awesome day! Thank you for my achievements today!” I thank him for keeping my family, friends, and planet healthy. Even now, with the Corona virus, I refuse to hear the news and comments, choosing instead to pray every night and morning. This prayer is outside of religion, it is more meditative and spiritual, still I talk to God.

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