Tue.Feb 25, 2020

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13 essential steps to great employee recognition

HR Morning

Recognizing employees for their good work is essential to good business. In fact, when researchers in one survey asked employees, “What can your manager do to make this a better place to work?” almost 90% of them said, “Recognize me for a job well done.” So, what’s the best way to go about it? Here are some great ways to recognize your people: Employee recognition that works.

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Cafe Classic: The Truth About Great Compensation Design

Compensation Cafe

Editor's Note: The truth hurts. and it can set you free! That's what they say, anyway. Today, we feature a Classic truth from Margaret O'Hanlon about what ultimately enables your compensation plans to achieve greatness. Frankly, the better we understand and the sooner we embrace this reality, the we will be at delivering the right results! Great managers are exquisitely rare.

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How to Prepare for the Next Wave of HR Benchmarking

Visier

HR benchmarking first hit the scene in 1980 , giving organizations a way to assess relative performance for important measures such as turnover. In this first wave of benchmarking, HR had to leverage surveys and other data that was often self-reported, and therefore subject to bias. The data was also typically 24 months old–which was “good enough” at a time when commercial markets were more predictable and industries evolved more slowly.

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The Positive Spiral of Frequent Employee Appreciation

Achievers

What if just one change to your workplace culture could foster employee engagement, boost productivity, strengthen teams, and positively impact your company’s bottom line? Does this sound too good to be true? Case studies prove otherwise. Employee recognition is already known to improve worker satisfaction and boost retention rates, but it’s the spiral effect of frequent appreciation that makes a huge impact on business outcomes.

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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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The Future of Talent Acquisition

Allegis Global Solutions

Last December talent acquisition leaders gathered in London for the latest in our series of roundtables to discuss the future of talent acquisition and find out how they perceive their own talent acquisition function’s ability, where the pressure points lie, and how it could change for the better.

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Employee engagement activities for HR to try

PeopleStrategy

Employee engagement has become increasingly important as employers face more competition in the global, highly connected war for talent. Trying to increase employee engagement or keep employees engaged has fallen on the shoulders of HR (right or wrong). So how do you figure out the best ways to boost engagement? What if you implement employee engagement activities that haven’t been fully thought through and end up doing more harm than good?

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can I put running my household on my resume?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m looking to move out of arts/media, where I’m currently director of a small department, and into business operations, probably looking for director of operations and similar jobs. I’m part of a three-adult-one-child family and act as family CFO/COO/HR, and I’d like to reference that experience when I’m applying for jobs.

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Mentors, sponsors, and coaches are critical to career development

HR Morning

How Much Support Do You Really Need to Get Ahead? When it comes to career development, what gives you a leg up over your peers? Extra hours in the office? Consistent performance? The sheer luck of being in the “right place at the right time”? What if getting ahead at work means having the right support around you ? Three in four executives responding to a recent survey said having a mentor has been critical to their careers, helping them to grow, learn, and excel at their profession.

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intern signs emails with “stay gold,” can I wear black jeans to a job interview, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Intern uses “stay gold” as her email sign off. There’s an intern at my office who signs off all her emails with “Stay gold.” For example, an email from her might read, “Thanks for sending me the TPS reports! Stay gold, Jane.” I asked her about it and she confirmed it’s from the quote “Stay gold, Ponyboy” from the book The Outsiders.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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Combating workplace violence: HR’s key role

HR Morning

From threats and intimidation to rapes and shootings, workplace violence is a growing concern among employers of all sizes, and in all industries. A recent survey from SHRM reported that nearly half of HR professionals said their organization had experienced a violent incident – with more than half of those occurring in the last year. Consider these statistics: One-sixth of violent crimes occur in the workplace 18,000 are assaulted at work every week Violence is the second leading cause of workp

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Why your HR ‘throw-aways’ are damaging your company’s inclusion efforts

HR Zone

Culture Inclusion: Throw out your HR 'throw aways'

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Cornerstone to buy talent management developer Saba

HRExecutive

Consolidation in the benefits and HR and benefits technology continues with another announced acquisition by a people development software-maker. Cornerstone OnDemand, a California-based cloud learning, talent management and talent experience software developer, said this week that it will acquire Saba, a talent management solutions company of Vector Capital based out of Dublin, Calif.

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Why keeping office banter is important for the workplace

HR Zone

Culture Should office banter be banned?

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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a recruiter used my dad’s death to try to get me to accept a job offer

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I was contacted by a recruiter about a job opening in my field. I wasn’t actively looking to leave my current position, but the new role would be a step up in responsibility and one that wasn’t available at my current company. I made it to the final round of interviews and was told a decision would be made soon. The next week, my dad passed away in front of me.

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The Best Diversity and Inclusion Videos

Stories Incorporated HR

Reading Time: 8 minutes. “Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance.” Here are the best diversity and inclusion videos. This metaphor is often used in the diversity and inclusion space. Additionally, this distinction between representation and true acceptance applies to recruitment marketing content. Therefore, you must create content that communicates inclusion, from a variety of perspectives.

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Three ways to improve employee engagement with your new health and wellbeing strategy

HR Zone

Employees Engage employees with your new wellbeing strategy.

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Build a Positive Culture to Increase Employee Productivity

Emergenetics International

No matter what estimates we use – people spend a lot of time at work. The U.S. Bureau of Labor & Statistics reports that full-time workers typically work 8.5 hours each weekday (or about 42.5 hours per week). EuroStat estimated that EU workers average 40.3 hour work weeks, and Statista found that Singaporeans typically spend […]. The post Build a Positive Culture to Increase Employee Productivity appeared first on Emergenetics International Blog.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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Your Weekly Dose of HR Tech: @CornerstoneInc Acquires @SabaSoftware

The Tim Sackett Project

This week on the Weekly Dose I’ll give you some reaction to yesterday’s announcement of Cornerstone acquiring Saba Software. The acquisition actually makes sense at a major level. You have two competitors beating the crap out of each other for customers, both doing basically the same thing. Cornerstone has been considered the best software in the learning space, and Saba, also in learning, was right on their tails, but also had a better offering when it comes to talent management and

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Five Key Neuroscience Concepts Every Coach Should Know

Forbes Coaches Council

In the last few years, the area of neuroscience has shed light on the way our brain functions and the ways in which we can leverage it for our growth and development.

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4 Tips to Overcome Low Employee Morale

Fond

Winners know that defense is as important as offense. It’s true in sports, board games, battle, and certainly when tackling the management challenges that plague the modern workforce. Among the many problems that should be approached with a balanced attention to both offensive and defensive strategies is the challenge of low employee morale. When most leaders think about raising employee morale, their first thought is offense.

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How to Build Mindfulness in Digital Age

ACI Specialty Benefits

According to a recent Forbes article, there are over two billion Facebook users worldwide, about 500 million tweets are sent daily, 95 million images are uploaded to Instagram each day, and 400 hours of video are uploaded per minute on YouTube. Since each of these platforms is designed to compete for people’s attention and pushes a constant stream of content to keep users engaged 24/7, it is up to each individual to set parameters around personal use and build healthy strategies to preserve ment

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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What You Eat Is Impacting Your Mental Health. Here’s What You Should Know.

Thrive Global

Studies show that adults with many types of mental health issues and children with ADHD have very low levels of antioxidants (which come from fruits and vegetables), such as the fifty-six-year-old man with lifelong crippling depression who improved by cleaning up his diet and taking a cocktail of B vitamins. I remember one man who presented with severe panic attacks every afternoon.

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A New Perspective on Work and Careers

GetFive

Many baby boomers adhere to the old adage, “Don’t leave one job until you have another.”. But this isn’t always true with the younger generation of workers. Many millennials and Gen Xers leave one job and pursue another because of long-term career goals, even if this means they must move home on an interim basis or surf couches for a few months. Many older workers find it hard to come to grips with this new workplace reality and feel uneasy when they watch young professionals jump from job to jo

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Work-life balance: The times they are a-changin’

Business Management Daily

Look up “work-life balance” on Dictionary.com, and you’ll get this definition: a situation in which one divides or balances one’s time between work and activities outside of work. Sounds rather straightforward and feasible, right? Anyone who has tried to create harmony between professional and personal obligations knows it is rarely that simple. The term first gained popularity in the United States back in the 1980s, but how to obtain it is an ongoing discussion that experts and real-life worker

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Is Employee Feedback Really Just A Waste Of Time?

Engagedly

You recently got promoted as a manager, and you find out that one of your direct reports’ performance isn’t upto the mark. You talk to the HR about the process to convey the same to the direct report, […].

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Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer

96% of benefits leaders agree: detecting cancer early is the best way to get ahead of rising costs and improve employee health outcomes. So why is it that 82% of employers currently spend significantly more on post-diagnosis care and disease management rather than upstream care? A new survey of 250 benefits leaders who oversee 500 to 50,000 covered lives highlights their perspective on cancer and its burden.

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Gig Economy: A Cost-Cutting Measure or Adding Value to the Workforce?

HR Digest

Is the gig economy a result of the tightening of economic opportunities and job slowdown or are more people opting for it because of the flexibility it offers and to achieve a life-work balance? . Gig economy, the lexicon, has origins in the music industry where singers and bands scored a gig or a contract to play at a venue for a day, hours or for a set period of time.

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Why We Love Luvvie Ajayi

Limeade

As a writer, speaker, advocate and “professional troublemaker,” Luvvie Ajayi wants to help others leave the world better than they found it. At Limeade, we’re focused on helping every employee know their company cares. Just like Ajayi believes in doing better, we believe in improving well-being in the world. We also believe that a great employee experience requires care.

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Gratitude and Limits

NoExcusesHR

There was a time when I was an up and comer. I was on the career fast track, and I knew it. I didn't take it for granted; in fact, quite the opposite was true. At times I couldn't believe my good fortune and was grateful for every moment. I tried to soak up every experience like a sponge.constantly learning was essential. Fast forward to middle-aged me.