Tue.Dec 24, 2019

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Critical thinking skills: How to develop them in every employee

Insperity

While most of our everyday brainpower is dedicated to automatic and routine tasks, employees with sharp critical thinking skills are an essential. It’s so important that some thought leaders believe a lack of critical thinkers could contribute to business failures. As a business leader, you might be asking: Is it possible to teach employees critical thinking?

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Engage, Retain, Succeed: A Recognition Culture as a Business Growth System

Rallyware for Human Resources

No matter how big or small a direct selling company is, one thing remains unchanged: the focus on helping distributors easily succeed. Part of your field success largely depends on how you motivate them, recognize their efforts, and show appreciation for dedicating their time to building their business within your company. A lot of direct selling organizations do a great job of offering incentive trips, hosting annual events and giving shout-outs to celebrate their achievements overall.

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Employee Recognition to Turn the Holidays into the Season of Company Culture and Commitment

TalenToday

www.talentoday.com The holiday season can stir up a whirlwind of emotions inside and outside of work?—?from happy to excited, and for some, stressful. During the holidays, companies and teams may celebrate with special parties and events, but offices can also become ghost towns, with many employees taking additional time off. Adversely for some industries, the holiday season may be their busiest time of year.

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Our Picks for Some of the Top HR Conferences of 2020

Kazoo

Connecting With Our Community. 2020 HR Conferences. Conferences and trade shows are a great way to connect with our community, learn more about what is trending in the market, and develop relationships that help us achieve our passion to improve (work) lives. As we gear up for Canada’s largest HR conference and the first big conference of 2020, HRPA, we thought we would put together a list of some of the best conferences across the country.

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

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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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Tis’ The Season to Check the Health of Your Data for ACA Reporting

ACA Times

5 minute read: The end of 2019 is here and that means that if you haven’t done so already, it’s time to get your Affordable Care Act (ACA) filings in order. The information communicated on the 1094-C/1095-C schedules tells the IRS a great amount of information about the health insurance your organization offered employees for the relevant reporting year.

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Simplify Your Business’ Workflows with Process Automation

Hppy

Do your employees spend too much time sending confirmation email messages for online forms and not enough time speaking with clients? This increases labor costs without an increase in your sales volume. You could complete similar simple repetitive tasks with software like process automation for businesses , such as checking an online form for missing information for an appointment before sending a confirmation email message for the scheduled meeting.

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People with Secure High Self-Esteem Don’t Need or Seek External Validation

Workplace Psychology

The older I get, the more reflective and observant I become. It might be because I’m older and a bit wiser, but I think it’s more about me learning important life lessons, appreciating and valuing what I have, not looking around comparing myself to others, or seeking other people’s approval or validation, and most of all being the best version of me.

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12 Proven Team Performance Hacks You Should Try

6Q

As a manager, always getting the best out of your subordinates is the key to achieving consistently high productivity and unfailingly delivering on projects. Here are a dozen practical team performance hacks you can try. A number of these don’t take much to actually start, so why not make a concerted effort to start applying some of the following team performance hacks with your employees today.

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How to Coach Managers to Give Effective Employee Feedback

Quantum Workplace

Many managers avoid giving critical feedback , especially when its negative, because they don’t have the time, capacity, or resources. On top of that, g iving effective employee feedback isn’t easy when you’re dealing with human emotions at work. It can be an uncomfortable, awkward, and terrifying experience for managers for several reasons.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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EEO-1 Component 2 Update

Berkshire Associates

Last week, the EEOC filed a motion with Judge Tanya Chutkan to close the Component 2 website. The agency requested an order that would either deem the collection of Component 2 data for 2017 and 2018 complete or clarify the response rate at which the collection will qualify as complete.

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Motivating Employees in the Workplace

C. A. Short Company

There’s a natural ebb and flow to human motivation-- no matter how contented your employees are, and no matter how fulfilling they generally find their work to be, there will be lackluster days when key people feel a little down and the general mood of the office suffers. Knowing this ahead of time is half the battle won, though! A forward-thinking approach to compensating for the inevitable motivational lulls can keep your team from completely succumbing to the doldrums.

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How Your Business Can Survive A Cash Flow Crisis

New to HR

According to this article, 82% of the businesses that fail do so because of a cash flow crisis. It’s a scary figure, right? A cash flow crisis is when a business has more money going out than what it does. The post How Your Business Can Survive A Cash Flow Crisis appeared first on New To HR.

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Importance of Years of Service Awards

C. A. Short Company

More than 80 years ago, C.A. Short Company decided that we would do things differently. At a time when employers were demanding more and more from their employees while offering them less and less, we believed there was a better way.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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7 Ways To Improve Employee Motivation

Ving!

Motivation. It’s really the key to productivity in both our personal and career lives. There is an entire area of psychology related to motivation theory, and a lot of research is out there speaking to what actually motivates people to behave in certain ways.

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How To Discover Your Keys To A Happy Life

Thrive Global

Most believe that happiness is just a feeling you sometimes stumble upon – if you’re one of the lucky ones. But what if it were possible to actually unlock it and have it readily available to you by using specific keys to a happy life? It turns out there are very specific things you can do to experience more happiness in your life. But before getting into the keys to a happy life, let’s explore what happiness truly is and why it’s so important.

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5 Steps to Take When You’ve Been Injured by a Defective Product

Take It Personel-ly

If you’ve ever watched an infomercial you know that for every solution there is a corresponding problem. You can order almost anything from the internet and have it less than two days. Most of these products make life easier or serve some useful purpose. But what about those times when you end up with a […].

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Speaking of Grief

Thrive Global

“Grief is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”. — Jamie Anderson. In the midst of our ‘grief’, these words, like so many, bring us a degree of comfort or relief from a feeling we don’t know how to juggle.

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Just landed: Ultimate Guide to I-9 Compliance

If you’re seeking guidance in the complicated world of I-9, you’re in the right place! As a pioneer in virtual onboarding tech, WorkBright has been simplifying the I-9 process since 2014 when they launched Smart I-9, a digital form built for speed, accuracy, and compliance. Ten years later, they’ve heard just about every I-9 question imaginable, so their team of experts has developed this comprehensive FAQ to distill years of experience into a practical and accessible guide to all things I-9.

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How to Handle a Merger or Acquisition at Your Business

Take It Personel-ly

Something that can be either exciting or nerve racking, depending on your point of view, is a merger or acquisition. For many businesses, this means expanding into entirely new markets that could greatly expand your revenue streams. Others, however, may be nervous about losing their jobs or influence. Whatever the case, handling a merger or […].

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Social Impact Hero: Music Executive Shane Tarleton Launches Scholarship Fund For Children In Honduras

Thrive Global

Esteemed music executive Shane Tarleton works closely with some of the biggest names in country music, however, it was a young boy in Honduras named Luis who changed his entire outlook on life and sparked his passion for service six years ago. In 2013, Tarleton traveled to El Progreso, Honduras for a video and documentary shoot when he visited an orphanage and saw the devastating needs of the impoverished children in the community.

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Looking back at 2019

QAspire

On Transitions – Outside and Within. Life is all about transitions, big and small. Everything within and around us is in a constant state of flux, but we only see the changes that are explicit. Internal transitions precede external transitions in life and careers. Our thinking, emotions, needs, wants and deep internal motivations shift all the time as a result of our life stage, our journey so far and changing circumstances.

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Timothy Pickett of Encompass AV: “Why you should learn about the business end of the business, not just the technical skill side”

Thrive Global

“You should learn about business end of the business, not just the technical skill side” When I graduated from Columbia, I had a great vast knowledge of sound systems and acoustics, but I really had no idea on how to run a business. The early years were wrought with financial problems, employee problems, and the lack of any sort of formal paperwork.

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DEIB Reimagined: Navigating Change and Shaping the Future

Speaker: Lachandra B. Baker, MBA, CTA, CDP - Founder/Principal Consultant at LBB Edutainment, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Join us for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of DEIB. Discover the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities that have emerged over the past year and explore what lies ahead. This webinar will equip you with actionable strategies, best practices, and reflection tools to effectively lead and inspire change in your organization.

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Rise People’s Top Blog Posts From 2019

Rise

As we wrap up this decade, we look towards the future of work, which is the purpose-driven and people-focused workplace. . On the Rise People blog this year, we discussed the many aspects of a company culture that truly bring life to work. From expanding the definition of work flexibility to offering holistic health and wellness initiatives, there is much opportunity within an organization’s HR, payroll, and group benefits offerings to enable their people to bring their best selves to work.

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Social Impact Heroes: How Elizabeth Peace is protecting children across the country from abuse

Thrive Global

Not a week goes by that I don’t hear from someone privately asking if they can talk about being a survivor of child abuse and most of the time they’ve never told anyone, and therefore usually haven’t been able to find healing. But I also hear most from moms who just found out their child was one of the 1 in 10 children who have been or will be abused.

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update: how do I reconcile my heart and my brain when making big career decisions?

Ask a Manager

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer who’d had a late-term pregnancy loss, had lost interest in her job, and fantasized about quitting her job and moving to Spain for a few months? Here’s the update. Interestingly, just a couple of days after you published my letter, we found out I was pregnant with our rainbow baby!

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Why Friendships are One of the Most Important Tools for Success

Thrive Global

When you have the opportunity to ask some of the most interesting people in the world about their lives, sometimes the most fascinating answers come from the simplest questions. The Thrive Questionnaire is an ongoing series that gives an intimate look inside the lives of some of the world’s most successful people. Stephanie Laing is a producer and director who has won two Emmys for her work on Eastbound and Down and Veep , and worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

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Get a Look Inside The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit

As recruiting teams work harder than ever to find, hire, and onboard qualified candidates in this highly competitive market, it’s essential to find ways to optimize your recruiting function. The Ultimate Recruiter Planning Kit includes eight worksheets filled with labor market insights, actionable recruiting strategies, and worksheets to plan your strategy for hiring top talent.

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7 HR Practices Your Business Needs To Put In Place

Vantage Circle

The human resources area is extremely strategic for companies of all sizes and segments. If it is not possible for small organizations to implement this sector, it is important that the company has at least one professional responsible for HR practices (even if the entrepreneur himself) or has the support of a specialized consultancy. For the industry to be efficient, some HR practices need to be constantly reviewed and adapted.

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Female Disruptors: Whitney Joy Smith Is Shaking Up How We Think Of Private Investigators

Thrive Global

Be Different. Entrepreneurs are different and embracing that early on was the best decision I could have made. I walked in with the confidence of who I am and what I was created for, which is building and impacting my atmosphere around me. As a part of our series about women who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Whitney Joy Smith, President of The Smith Investigation Agency and Smith Training Centre.

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Case Study: CertaSite

Paycor

As CertaSite grows, the need for a payroll and HR solution that intuitively merged acquired systems was paramount. In addition, employees and managers alike needed a user-friendly way to accurately track job costing for each assignment and ability to clock in and out remotely. “With Paycor, there’s so many features—there’s a solution for a solution There’s just not one way to do something.