Thu.May 21, 2020

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Leadership to Navigate the Future of Work

Career Partners International

As Ralph Stogdill stated so eloquently over 25 years ago, “There are almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept”. In many ways, we have become victims of our own thoughts as to what leadership is. Jeffrey Pfeffer points out in his book Leadership BS : “leaders failed their people, their organizations, the larger society, and even themselves with unacceptable frequency.

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Shifting to the New Normal: Q&A with Barry Asin, President of Staffing Industry Analysts

Sterling Check

Companies across the world are shifting their business models in response to the global spread of COVID-19. From public health to economic disruptions, from upending social norms to dramatically altering how companies hire, the effects of the corona virus will be felt long after the pandemic is over. While we know that the business world will look and feel very different, the current challenges also present a great opportunity for employers.

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Top Remote Customer Service Jobs

Professional Alternatives

Remote customer service jobs are becoming increasingly popular considering the current market conditions. Different organizations employ customer service representatives to handle their internal business needs. Alternatively, they can also partner with a customer service agency to help them recruit new team members. Below is a list of remote customer service jobs that grant you the choice to set aside in-office work and take on the flexibility of working from home. — Highly Rated Remote Cu

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HR How-to: Observe Social Distancing in The Workplace

Abel HR

As states start to dig out of the COVID-19 crisis and businesses begin thinking about opening their doors, we wanted to offer up some guidance on how you can safely and responsibly welcome back your workers. Of course, for many companies where staffed were deemed essential early on, it’s been, well, business as usual for quite some time, but these tips and tricks will do wonders to ensure that your workforce remains healthy as the rest of America returns to work.

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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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4 Lessons We?ve Learned About Leading Remote Teams During A Pandemic

15Five

Within a blink of an eye, leaders all over the world have been forced to uproot their employees and shift them into fully remote teams. While this transition has been more difficult for some than others, many have learned that remote work does, in fact, work. . 15Five recently hosted a webinar with Zoom, VaynerMedia, and PagerDuty where their HR leaders shared what they’ve learned, developed, and deployed in their organizations to conserve high levels of employee engagement and productivity.

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7 Unconventional Ways To Build Connections With Your Remote Teams

15Five

In the new normal that we live in, many employees and teams are forced to blur the lines between work and home life. Such a large and impactful shift means that the focus on increasing employee engagement is now greater than ever, but old methods may not carry over into a remote workplace. Creating the space each week to focus on the well being of your people can help to forge more meaningful connections among your remote teams.

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Uber and Lyft sued by California for Misclassifying Gig Workers. How Misclassification can Impact ACA Compliance

ACA Times

3 minute read: Gig Economy giants Uber and Lyft are being sued by the state of California for allegedly failing to meet the requirements of California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5). The Complaint , filed by attorneys from the Office of the California Attorney General and the city attorney offices of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco “accuses Uber and Lyft of depriving workers of benefits, such as a minimum wage, health care, overtime pay, reimbursement for business-related expenses, access to di

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14 Appreciation Ideas for Nurses and Medical Staff

Kazoo

No one needs a thank-you more than your favorite nurse. It’s a high-caring, high-stress profession, and often their efforts go overlooked. But on the hospital floor, their expertise is gold. So we’ve put together 14 appreciation ideas for nurses. Even before COVID-19, nurses in particular were at a high risk for burnout: The RN Network’s 2017 study found that nearly half the nurses in the U.S. have considered leaving the field due to overwork, exhaustion, and lack of appreciation.

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Recognition Q&A with Carrie Vick, Reflektive’s Director of Customer Success

Reflektive

With millions of people around the world now working remotely, employees are looking to stay better connected with their managers and teams. They want to align on key initiatives and projects, and stay informed on team wins. Here at Reflektive, we’re hearing a lot of appetite for more employee connection and communication. Companies around the world have been asking about our Recognition product , and the best ways to drive a culture of praise.

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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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how to respond when coworkers IM me ?hi? with no indication of what they need

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: At my work, we have an instant messaging system. A lot of people will send an initial message that says nothing but “IM?” or “hi.” In addition to making me irrationally annoyed (just tell me you want already!!), I always panic whenever I receive these because I have no idea what the appropriate response is. Is it “yes,” “hello name,” “what’s up”?

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How To Manage Talent In The Work From Home Era

6Q

An unprecedented number of people are now part of the work from home era, even if temporarily. The question for many managers is how to effectively manage talent remotely. There are multiple layers to that question, so there is no one, simple answer. Whether you’re dealing with new hires or experienced staff who are new to working from home, you usually face similar issues.

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Workforce planning in a crisis: why HR needs to prioritise planning ahead

HR Zone

Future Workforce planning in uncertain times.

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How to connect remote employees?and have fun

HRExecutive

Staying engaged in a dispersed work environment—especially with the many disruptions of at-home work set-ups—is a challenge countless employees have faced in the past few months. Seeing that obstacle on the horizon, the Dallas office of international law firm Foley & Lardner LLP was both proactive and creative in its approach, launching a multi-faceted program that taps into virtual networks to promote engagement.

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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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Virtual Post Sale Client Abandonment is not a Novel Scenario

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

There’s nothing novel about virtual post-sale client abandonment. Upon consideration, you realize your company’s been doing this for years. In fact, virtual abandonment is a key component of “business as usual.”. What is novel about this post-sale scenario, to you, is that now you have to sell virtually. That’s all that’s changed. And your new perspective makes all the difference for what’s next: for you and your client relationships.

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BEST BOSS EVER Podcast: e3 - Pat Lynch and the State of Outplacement During COVID-19

The HR Capitalist

Welcome to Best Boss Ever , the podcast dedicated to helping you develop managers who build great teams. In this episode, Kris Dunn talks with Patrick Lynch , President of CMP’s Southeast Region, to talk about the current state of outplacement during COVID-19. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify or Google Play. Rate and Review if you like what you hear!

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Managing Employer Brand During the COVID-19 Outbreak

SHRM Resources

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of employer brand during a crisis, but there is no playbook for this unprecedented time. Employer branding—influencing an organization’s reputation as an employer—significantly affects the volume and quality of applicants a company attracts, and it makes a difference to employee productivity, job satisfaction and retention.

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Insights Discussion: Supporting Employee Needs on the Changing Road Ahead [VIDEO & RECAP]

Perceptyx

For this week's Perceptyx Insights and Research discussion, we focused our discussion on supporting employee needs throughout the ever-changing road forward. As restrictions around COVID-19 are slowly lifting, employees are now finding themselves in an unfamiliar and uncertain situation, concerned with health and safety more than ever. Employers are hungry for the data necessary to see the way forward in supporting the needs of employees as they transition to returning to work.

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The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it’s a must. The reality is 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and the physical, emotional, and financial impact on both employees and employers is great. To help improve your employees’ health outcomes and reduce cancer-related costs, download The Employer’s Guide to Early Detection.

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Latest Technologies to Transform the Trading Landscape

Take It Personel-ly

Gone are the times when shares and bonds used to be in the form of legal papers. By papers, we mean physical documents. Digitalization has transformed the trading industry completely. Today, anyone who has internet access and an initial capital are eligible for trading. Technologies like cloud and Software-as-a-Service has changed the trading landscape completely. […].

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2.4 Million File New Unemployment Claims

SHRM Resources

?Another 2.4 million U.S. workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending May 16. That brings the nine-week total to about 39 million.Weekly first-time claims have been gradually declining since hitting a record 6.8 million in late March. The previous week's total was revised down by 294,000 to 2.7 million.The number of workers continuing to claim unemployment benefits reached 25 million for the week ending May 9.

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Leading Through Change: How to Create Stability in the Workplace

Quantum Workplace

In times of upheaval, good leadership is more important than ever to ensure your people are happy, safe, and productive. But how can you lead your people successfully under turbulent and stressful conditions? How can you create stability and engage employees amid disruption? These questions are particularly pressing in an era when technological advancement, innovation, digital transformation, and disruption are the new normal.

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Virtual Workplace Accessibility Guide

Workology

As the talent marketplace has evolved to include a broader, dispersed and remote workforce, an entirely new challenge has been brought to the forefront around workplace accessibility. What does. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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Top HR Challenges in Manufacturing

SHRM Resources

?Before the coronavirus upended the global economy, U.S. manufacturers were facing a shortage of workers. In fact, Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute estimated in a 2018. study that as many as 2.4 million factory jobs could remain unfilled through 2028 because of a tight labor market and a lack of people with the needed skills.Now, the economic expansion in the U.S. has been reversed in sudden and dramatic fashion and the labor market has been upended.

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Getting Back to Work Post COVID-19: 7 Things to Consider

Engagedly

As restrictions are being lifted across the world and people are slowly transitioning back to work, regular work life is forthcoming for many. Businesses that have been struggling with social distancing, isolation, remote working and so on, will […].

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update: should I talk to my coworker about her off-putting behavior?

Ask a Manager

It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, when I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Remember the letter-writer asking if she should talk to her coworker about her off-putting behavior , including yelling and interrupting? Here’s the update. In 2018 I became this colleague’s manager.

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6 Stay Interview Challenges To Be Aware Of

Engagedly

As per 2019 Work Institute Research, three in four employees who left the organization could have been retained. Out of every 100 workers: 22 leave for professional development 12 leave for work-life balance 11 leave in response to […].

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A Benefits Leaders Top Priority: Reducing Cancer at all Costs

U.S. employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade next year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers? Cancer.

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6 Realizations on HR Data

Hire Road

Watch this video below as PeopleInsight Co-Founder and CEO, John Pensom speaks at the People Analytics and Future of Work (PAFOW) conference as part of the Innovation Showcase. John talks about how HR can use their HR data to create meaningful people analytics and his 6 realizations on HR data. Our job at PeopleInsight is to help HR become data-driven.

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IRS Announces 2021 Limits for HSAs and High-Deductible Health Plans

HR Workplace Services

On May 21, 2020, the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) announced that Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution limits are going up ($50 for self-only & $100 for family) in 2021. The announcement was provided to give employers who sponsor high-deductible plans (HDHPs) time to ramp-up and prepare for open enrollment season later in the year. HSA contribution limits will increase about 1.5 percent from this year at $3,500 for self-only and $7,200 for family, respectively.

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How to Manage Abusive Conduct While Working Remote

Civility Partners

Lately, everyone has been on edge. I know I’ve been feeling a roller coaster of emotions as my team and I have been adjusting to remote work and other external stressors caused by social distancing (parents, you know what I am talking about!). My stress got me thinking about how many of my coaching clients tend to lash out when they feel anxious or uncomfortable.