Thu.Nov 12, 2020

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6 Simple Ways to Improve Employee Morale

15Five

Employee morale doesn’t simply translate into how happy your people are; it’s a direct reflection of how healthy your company culture is, how well you and other leaders are communicating with teams, and how effective your managers are. High morale only occurs when employees feel taken care of by their company. And b ecause this year has been filled with stressful distractions, ensuring your people are getting the support they need to bring their best selves to work each day is more important tha

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I was praised for my insecurities, boss pressures me to reschedule vacations, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. I was praised for my doubts and insecurities. I am a first-time manager who walked into a situation no one was expecting. I had to rely on my boss, grandboss, and HR to help me navigate situations that were almost unknown in my organization. I’ve gotten praise for how I handled it (and for the fact I’m still in the role), but I needed a lot of help.

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Strategic workforce planning: why and how to begin

Insperity

You probably have a hiring plan. But do you conduct strategic workforce planning? Many companies discuss staffing when it’s time to establish annual goals and set a budget. Perhaps the desire to increase profits in the upcoming year demands headcount adjustments, and so plans are made to grow or reduce staff, contractors or consultants. But this staffing practice is shortsighted for two main reasons: The focus is usually short-term (one year or less).

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5 Techniques for Enhancing Remote Team Collaboration

Professional Alternatives

With the onset and continual impact of COVID-19, there has been an increased need for remote work. In any office, but especially in a remote environment, team collaboration has to be continually sustained to ensure productivity. While many businesses and their employees claim that they are still productive while working from home , it’s important to ensure that your remote team is productive without any burnout.

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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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Recruit CRM's Very First Recruitment Entrepreneur Series Ft. Paul Diaz

Recruit CRM

A servant leader with a diverse background in recruiting and operations across numerous industries, Paul enjoys working in environments that encourages and brings about innovation and change. Completing his Bachelors in Science from University of Phoenix, he has had influential mentors throughout his career who had challenged and taught him how to operate effectively outside of one's comfort zone.

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Michael Evans: “Tipping point”

Thrive Global

Think about being a CEO like handling an oxygen mask on an airplane: take care of yourself first and then you will be able to take care of your team, your customers and your investors. As part of my series about the leadership lessons of accomplished business leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Evans?—?Founder & CEO, The Vines. Fifteen years ago, Michael went to Argentina from Los Angeles for what he thought would be a three-week vacation.

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How to Drive Business Innovation from Within HR on We’re Only Human

UpstartHR

“Human resources is ripe for innovation right now. Innovation is definitely a place of great opportunity within human capital. We should be constantly looking out for how we can leverage what others have done in other areas and apply it to human resources functions.” Karin Wagner, Senior Director of Talent Transformation at UnitedHealth Group.

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Never push loyal Employees to the point where they no longer care!

Brigette Hyacinth

My new boss told me to never be afraid to give feedback. The next Monday morning in a meeting, I happily shared my viewpoint on a new policy. Thereafter, I noticed my boss’s disposition towards me changed. He stopped talking to me. I was shunned. I even felt the effects of this in my monthly performance appraisal, where he noted, I was not supportive of the organization, and I needed to be a better team player.

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Employers Sued for Rejecting Hearing-Impaired Job Applicants

SHRM Resources

Two recent lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are reminders that employers must make reasonable accommodations for deaf and hearing-impaired job applicants or risk violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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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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Telltale Signs of Burnout at Work

HR Digest

Burnout and stress are the two sides of a coin that seem to feed off each other. Stopping and smelling the flowers on the way to work and a more relaxed attitude is the key to stress-free work life, suggest experts. Burnout has got much attention in the last two years with even the World Health Organization (WHO) classifying it as an occupational hazard arising out of “mismanaged work stress”.

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Disney takes top spot as company most admired for HR

HRExecutive

The Walt Disney Co. has earned the crown for Most Admired for HR for 2020, unseating two-year No. 1 titleholder Apple and jumping past second-ranked Netflix. Toyota and Amazon round out the top five on the definitive report card of corporate reputations. Disney’s ratings improved on all four attributes that make up the rankings, with its greatest gains on the two talent-related attributes: management quality and people management.

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A Checklist Of Things To Consider When Moving To Another Country

Take It Personel-ly

Moving abroad can be a really rewarding experience. It offers you the chance to try new things and meet new people, gives you something interesting and unique to put on your CV, massively broadens your life experience, and helps you to improve job prospects and get ahead in your career. It’s an incredibly life-changing decision, […].

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These are 2020’s most admired companies for HR

HRExecutive

As the COVID-19 pandemic changed nearly everything in our lives this year, employers were among the leaders in transformation. From remote work and childcare to stress management and virtual collaboration, HR was at the forefront of innovation. It’s fitting, then, that even before the novel coronavirus arrived in the United States, research into workforce transformation was already underway.

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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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Retaining Clients leverages an Innovative Customer Retention Strategy

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

Are you creating an innovative customer retention strategy for what is new and next? (And nowhere near to whatever has been normal.). Consider that retaining yesterday’s clients just may not be the primary focus of this strategy, either. Because the clients who helped you get to where you were yesterday may not have the capacity for innovative transitions.

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will a job candidate who used to be in charge really be OK with a non-management job?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I work in biotech and am in the process of reading resumes and interviewing candidates to replace my only direct report, who left recently when she got a really nice job offer elsewhere. I work full-time at the bench and this is the first time I’ve had to drive the selection process for a new hire. I’ve gotten quite a few resumes from people who are managers in a related field looking to pivot or expand their skill set.

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9 Interesting Interview Questions That Actually Reveal A Lot About Candidates

SHRM

Resumes and cover letters only give you a taste of whether a candidate is the right choice for your open position. The real insight truly comes from a great interview! With that said, if you aren’t asking the right questions, you may not get a true sense of the candidate’s technical skills and whether they are a good cultural fit for your company.

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Tight Budget? 4 Steps That Can Help You Improve Your Business’s Spending Habits

Take It Personel-ly

Operating a business requires a fair amount of effort and cost. It’s easy to overspend the budget when emergencies pop up or unexpected opportunities come along. However, it is important to follow a balanced business budget to keep your company operating in the black. The following tips can help to reduce overspending. Cut Unnecessary Expenditures […].

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Integrity is by far the most important asset of a leader.

Brigette Hyacinth

A few years ago, I missed out on a huge promotion because I didn’t comply with an action from a CEO of my then establishment. He instructed me to hold back a delinquent customer’s payment, so their mortgage would be transferred to the non-accrual status, so that his colleague could supposedly submit an offer to purchase this prime property. Reality check: doing the right things may not bring on the welcoming committee rather you may be beaten for it.

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7 Reasons Your Employees Are Maxing Out Your Project Budgets

Replicon

“We’re over budget.” If you just felt your stomach give a familiar flip-flop, you’re in expensive company. Cost overruns are a way of life when it comes to project management, and most project teams have certainly found themselves on the wrong end of a set budget. That’s normal. But the price for constantly going over […].

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A Great Boss is hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

Brigette Hyacinth

I lost one of my managers a couple of years ago and I can’t seem to forget him or the legacy he left behind. I had a family emergency and before I could finish explaining to him the situation. He said, “And you are still standing here talking to me? Why aren’t you out the door yet? I’ll cover for you.” I smiled then went to my desk, took my belongings and left.

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Six ways to find more survey participants

Qualtrics HR

Get the right results from your survey by finding the right survey respondents to provide confidence in your data The challenge of finding survey respondents. Getting the right survey participants is critical to the success of your survey, but it's also hard to do. Minimize the risk of not getting the right participants first time, even though you have a well-designed research project from the start.

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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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Great leadership isn’t about control. It’s about empowering people.

Brigette Hyacinth

I allow my employees flexibility in lunch time, breaks, sick days, family leave, further education, etc. I don’t believe in micromanaging. It puts undue stress on employees. I train, coach and mentor but I don’t have the time to micromanage. If you hired someone, it means you believe they are capable of doing the job. Then trust them to get the job done.

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Can You Get High From THC in Topicals?

Take It Personel-ly

Topicals are the latest craze in cannabis culture. Whether you consider yourself a stoner or not, you almost certainly have heard of the beauty industry’s interest in integrating cannabinoids, or compounds derived from cannabis, in products like moisturizers, lotions, creams, salves, balms and a variety of bath supplies. For the most part, CBD is the […].

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Loyal Employees are your Most Valuable Asset!

Brigette Hyacinth

Employees are your most valuable resource. Yet many companies ignore and treat their employees poorly. Our system has fallen into a self-reinforcing command loop construct as follows: Increase shareholder value at all costs without regard for the human factor. Sadly, if you do not cure the cancer in the root of the tree, not only with the branches and leaves die; but so will the the tree.

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12 Career Coaches And How The Pandemic Has Impacted Their Work

Forbes Coaches Council

Career coaching has evolved during the pandemic. To maintain focus and strong connections with clients, members of Forbes Coaches Council are finding new ways to employ tried-and-true techniques in virtual formats. Here, 12 of them share how their coaching practices have changed with the times.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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What is eLoyalty?

The Incentive Solutions News blog

What is eLoyalty? When it comes to the growth and longevity of an online business, eLoyalty refers to the act of generating and maintaining customer loyalty within the virtual marketplace. When the goal is to increase sales, repeat purchases and brand loyalty become the main focus, regardless of whether products are sold virtually or in a brick-and-mortar store front.

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4 Great Tools to Help With Cleaning High-Traffic Areas at Work

Take It Personel-ly

What is the grimiest place you encounter every day? If the bathroom or kitchen comes to mind first, you might be surprised to learn that many surfaces in your workplace have more germs than a toilet or sink. A typical desk can harbor up to ten million bacteria, which is 400 times more than the […].

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New Product Releases in HR Technology | Reward Gateway

Reward Gateway

Welcome back to our next installment of Products Innovations , where we share with you a quarterly overview of our latest product developments and improvements. In case you missed our last installment, you can check it out here. These are strange times for us all , but we are grateful to our RGers around the world who have continued to give their best and make the world a better place to work, even in challenging times.