Fri.Dec 21, 2018

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Emotional Intelligence: Three Overlooked Actions For Balanced Focus And Productivity

Forbes Coaches Council

There are three major mental actions that set the stage for our physicaland material progress.

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Does my Company Have to Pay Out Banked PTO?

Paycor

The short answer is “maybe.” Surrendering accrued and unused vacation time to an employee who separates from your company, whether by choice or not, isn’t a federal requirement, so there’s no federal law that your company has to comply with. However, the compliance headache is still there since paid time off (PTO) payout is governed by states’ laws, which vary wildly.

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6 Signs That It Might Be Time to Let an Employee Go

crewhu

Terminating an employee is a delicate business.

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Helping Your Team Develop a Startup Mentality with One Simple Step

Effortless HR

Startups are efficient in their processes because they need to be; with a limitation in resources, personnel, and experience, efficiency is a means of survival spawned out of mere necessity. If a startup became inefficient, it would not be able to sustain its workload and therefore risk its capacity to function as a business. So what happens when you’re a startup company and your back is against the wall?

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind: Your Remote Workforce

Engage2Excel

Did you know that 43% of employees work from home at least some of the time? And that doesn’t include contingent workers or freelancers who contribute to your team as independent contractors. Many people view flexibility in work arrangements as a desirable perk, but how engaged are remote workers with the organization? In our recently released Trendicators Report on Remote Workers , our research suggests that along with the appeal of setting their own hours and working from anywhere, remote work

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The Best of #WorkTrends 2018

TalentCulture

Happy holidays! To celebrate the end of the year we’re looking back to our favorite #WorkTrends conversations in 2018. We put together out first ever Best of #WorkTrends, with excerpts from our favorite conversations throughout the year. As we sifted through the conversations we’ve had in 2018, two big themes stuck out to us. I’d argue they’re the most significant challenges we face in HR today: building better connections at work and the future of […].

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How to Build, Manage and Promote Workplace Diversity?

TalentLyft

In this guide, you will learn how to build, manage and promote workplace diversity. Incorporating these guidelines will help you create and maintain a more diverse and inclusive company culture and improve your company’s bottom line. Read More.

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HR Trends: Forecast for 2019

Engagedly

The most defining aspect of trends is that they come and go with reassuring frequency. Like clockwork in fact. HR trends tend to fall in a different facet in that they don’t inspire a frenzy, like say fashion […].

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15 Strategies For Turning A Lackluster Brand Around

Forbes Coaches Council

An uninspiring brand is a barrier to business growth. Members of Forbes Coaches Council offer tips on turning an underperforming brand around.

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Bridging the Gap: The Intersection of DEI Initiatives and Employee Benefits

Speaker: Jaye Johnson, CBP

Unlock the secrets to transforming your organization’s employee benefits into a strategic tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). During this informative session, we will discuss common pitfalls in traditional benefits and then delve into the essence of DEI in employee-centric benefit offerings. This involves not only defining DEI in the workplace but also understanding the pivotal role that employee benefits play in fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

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How to get promoted to the job you want!

The Tim Sackett Project

I read an article recently where a “former” Google HR executive shared his wisdom. ( editor side note – are all Google HR executives “Former”? Have you ever heard from a “current” Google HR executive? Why does Google have a hard time keeping HR execs? ). The dude’s name is Justin Angsuwat and he’s the current VP of People at Thumbtack, which not ironically does not make thumbtacks but it would awesome if they did.

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15 Ways To Level Up Your Negotiation Skills

Forbes Coaches Council

Negotiating can seem intimidating, but it's really just a series of skills that can be learned. Members of Forbes Coaches Council offer advice for successfully navigating negotiations.

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Top 5 - 2018

Dave's Weekly Thought

What a year in music! Sure. confusion exists at the cross roads of popular and independent music. The music festivals we've cherished now more closely reveal the Super Bowl. Tons of Octogenarians have reunited to pay for their 5th divorce (but, who's counting). 2018 took an interesting turn: Hip Hop has given way to trap music, the singer/songwriter genre seem to have taken a year off, guitars that were being replaced by keyboards are now being replaced by guitars.

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update: company offered me a job, then yanked the offer, then re-listed the position

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 received a job offer, then had it yanked, then saw the position re-listed ? Here’s the update. First, here’s a detail I didn’t think was relevant to include in the first email: When they originally offered me the job, it was through email.

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Trending Payroll Statistics

Staying up-to-date on the latest decisions and payroll statistics ensures businesses can remain compliant and efficient. B2B Reviews research compiled the latest data to help businesses stay on top of payroll in 2024 and prepare for the future.

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How the Collaboration Between HR and Finance Can Improve Business

ADP

While human resources and finance are two different operations, it's important to have HR and finance collaboration within an organization.

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Ireland’s PAYE Modernization – Everything You Need to Know

Immedis

From January 1 st 2019 , there will be new changes introduced to the PAYE system in Ireland- PAYE modernization. The changes have been defined as ‘’the most significant reform of the PAYE system in Ireland’’ so it’s essential that both employers and employees know exactly what these changes mean for them. To help, Immedis have put together a guide of everything you need to know about PAYE Modernization.

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updates: my boss talks to me like I’m a baby, and more

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. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. My boss talks to me like I’m a baby (#2 at the link). I thought I’d better provide an update because things took an interesting turn in the weeks after I published the letter.

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A Look into Microsoft’s Data-Driven Approach to Improving Sales

Analytics in HR

Companies are beginning to utilize their employees’ behavioral data — generally known as people analytics — to better understand and improve their sales operations , with strong results. Microsoft, where we work, is no exception, and B2B sales is one of the areas where we are seeing the most value. Our findings, and the ways we came to them, can be useful to other sales organizations looking to make internal changes of this type or optimize how their salespeople relate to customers.

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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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Your Kid’s Teachers, Your Hairdresser and Your Admin Want This For Christmas

Evil HR Lady

Giving money is tacky. We should give thoughtful gifts that we spent a lot of time thinking about and searching for. Or better yet, we should make something handmade. Knit something, perhaps, or the good old plate of Christmas goodies. Wrong, says Jenée on Twitter. I strongly believe that people who provide services to you and make less money than you do not want your baked goods, mugs w/ a packet of hot chocolate mix wrapped in cellophane, or candles for Christmas.

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open thread – December 21-22, 2018

Ask a Manager

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please don’t repost it here, as it may be in the to-be-answered queue.

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The Path to Individual Transformation in the Workplace, Part Three

BetterUp

According to John Dewey, “We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience.” Self-reflection is a part of Being, the third stage of individual growth and transformation—a stage that is often overlooked in learning and development programs across organizations today. This stage is a vital part of helping organizations foster agile workforces that are able to grow and adapt as business needs evolve.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

Our weekly recap of fundings, mergers & acquisition, partnership and other interesting news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. FUNDING. *This week’s fundings: $175M+. Earnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real time. Crew, a Workplace and Slack messaging rival for shift workers, raises $35M, adds enterprise version.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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update: the sloth pencil case, the qualified candidate with baggage, and more

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. Here are five updates from past letter-writers. 1. Will my taste in office supplies seem weird or unprofessional? A few months ago, I sent you a question relating to my school supplies, and whether they were too childish.

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11 Simple Survey Questions to Ask Internal Stakeholders After Open Enrollment

WEX Inc.

This week, we continue on in our series designed to help you create a powerful open enrollment post-mortem strategy. We've broken this topic into individual articles in order to help you prioritize the different groups you'll need to talk with after open enrollment comes to a close. As a reminder, those groups are: 1) Employees 2) Internal Stakeholders 3) Your benefits broker 4) Your technology partner Last week, we provided you the top five post open enrollment survey questions to ask your empl

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What to do if your company has an identity crisis

Jostle

The growth phase is an exciting time for any company. It’s a period when new people join, larger clients take notice, and the possibilities seem endless. The sky's the limit, as they say. But as companies grow and mature, they usually experience some… changes.

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Eight Questions To Answer To Get On The Path To Customer Centricity

Forbes Coaches Council

The first step to transforming your culture into one that's customer-centric is a mindset shift — followed by a behavioral shift.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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The Path to Individual Transformation in the Workplace, Part Two

BetterUp

Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Outliers: The Story of Success,” said that, “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”. The opportunity to practice new complex skills in today’s workplace is essential to employee growth. But many learning and development programs stop short of offering practice opportunities in sufficient quantity and quality to create lasting change.

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2018 Year in Review: Employee Benefits Trends

Winston Benefits

Employees’ wants and needs continued to take center stage for employer benefits programs in 2018. Employers across industries recognized that consumer-focused benefits options, better communications with employees and the adoption of benefits technology were key factors in recruiting and retaining top talent. And the fate of the Affordable Care Act continued to remain uncertain, which kept benefits leaders on their toes.

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Are YouSelling Your Experience Or Demonstrating Your Value?

Forbes Coaches Council

What you have done in the past may not be what is relevant in the present, so why sell it to your job search audience?

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