Sat.May 15, 2021

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Top 6 Home Improvement Ideas To Increase Value of Your Home

Take It Personel-ly

Whether you’re thinking of selling now, or some time in the future, it is a good idea to try to increase the value of your home by carrying out some simple maintenance or making a few easy changes. A lot of people do not realise just how much value they are reducing their home by. […].

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weekend open thread – May 15-16, 2021

Ask a Manager

This post, weekend open thread – May 15-16, 2021 , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: The Fortunate Ones , by Ed Tarkington.

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Interested In Becoming An Author? I can help you.

Kevin Sheridan

When I first became an author “accidentally”, I never anticipated how it could change my life forever. I never dreamed that I would be the Author of two successful Management Books, one of which would make SIX of the Top Ten Best-Seller Lists, including The New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and USA Today. So if you have aspirations of successfully writing and publishing a book and/or a desire to have your book become a Best Seller, let me help.

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Amy Thieringer of A.R.T.: “Follow your instincts”

Thrive Global

I want to change the way that allergies are treated in the U.S. and around the world. Treatment options for people with allergies are limited right now. People know about allergies but don’t realize how difficult it is to live with them. Oftentimes, people with allergies are told what my son Matt was told?—?the only way forward is to completely avoid your allergen.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Discover The Best Strategies To Boost Customer Loyalty

New to HR

Are you looking for ways to get the right customers on board? If so, then there are a few options that you can explore. Ideally, The post Discover The Best Strategies To Boost Customer Loyalty appeared first on New To HR.

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Employee Spotlight – Mpho Ramataboee

EverFi - HR

Meet Mpho Ramataboee! Mpho is a Manager for Front End Engineering and has been with EVERFI for 1 year and 4 months. Learn more about Mpho in his Q&A below. What is your favorite thing about working at EVERFI? The Diversity of thought to construct products with a lasting impact beyond each individual contributor. Our efforts transform millions of lives.

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Literature Review Highlights the Relationship between Team Conflict, Conflict Management, and Team Performance

Pollack Peacebuilding

Summary of: Luo, Y., & Lu, L. (2020, November). A review of research on team conflict, conflict management and team performance. Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, 155, 321-326. [link]. Background & Theory: Over the past few decades, utilizing teams within the workplace has been increasingly common. With uptick in team collaboration naturally comes an uptick in team conflict and need for conflict management.

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Pandemic Travel

Thrive Global

I am an avid traveler. I look forward to my next adventure. Each year I pick a new destination and start planning away. But at the beginning of 2020, even before the coronavirus derailed the world, I herniated a disc in my lower back and I was laid up for months. I had to cancel my upcoming trip to Japan. A trip I had been saving for and planning for years.

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America Needs Talent

SHRM Resources

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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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“Work on the culture early”, With Douglas Brown and Anna Alex of Planetly

Thrive Global

Work on the culture early. I mentioned before how bad of an experience we had when hiring the wrong person from a cultural perspective. Company culture is key to its success. If your team does not feel like being part of an amazing company, they will not give their very best. The very best comes from feeling part of something bigger. That is what company culture can do.

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France Unanimously Votes Gender Quotas For Executive Leadership

Forbes Leadership Strategy

After quotas on corporate boards spread across Europe, countries are pointing their legislation at Executive leadership. It started with Germany, now France is voting for them too.

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Tracy Lawrence of The Lawrence Advisory: “Who You Hire is Who You Become”

Thrive Global

Who You Hire is Who You Become: In startup mode, it’s easy to recruit from a reactive place, where the focus is on putting out fires rather than building the culture that will help you reach your business goals. Often, early stage hiring starts with the founder’s immediate circle, such as college classmates or even relatives. But as a business scales, early hires may not level up.

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Amazon Readies To Take Over The Post-Pandemic World

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Amazon announced it is taking on 75,000 new workers in the United States and 10,000 in the United Kingdom, precisely at a time when much of the world is beginning to emerge from the pandemic and when many companies have announced cutbacks or closures.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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Jada Shapiro of ‘boober’: “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good”

Thrive Global

“Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.” I struggle with perfectionism, as do many entrepreneurs. Sometimes that intense drive to do everything perfectly or at least as well as possible, pushes me to work hard and continue to accomplish. However, I have finally, after many years of being in business and in therapy, come to the understanding that sometimes being “good enough” means that whatever I’m working on will actually get done.

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Case Study: Recruit CRM Helped South Africa Based RPO Firm Slay The Recruiting Game

Recruit CRM

As the world market is saturated with recruiting and staffing agencies, it's no doubt that recruitment entrepreneurs have it hard with respect to making it big on a global scale. A foolproof checklist has to include recruitment automation and thoughtful investments made in a suitable Applicant Tracking System , CRM Software, interview scheduling software and so on.

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Cat Lantigua of Goddess Council: “Build it and they will come”

Thrive Global

“Build it and they will come” this was advice shared to me by my boyfriend Frank during the early days of Goddess Council. There were a few events that I planned in which nobody showed up and I worried whether my idea was sustainable or not and he comforted me by reminding me of this. As a part of our series about women who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Cat Lantigua.

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Mission Statements Don’t Create Cultures: Today’s CEOs Must Take Ownership

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The modern-day CEO must see culture as a growth strategy. Their objective should be focused on uniting and igniting the diversity of thought that comes from employing multiple generations. Thanks to the forces of the cultural demographic shift, employees will no longer assimilate to the status quo.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Alex & Michael Toccin of TOCCIN and LDT: “Communication”

Thrive Global

Communication.?—?We try to keep our work conversation during office hours and personal matters at night. We often have so much going on so it is best to separate the two. As a part of our series about lessons from Thriving Power Couples, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex and Michael Toccin. Creative husband and wife duo, Alex and Michael Toccin, met as college Freshmen and have been bringing out the best in each other ever since.

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Embrace Your Mistakes (Yes, Even The Big Ones)

Forbes Leadership Strategy

What often holds us back from taking action is fear — fear that it will be the “wrong” decision, fear that you don’t have enough information, fear of repercussions if you screw it up.

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Sharon Reuben of Chérie: “Trust yourself and believe in yourself”

Thrive Global

Trust yourself and believe in yourself. I knew that physical therapy was a steady career choice but because I listened to my gut and pursued design, I’m a much happier and more fulfilled person today. As part of my series about the leadership lessons of accomplished business leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sharon Reuben. Raised by a Francophile mother with an explorer’s spirit, Sharon B.

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What Is Adam’s Equity Theory Of Motivation In The Workplace?

Vantage Circle

Equity Theory helps us analyze employee motivation in terms of equality and fairness. Workplace motivation differs from employee to employee. For some employees, motivation means money, status, etc. For others, it is about doing their best and becoming the star performer. Many business leaders have invested their time to understand employee perception and theories of motivation.

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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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Bob Weiler of Brimstone Consulting: “Take time off”

Thrive Global

Take time off. Taking time off not only gives you, as a leader, time to recharge, but it also demonstrates to the organization that taking time off is important. At the same time, encourage people to take time off. If there is someone who should take time off and who is not, make them take the time. As part of my series about the leadership lessons of accomplished business leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Weiler.

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“Keep Learning”, With Douglas Brown and Heather Stratford of Drip7

Thrive Global

Keep Learning. The technology world is changing every day. Literally, applications and processes that were followed just 5 years ago are gone. As a leader and someone who is going to create a lasting company, continued learning is critical. Listen to podcasts, read or listen to books, talk to a variety of people, meet with mentors, take classes, sign up for volunteer opportunities, take on new projects.

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Melissa Lin: “Using Instagram to Sell”

Thrive Global

Using Instagram to Sell?—? If you are running a business, you’ll love some of the features you can use on Instagram such as adding links onto your profile page, links in your Instagram stories, and more to sell your offers and products to your audience! As a part of our series about How To Leverage Instagram To Grow Your Business, I had the pleasure of interviewing Melissa Lin.

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Or Bokobza of Venn: “Take smart risks”

Thrive Global

Take smart risks. It’s natural to question yourself in the early phase of building your company. Often, you are not earning a salary as a founder and the pressure is really on, especially when the initial excitement burns off. One of the things that really helped us to get through that difficult early stage was that we knew we didn’t want to let anyone down.

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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.