Wed.Jun 01, 2016

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Healthcare Franchises and Maintaining Employees

TalentCulture

Over the last few decades, the franchise business model has flourished. People are more familiar with fast food franchises (McDonalds, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s), but franchises have cropped up across all industries from car care (Meineke and Les Schwab) to healthcare (Right at Home and Brightstar). The “franchisation” of healthcare is unique because it allows non-medical professionals to open, operate, and run healthcare service establishments.

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What These Experts Are Saying About Employee Appreciation

15Five

When was the last time you appreciated an employee ? When Emily says “Great job Phil!” to her direct report, that might make his day (and have Emily feel great, since sharing gratitude is proven to make those on the giving end also feel happier). But is that enough to have Phil feel motivated, engaged, and truly appreciated? Let’s set a bit of context, since Emily’s seemingly innocent gesture can actually have the opposite impact: 1) Phil was overlooked for a promotion, which was given to

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INFOGRAPHIC: MAGIC – Five Keys to Unlock the Power of Employee Engagement -

DecisionWise

What is Employee Engagement? Employee engagement is an emotional state where employees feel passionate, energetic, and committed to their work. This translates into employees who give their hearts, spirits, minds, and hands to deliver a high level of performance to the organization. (Read what Employee Engagement is NOT). Download Employee Engagement Survey.

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5 Tips for Keeping Your Top Talent

EDSI

Engaged employees are happy employees Employees that are active participants in goal setting, projects and decision-making feel like a valued asset to the company.& Ask for their input and encourage conversations whenever possible. Make the expectations and goals of your company crystal clear It is important to communicate directly and clearly. Good employees want to do their best, but they need direction and to know what is expected of them.

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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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Amended Harassment and Discrimination Rules Are Here – Starting with California

Trinet

California-based employers with five or more employees must now comply with amended anti-discrimination regulations regarding the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) that went into effect on April. Visit site for full story.

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Engagement Entropy – Stop Trying to Find a Solution

What is Paul Thinking

Except for a few classes in high school and college, I’m betting you haven’t used the word entropy in a long while. If you have, you’re traveling in better circles than me. In my group the most common words we use are “does it hurt when I do this” and “do these look like bed bug bites?”. But seriously. Entropy isn’t a word that gets a lot of play in the general discussion of business and in any discussion of employee engagement.

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Reluctant Leaders: How to Get Your Best Talent to Take on Leadership Roles

Everwise

A promotion and more money? What’s the problem?! The problem is, not everyone wants a promotion, especially when the promotion is managerial in nature. Leadership roles are often seen as causing more stress and longer hours – and that doesn’t appeal to a lot of workers. In fact, a University of Warwick study recently revealed that promotions cause a 10% decrease in mental health, and a 20% decrease in time available to visit a doctor – facts that don’t encourage taking o

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With Bigger Insurance Companies Moving Out, Newer Companies Move In

ACA Times

With regard to the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace, it all comes down to options. As major carriers take umbrage with various aspects of the ACA and its Marketplace, many are pulling out of the Marketplace in various parts of the country, leaving residents—especially in rural areas—with minimal options for coverage. However, there’s hope as newer insurers are joining the Marketplace, bringing a renewed competition.

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3 Great Ways To Accelerate The Hiring Process

Hoops

In today's fast-paced business world, hiring managers need to speed up the recruiting process in order to get the best talent. Candidates tend to make decisions in the blink of an eye, causing the top talent to disappear fast. This is especially true for ‘active’ jobseekers who are eager to get back into the workforce as soon as possible, which prompts them to jump on strong job offers as quickly as they are presented.

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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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ACE 2016: Our keynote lineup

Achievers

If you haven’t heard the news already, Achievers Customer Experience (ACE), our annual employee engagement and user conference, will be in Toronto this September! We provide our attendees with a compelling lineup of speakers who are experts in engagement, rewards and recognition, HR technology, and the Achievers platform. Register for ACE Now! .

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3 Great Ways To Accelerate The Hiring Process

Hoops

In today's fast-paced business world, hiring managers need to speed up the recruiting process in order to get the best talent. Candidates tend to make decisions in the blink of an eye, causing the top talent to disappear fast. This is especially true for ‘active’ jobseekers who are eager to get back into the workforce as soon as possible, which prompts them to jump on strong job offers as quickly as they are presented.

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Can the Young Star Ever Earn Less Than the Employees They Manage?

The HR Capitalist

In a word, yes. It's rare, but it happens. Here’s my take - most star managers on the upswing of their careers have usually faced the prospect of either managing someone who has either: a) earned more than they have, or. b) earned close to what they have. . It happens more often with rising stars who are relatively young in an organization, because they tend to aggregate additional responsibilities beyond their years.

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6 Ways HR Leaders Can Help Humanize the Organization

TalentCulture

Historically, business strategies have focused on production and business outcomes. Human capital was considered nothing more than a means to an end. The world is changing, however, with “the growing realization that somehow amidst efficiency, productivity, and career advancement, our very humanity has lost out,” as author Tim Leberecht describes it.

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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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Win a “#HRrecipe” T-Shirt! Share Your Recipe for HR Success?

HR Daily Advisor

Rules. What’s your recipe for HR success? Share your tips and you could win an HR Recipe t-shirt—just in time to wear at summer cookouts! For Facebook: Like HR Daily Advisor and post what makes your HR recipe award-winning. Don’t forget to include #HRrecipe. Example: When it comes to #HR policies, presentation is just as important as the ingredients.

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Need an HR Business Plan to Use as a Guide for.

About Human Resources

Do you have a business plan for your HR department? Don't know where to start? Here are recommended steps and how to tips to develop your HR business plan.

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my team is super into tarot cards, the Secret, and sharing our personal “visions”

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I joined a new company last month and I’m pretty bemused at the company/team culture. The company is big on “culture” in general, which is great, but my individual team (~20 people) is VERY spiritual and believes strongly in the power of positive thinking and that Law of Attraction/The Secret thing that was so trendy a few of years ago.

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Ways to Minimize Employees Wasting Time at Work

About Human Resources

Do your employees waste time at work? It may not be their fault. Time wasting starts with leadership direction. Here are five ways to minimize time wasting.

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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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In Our Mind

NoExcusesHR

Group think. Let that phrase roll around in your head for a minute. Group Think. Is it positive? Is it the corporate equivalent of a lynch mob? Thinking Is Good It sounds funny to say it out loud, but thinking through the challenges we face is a really good thing. Except, there always seems to be a little voice in our head that cautions us about our thinking.

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Top 10 Reasons Employee Empowerment Fails

About Human Resources

Do you understand empowerment as an organizational strategy and way of interacting with employees? Take a look at the key factors that can make it fail.

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What Is the Spirit of Your Customer Service?

WorqIQ

Barbaro was the 2006 Kentucky Derby winning horse. He came into the race undefeated. And, his margin of victory—six and one-half lengths—was the largest margin in over sixty years. A heavy favorite to win the Triple Crown, he shattered his right hind leg two weeks later at the Preakness after he false started, and ultimately […] Read more. Read More» The post What Is the Spirit of Your Customer Service?

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It’s cases like this that tempt me to become a plaintiff’s employment lawyer

The Employer Handbook

Like when referring to the plaintiff (57) and his two co-workers (61 and 67), a boss allegedly remarks, “It’s time you got rid of those old son of a b **s.” Age discrimination, maybe? Hey, before you decide, how about the CEO allegedly saying that the company should have “new blood” and “you know, younger people in the organization run it.

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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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What is your HCM implementation Game Plan? Lessons from the NBA

Ceridian

By Adrian Grbavac, EVP of Services, Ceridian. As I reflect on this memorable season by the Toronto Raptors, I can’t help but see the parallels between the game of basketball and the world of HCM implementations. The importance of proper planning, execution, teamwork and management all contribute to the positive outcome we’re looking for, whether on the hardcourt or in the business world.

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It’s cases like this that tempt me to become a plaintiff’s employment lawyer

The Employer Handbook

Like when referring to the plaintiff (57) and his two co-workers (61 and 67), a boss allegedly remarks, “It’s time you got rid of those old son of a b **s.” Age discrimination, maybe? Hey, before you decide, how about the CEO allegedly saying that the company should have “new blood” and “you know, younger people in the organization run it.

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5 tips for having tough conversations with employees about performance

Ceridian

In an ideal world, every employee you hired would work out perfectly, and there would never be a reason to sit down and have one of those tough conversations. Unfortunately, sometimes employees don’t perform up to the levels you expect – and when that happens, those conversations are necessary. . No one likes talking to an employee about how they’re struggling at the office.

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The Medium Is The Message? Why Technology Isn’t Ruining Your Emotional Intelligence

Inpower Coaching

With the number of devices, apps and websites we use to communicate with each other—in life and in the office—it seems easier than ever to screw up even the most innocuous message. This tech-infused reality seems to go hand-in-hand with complaints about the tech savvy, particularly the millennial generation, and their propensity to use text, email or status messages to short cut difficult conversations.

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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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The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

cipHR

Emotional intelligence can have a significant impact on your professional career. That’s why it's vital to understand what it is, and its importance in the workplace. People have different personalities, emotional capabilities and strengths, and these factors can greatly impact the way they work. What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence (or EQ) is the ability to know and manage one’s emotions, as well as the emotions of others.

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Organisational veneer – Scratch the surface

101 Half Connected Things

The thin veneer that both organisations and people maintain vexes me. It gets my goat. It is a bugbear. An annoyance. A useless distraction from and distortion of truth. What happens when we scratch it? I’m sure we all manage our reputations to a degree, we are human and it’s a part of that. You might not call it that and the prime motivation for your action probably isn’t that, but most people care.

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My #SHRM16 Schedule….So Far

Acacia HR Solutions

I’m doing something I never do. Seriously. In nearly 10 years of attending the annual SHRM conference pretty regularly, I have never done this before. Never. As of the writing of this post, I have actually taken a little time to review the session descriptions for SHRM16 and have earmarked a few I want to.