Tue.Aug 27, 2019

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To Increase Organizational Performance, Cultural Similarity May Beat Individual Quality

Visier

Consider how much of your HR focus is on the quality of the individuals in your organization, but research suggests it may be equally or even more enlightening to understand the collective similarity–not just individual quality. The typical focus on improving individuals. Most HR systems work very hard to hire and retain individual employees qualified for high individual performance, such as job-related skills and abilities, personality like conscientiousness, and cognitive ability (or “intellig

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Interview with Charlene Li, Part 2: Disruptive Growth Begins from Within

15Five

This is the second half of a two-part series based on our interview with Altimeter Group founder and Senior Fellow, Charlene Li ahead of the release of her new book, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail. In Part 1 , we discussed how courageous leaders take bold risks in the face of uncertainty. Today, we look at how these leaders must engage their people in order to bring their disruptive ideas to life.

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Misunderstood Millennials: Strategies for Engagement

Newmeasures

They’re on their phones. They have no focus. They’re breaking the economy. They expect a trophy for tying their shoes. These are some common (mis)perceptions about Millennials, now the largest generation making up the workforce. Whether or not any of these statements are true, one thing is certain: we need to figure out a way to support this group of young workers in their careers—and let go of unhelpful stereotypes—if we hope to see our organizations remain competitive and successful into the f

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What do millennials think about workplace dress codes?

HRExecutive

By now, most HR leaders realize that, in the workplace, millennials often are a study in contrasts. For example, researchers have found that, while millennials push for more flexibility and remote-work options, many also report loneliness while working from home. A new survey from global staffing firm Randstad US finds the same contrasting thinking apparently goes for workplace fashion as well.

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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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Five Questions Retailers Should Consider Right Now

Workday

Shoppers today have higher expectations than ever before. They’re used to the ease of frictionless payments. They want to buy online and pick up in the store. They can get same-day shipping on almost anything. And if these expectations aren’t met, they’ll take their business elsewhere. . What should retailers be doing to make sure they’re meeting shoppers’ increasingly high expectations?

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6 Ways to Improve Your Recruitment Efforts in 2019

AccuSource

When looking for that next great future employee, you want to make sure your process is refined. When you cast a wider net, you’re guaranteed a few more fish being caught, but is that always the best? Some of those candidates you end up meeting may have some good factors but in the end, don’t make for a good fit. So, how can you guarantee a better pool from which to pick?

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Dealership Hiring: Excite Young Job Seekers to Join Your Team

Hireology

Dealership hiring is challenging in today’s tight labor market. Not only is most of today’s top talent already employed, but most job seekers aren’t interested in dealership careers. According to Cox Automotive’s 2019 Dealership Staffing Study , interest in dealership careers has significantly declined in recent years. . The Dealership Staffing Study found that as of 2016, 33 percent of employees from outside the automotive industry indicated they would be interested in dealership roles and this

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About Digital Transformation

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Paycom , a leading provider of cloud-based human capital management software. They recently announced the release of Ask Here TM , a new tool that gives employees a direct line of communication to ask and get timely answers to work-related questions. Enjoy the article!). Technology is a huge part of today’s business environment.

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We Answer Your Questions on the 2019 EEO-1 Report Component 2 Pay Data Filing

Trusaic

We participated in a webinar this month with HR.com on the new EEO-1 Report Component 2 pay data filing requirement, “Potential Challenges and Pitfalls of Submitting Pay Data in the 2019 EEO-1 Report.”. During the webinar, I was asked several questions about this new EEO-1 Report pay data filing requirement that needs to be submitted by private employers and federal contractors with more than 100 employees to the U.S.

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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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How to Use OKRs for Quarterly and Annual Planning

Reflektive

OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) challenge companies to achieve ambitious goals. OKRs were designed by Andy Grove of Intel, and Google was quick to incorporate OKR planning into its quarterly and annual planning. Google now considers annual OKRs instrumental to the company’s success. This success has encouraged many organizations to adopt OKR best practices for their own planning purposes. .

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Why and how servant leadership is good for business

Insperity

Most people routinely encounter servant leadership through everyday interactions. They just may not realize it. Top-flight staff in businesses of all sizes utilize servant leadership, whether it’s: When one employee waits to hold the door for another An executive taking the time to sit and talk with a new employee A fast food employee walking a customer to their car with and umbrella because it’s raining or coming outside in the heat to expedite a busy drive-thru lane.

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The Future Of LinkedIn: 14 Experts Predict The Platform's Next Big Feature

Forbes Coaches Council

As a major career networking platform, LinkedIn is bound to evolve as the professional world does. Forbes Coaches Council experts discuss how they predict the platform will eventually change for the better.

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7 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress in the Workplace

Quantum Workplace

Stress is one of the most daunting obstacles to employee engagement in the modern workplace. Studies estimate that stress costs U.S. businesses an estimated $300 billion annually , and the workplace has been identified as the number one source of stress for American workers.

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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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5 steps to digital transformation

HRExecutive

“He who fails to plan is planning to fail.”—Winston Churchill. Organizations are undertaking digital transformation in an effort to improve and innovate workforce experience , drive efficiency, harness data insights and prepare the business for growth. Even if you have nothing called digital transformation in your 2020 plans, we are always maturing—every one of us.

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HR hygge: three culture lessons from Scandinavian business

HR Zone

Culture. How hygge is your HR?

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Increase Employee Productivity With Holistic Workforce Planning

ADP

By looking at workforce planning holistically, however, you can help to increase employee productivity and mitigate time off compliance risks. Here's how.

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What Things a Recruiter Should Pay Attention to While Conducting a Job Interview

6Q

Human Resources (HR) departments have come a long way in recent times. Long gone are the days of protracted recruitment processes and a focus on screening out candidates, rather than wooing them. We also now have more advanced technology and a different kind of generation flooding the job market that is much more prone to burnout. And yet what does all of this mean for you as a recruiter?

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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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The only way recruiters will find you on LinkedIn

Take It Personel-ly

The one question most job seekers can’t figure out is: “How do I attract recruiters on LinkedIn?” LinkedIn is a beast, and if you’re able to tap this vast platform to bag your dream job, there’s nothing like it. But it’s not as easy as it sounds. We have compiled some actionable pointers which you […].

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Company Culture Across Generations

The Tim Sackett Project

There’s been a lot – A LOT – of discussion in the past few years about all the different generations in the workplace, how dissimilar they are and the challenges and opportunities they create for work. To quickly recap, at present, we have five generations in the workplace, typically: Silents: Born during and before World War II. Baby Boomers: Born immediately after World War II up until about 1965.

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can I use sick leave to take my cat to the vet?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I know this is a silly question and expect to be told I am insane, but I am curious about your opinion! I recently had to take my cat to the vet for for a urgent but not life-threatening issue. It ended up taking about four hours during the work day. I joked with my collegue that I should use my sick time to take my child to the doctors, and we both laughed but then I got to thinking … can I?

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Event Report: CultureAmp Shortens The Distance Between Culture and Business Performance For Its Customers

WorkTech

Culture drives business performance. Most of us believe this, but we find it difficult to connect the dots between the company culture we experience and the impact on business results we know it delivers. Leaders outside of HR agree. When HRWins asked thousands of business leaders outside of HR about company culture, 66% agreed that […]. The post Event Report: CultureAmp Shortens The Distance Between Culture and Business Performance For Its Customers appeared first on HRWins by LAROCQUE, L

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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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A Quiet Mind Is A High-Performance Mind

Forbes Coaches Council

In a world of ever-increasing frenetic energy, information, stressors, and urgency, how do you get your mind to quiet down so that you can tap into creative potential?

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4 Classroom Culture Goals for the School Year

EverFi - HR

Do you have any classroom goals for the school year? Setting classroom goals encourages a strong, positive classroom culture by allowing you to foster an environment where students can interact with and build connections with one another. Start nurturing a positive culture conducive to learning with these four goals. 1. Create Something That Is Uniquely Yours.

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Why Personal Branding Makes Selling Easier

Forbes Coaches Council

Having a clearly positioned, purposeful personal brand that stands for and believes in something (bigger than itself) will change the game for you.

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Are We Managing Talent or Stifling It?

HR C-Suite

Many of you know that I am not a fan of buzz words or the latest corporate fads. The term “Talent Management” falls into this category. More and more companies are hiring Managers of Talent Management which is just another term for recruitment. Talent management refers to the organization's commitment to recruit, develop and retain […].

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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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Ep 37- How to Keep Track of New Minimum Wage Requirement Changes

Workology

Welcome to the new Workology Go Podcast. In just under five minutes, we get you the HR and workplace news you need before you start your day. Get ready, get set and go with the Workology Go Podcast. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Making Space for Mental Health Edchat

EverFi - HR

Educators are acutely aware of the importance of addressing mental wellness. They are so often on the front lines fighting bullying, low self-esteem, unhealthy coping mechanisms and more. It is important to make room for student mental wellness in classrooms to truly educate the whole child. In last week’s #EVERFIedchat, educators, mental health professionals, and EVERFI joined together to discuss mental wellness, its effect on student performance, and tools to help better address this topic wit

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Uncovering the Truth About Company Culture Before Taking a Job

GetFive

Imagine accepting a new job and thinking the culture was a perfect match for your personality. You’re excited not only about salary, but you’ll be in an environment that you enjoy. Then soon after you start, you uncover the truth that it’s not nearly as ideal as you thought it was. You’re completely disappointed. Unfortunately, this is a common experience.