Fri.Sep 22, 2017

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45+ Elements of Company Culture to Include in Your Strategy

ClearCompany HRM

Company culture is essential to the identity of your business and defines the environment in which employees work. It incorporates a variety of elements including work environment, values, company mission, ethics, expectations and goals.

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Everyone Can Be a Rock Star – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Be sure to check out their “ 1 in 100 Million ” video series devoted to sharing the personal stories of the people who do the many important and too-often unrecognized jobs we all rely on.

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The 10 Most Popular Articles Among Recruiters This Week

Linkedin Talent Blog

In case you need a stimulating read, here’s a great list for you. We took a look at the articles staffing and corporate recruiters shared, liked, and commented on the most on LinkedIn during the last 7 days and posted them below. Here are the top posts for this week: 1. Why Diversity Sourcing is so Hard -- by Will Staney. 2. A CEO Explains How the Answer to an Unusual Interview Question Helps Determine Who Should Get Hired -- by Akin Oyedele. 3. 6 Ways to Turn Your Employees Into Brand Ambassado

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4 Workplace Design Mistakes You Should Avoid at All Costs

Hppy

The design of your work space and the equipment in it affects the productivity, health, and effectiveness of your employees. Workplace design mistakes can result in accidents, injuries, illnesses and higher insurance premiums. It may also undermine the performance of your work team, whether or not clients are visiting. Here are four common office design mistakes you should avoid at all costs. 1.

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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How to Land a Seat at the C-Suite Table

TalentCulture

Among many small- and mid-sized businesses (SMB), human resource departments are no longer seen as an isolated administrative function. Instead, there is growing recognition HR is an integral part of a company’s infrastructure, on equal footing with such functions as finance, operations, IT, marketing, compliance, and innovation. That would seem to warrant a seat at the C-suite table for the company’s top HR professional, but landing one can be difficult at companies where the outmoded administr

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How to be Strategic When Choosing Performance Review Types

TalentCulture

Whether your company conducts performance reviews annually, biannually, quarterly or through other means, such as 360-degree feedback and through engagements surveys, each has its pros and cons. And as each business has its unique needs, there is no “right” performance review structure, though I have my favorites. Annual. Performance reviews are typically once-a-year reviews where managers meet with their employees to discuss performance, highlight areas for improvement and plan for

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Fail a Drug Test and Keep Your Job? It Could Happen

TLNT: The Business of HR

Remember that scene in Animal House , the one where Donald Sutherland is sitting around with Katy and some of the Deltas, smoking pot and discussing solar systems and atoms on the fingernail of a giant being? .

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Five Reasons You Should Use Online Medical Appointment Scheduling

TalentCulture

Medical providers and doctors are losing customers each day and are missing out on visits from existing patients or new ones. Do you wonder what the most important factor that contributes towards people not visiting their physician when they fall ill is? This could be due to the fact they are either lazy or because their doctors don’t offer online appointment scheduling.

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5 Do's and Don'ts for Effective HR Reporting

Hire Road

Last week we introduced 3 questions that should be asked of any reporting that is done with a regular cadence - monthly, quarterly, annually - where you can get into the habit of "same old, same old". The questions we posed were designed to get you thinking about your reporting and whether it could be more effective. This week we offer our top tips - 4 Do’s and 1 Don’t to help you flesh out your next report in a way that is sure to resonate with your audience.

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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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5 Tips to Getting the Most From a Leadership Coach

TLNT: The Business of HR

Working with an executive coach can have a huge payoff for leaders as they develop, improve their skills and stretch in new areas. Like anything in life, coaching is as much about what you give as what you get back.

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Workplace Happiness: a Little Happiness Brings a Lot More Productivity

Compensation Today

Kelsie Davis, BambooHR. Some business leaders dismiss happiness as something that employees can do on their own time. Unfortunately, a lack of attention to employee happiness isn’t just bad business practice because it makes your workplace miserable, it also has a negative impact on employee productivity. In fact, one study found that when employees are happier, workplace productivity is increased by 12 percent, while unhappy employees result in 10 percent decreased productivity.

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Disconnect to Connect

QAspire

For our creativity to thrive and learning to happen, we need unburdened spaces in our life – physical spaces too, but most importantly, mental spaces. In a world of never-ending streams of updates, pictures and sound bites that constantly crave for our attention, we need an intentional effort to disconnect. We need to reclaim the disconnected and real space where we can make sense of it all, spend time reading a good book without getting anxious about sharing what we are reading, explore places

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What to Do When Employees Are Underperforming?

HR Daily Advisor

It’s time to pull your head out of the sand—you need to deal with poor performers! Sometimes it is uncomfortable to deal with things you would rather avoid, but there is no advantage to delaying the inevitable. If an employee is not stepping up to the mark, as a manager, you must take the appropriate actions to encourage change. If such change does not occur, you may be forced to take more hardline actions and initiate termination proceedings.

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From Prevention to Survivorship: How HR Can Support Employees Facing Cancer Diagnoses

Explore the latest insights from the American Cancer Society's “Cancer Statistics 2024” report, which unveils multiple alarming trends in cancer data. Cancer is on the rise among young adults, and diagnoses for 6 of the 10 most common cancers are escalating. With over 2 million new cancer cases projected in the U.S. this year, employers face increased challenges when it comes to supporting employees.

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PODCAST: #HRHappyHour 297 - Enterprise Learning and Development in 2017

Steve Boese

HR Happy Hour 297 - Enterprise Learning and Development in 2017. Host: Steve Boese. Guest: Jenny Dearborn, SVP and CLO, SAP. Listen to the show HERE. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve is joined by Jenny Dearborn, SVP and Chief Learning Officer of SAP to talk about enterprise learning and development, the role of technology, and how companies and individuals can best prepare themselves for the world of work ahead.

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Join Extended DISC® at the HRSouthwest Conference in Fort Worth, TX from Oct. 1-4!

Extended DISC

Extended DISC ® will be at at the HRSouthwest Conference at the Forth Worth Convention Center from October 1-4! Extended DISC® offers customizable, online DISC assessments for leadership, sales, customer service, team and communication training. Our Unlimited Use DISC License allows you to use an unlimited number of assessments for a fixed fee. Our Public and Virtual Certification options are approved for PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification credits.

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LuLaRoe Sues Blogger to Force Her to Identify Sources

Evil HR Lady

Multi-level marketer LuLaRoe (LLR, Inc. and LulaRoe, LLC) filed a lawsuit this week against blogger Christina Hinks, better known as Mommygyver. They hope to force Hinks to. “disclose the identity and contact information of potential defendents who have damaged LLR and its goodwill by providing Respondent with LLR’s confidential and proprietary business information, information about LLR and it’s merchandise, and false, derogatory information regarding LLR, much of which respo

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4 Steps to Conducting a Successful Coaching Session

HR Daily Advisor

I love being corrected and coached; especially by my wife. My second favorite coaches are my four teenagers. Since they’ve been sentient for a number of months now, they naturally have lots of tips and life wisdom to share with me, and I always receive it with humility. What a gift their coaching is to me. Can you identify with me? Do you like receiving feedback about your behavior?

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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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Loving Reality-Based Leadership? Here’s A Good Place to Get Started.

Reality-Based Leadership

On your journey to build Reality-Based Leadership principles in your office, it’s not uncommon to feel overwhelmed as you decide where to begin! We know you’ve enthusiastically dug in, watched the videos, and feel armed with great ideas! And suddenly you discover that sometimes, starting is the hardest part! . Don’t let your ego get sneaky on you here – it loves to generate thoughts such as, “Everything must be perfect including timing, resources and support,” before you can launch this ef

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HR's Guide to Predictive Workforce Analytics

Quantum Workplace

The Age of Information is upon us… and it is upping the ante for great workplaces. Leveraging predictive workforce analytics from employee engagement surveys will be the difference between a good organization and a great one, and if your company doesn’t know how to make the most of this data it could be the difference between barely surviving and absolutely thriving.

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my boss wants me to collaborate with my awful coworker

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I have a coworker who started a few months ago. He and I are responsible for similar types of projects, but we rarely collaborate because the projects don’t readily lend themselves to teamwork. Occasionally, we may consult each other if we hit a technical snag with the software. For some reason, my boss has started pushing me to work more closely with him on my projects.

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HR Technology — What’s Hot?

Mercer

Like the stock market, choosing which HR Technology trends are going to take off and become the “next big thing” can be an inexact science. Consider these ideas. The post HR Technology — What’s Hot? appeared first on Mercer PeoplePro Blog.

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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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open thread – September 22-23, 2017

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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Celebrate 2017 Customer Service Week with These Cool Ideas [FREE GIFTS]

Total Employee Recognition

Working nights, weekends, and everything in between. Ensuring each customer walks away with a smile. And don’t even mention what one experiences during the holiday season. Customer service representatives might not have an easy job, but they do fulfill a major role for your company. For these reasons, among many others, it’s important you make the most of this year’s upcoming Customer Service Week, which will take place October 2 nd – 6 th.

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Will Your Training Keep Pace with Need for Technology-Related Skills?

HR Daily Advisor

More than one-half of employed Americans in a recent survey expect significant technology improvements over the next 5 years to boost their productivity at work, and many are looking to their employers to provide related training. “This survey indicates most American employees feel optimistic that technology will help them in their jobs in the future,” said Gina Bauman, senior vice president of Marketing and Investor Relations at IVP , a late-stage venture capital and growth equity firm.

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Americans Are Working Longer, But at Least Some of That Is at Home

TLNT: The Business of HR

At the end of June the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the results of its 2016 American Time Use Survey (ATUS). For the second year in a row the press release emphasized the fact that workers are more likely to do some or all of their work at home. A new statistic added to 2016’s survey revealed 43% of workers with advanced degrees work at least part of their day from home.

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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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Leaders are just Interpreters of BullSh*t! #HRTechConf

The Tim Sackett Project

I was on the phone yesterday with George Larocque who is an HR advisor to HR technology companies worldwide. George also does some consulting with companies on selecting HR technology, research, etc. He’s one of the few people in the industry that I listen to, primarily because I know he knows his stuff and isn’t trying to sell me something!

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FMLA ruling: Is this loose standard terrible news for your compliance efforts?

HR Morning

Thanks to a recent court ruling, it may now be even more difficult for employers to take any adverse action against an employee who is on — or has previously taken — FMLA leave. Woods v. START Treatment & Recovery Centers is the lawsuit HR pros everywhere must be aware of. Clear performance problems. The lawsuit focused on Cassandra Woods, a staffer whose performance struggles were well-documented.

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Human Centered Hiring and Culture Fit

Robin Schooling

The importance of aligning hiring to organizational culture is endlessly discussed, debated, and analyzed. Everyone from researchers to C-suite leaders to HR professionals has an opinion on how to achieve this seemingly elusive nirvana. We constantly ask ourselves, “What’s the best way to ensure the individuals we’re hiring are a ‘fit’ with our culture?”.

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