Tue.Sep 05, 2017

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How Will a New Era of Healthcare Entrepreneurs Be Impacted by the ACA?

ACA Times

At some point, the gig economy was bound to expand into industries most never imagined. With the growing rate of Americans taking on some form of a job within the gig economy , it’s become something that many employers are seeking to understand and, in the case of the federal government, regulate. The healthcare industry is no exception. Companies like Nomad Health, where freelance physicians are matched with hospitals who need their assistance to address patient demand, along with startups like

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Terminating an Employee: When Is It Time?

Evil HR Lady

On television, terminating an employee looks easier than it really is. The employee makes a big mistake and boom—that’s it. However, in the real world, managers agonize over if or when they should let an employee go. They know that, by firing someone, they are taking away that person’s livelihood, which can be emotionally draining. However, sometimes it has to happen.

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Organizations Can Use Assessments to Bridge the Skills Gap

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. They recently launched an app called JobFlare (iOS, FREE) that allows users to play “brain games” that are scientifically created to test the cognitive abilities that are considered the key predictors of job success.

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The 4 C’s that Should Define your HR Department

Achievers

Since publishing my new book, Culture Hacker , a couple of months ago, I have had some great conversations and brainstorming sessions with Human Resource leaders and Executives across organizations about how to hack their culture and improve their overall employee experience. One outcome has been the development of my ‘Four C’s’ that I believe highlight the required direction of Human Resource leaders and their departments in the future.

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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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The Brave New World of HR – 3 Ways to Make Your Organization More Agile

Reflektive

This isn’t your father’s HR. Over the years, a perfect storm of new digital technologies, demographic and social changes, and workplace culture revolutions has really changed the HR landscape. HR is responsible for more than just operations Click To Tweet. You need a dynamic solution to meet these new expectations – an agile solution. . After all, today’s workplace is more dynamic than ever before – onsite and remote , full-time and freelance, in-house and outsourced – with business needs changi

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3 Keys to Creating Engaging Learning Experiences [Webinar]

UpstartHR

By now you’ve most likely heard about and begun thinking about the employee experience, because you can’t turn around without reading an article or hearing someone speak about it. In essence, it’s a deeper look at the practices you use across the board to create lasting value for employees in the workplace. Within that conversation, one area that I think is going to really explode in growth in the coming year is the learning space.

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The Disconnect Between People and Business Strategy

Visier

It goes without saying that successful HR functions are strategic: they play a vocal role in critical business decisions and directly manage or impact a majority of most companies’ expenses. Indeed, in today’s resource-competitive environment CEOs are increasingly looking for the CHRO to play a more critical role in influencing business outcomes. “Too many CEOs know what they need to know about finance, operations, etc., but not what they need to know about talent,” says John Boudreau , a profes

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Mentoring, Talent Shortages and Employee Engagement

Hppy

Organizations continue today to be challenged to attract and retain talent in time to meet the exit of employees of the Baby Boomer era. In addition to this dilemma is the ever increasing need to create an organizational culture that engages, empowers and holds employee accountable. That organizational culture is what fuels employee engagement and creates an environment of continuous learning and development.

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The Disconnect Between People and Business Strategy

Visier

It goes without saying that successful HR functions are strategic: they play a vocal role in critical business decisions and directly manage or impact a majority of most companies’ expenses. Indeed, in today’s resource-competitive environment CEOs are increasingly looking for the CHRO to play a more critical role in influencing business outcomes. “Too many CEOs know what they need to know about finance, operations, etc., but not what they need to know about talent,” says John Boudreau , a profes

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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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Reclaim Your Humanity as a Leader

WorkHuman

Listen to our interview with China Gorman in the latest Workhuman Radio podcast, embedded at the top of this post. It’s not easy being a leader these days. We have four generations – soon to be five – in the workforce. And while we can say humans are humans, each generation has its own peculiarities when it comes to attitudes about work and work’s place in a well-lived life.

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3rd In the Series – Design for the Many – Not the Few?

What is Paul Thinking

As I make the transition to the new site I will be publishing updates here that link to the new site and once again urge you to subscribe to updates from the new site. I hope you do subscribe and hope this isn’t too much of a pain for you. Consider subscribing to the the new site by clicking here. Enterprise Incentive and Recognition Design – Part Trey – Design for the Many – Not the Few?

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Working on Leave Policies for Your Company? This Guide Will Help Out

Justworks

If your company hasn’t prepared written leave policies, there is no time like the present to get started. And, for employers who want to attract top talent, comprehensive leave policies help recognize that employees have lives outside of work. A recent study of 521 respondents representing employees at US companies sized 2-200 employees found opportunities for employers to match prospective employee’s needs.

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3rd In the Series – Design for the Many – Not the Few?

What is Paul Thinking

As I make the transition to the new site I will be publishing updates here that link to the new site and once again urge you to subscribe to updates from the new site. I hope you do subscribe and hope this isn’t too much of a pain for you. Consider subscribing to the the new site by clicking here. Enterprise Incentive and Recognition Design – Part Trey – Design for the Many – Not the Few?

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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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6 Surprising Truths About Salary Negotiation

TalentCulture

Do you think you are being underpaid? Are you struggling to negotiate a pay raise? You are not the only one. There are several things that get in the way of job candidates negotiating their wages. The fear of rejection, the thought that the boss should just give you a fair offer or lack of confidence in professional skills are all too common. Nonetheless, recent studies show time and again that it’s extremely important to negotiate salary tactfully and at the right time.

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Why you might need a Chief Happiness Officer

HR Zone

Employees. Why you might need a Chief Happiness Officer.

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Are People Who Have 8-10 Years at Their Current Company Dinosaurs?

The HR Capitalist

I think an interesting thing has happened when it comes to careers, and it's probably not a good thing. People have historically judged you by switching jobs too often. That's why I always counsel people to stick it out a year (preferably two) before jumping out of a less that perfect situation. But in today's high change environment, there's another way candidates are getting judged: Candidates who are approaching the decade mark (10 years) with the same company are increasingly being viewed

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Transgender inclusion at work: 3 key issues for HR to tackle

HR Zone

Culture. 3 transgender inclusion issues for HR to tackle.

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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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Learn a new word: Goodhart's Law

Steve Boese

Happy 'First-day-of-the-rest-of-the-year'. I suppose every day is the first day of the rest of the year, but for some reason on the Tuesday following the long Labor Day weekend that feeling is much more acute. Quick shot for your cram five days of work into four week. Another installment of your favorite series here on the blog - Learn a new word, where I share a word, term, phrase, or concept that I had not been familiar with previously, and for some reason seemed interesting/important/cool eno

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Here's to the next step for Reward Gateway

Reward Gateway

3 min read. After 11 years as CEO at Reward Gateway, I’m excited to share that yesterday I moved to a new role of Founder and we appointed Doug Butler as our new CEO.

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Fighting the Small Fights

The Chemistry Group

Alasdair James Scott, Chemistry’s Head of Inclusion & Wellbeing, blogs here about ‘fighting the small fights’ He is passionate about recognising bias (whether it’s your own or someone else’s) and calling it out as and when it happens – not looking away and letting it slide, as we so often do. Discover the consequences of ‘letting it slide’ as Alasdair explores the issue and read on for his tips on fighting the small fights… — Last

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How to Make Your Coworker’s Next Work Anniversary Unforgettable

SnackNation

How to Make Your Coworker’s Next Work Anniversary Unforgettable. With everything on your plate, it can be tempting to let anniversary celebrations fall to the wayside. But neglecting them can turn out to be a costly cultural error. That’s because celebrating work anniversaries isn’t just a nice gesture for your employees or coworkers – there’s a strong business case to be made for making work anniversaries a priority at your company.

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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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Small Business Owners’ Top 5 Payroll Outsourcing Benefits

Paychex

Hear from five small business owners who have all experienced the benefits of outsourcing their payroll firsthand – time to focus on their business, staying up-to-date with changing payroll tax regulations, and more.

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How to Use Compensation Analytics to Tell a Story

Compensation Today

This is a lesson from our forthcoming ecourse on compensation analytics, and builds on our previous post on how to dig into comp analytics for specific questions. Be on the lookout for the course launch, which includes helpful examples and insightful exercises — coming soon! You’ve done it! You spent some time making sure your compensation plan is current and that it prioritizes the things that drive organizational success.

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Applying the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ to Remote Teams

FlashPoint

Photo by Paul Bergmeir on Unsplash. Virtual teams face the same challenges as in-person teams, from miscommunications and lack of accountability, to lack of buy-in for agreements and lack of trust. The growth of technology and new mediated communication was thought to be the answer to these problems. Patrick Lencioni, author of the best-selling book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team , writes after a recent experience working on a geographically diverse team himself that the experience was more of

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EEOC Sues Estee Lauder over Parental Leave Policy. Is Your Business Next?

Evil HR Lady

In 2013, Estee Lauder implemented a new parental leave policy, which allowed for six weeks of paid leave for moms and two weeks of paid leave for dads. The reasoning is that mom is the primary caregiver and dad is a backup. They did allow an exception in the case of a man who hired a surrogate–he would be allowed the six weeks of paid leave. The EEOC filed suit against Estee Lauder in behalf of Christopher Sullivan , a male employee who requested six weeks of paid leave as the primary

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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When the Boss Is a Spoiled Child, Who Will Be the Adult?

TLNT: The Business of HR

“Friends, I am glad to inform you that I quit XXXX yesterday. I choose self-esteem over job. This company where my MD routinely abuses, humiliates, and misbehaves with his employees. No one can disagree with him. He openly says, “Either get aligned to my thinking or leave the company.“.

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New to HR? Exploring the Office Rules

Workology

Being new to the professional world and having your own office is one of the most exciting feelings ever! At least for me it was. I had finally found my HR position in an amazing company and was ready to move in, decorate and dominate! As a young professional, you might not have experienced what […] Source.

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Small Thinking that Holds Small Businesses Back

Acacia HR Solutions

Our motto at Acacia HR Solutions is that small businesses can do anything big businesses can do – they only have to know how to scale. Often, when I say that to people I get a nod in agreement. I’ve learned however, that nodding in agreement and believing are two very different things. I spoke.