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Why the CEO Doesn’t Make Digital Transformation Happen, Employees Do

SocialChorus

Transforming employee engagement is a critical part of digital transformation. While 87% of CEOs say keeping employees aligned to strategic changes is a priority, it’s up to communicators (and employees) to make that happen. Despite the urgency, explaining why you need to invest in a new workforce communications platform to improve your internal communications plan can feel like an uphill battle.

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5 Lessons to Teach Recent Grads to Set Them up for Success

Cornerstone On Demand

With college graduation season behind us, chances are you've probably just hired a few recent graduates. Eager to enter the workforce and ready to learn, this new wave of workers may have the brains to do the job, but they'll still need some time to adjust to being in the working world. Here are five lessons you'll want to teach them to set them up for success, starting on day one: 1) Deadlines Are Real In school, the only real deadline was the end of the semester.

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Technology Plays a Part In the Employee Experience

HR Bartender

I’ve heard the comment many times that technology is just a tool. By definition, a tool is a device used to carry out a particular function. That totally makes sense. We use our tech to communicate, make purchases, learn new things, etc. So, technology is a tool. But I also can’t help but wonder if it’s more than that because not having technology can be a disadvantage.

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How to Motivate High Performing Employees?

TalentLyft

Motivating high performing employees is probably the hardest task faced by managers. If you want to learn how to be more successful at it, this blog post if you. Read on to learn 5 effective tactics that will help you successfully motivate your high performing employees. Read More.

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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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Health savings accounts: Not your parents’ retirement plan

HR Morning

With the rise in health savings account (HSA) enrollment among younger employees and the decline in company matching rates of 401(k)s, HSAs have emerged as a retirement account option for new employees. In this guest post, Sean Hanftm, a flexible compensation specialist with FSAstore.com / HSAstore.com , explains the many benefits of these savings vehicles and compares them to the most popular retirement accounts.

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Leave the Cupboard !!

Everyday People

This weekend I’ve been binging Harry Potter movies. once again. It’s hard for me to turn away when they come on. This weekend the SyFy channel picked them up and it’s been great !! If you’re not familiar with the stories, Harry originally stayed with his aunt and uncle who didn’t want him there. In fact, he live in a “cupboard under the stairs.” They didn’t like him being in their house and they didn’t like that he was “different.”

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Global People Strategist

We no longer live in Charles Dickens’ industrial England when child labor was an accepted part of society and its economy. Most countries in the world have adopted international standards prohibiting those below a certain age from either working at all or severely restricting the industries where they may work until they reach the statutory age of employment.

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Year End Question and Answers

Affinity HR Group

Every month, we prepare one or two topical questio.

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The Weekly Independent: July 16, 2018

MBO Partners

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the July 16, 2018 edition.

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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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2012 Turnover and Engagement

Affinity HR Group

By: Claudia St. John Looks like 2012 is s.

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Why 'Sophisticated' Leadership Matters -- Especially Now

Forbes Leadership Strategy

All leaders will face stalls: inflection points where they feel like they can’t keep up and can’t achieve the results they need with their teams, organizations and broader stakeholders. The way to work through these stalls is to reinvent yourself as a more sophisticated leader.

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What the Badger and Coyote Can Teach Us About Collaboration

Affinity HR Group

You wouldn’t call the coyote and the badger friend.

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Hope vs faith

101 Half Connected Things

Every year my family meets up in Regents Park at the same time, same place. There are a lot of us (my grandparents had 15 children which makes for a lot of cousins…) and so the outside space works for us. This year it was against the backdrop of Cabinet resignations, Trump protests and a heatwave. It’s easy to find it difficult to feel positive with all that going on.

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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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Steer Clear of Those Illegal Interview Questions

Affinity HR Group

In general, as business owners and managers you wa.

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Employee Handbooks - Who Needs Them? You Do.

Affinity HR Group

Employee handbooks are an essential tool in managi.

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Updates for Your Employee Handbook

Affinity HR Group

Every employer #8211; regardless of size, industry.

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Your Employees: To Exempt or Not to Exempt?

Affinity HR Group

You#8217;ve just hired an entry-level employee and.

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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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Avoiding Discrimination Lawsuits

Affinity HR Group

Having been involved in more than a thousand inves.

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Employers Must Post Employee Rights Poster by April 30, 2012

Affinity HR Group

On March 7, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the.

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Hiring Right Using The Right Tools

Affinity HR Group

Last week, Fortune Magazine ran an article on how.

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New Overtime Rules – What They Mean For Your Business

Affinity HR Group

An upcoming federal rule change announced recentl.

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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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Five Common HR Mistakes and How To Avoid Them!

Affinity HR Group

Let#8217;s face it, no one loves human resources.

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Managing Millennials - how to attract, retain and motivate your young workers

Affinity HR Group

#8220;I see no hope for the future of our pe.

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Social Media and the Workplace – The New Frontier

Affinity HR Group

When Dan Leone vented his frustration with the Phi.

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Managing Your 2012 Compensation Dollars Effectively

Affinity HR Group

Compensation Trends that May Impact Your Business2.

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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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Why is finding top sales talent so hard?

Affinity HR Group

Recently, a client asked, “If the unemployment rat.

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Sabbaticals – Not just for teachers anymore!

Affinity HR Group

The December 2011 issue of HR Magazine, the Societ.

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Child Molestation - What's An Employer To Do?

Affinity HR Group

Each day our local paper, the Syracuse Post Standa.

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