COVID-19: 7 Ways to Lead in Uncertain Times
Great Place to Work
MARCH 13, 2020
Forbes Coaches Council
MARCH 13, 2020
The best investment you can make is in yourself.
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Achievers
MARCH 13, 2020
Meditation could be just the solution frazzled leaders need. If you’re struggling with stress and chaos at work, you aren’t alone. A recent survey found that nearly one-third of all managers can’t handle high-pressure situations. This directly translates to their team. When faced with a stressed-out boss, 62 percent of employees consider leaving their jobs, 47 percent feel frustrated and angry, and 56 percent participate less.
The Tim Sackett Project
MARCH 13, 2020
Google has more contractors (gig workers) than actual full-time employees. Did you know this? I didn’t. Google employs roughly 120,000 contractors and has about 100,000 regular full-time employees. Welcome to 2020! Here’s what most people don’t understand about the contracting world (it just happens to be my world at HRUTech.com!).
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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.
Limeade
MARCH 13, 2020
Welcome to our weekly roundup of important workplace news, top media trends, current events and the latest from Limeade. At Limeade , we’re busy staying up to date with current events that impact employees and the workplace. This Week in Work highlights the latest industry news so you can be in the know, while at work. This Week in Work: 1. Coronavirus spurs layoffs.
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Limeade
MARCH 13, 2020
Welcome to our weekly roundup of important workplace news, top media trends, current events and the latest from Limeade. At Limeade , we’re busy staying up to date with current events that impact employees and the workplace. This Week in Work highlights the latest industry news so you can be in the know, while at work. This Week in Work: 1. Coronavirus spurs layoffs.
Human Resources Today Submitted Articles
MARCH 13, 2020
Working remotely for the first time and in need of recruiting and virtual interview tips? Our team is here to keep your hiring process moving forward.
TalentCulture
MARCH 13, 2020
We’re all suffering from both information overload and information under-load right now. As companies struggle to communicate with their employees and navigate a global health crisis, one thing is crystal clear: communication is rarely as clear and effective as we’d like it to be. In today’s workplace, it’s a challenge we need to overcome yesterday — even in the best of circumstances.
The Muse
MARCH 13, 2020
Providing a thoughtful and informative candidate experience isn't just good for brand perception. It also allows you to make strong connections with potential talent and hire people who trust you as an employer.
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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.
HR Zone
MARCH 13, 2020
People How to work from home with kids.
Patriot Software
MARCH 13, 2020
The information in this article is current as of March 13, 2020, 1:48 p.m. EST. As new details about the pandemic and coronavirus-related legislation emerges, this article will be updated. Bookmark this page for updates! Our entire nation has been impacted by the coronavirus. Due to the quick spread of the virus, the economy has […]. The post Small Business Relief During Coronavirus Pandemic appeared first on Patriot Software.
WorkHuman
MARCH 13, 2020
Workhuman data from the State of Humanity at Work report referenced in article about how organizations can overcome discrimination in the workplace. Click to read more on BenefitsPRO. .
HRWatchdog
MARCH 13, 2020
School activities leave is one potential option for employees when schools close in an emergency. In response to the coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) situation, many school districts are electing to shut down campuses for several weeks to attempt to mitigate the spread of the virus. These closures will undoubtedly have a huge impact on both employers and employees, but employers and employees have several options, including the use of vacation/paid time off (PTO), school activities leave and
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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.
Take It Personel-ly
MARCH 13, 2020
There are over 1.7 billion websites on the internet. If you want your website to stand out in the crowd and accomplish what it’s meant to, like convey important information and sell a service or product, then there are certain pages every small business website needs. Without these pages, there’s a higher chance the visitor will leave your site […].
WeSpire
MARCH 13, 2020
Saturday Spark #50. By Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder & CEO. The first weeks of March 2020 will be etched in my memory as that time that Covid-19 hit Boston and the market crashed. When many companies cancelled all but essential travel and sent everyone working from home for the rest of the month, something I haven’t seen since 9-11. Disaster response protocols activated.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 13, 2020
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 do not repost it here, as it may be in my queue to answer.
Thrive Global
MARCH 13, 2020
These days, as the Coronavirus spreads far and wide, and as fear spreads farther and wider, what can we do to boost our resilience? Here are some evidence-based interventions that, beyond strengthening our psychological immune system (mental resilience), also bolster our body’s immune system (physical resilience). The first thing we can and ought to do is give ourselves the permission to be human , embrace whatever emotion comes up no matter how unpleasant or unwanted.
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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?
SHRM
MARCH 13, 2020
Q: After working all of my adult life in a regular office job with regular hours, I have accepted a new position working remotely from home. I’ll have occasional in-person meetings with other remote colleagues, but I’d say 95% of the time I’ll be on my own. Since my kids are grown and my spouse has a regular job, I’m a little worried about going from seeing and interacting with people all day every day to being completely on my own.
Thrive Global
MARCH 13, 2020
Whether you’re working from home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic or you’re already a full-time freelancer or on a distributed team, remote work can come with unique challenges. Especially if you’re not used to it, it can be tough to channel the same level of focus that you might have in an office setting. And when you’re suddenly away from the rest of your team, a lack of collaboration and connection can be difficult to navigate.
Newmeasures
MARCH 13, 2020
As COVID-19 continues to spread there is a palatable sense of uncertainty, disbelief and anxiety. As an external consultant, it has been fascinating for me to connect with clients across many diverse industries and discuss the difficult decisions their organizations are currently facing. The complexity is mind boggling. Should we let students come home from spring break?
Thrive Global
MARCH 13, 2020
I have always felt as though I had an invitation to tell me all of your business on my forehead. I can’t really keep a secret so don’t make it information that can’t spread like wildfire but otherwise, ever since first grade, people just told me things. It started with the questionable choices that their babysitters made and later, the boys they had crushes on, and today, the things that they don’t often share with anyone else.
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.
Payactiv
MARCH 13, 2020
A Letter to Our Partners and Clients I am sending this personal message to share the steps we are taking in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, especially in how it pertains to the services we provide for you and your valuable employees. OUR NORTH STAR As a Public Benefit Corporation with a certification from B-Corp,… The post We are Here for You appeared first on PayActiv.
Ask a Manager
MARCH 13, 2020
We foster failed (again) and have adopted our foster kitties, Hank and Shadow. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school.). Book recommendation of the week: My Dark Vanessa , by Kate Elizabeth Russell, about a lonely 15-year-old who becomes involved with her teacher and later struggles to understand the relationship as abuse.
Take It Personel-ly
MARCH 13, 2020
As the influence of the web continues to grow across the globe, the importance of digital marketing is solidifying alongside it. There are multiple reasons digital marketing will be big in the next decade, the most prominent of which is the fact that people are spending most of their time on the internet. And while […].
Thrive Global
MARCH 13, 2020
I didn’t learn about the tenets of emotional intelligence until well into my 30s. Whatever your age, however, it’s never too late to grasp the key behaviors of what has been called one of the most desired job skills in 2020. In countless studies, exemplary employees exhibiting emotional intelligence (EQ) improve teamwork, communicate better with team members than those who are not in tune with their emotional intelligence, share ideas, and are open to others’ ideas.
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.
Forbes Coaches Council
MARCH 13, 2020
As you continue refining your skills as an influencer, focus on content and a delivery that will appeal to an audience’s emotions as well as their logic.
Replicon
MARCH 13, 2020
As you are aware, at Replicon we consider ourselves a family, and this makes our response to the unique and tragic threats created by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) all the more personal. We sincerely hope all is well with you, your colleagues and dear ones. In response to these challenging times created by COVID-19, Replicon […]. The post An Important Message from Replicon Regarding COVID-19 appeared first on Replicon.
Vantage Circle
MARCH 13, 2020
While the phrase Quality Of Work-Life is undoubtedly new for many, but it's impact on today's employee-centric world can't be overlooked. Quality of work-life or QWL can be defined as the total quality of an employee's work-life at an organization. Not only QWE is tied to happier employees but also better business results. When the quality of work-life is stable, productivity is bound to increase.
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