Sat.Dec 05, 2020

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Use Texting to Remind People to Give Recognition

Engage2Excel

Is recognition top of mind for your leaders and managers? What if you could remind your leaders and managers to recognize more often, using everyday technology to help? There is a way to nudge your leaders and managers into giving more frequent and better day-to-day recognition to employees. You can create reminders for your leaders and managers to provide more meaningful and consistent recognition to people.

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New York City Considers Regulating AI Hiring Tools

SHRM Resources

?Employers would be required to inform job applicants if and how they are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology in hiring decisions under a bill being considered by the New York City Council.In addition, AI technology vendors would have to provide bias audits of their products before selling them and offer to perform ongoing audits after purchase.Lawmakers like the bill's sponsor, Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, D-Brooklyn, and many others across industry, academia and government have express

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Lockdown 2.0: Protecting Your Workforce

Take It Personel-ly

With lockdown 2.0 well underway, the now-familiar guidelines of working from home if you can, are in full force. But not everyone can work from home. There are workforces across the UK that need to be out doing their jobs, whether they are working in the NHS, in construction, or renewable energy, for example. If […].

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How to move forward in your job while working from home

HR Digest

Working from home does not mean that you settle for a comfortable routine and forget about pushing forward and looking for avenues to progress. Not working in-person and away from everyday interactions might feel like you are stuck in a groove, but there are ways that you can work towards improving your present status and job growth. First and foremost, if you are stuck working from home and trying to be productive ensure that you have a dedicated workspace and clear demarcation of work time and

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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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updates: the boss’s spying friend, the strangely encouraging employee, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s “where are you now?” month at Ask a Manager, and all December I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are four updates from past letter-writers. 1. Asking about raises when you’re being hired (#4 at the link). I wrote to you about 2.5 years ago asking for advice on how to find out how companies do raises.

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Piece Rates, the FLSA, and the Best Music Videos of the 80s

SHRM

No, I haven’t been drinking. But, perhaps starting to show my age a bit — just a bit — I had one of those “angry man yells at cloud” moments recently as I lamented about how MTV doesn’t make music videos like they used to. Do they even make music videos anymore? Take, for example, "Falling to Pieces" by Faith No More. Whoever conceptualized this masterpiece should be in the music video hall of fame or institutionalized.

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“Have a reason to start your business.” With Jason Lohoff

Thrive Global

Have a reason to start your business. I want to make more money is not a reason. I personally saw other companies struggle in certain areas where I knew I would not make the same mistake, so I decided to step up and do it myself. Have a plan and execute that plan. I keep a legal pad on my bed side table. I could pull out older ones and show you exactly what my business plan was well before it happened.

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Rewards & Recognition for Remote Team Members (40+ Unique Ideas)

HR Partner

With more team members working from home now than ever before, you might well be wondering how you can do end-of-year rewards and recognition, or really any type of employee recognition. Employee satisfaction and motivation should always be top of mind for managers and HR leaders, but this is even more important when employees are working remotely. Recognising employees with a simple, heart-felt “thank you” can go a long way, but what else is there?

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Thinking Bigger!

Thrive Global

A lot of people just want to get this weird year over with, and then they’ll make their New Year New You resolutions. Except the resolutions aren’t even new for a lot of people because 80% of them failed by mid-February last year, so here we go again. . Same 5 pounds. Getting your schedule under control. Whatever it is for you. What is the point of this?

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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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Busting the Myths of 360 Degree Feedback

Engagedly

Feedback is an essential for employee engagement and retention in every organization. It motivates the employees and boosts their morale. But, the top-down or the manager-employee feedback approach often seems to be incomplete and biased, so many organizations are opting for the 360 degree feedback process. What Is 360 Degree Feedback? Sometimes referred to as the multirater feedback, it is a process where feedback is collected from the managers, direct reports, peers, senior leadership, custome

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Melinda B. Wolfe: “Diversity is a driver of innovation”

Thrive Global

…First, diversity is a driver of innovation, fueling fresh and unique perspectives. By bringing a more diverse team to the table, companies leverage collective intelligence for more effective problem solving. Diversity is not only about race, gender, or sexual orientation; we all bring something different from our experiences and background that can be harnessed for better outcomes.

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Gift Vouchers are a Story : It’s all about Crafting One that Sells | Xoxoday

Xoxoday

Ever thought of quoting advantages of gift vouchers to your friend & came up short? Gift vouchers are a story and here’s how you sell them as a gift to people.

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This Is Why Companies Seek High Potential Personalities

Thrive Global

For the past 10 years, I have had the pleasure to serve High potentials personality clients (HPPs) in my practice. The seminal work on HPPs is led by MacRae & Furnham’s research and they have identified six traits that are associated with HPPs. They are highly sought after in companies because they are able to perform much more quickly and effectively than other personality types.

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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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Your Guide to Montana’s New Marijuana Law

Zenefits

More than half of Montana voters approved the recreational use of marijuana on November 3. The “Big Sky Country” state is one of 4 states that voted on Election Day to allow the use, possession, and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis for those over 21. In general, the law allows for possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana or 8 grams or less of marijuana concentrate by persons over the age of 21 in Montana beginning January 1, 2021.

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Culture Shift

Thrive Global

One of my favorite songs from the turbulent 60’s was by singer Sam Cooke. The song was recorded and released in 1964. I can still hear that tune being belted out on my parent’s stereo in our basement. My parents were popular by most standards, and entertained family and friends often when they were young and had young children. At five I knew the importance of music on the psyche of our consciousness.

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Imagine A World Without Movie Theaters…

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Warner announced on Friday that from next year it will distribute its films on its HBO Max streaming service at the same time as in theaters, effectively delivering a death blow to the theatrical window. Is this the end of the movie theater as we know it?

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Shanesha Scott Will Show You How to Be More Deliberate

Thrive Global

Most people treat life as it comes. Rather than be deliberate or intentional about their actions they tend to swim with the flow. Shanesha Scott, who is a licensed Mindset Life Coach knows however that we don’t really need to go through life taking it as it comes. She believes if you want to be successful you have to make calculated actions. From being a Makeup Artist to evolving into a Life Coach, Shanesha has always wanted to help others.

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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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Facing Record COVID-19 Case Rise, Russia Rolls Out Sputnik V Vaccine

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The original Sputnik was a success for the Soviet Union in the space race. Now Russia is looking to a vaccine named after that satellite to tackle COVID-19 at home—and make the country proud on the international stage.

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The Role of Motivation in Business – Varun Datta

Thrive Global

Motivation is important in anyone’s everyday life, but it is even more so in the life of an entrepreneur and experienced businessman! In order to succeed in life and its many tangled-up aspects, one needs the strength which motivation provides. While people would need a stable base to build their businesses upon, so do businesses need sufficiently motivated and dedicated individuals to be built up by.

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11 Things Incurably Happy People Don't Care About

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Science offers 11 tips from incurably happy people on how we can avoid negativity and depression in ourselves and in the people we work and socialize with.

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Bryan Quaranto Releases a New Book to Help Reduce Creative Stress

Thrive Global

In the continuously progressing world and ever-changing demands of consumers, businesses and individuals with personal brands need to make themselves known and have a firm standing in the market to make sure that they have a continuous supply of clients and income. But having a well-established personal brand isn’t the only way to secure a business for long-term.

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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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Leading Through Transition, Do You Slow Down? Wait And See? Yes And No

Forbes Leadership Strategy

How leaders can sense the opportunities amidst the chaos of transition to re-enter better.

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Why The Pandemic Convinced Me To Polar Plunge

Thrive Global

This past weekend, my boyfriend Michael woke up to me immediately complaining about not participating in an annual run hosted by my town. One of many traditions off the table this year, I was missing that community feel that always went along with the day. The exercise I could make up; in fact, I already had. Moving from the bed, Michael relegated himself to the floor to begin his own exercise while consoling me.

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“Prioritize Existing Clients” With Kate Wallace

Thrive Global

Prioritize Existing Clients: You know that old expression, “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”? I’m not calling my clients birds, but there’s a lot of truth to it. Research has found that it’s many times more expensive to attract than retain a client. So it’s strategic–and feels good– to treat your existing clients like gold. That means doing great work, as well as little extras.

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Andrea Lagan of Betterworks: “Body language insights are limited”

Thrive Global

…It takes longer to develop trust with people you don’t see face to face. Making the effort to get to know team members as people and not just as co-workers is critical in a world where everyone is remote. Spending time asking people how they’re doing, or what’s top of mind for them will help build trust and a sense of belonging. As a leader, you have to be willing to share as well.

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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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Courtney Malengo of Spark + Buzz Communications: “Develop a narrative and messaging matrix”

Thrive Global

Develop a narrative and messaging matrix. An amazing story is only amazing if it is told well and others know about it. That means you must be intentional about developing a narrative everyone internally can ascribe to and repeat, and then strategically embed that into every tactic and initiative, internally and externally, that the company undertakes.

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Alexandra West of Art at Work: “My opinion changed so much after hearing everyone else’s input”

Thrive Global

I truly believe that giving people an opportunity to share of themselves, and to find acceptance in that sharing, is an amazing force for good. I also firmly believe that engaging with art makes life so much richer. It allows us to connect with humanity across time and without borders. As a part of our series about “How Diversity Can Increase a Company’s Bottom Line”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Alexandra West.

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Matthew Pavich of Revionics: “What really matters is that you bring goodness to the world”

Thrive Global

I believe that bringing goodness to the world is how success should be measured. If you’re not making the world better with what you do, then what you do is probably not all that important. What really matters is that you bring goodness to the world. As part of our series about the future of retail, I had the pleasure of interviewing Matthew Pavich.