Tue.Jul 31, 2018

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Feedback is a Gift… or is it? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

I was on a phone call in which a senior manager was not, as I call it, “owning the feedback.” His organization had just gone through a 360 degree feedback process which involved several hundred managers. After watching many of his direct reports go through the process over the past several weeks, it was now his turn. While not dismal, many of this manager’s 360 ratings were not as strong as they could (or should) have been.

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The Social Psychology Of Toxic Work Culture: An Interview With Tony Vigorito

15Five

Part One of my interview with Tony Vigorito focused on the social dynamics of organizational culture. One theme that emerged (and one that might ideally prevent a toxic work culture from forming) is the concept of community in the workplace. Vigorito discussed the increasingly common strategy to build a corporate culture patterned after community, as in a family, and he highlighted the inherent risk of employees perceiving that communal culture as insincere: “People are not stupid.

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The Importance of Mental Health Wellbeing in the Workplace

Hppy

According to the latest figures from MIND, the mental health charity for England and Wales, one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health issue each year. Mental Health America’s most recent report revealed the figures for the USA are one in five adults having issues, equating to more than 40 million Americans. Also read: Want to Save Billions?

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The Difference Between Goals, Objectives and Outcomes

HR Bartender

During this year’s Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo , I had the opportunity to attend a pre-conference workshop on improving human performance. One of the big takeaways from the workshop was the difference between goals, objectives, and outcomes. I know how easy it is to use these terms interchangeably. And at first glance, there might not be anything wrong with using the words as synonyms.

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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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Understanding the importance of keeping a cool head in employment decisions

HR Management

Employers can become frustrated from time to time. However, they should be careful when making decisions and communicating them to employees. Statements made about an employee privately between senior management can be inadvertently brought to light in litigation if, for example, an employee brings an adverse action claim under the general protections regime of the Fair Work Act.

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Seven People Analytics Responsibilities of the Future CHRO

Visier

In previous weeks, I shared job descriptions for the Leader of the People Analytics function and the HR Business Partner Manager of the future. As promised here is the people analytics-focused responsibilities for the CHRO role. Unlike my articles about the People Analytics Leader and HRBP Manager , this one doesn’t have an accompanying job description.

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Office Hours: Stuck in a Rut at Work? Here Are Strategies to Move Past It

Cornerstone On Demand

This post is part of our biweekly " Office Hours " video series, featuring quick career, workplace and leadership tips from talent management experts and business leaders across the globe. We all know the feeling of being in a rut at work: you feel apathetic, struggle to focus or find yourself staring blankly at the computer screen. "That's absolutely normal," says Cornerstone OnDemands' Associate Vice President of Learning and Organizational Effectiveness Jeff Miller.

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Podcast: 360-degree Feedback Coaching Best Practices - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

During this webcast we’ll share the best methods debriefing and coaching from the results of a 360-degree feedback survey. The course prepares HR professionals to coach individuals, interpret individual and group reports, and guide the development planning and follow-up with participants. Download our white paper, “360-degree Feedback Best Practices” The post Podcast: 360-degree Feedback Coaching Best Practices appeared first on DecisionWise.

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3 Tips for Building a Best-in-Class Company Culture

Kazoo

Looking for advice on improving company culture ? There are two competing schools of thought on where to invest in order to build high performance teams : Perks versus People. While companies may be tempted to spend money on perks — and in recent years, investments in perks have escalated as a means to compete for talent — new evidence shows that this approach does not work.

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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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We’re Only Human 39: Ohio Living Serves 70,000 Clients Annually with Core Values

UpstartHR

Do you know the core values of your business? Do your employees? More importantly, do they live them? In today’s episode, Ben interviews Dana Ullom-Vucelich, Chief Human Resources Officer and Ethics Officer at Ohio Living. Ohio Living provides services to a range of individuals, reaching more than 70,000 clients per year. The company’s 3200 employees are guided not just by policy and procedure, but by a strong sense of ethics and core values that permeate the culture and atmosphere o

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Creating a company culture: a collaborative storytelling approach

HR Zone

Culture. How to tell your company's story.

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More College Recruiting: Natty Light Knows Their Target Audience Better Than Your Company.

The HR Capitalist

Yesterday, I posted my observations after leading a college recruiting roundtable - which led me to recommend you zig when others are zagging if you're starting to ponder an investment in campus recruiting. Another observation - if you're a consumer product company, you might have an easier "in" to gather attention from the kids on campus than non-product companies.

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Employee engagement: how to achieve a workplace benefits culture to be proud of

HR Zone

Culture. Workplace benefits boost engagement.

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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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More College Recruiting: Natty Light Knows Their Target Audience Better Than Your Company.

The HR Capitalist

Yesterday, I posted my observations after leading a college recruiting roundtable - which led me to recommend you zig when others are zagging if you're starting to ponder an investment in campus recruiting. Another observation - if you're a consumer product company, you might have an easier "in" to gather attention from the kids on campus than non-product companies.

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Why We Pay Employees $500 to Take Unlimited Vacation

TalentCulture

So, you say you offer unlimited vacation. Great! But do your employees actually take advantage of it? This is the […]. The post Why We Pay Employees $500 to Take Unlimited Vacation appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Robotics in HR: Current Trends and Impact

TLNT: The Business of HR

The human resources division is an integral part of any business. At its core, the HR department’s strategic role is managing employee relations, ensuring high-quality talent acquisition, and ultimately fostering high employee engagement and retention. However, their day-to-day activities are highly resource-intensive with a myriad of tasks such as payroll, benefits, hiring, offboarding and compliance management.

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Company culture: how to create a more engaged, diverse and better equipped workforce

HR Zone

Culture. Company culture: engage & retain your millennials.

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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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50 Years of Harvard Business Review Reveals the Past and Future of Business

DDI

An analysis of a half century’s worth of topics covered in the leading business publication shows that “management” is out.

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The seven pillars of building a successful company culture

HR Zone

Culture. How sturdy is your cultural foundation?

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Thank You, May I Have Another?

NoExcusesHR

What was your first reaction when you read the title to this post? "Thank you, may I have another?" Did you "go negative" right away? Did you think I would be discussing HR leaders getting dumped on by their colleagues, the employees, and a long list of other ungrateful souls? Wait Just A Second How about we try this approach instead. "Thank you, but I would prefer the high risk project" "Thank you, however, I would like to take the lead on that new initiative" "Thank you, but I would really lik

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How I Used My Talents at the CliftonStrengths Summit

Chris Heinz

The CliftonStrengths Summit has come and gone (sad) and we’ll have to wait for June 2019 for the next one. Since it was a strengths summit, I would be remiss if I didn’t reflect on how I used my strengths at the event itself.

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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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How to Supercharge Your Mobile Learning System with Some Easy Tweaks

Rallyware for Human Resources

Mobile comes first. It’s neither a trend nor our future. This is the environment we’re living in now. Just for the record, 25% of mobile web users are mobile-only, Americans check their cell phones on average once every 12 minutes , and 70% of learners feel more motivated when training on a mobile device, as opposed to a computer. There’s a lot of talk about the advantages of mobile learning, the way it personalizes individuals’ learning experiences, brings the best in microlearning conten

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How SLAs Can Transform Your Hiring Process

Workology

Do you use SLAs in your hiring process? If not, here are some great reasons to consider doing so. Starting with the recruiting intake call, which is typically the initial conversation between the hiring manager recruiter about an open role the recruiter is tasked with being filled. The purpose of the intake call is to […] Source.

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Business process improvement: 6 smart steps to contain costs

Insperity

Business moves quickly, and zeroing in on business process improvement is a pivotal step many business leaders and managers feel they simply don’t have time to take. After all, you’re working hard to keep your business going and growing, often wearing multiple hats just to survive the day, make the next sale or launch the next product. Quite often, the majority of a company’s business practices fall into place out of necessity organically – not necessarily by design.

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Let Your Employees do the Leg Work for You with Employee Referrals

ApplicantPro

What is one of the best ways to boost employee culture? What about finding future employees whose skills mirror those of your top performers? The answer to both of these questions: Build a Killer Employee Referral Program! Employee Referral Programs will Save you Money. New studies show that 88% of employers say that employee referral programs are the best source of above average applicants.

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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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Employee engagement: bridging the gap between generation Z and parents in the workplace

HR Zone

Culture. Engaging a multi-generational workforce.

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Want An Executive Job? 3 Tricks To Get Out Of The Weeds

Inpower Coaching

In a previous post about job interview tips, I outlined the findings of several research studies about advancing your career – especially for professional women in leadership who want to land a C-suite executive job. The research basically pointed up the following: If targeting a C-suite job, you won’t get there by doing what got you […]. The post Want An Executive Job?

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Wellness Podcasts Can Fill the Gaps in Your Employee Engagement and Wellbeing Strategy

CoreHealth Wellness Technologies

Podcasts are a big deal these days. Learn what makes audio programs unique – and where they are headed in wellness.