Wed.Aug 15, 2018

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The Real Cost of UNengaged Employees

ManagetoWin

Everybody has them, although a few of you may think you don't. I'm talking about employees who do less than their best. There are a variety of reasons for their behavior. It may be a lack of skill, poor communication, limited accountability or training, lack of engagement. Perhaps they do not like the work, or an unknown issue prevents them from being productive, like they are trying but don't understand how to be more productive.

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How to Empower Employees to Make Better Benefits Decisions

WEX Inc.

HR professionals have long relied on technology and tools to aid employees in their health benefit decisions. While rules-based calculators that help categorize health status are a good start, strategies must evolve to give a holistic look at risk. It’s no longer enough to educate employees on the offerings and features of various plans. So, how do you educate and guide employees to make the best decisions for their unique life situations?

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my screen share showed an inappropriate tab during a meeting, my boss’s son is a reckless driver, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My screen share showed an inappropriate browser tab during a meeting. In my role as project manager for my company, I frequently lead status or check-in meetings. We do these over video conference, and lately I’ve been sharing my screen to review the to-do list and ensure the notes that I capture are accurate.

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Bookmarked: Get to Know Workology Founder Jessica Miller-Merrell

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: This post is part of our " Bookmarked " series, where we ask some of our favorite HR experts, analysts and business professionals to answer questions about their career, life and aspirations for the future. Be sure to bookmark it for next month! Jessica Miller-Merrell is so passionate about human resources , talent acquisition, technology and recruiting that she has spent more than fifteen years as an executive leader, consultant and analyst working in the industry.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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How Visionary Leaders Lead: An Interview With Bonnie Hagemann

15Five

Today’s leaders face a more chaotic business environment than ever before. To survive, businesses must be agile while still moving toward a long-term vision. They must compete while adjusting to ever-changing technologies and increasing customer and employee expectations. How do visionary leaders succeed and help their employees move forward in this state of constant uncertainty?

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[Infographic] Designing Your Home Office for Productivity

Hppy

With communications now more advanced than ever, the number of people working from outside an office is significantly increasing (40% growth in the last 5 years). Technologies such as Skype and Slack enable instant collaboration from staff members from almost any location in the world and, in an era when flexible working arrangements are increasingly appreciated, many people are availing of the option to work from home.

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Update to IRS 226J Infographic Now Includes IRS Letter 227 [UPDATED]

ACA Times

2 minute read: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is complex. The ACA Penalty Process now being initiated by the IRS is no exception. With 30 days to respond upon receipt of Letter 226J (you may want to request a reasonable extension), the process your organization undertakes to develop your response needs to be focused and efficient. A new infographic is now available that outlines the process of responding to Letter 226J as well as Letter 227 , which the IRS sends in acknowledgment of a Letter 226J

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Ways to Improve Workplace Morale

Hppy

A happy worker is a productive worker, and a harmonious office or workplace is one best suited to getting things done with the best quality and on time. Unhappy employees tend to be demotivated, and it will show up in the quality of their work. And unhappiness can spread – one unhappy worker can lead to others similarly feeling stressed, demotivated and discouraged too.

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The DecisionWise Experience: Consulting - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

The role of our c onsultants is to develop a strong partnership with our clients. We bring valuable insights and become a thought partner with you and we do this in a couple of ways. Everything Starts with Data. First and foremost, everything we do starts with data. Data is really important. It’s what speaks to your executive team. Often times it can be a challenge.

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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 impact of managers on employee engagement

PI Worldwide

It’s your job as a manager to make sure your employees are engaged. But what happens if you, the manager, is the sole reason your employees are disengaged? Can someone actually reach their top performance if their manager is constantly weighing them down? I know someone who recently left their job solely because of their manager. This person has been a top performer at every company they’ve been at.

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The DecisionWise Experience: Technology and Data Security - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

DecisionWise has worked hard to create a standard offering and a technology system that allows companies to measure engagement and get valuable insights from what we offer. We know that not every organization has the same needs, so we’ve built our platform to allow for customization so we can work hand in hand with our clients to be able to build a solution that’s going to measure and deliver the data that they need to create change in their organization.

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Top 10 Websites for Workplace Wellness Professionals

CoreHealth Wellness Technologies

In the ever-changing world of workplace wellness it's important to stay on top of industry news, trends and insights. We've compiled a list of the top ten websites that every wellness professional should have bookmarked.

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The Art of Timing Submission of Your Best Candidate to Difficult Hiring Managers.

The HR Capitalist

And they ask you about the game you claim you got Drop science now, why not? You start to sweat and fret, it gets hot How'd you get into this spot? You played yourself. Yo, yo, you played yourself. . --Ice-T. You know where I'm going with this if you clicked through, right? Difficult hiring managers. Not to be confused with those who suck. Or maybe that's the same thing - I'll let you decide that.

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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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What Employees, Employers and Job Hunters Should Look for When It Comes to Workplace Harassment Policies

Entrepreneur

Recent data reveal where companies still have room for improvement in making their policies and processes known and effective.

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Ep 147 – Effective Workplace Productivity for Leaders

Workology

The economic consequences of productivity are approximately $7 trillion in lost productivity, according to this Gallup report which found that 70% of that lost productivity can be attributed to. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. The economic consequences of productivity are approximately $7 trillion in lost productivity, according to this Gallup report which found that 70% of that lost productivity can be attributed to managers.

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how can I write warmer emails without resorting to emojis?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: What tips can you offer to “soften” the tone of business emails without the use of emojis? I tend to be direct in real life interactions, possibly erring on the side of blunt. Putting niceties in emails to others feels like a waste of their time, but some feedback I’m getting across multiple facets of professional interaction is that I can come off as terse or scolding.

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Why Voluntary Benefits Play a Lead Role in Your Employee Retention Strategy

Benefitfocus

With slower than expected wage growth and rising health care costs, voluntary benefits have become a vital employee retention tool.

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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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Death of a Retail Salesperson? Separating Fact from Fiction

Employment Metrix

Geoffrey the Giraffe’s gut-wrenching farewell photo in an empty Toys “R” Us store is the latest retail closure pulling at our heartstrings. With a variety of high profile stores calling it quits over the last few years, it’s no surprise that Nexxt’s recent survey of 1,100 retail workers shows that nearly 3 in 4 believe the traditional retail industry is dying.

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Is Financial Wellness the Answer to Worker Stress?

ADP

Some workers are in dire financial straits, but employers have the tools and opportunity to help guide them with an employee financial wellness initiative.

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Missed SHRM#18? How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to #SHRM19

Workology

Did you suffer serious FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) this year during the SHRM annual conference? Mark your calendars: the annual SHRM conference for 2019 will be held in Las Vegas from June 23 – Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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If You Have to Force People to Train, You’re Doing It Wrong

TLNT: The Business of HR

What’s wrong with the way we train? Too much text, too few images, formulaic presentations that are so much based on rules that it’s a wonder there’s any life left in the training room at all.

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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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How To Answer: ‘Why were you fired from your last job?’

Rezoomo

If you were fired from a recent job you are probably dreading the question why did you leave your last job? arising in an interview. Just remember this that honesty is the best policy. Trying to lie about it may get you caught out if the hiring manager reaches out to an employer ( although they cannot supply a bad reference they can refuse to give one, which may arouse suspicion).

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WorkStride Hires VP of Professional Services to Lead Global Delivery and Customer Service

Workstride

WorkStride, award-winning provider of channel incentive and employee recognition solutions, announced today that Sergio Gomez has been named Vice President, Professional Services. In this role, Gomez will be responsible for all delivery and support activities while building a strong infrastructure to support WorkStride’s continued rapid growth and commitment to excellent customer service.

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my assistant keeps mothering me — and calls us “her kids”

Ask a Manager

This week on the Ask a Manager podcast, I talked to a guest whose assistant mothers her in a way she’s uncomfortable with — and some gender dynamics are making it weirder. Here’s the letter: I am a young(ish) female who works in a department with two slightly older men and one female administrative assistant. The “boss” is younger than the administrative assistant by approximately 25 years.

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Employee engagement: why flow is the key to boosting productivity and performance

HR Zone

Employees. Go with the flow.

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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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Pursuing Your Passion as a Career

GetFive

We’ve all experienced a career setback. Maybe you didn’t get the job you wanted or you were laid off due to circumstances beyond your control. But sometimes, these events are just the push you need to make a necessary change. Jan Conklin was working as a TV producer for CBS when the show she worked on was suddenly canceled. Through help from GetFive, she was able to find her true passion.

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San Francisco Summit + How to Make Video Like a Boss Workshop – October 3, 2018

SocialChorus

Date: Wednesday, October 3. Workshop: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM with registration beginning at 8:30 AM. Summit: 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM with registration beginning at 11:30 AM. Lunch will be served at 12. Location: The Battery | 717 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111. Does a happier workforce translate to more profitable business? Companies that invest in employee experience are four times more profitable than those who don’t.

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Court ruling adds confusion to handling medical marijuana in the workplace

HR Morning

Just when HR pros were starting to get a feel for where courts stand regarding medical marijuana in the workplace, a New Jersey court handed down a surpising ruling on the subject. . In Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing , Daniel Cotto sued his former company , Ardagh Glass, over his refusal to take mandatory drug test that was part of company policy. Initially, Cotto had been asked to take the drug test because he “hit his head on a forklift.” Cotto informed the company he wouldn’