Sat.Jul 20, 2019

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Does Your Culture Feel like Flip-Flops or Dress Shoes?

WeSpire

Saturday Spark #23. By Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder & CEO. Have you ever taken a job that sounded amazing and then slowly, things just seemed a little off? You did the assigned work, but it was so much harder than normal? You needed longer conversations with your manager or your peers just to get anything done? Everything took more energy than expected?

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Everything You Need to Know About SMART Goals

Kazoo

Goal setting is a necessary component for success, especially in the workplace. Not only do goals boost employee productivity, but they also give us purpose and help us turn our aspirations into reality. But if the power of setting goals at work has been proven time and time again, then why is it that 60% of businesses say they don’t have a standard goal-setting method in place?

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How Citibank’s New Policy Almost Ruined My Vacation

Evil HR Lady

I’ve had a Citibank credit card for almost 20 years but Citibank canceled it on Thursday. I have a monthly storage shed payment that hits the card, but otherwise, I rarely use it. But, I pay it off every month and am generally a low maintenance kind of a person. (I realize, paying it off every month and not using it a ton means I’m not a hugely profitable customer, but I was loyal.).

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The Definitive Guide to Setting Goals at Work

Kazoo

Despite the benefits of setting goals at work, the stats surrounding such initiatives are grim: studies show a whopping 93% of employees can’t tie their actions to organizational goals. This inability to connect daily work to the greater business vision affects more than just employees. Wide-spread confusion about how to set, track, and measure goals can stop managers and leadership teams in their tracks.

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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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6 Common Methods for Employee Drug Testing

Cisive

With our nation on the heels of an opioid epidemic, states continuing to legalize marijuana use, drug testing positivity rates continuing to rise, and the perception of a dwindling job applicant pool, some employers are challenging the entire idea of performing drug testing in their workplaces. Are there still benefits for conducting employee drug testing?

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The World Finally Sees The Survivors Of Religious Persecution, Now We Must Act

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The U.S. State Department must be commended for the work it has carried out to gather people from different religious groups and backgrounds but with one common aim: protecting the right to freedom of religion or belief for all and so protecting human dignity for everyone everywhere.

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The Customer Experience: Eight Ways You’re Killing The Romance

Forbes Leadership Strategy

I nicely informed them that I don’t typically write on companies—instead I write about the lessons these companies can teach us. They took my response to heart and shared some clever ideas on what companies are doing to “kill the romance” between them and their customers.

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How Women Can Take The Lead In Levelling The Playing Field

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Gender has no power yet our template for power is very masculine. It's why women face a backlash when they dare to rise in power. Helping women find the courage to risk such backlash if vital to levelling the playing field.

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The Importance Of Playtime At Work

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Many of us lead hectic lives that revolve around work, housekeeping, and other (family) obligations, leaving us feeling like we'll never have enough time to have fun.

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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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How A Prenuptial Agreement Can Help Protect Your Business Interests

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Do you want that business to become marital property, subject to distribution by the courts in the event of divorce? Or would you prefer to create a plan with your partner now that determines what will happen to the company and who has rights to which assets?

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Oh The Irony Of 'We'll Be Like Singapore' From A Brexit With No Plan

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Brexiteers offer Singapore as a model for the UK’s future. But the city state is renown for long-term thinking and planning.

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Think Going To The Moon Was Tough 50 Years Ago, Try Digitally Transforming A Corporation Because 72% Of Us Are Failing At It

Forbes Leadership Strategy

All the analysis showed us that no matter what industry you are in if you are not developing strategies to leverage each of these new centers of gravity (all of them) then there is a less than 5% chance you are thriving.

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Q. Who Cares About The Future?

Forbes Leadership Strategy

We don’t save enough for our retirement, our planet continues to warm and our economy gets more unequal because we don’t make the required, hard, thoughtful and expensive decisions today. Why don't we?

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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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Do We Need A New Security Centric Operating System For Humanity?

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Since the democratization of destruction is now a reality, should we not use new interactive tools, techniques, and immersive platforms to include everyone from across nations to secure the future of humanity?

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Details Matter: Little Data Trumps Big Data

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Organizations need the ability to adjust resources to meet variation in customer demand. To build seamless operations, collect and use real-time status data.

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