Justworks
MAY 8, 2017
Boost Employee Development In your company's day-to-day routine, professional development activities may not seem like a priority. After all, the workday should be focused on, well, working! But it’s important that your employees continue to learn and grow professionally. According to go2HR, 40% of people who receive poor employee training leave within the first year.
Kazoo
MAY 8, 2017
We talk about recognition and feedback pretty frequently on our blog. After all, we’re in the business of helping companies execute employee recognition and feedback approaches that actually improve engagement. When we found out HighGround was named a silver Stevie Award winner in the Human Capital Management category for our feedback and check-in functionalities, we were pretty pumped.
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Don Phin
MAY 8, 2017
“Only the mediocre are ever truly comfortable.” Paulo Coelho “If it’s not hard, it’s soft.” – Ice Cube. It is soooo easy to get comfortable. On the couch…and with your job, your company, your marriage, your health, etc. We all seek comfort and security. It feels so safe. Like being cradled. But… it is a. Read More. The post What Will You Do to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone?
EmployeeConnect
MAY 8, 2017
What according to you is the most important skill of an HR leader? Apart from having knowledge of industrial relations, acting as the cultural ambassador, and possessing conflict resolution skills, the latest research has indicated that the most significant skill of an HR professional is to be able to connect the strategic business goals of an organisation with its HR initiatives.
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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.
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Everwise
MAY 8, 2017
Mary Bui-Pham’s career is an unexpected one, even to her. She started out earning a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. From there, Bui-Pham moved towards project and people management during the dot-com bubble, ultimately landing her current job as the VP, Operations and Chief of Staff of Publisher Products at Yahoo.
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ACA Times
MAY 8, 2017
While the country still awaits the final cues for the U.S. Senate’s take on healthcare reform, more updates arrive for the coming year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule relating to the stabilization of the ACA Exchange for 2018. To facilitate such stabilization, the final rules seek to provide more “incentives” for individuals to maintain coverage while dis-incentivizing those who enroll only after discovering the need for medical services.
Reflektive
MAY 8, 2017
At organizations that boast strong culture, there’s an expectation that employees care about their work and their co-workers, and interactions with others are mostly positive. Sometimes this can backfire — managers are afraid to give critical feedback for fear it will detract from their positive relationships. Of course, “constructive” feedback is welcome, but most managers don’t truly know the difference between feedback that points out a flaw, and feedback that empowers
Hppy
MAY 8, 2017
Culture is the means to a strategic end – wrong culture, failed goals. What organizational culture expresses the strategic imperative to grow beyond “realistic” levels; to outperform others by orders of magnitude? Consistently beating your rivals and exceeding market growth expectations requires a culture of execution; a brilliant plan that can’t be flawlessly executed won’t get you there.
ATD Human Capital
MAY 8, 2017
The World Economic Forum on the Global Outlook for 2015 found the lack of leadership ranked third among top global challenges. A staggering 86 percent of 1,767 respondents to the survey agreed there is a leadership crisis. As a management consultant and Master Trainer, I’ve worked with thousands of leaders in 28 countries, and I see firsthand how poorly trained leaders put a choke hold on employee engagement.
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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.
TalentCulture
MAY 8, 2017
Sometimes bias creeps into hiring processes without anyone even realizing it. When you favor a white male candidate over a non-white or female candidate, is it really because he or she is the best person for the job—or is there a subconscious bias at work? HR technology tools are available to help recruiters weed out bias. But, do these recruiting tools really work?
TLNT: The Business of HR
MAY 8, 2017
If managing millennials is a major topic of conversation — and frustration — in your organization, here are eight things managers and your organization can do that will bring out the best in your millennials. These practices will help you increase engagement and reduce professionalism and work ethic issues. Making these practices an integral part of your culture will also improve the effectiveness of your employer branding efforts, because you will provide a work experience that attracts A-list
TalentCulture
MAY 8, 2017
When we associate ourselves with brands, we are associating ourselves with a feeling. Maybe it’s the way it makes you feel or the way it makes your niece or nephew feel that in turn makes you feel a certain way. Good or bad, you know the feeling. Getting It Right. There are a few brands that you can identify with that truly “nailed it” when it came to their first impression with you.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MAY 8, 2017
While many things in talent acquisition are changing, we’re seeing changes to core HR and talent management as well. One of the areas where this is most apparent is in the area of benefits or perks.
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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.
Laurie Ruettimann
MAY 8, 2017
I just finished Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. As a side note, I keep wanting to call this book Plan B , which is messing with both my Amazon search results and Facebook ads. Figure me out, algorithms! I dare you! Option B is the saddest book I’ve ever read about resilience and joy. Sheryl Sandberg anchors this book with the death of her husband and her grief.
Compensation Today
MAY 8, 2017
Compensation structures continue to evolve, and they usually do so to help organizations keep current with both market and workforce trends. Some may wonder what compensation structures are. Loosely, “compensation structure” refers to the various ways that companies can organize their pay practices. They provide guidelines for pay that help organizations identify whether their pay is in bounds.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MAY 8, 2017
General Martin Dempsey, the former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells a story about the day he was promoted to the Army’s highest rank back in 2008: “I had (another) four-star coming through the receiving line to congratulate me, and he leaned over and he whispered and he said, ‘You realize that, from this point forward, no one will ever tell you the truth again?’”.
The Employer Handbook
MAY 8, 2017
So, I’m calling you know what on Senator Warren’s tweet last week. Yes, the U.S. House of Representatives did greenlight a measure called the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017. This bill would allow, in certain situations, the substitution of comp time for overtime. And, if it passes through the Senate, the President is likely going to sign it.
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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?
Spark Hire
MAY 8, 2017
Hiring from within seems appealing to many companies, but is often not the best solution when filling management positions; despite familiarity or tenure. A company must challenge their business models to grow. In order to do this effectively, management should be the appropriate fit to support the organization. This is true regardless of whether the candidate is internal or external.
Ask a Manager
MAY 8, 2017
It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My coworker is really angry about a prank. Some of my colleagues decided to pull (what they thought was) a harmless prank on a coworker. The coworker, “Jane,” is particular about her car – she always parks far from the entrance because she is concerned about car door “dings” and does not want anyone to park near her.
WorkTech
MAY 8, 2017
Buying HR technology can be hard enough. Now HR Tech customers need a plan to avoid the data version of “fake news.” Recently, some HR tech pricing data from a site called siftery hit my radar in our industry Facebook group Talent Product Plays. It was immediately met with tech execs, analysts, and influencers calling b t about the pricing report’s veracity.
Ask a Manager
MAY 8, 2017
When you’re interviewing for jobs, you tend to hear a lot of the same advice repeated over and over: show up early (but not too early!), rehearse answers to common questions ahead of time, be polite to the receptionist, blah blah blah. But at U.S. News & World Report today, I suggest three job interview tricks that you probably haven’t heard before.
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.
cipHR
MAY 8, 2017
Your reputation as an organisation extends beyond your customers. It is more important than ever to be viewed as a desirable place to work and have a good reputation as an employer. In a recent Linked in survey "72% of recruiting leaders worldwide agreed that employer brand had a significant impact on hiring." One of the key questions when creating your employer branding strategy is “what appeals to potential employees who are considering working for my organisation?
TalentGuard
MAY 8, 2017
Five Ways to Develop Employees Using Succession Planning. Successful succession planning depends on retaining high potential talent and developing those employees so they are prepared to fill key roles. Development efforts often are based on well-defined individual career paths, which keep employees engaged and motivated to excel. However, even companies who don’t have a full-scale career pathing process can bolster succession-planning efforts by focusing on honing the talent and leadership skil
Compensation Cafe
MAY 8, 2017
When speaking before a group I'm often asked what key takeaways or gems of wisdom I have learned during the course of my career. Like most of you, I’m still at it, learning something new every day, but I have gained a valuable perspective from what I’ve seen and experienced. I've learned that professional wisdom comes to each of us in two ways; 1) what you learn to do (what works), and 2) what mistakes you’ve seen or made (what doesn't work).
Workology
MAY 8, 2017
While on vacation last week, I picked up a copy of the May issue of Wired and read the section called Next List 2017: 20 People Who Are Creating the Future. Every story on the list was really pretty interesting, but the one on Gerd Manz particularly caught my interest. Manz is the VP of […] Source.
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.
HRSG
MAY 8, 2017
Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made? Certain characteristics are common of successful entrepreneurs, including Risk Taking, Achievement Orientation, and creativity and innovation. However.
TLNT: The Business of HR
MAY 8, 2017
Gender pay data can be examined in a number of different ways, but no matter how you slice it, the pay gap still exists.
Papirfly
MAY 8, 2017
We can all agree that employee motivation is an important factor for the success of your business, and for the sustained image of your employer brand, can’t we?
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