Mon.Oct 15, 2018

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Six Facts About Employee-Manager Relationships

Reflektive

We’ve examined some myths regarding the employee-manager relationship, now let’s face the facts. Happy Employees Work Harder. A study from BI Worldwide found that 9 out of 10 employees who say they’re happy at work also agree that they “feel an obligation to work as hard as I can for my organization”, compared to just 6 out of 10 unhappy employees. SEE ALSO: Managing a Multigenerational Workforce in the Age of The Millennial. 93% of happy employees in the same study agreed that they are “willing

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3 Ways to Align Expectations Within Your Team - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

A few years ago, I wrote an article for Entrepreur.com about why it is more important to align expectations than to merely manage them. This blog is a follow-up discussion to that original article. More than ever, proactive leadership is critical in today’s world of complex communication. When we simply manage expectations, the implied meaning is that we are in survival mode.

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The Optimistic Coach

HR Daily Advisor

Great coaches see the best in those they coach; however, I’ve noticed that their positive attitude extends toward the world and the future—an attitude that is infectious. They are unabashed purveyors of hope, an all-too-rare commodity in today’s world. Gearstd / iStock / Getty Images Plus. In the midst of the turbulent and fast-changing business environment and the instability of our globalized world, it is understandable that people may feel overwhelmed and somewhat despondent.

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HR Passion Series #13: Barbara Lovejoy, Director of OD at FastMed Urgent Care

Kazoo

We’re happy to bring you insights and inspirations from esteemed HR Professionals. We’ve created the HR Passion Series as a medium to connect individuals in the HR World, to learn from each other, create community, and inspire. This is where you get to hear full, unedited opinions and answers from top practitioners in the field who are excited to reach out and share with the community.

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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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Want to Improve Your Candidate Experience? Ask Yourself These Key Questions

Cornerstone On Demand

Nearly 50 percent of U.S. employees are actively searching for a new job. That means that half of the currently employed workforce will quit to work for your company if you offer them a better opportunity. Still, today's companies put up so many application hurdles and create so much confusion in their hiring process that many candidates don't finish—or even start—applications.

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Putting the Service in SaaS: Talmetrix Featured in Software Executive Magazine

Talmetrix

The following article originally appeared on SoftwareExecutiveMag.com. Software Executive Magazine helps software businesses grow by showcasing the business best practices of B2Bsoftware companies. Read on for an interview with our Chief Executive Officer, Chris Powell, and our Chief Strategy Officer, Jason Ruebel, to learn about Talmetrix’s commitment to providing consultative service as an integral component of our employee feedback and insights solution.

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Key Takeaways from Visier’s Women in Leadership Event

Visier

Recently I was privileged to host Visier’s inaugural Women in Leadership event in Charlotte, NC. Our aim was to have our attendees–all women leaders and aspiring leaders–leave the event feeling uplifted, inspired, and armed with key takeaways they could apply to their own lives right away. Thanks to our incredible speakers, I feel we succeeded. Here is some of what they said.

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What to Measure, Track and Record Under the ACA [UPDATE]

ACA Times

7 minute read: It’s always interesting to look back and see how regulation develops. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is no exception. I wrote a five-part series about the ACA for “Construction Business Owners Magazine” in 2015. I found it interesting to revisit these articles. I share this third article in that series, with some updates, to provide some perspective on the ACA for those of you who are involved with ACA compliance.

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Setting Goals for the Role You Have & the One You Want

Kazoo

It’s Never Too Late for New Goals: Looking Ahead at 2019. Now that our morning coffee order has switched iced americanos to pumpkin spice lattes, it must be Fall. And once the weather changes, performance and learning goals are usually put on the back burner. As employees we often feel like athletes trying to beat the buzzer, wrapping up end-of-year projects and meeting final deadlines.

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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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Breast Cancer Prevention October 2018

eni

The post Breast Cancer Prevention<br><span class="newsletter-post-date"> October 2018</span> appeared first on eni.

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Why Being Nice to your Co-Workers is Good for Business

SHRM

Looking to get ahead in your career? Start by being nice to your coworkers, says leadership researcher Christine Porath. In this science-backed talk, she shares surprising insights about the costs of rudeness and shows how little acts of respect can boost your professional success -- and your company's bottom line. JOIN Christine Porath and @shrmnextchat on Twitter for #Nextchat on December 12, 2018!

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How to Bust Bias in the Jungle of Employee Interviews – Part 1

Workology

Interviewing appears simple: manage a conversation about the experience, credentials, aspirations of your candidates and align your findings to your opportunity. However, significant problems arise. For example, diversity is literally front and center on the ERE Recruiting blog and it’s covered in many other publications as well. Yet, progress toward more diversity in corporate leadership […] Source.

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The Implications of Having No HR for Employees

ADP

When it comes to developing roles in your organization, it is important to consider the business implications of having no HR department.

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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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How to improve your employee onboarding process

cipHR

Want to create a better experience for your new starters? Read our guide to creating a better employee onboarding process. Getting your onboarding process right is essential for making sure that your new hires are welcomed into your organisation, feel supported and valued during their first few weeks with you, and become productive members of your team more quickly.

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The role of data in employee engagement, retention and productivity

Business Management Daily

Interview with Kelsey Kline, Manager, Talent Research at Intel Corporation on data in employee engagement, rentention and productivity. The post The role of data in employee engagement, retention and productivity appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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How New Managers Can Become More Confident [12 Great Tips]

6Q

Managing is a tough job. Both your superiors and subordinates have huge expectations of you. It can sometimes feel like you are stuck between a rock and a hard place and many often suffer a lack of self-confidence. Here is how managers can become more confident. Confidence is one of those attractive qualities in any human being that draws people to them like bees to pollen.

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how do I tell an interviewer about my hobbies when my hobbies are kind of boring?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m new to the job market (I went straight from college to law school and only just graduated this spring), and it’s going pretty well so far, but there’s one thing I’ve gotten conflicting information about/reactions to. I don’t put hobbies on my resume, but they have come up in some of my interviews. I’ve been advised by career services and my parents to mention hobbies that speak to my career/personality in some way (for example, being an av

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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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Let Your Team’s Diversity Shine During Video Interviews

Spark Hire

Of course, diversity and inclusion are nothing new on the hiring scene. Every company created equal opportunity employer statements before their websites were made public, right? In this day and age, yes, but the deep-down, real meaning and focus of diversity hiring is just coming to light. In fact, it was just this year that 78 percent of hiring pros admitted diversity is shaping how they hire in the years to come in LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends 2018 report.

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#Nextchat: Planning for Open Enrollment Success

The SHRM Blog

Open enrollment is one of the most important times of the year for organizations; however, complex and ongoing changes to health care and retirement plans can create confusion that leads to poor choices. With proper planning, employers can develop communication strategies to help employees make the best selections for their wellness and future financial security.

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How to Flip the Script on Traditional Mentoring Programs?

HR Daily Advisor

It’s no surprise that 77% of employees are more likely to stay in a job if they are in a mentoring relationship. For that reason, mentoring programs have become more formalized and recognized as a critical component to many successful organizations in the last decade. Employees are more engaged, productive, and connected. Yet, with the implementation of new innovations and ever-changing technologies comes the challenge of keeping up with training employees.

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Pitchfest Winner to Highlight Hiring Bias

HRExecutive

Stephanie Lampkin says that when it comes to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce, “companies may be investing in marketing to say they care about it, but if you peel it back you see they haven’t done much.”. Enter Blendoor , which impressed the judges so much with its inclusive recruiting and people-analytics software that it beat out 29 other start-ups to win the first-ever Pitchfest at the latest HR Technology Conference & Expo sition ® in Las Vegas.

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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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Why Is Learning And Development Failing To Produce Consistent ROI For Businesses?

The Game Agency

Your learning and development (L&D) department could currently be engaged in a game of Whack-a-Mole with real dollars, not to mention your employees’ time, patience and behavior. I should know. For more than a decade I have been building game-based solutions to help make training more effective. Successful training builds confident and competent people who do the right thing at the right time.

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I Refuse to Maintain the Status Quo

Robin Schooling

I dare say that most humans are creatures of habit and routine. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; in our hurly-burly lives it’s nice to rely on muscle-memory so we can drive the same daily route to the office or know that Friday evening will inevitably be comprised of pizza, pajamas and movies. The usual and ordinary tasks we have are pretty straightforward when we do them the way we’ve always done them.

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How Change Agents Helped These Companies Transform Their Culture

TLNT: The Business of HR

Changing an organization’s culture is considered one of the most difficult challenges for leaders, and those with experience will confirm that it can be a massive undertaking.

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Would Floating Holidays Work for Your Business?

Evil HR Lady

You’ve likely heard the term “floating holidays” used before, but you might not be sure exactly what they are. Wonder no more! Floating holidays are a way of giving employees the ability to take some special days off, and work during others. Instead of allowing all employees to get Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day off, a floating holiday policy offers team members a certain amount of time off (in lieu of public holidays) to use on whatever days they choose.

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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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10 Ways Leaders Can Re-Energize Their Teams

Extensis

It's important for team leaders and managers to know how to re-energize their staff when needed. Doing so can help reignite productivity and enthusiasm, which will ultimately lead to success.

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why do employers play coy games about salary?

Ask a Manager

Of all the weird and nonsensical practices that companies use in hiring, probably none are as bizarre as our conventions around negotiating salary. Given that paying employees money in exchange for their labor is what hiring is all about, you’d think that the salary would be discussed early, clearly, and directly in any hiring process. But for some reason that approach is more the exception than the rule.

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Forms W-2 and 1099: The Difference and Why It Matters

ADP

As a small or midsized business owner, it's important to be familiar with certain tax forms, specifically the W-2 and 1099.

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