Fri.Oct 26, 2018

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5 challenges of teamwork (and how to overcome them)

Jostle

Teamwork isn’t really teamwork unless the team actually works. Seems simple enough, but in practice, effective teamwork is hard. Look around your own organization, is there a team that immediately jumps out as the shining example of excellent teamwork? I hope the answer is yes, but it’s likely no.

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Job-Based Pay Scales Make More Sense to Employees and Managers

TLNT: The Business of HR

The last time you looked at your company’s online reviews, did you notice any entries where someone listed “pay” as a downside of working at the company? Or, how many alumni have mentioned they would not recommend your company because of pay?

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

Our weekly recap of fundings, mergers & acquisition, partnership and other interesting news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace. FUNDING. *This week’s fundings: $195M+. Swiss-founded on-demand staffing platform Coople raises $21 million. Flexible Workspace Provider Knotel Closes $60M in Funding Led by Norwest Venture Partners.

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3 Ways to Kick Performance Review Stress

Reflektive

Whether it’s giving or receiving negative feedback or talking about a promotion or raise, there’s a lot on the line during performance reviews. It can be especially difficult when you’re not sure what to expect during the review. SEE ALSO: How to Effectively Change Performance Management. In a survey of Millennial office workers, 74% of respondents said they feel “in the dark” about how their managers and peers perceive their work performance.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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Do More with Less!

EDSI

Do you continue to struggle to find or retain workers? Are you having to deal with rising labor costs simply to hire staff? Is a lack of people power restricting you from taking on new business? Stop the vicious cycle and lean things out.

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How Employers Should Handle Workplace Bullying

HR Digest

Bullying has become one of the most common vices in a hostile work environment. It has to do with any sort of harassment (verbal and non-verbal) and uncomfortable situation/maltreatment from a coworker. Bullying may not be obvious, but prevalent in most workplaces even while the existence is contrary to the basic code of conduct in a work environment.

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#WorkTrends: Taking a Scary Career Leap … Into Cannabis

TalentCulture

This week on #WorkTrends, to celebrate Halloween, we’re exploring one of the scariest things you can undertake: Making a career move or exploring a brand-new industry. We talk to Stormy Simon, former president of online shopping site Overstock.com, about her nerve-wracking career leaps and her new passion: the increasingly mainstream cannabis industry.

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Workplace trends 2019: Jason Corsello at UNLEASH World Conference & Expo

HR Zone

Future. Workplace trends 2019.

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Empathy In the C-Suite Is Good For Business

TLNT: The Business of HR

As we start to close out another year, we’ve seen several workplace gender issues become more mainstream in conversations about business practices. Whether it be the lack of diversity at the top, a gender pay gap or the #MeToo movement, every industry is enduring scrutiny on its hiring and managing of female employees.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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SHRM and CHCI Explore Technology and Future of Work at NYC Panel

SHRM

“It is people, not machines, who will build tomorrow’s greatest organizations,” according to SHRM Corporate Secretary and Chief of Staff Emily M. Dickens. On October 17, Dickens (pictured far left) led a panel discussion on “ Innovation, Automation and the Future of the Workforce ” as part of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s (CHCI) Regional Event series at S&P Global Headquarters in New York City.

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Motivating millennials: What benefits are must-haves?

HR Morning

A war for talent is being waged in this tight job market. Companies are fighting hard to recruit, hire and retain millennials, who now make up more than one-third of the workforce. Changing the way you recruit. Since 89% prioritize benefits over pay raises, “companies are having to change the way they recruit and offer new benefits,” said Paris Wallace, CEO, Ovia Health.

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Three Leadership Tips For The Things No One Tells You About

Forbes Coaches Council

The reality is that leadership is ultimately about people, and people have lives that get complicated, messy, fun and confusing.

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Essentials of Video Employee Onboarding

Employee Communications Council

Employee onboarding has many implications for the future of your company. When new employees join your team, they have certain expectations. Most people are anxious about joining a new team, but your onboarding system can help ease that stress while setting up all newcomers for success. These days, video communications are making employee communications more streamlined, including in the onboarding world.

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Fortify I-9 Compliance With The All-in-one Team Training Handbook

USCIS estimates that 76% of paper I-9s have at least one fineable error —with high-volume hirers at the highest risk. But worry not. WorkBright’s Ultimate I-9 Compliance Guide is a comprehensive resource to instantly level up your team’s I-9 process and reduce your audit risk. What to expect: Written for HR teams: No cryptic legal jargon here. We’ve made it fast and easy to find concise answers to nearly fifty I-9 questions in simple terms.

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One CEO’s $40 million ethical decision

Fast Company The Future of Work

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian always flies coach. “I don’t pay for the seats, so it’s the best I can get,” he cracked today to a Fast Company Innovation Festival audience. Flying in the cheap seats, Bastian says, allows him to hear directly from Delta’s consumers. So does his public email address. Bastian says the thousands of messages he gets each day allow him to keep track in real time of consumer concerns and Delta issues.

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Want To Run A Lean Startup? Follow These 15 Money-Saving Tips

Forbes Coaches Council

Members of Forbes Coaches Council share their top tips for running a successful startup on a budget.

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Relationship intelligence: “We need to put the human element back into the workplace,” says Esther Perel

HR Zone

Development. Relationship intelligence at home and work.

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5 Best Practices for Delivering Constructive Feedback

C. A. Short Company

The other day, I was struck by an article I saw in The Wall Street Journal. As someone who has worked in the employee engagement, recognition, and safety industry for the last 25 years, seeing a title like The Rare Workers Who Thrive on Negative Feedback struck a chord with me. It got me thinking about why so many companies today struggle to deliver quality feedback to their employees.

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The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it’s a must. The reality is 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and the physical, emotional, and financial impact on both employees and employers is great. To help improve your employees’ health outcomes and reduce cancer-related costs, download The Employer’s Guide to Early Detection.

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Is Your HR Department the Police Or a Partner?

HR Daily Advisor

Close your eyes and picture your current HR staff. Does your HR department function as a strategic partner or as a police force? Do they spend their time addressing people who aren’t meeting the dreaded dress code, who can’t get along with others, or who are always late? Are they continually pushing to grab the seemingly unattainable “seat at the executive table”?

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5 Tricks to Treat Your Employees This Halloween

InfoMart

BLOG. 5 Tricks to Treat Your Employees This Halloween. Tammy Cohen , PHR, SHRM-CP. October 26 2018. It’s scary how InfoMart’s employee engagement program — The House of IM — manages to up the excitement factor of our Halloween event every year. Here are the tips and tricks we’ve gleaned from years of putting on this popular event: There’s No Hocus Pocus Here: Theme Your Costumes.

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Will Matching Amazon's Wage Increase Buy Your Employees' Engagement?

Entrepreneur

Don't expect a parade if you start paying a $15 per hour minimum wage.

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Don’t Wait For the Future to Arrive to Build a Learning Culture

TLNT: The Business of HR

Emerging technology like automation and advancements in data analytics will require vastly different future work skills.

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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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open thread – October 26-27, 2018

Ask a Manager

It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted a question to me recently, please don’t repost it here, as it may be in the to-be-answered queue.

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#SHRMDiv Hot Topic: Unconscious Bias with Marlin Smith, Mandrake HR Consulting

SHRM

. Marlin Smith, founding partner, Mandrake HR Consulting, talks about unconscious bias, the topic of his presentation (what it is and how to deal with it as an employer & employee) at #SHRMDiv in Atlanta. .

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my boss had his wife complete assignment when he didn’t like how a coworker did it

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: We have a new department head who started about a year ago. He is my age (young-ish) and has a lot of enthusiasm and ideas. That being said, we work for a large government agency and there are a lot of rules, budget issues, etc. A lot of things he wants to try have already been tried, or are not allowed etc. Now we are planning our big annual dedication event.

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Megyn Kelly, $69 Million, and Your Office Halloween Party

Evil HR Lady

Getting fired is awful, but a $69 million severance check can help make things a little bit less traumatic. You know, enough money to tide you over until you can find a new job. That’s the rumored amount of Megyn Kelly ‘s payout after NBC fired her from Megyn Kelly Today. Kelly said she didn’t think “blackface” was any different than any other Halloween costume.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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Is it Against the Law to Target Job Ads at Younger Workers?

HR Daily Advisor

One of the primary functions of a Human Resources department is to be aware of and ensure compliance with a wide range of laws and regulations involving workplace conduct, such as sexual harassment and various forms of discrimination. YinYang / E+ / Getty Images. However, there are also plenty of laws and regulations that apply to the hiring process, as well, even if the conduct doesn’t actually take place during an interview or in the office.

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#SHRMDIV Hot Topic: Age Bias in Digital Recruiting with Heather Tinsley-Fix

SHRM

Heather Tinsley-Fix of AARP talks about why employers need to learn how to prevent unintended age bias as recruiting becomes increasingly powered by AI and automation and why it matters to employees. . .

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Switching Hands: The Future of Organizational Learning

BizLibrary - HR

As an organization, you must seek change and innovation at all costs. How do you get there? Transform training, and you transform the way your company learns. Transform the way your company learns, and you’re in a position to accelerate growth and to embrace the future with open arms. The post Switching Hands: The Future of Organizational Learning appeared first on BizLibrary.