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Workforce Analytics is Reinventing HR

U-Next

Introduction to Workforce Analytics Today, the need to understand what attracts skillful individuals to join an organization, stay motivated, and deliver outstanding results has become more important than ever. However, this is not a task which can be shouldered by the HR team alone; they need the right tools to deliver optimal results. Over the years, organizations around the globe have spent billions of dollars on employee performance analysis, talent recruitment, leadership training, and deve

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Should Military Spouses Have to Sacrifice Their Careers?

SHRM Resources

On Veterans Day, as we honor those who have served in the nation’s military, we should also remember the sacrifices made by military service members’ spouses. This group of mostly women are constantly uprooted, following their loved ones around the country and overseas at the expense of their own jobs and careers.

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Using An Employee Engagement Software For Driving Productivity

Engagedly

As an employer, how many times have you thought of employee happiness at your workplace and actually did something to make your employees happy? You can say that you have had employee engagement activities and conducted employee satisfaction […].

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8 Ways to Set Cross-Functional Team OKRs in Your Company

GroSum

When we talk about a company’s motivation to reach the top of the mountain, it might sound pretty enthusiastic and easily achievable. Unfortunately, many of them cannot reach the so-called “top” of the mountain. It’s a rather rough and all-consuming journey. What is their secret for growth? Well, the answer is quite simple. They all […]. The post 8 Ways to Set Cross-Functional Team OKRs in Your Company appeared first on GroSum Blog.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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weekend free-for-all – November 9-10, 2019

Ask a Manager

This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school.). Book recommendation of the week: Nothing to See Here , by Kevin Wilson. A 20something woman whose life hasn’t gone as planned moves to Tennessee to help take care of her friend’s twins, who their politician dad wants kept out of the public eye because they happen to burst into flames whenever they get upset.

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How To Make a Request For Flexible Working Hours

TheHRBlog

The trend of flexible working hours is picking up everywhere. Across the globe, companies are now encouraging their employees to do remote work and also make the most of productivity by giving them flexible working hours. In the UK, it is the legal right of an employee to ask for flexible working hours, provided they […] The post How To Make a Request For Flexible Working Hours appeared first on Human Resources Blog | Top HR Blog.

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Bipartisan Bill Proposes Legalizing Foreign Farmworkers, Requiring E-Verify

SHRM Resources

A bipartisan bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives would offer legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented foreign national farmworkers and require the use of E Verify among agriculture employers. The Farm Workforce Modernization Act would also make a number of reforms to the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural workers, changing how wages are determined and adding new, three-year temporary visas and additional green cards to meet year-round labor needs.

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7 Tips for Actually Achieving Work-Life Balance

Thrive Global

According to a recent study published by the American Sociological Review, 70 percent of American workers struggle with finding a work-life system that works for them. For many in the workforce, achieving any type of work-life balance, can seem like a myth that is unachievable. Not only are we working more hours than we have in the past, but technology results in us being accessible around the clock.

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Your Colleague Is Taking All The Credit, What To Do?

TheHRBlog

The presentation just finished and, your colleague is taking all the credit for the same.not to mention that, you have spent the last few weeks preparing a presentation, and this has been entirely your brainchild. It could be that they were hosting the presentation, or maybe they just decided not to mention you at all. […] The post Your Colleague Is Taking All The Credit, What To Do?

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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Driving from the Backseat

Thrive Global

As crazy as driving from the back seat sounds, it is not dissimilar from how many approach their health. We act as if we are a passenger in the back seat of our lives and the choices we make around health are just luck. Not unlike a car where we do not take hold of the wheel, our passivity at times can get us into significant health consequences. Looking back, I can see where it did for me.

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3 Tips for Speeding Up Your Design Process

G2 Crowd

The landscape of modern workplaces requires all employees to function as information workers, even those who started in wholly business or technical tracks.

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GRIEF ARITHMETIC

Thrive Global

It boggles my mind that my husband Peter died over four years ago. On one hand it seems like it happened just yesterday. On the other hand, it seems like it was a lifetime ago. My grief calculations are important to me. I need to identify dates. I need to see my life in computations of moments. I need to have marker dates to check off the passage of time.

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What Is Agile Marketing? (+8 Reasons to Adopt It)

G2 Crowd

Gone are the days of six-month marketing plans.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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Why You Should Value A Slow And Steady Progress

Thrive Global

“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.” ~ Louis Sachar. Last weekend, while my boyfriend Bernie and I were on the road to run some errands, a tree that was probably no taller than six feet caught my attention. I know very little about trees and the only ones I can recognize easily are palm trees and banana trees.

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The Most Underrated Skill That You Need To Be Successful

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The powers that be will surely notice that a skill you were likely never evaluated for is suddenly getting in the way of your success and causing the organization to suffer.

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I Created A Self-Portrait Project To Inspire Others To Reconnect With Nature

Thrive Global

I’m a photographer based in Vancouver, Canada. My aim with my photography is to portray harmony between a human being and nature, to raise awareness about the physical and mental health benefits of spending time in nature and to inspire others to protect and respect nature. The photos that you see here are self-portraits, they are born out of the moment and I take them intuitively.

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Stop Crying About Millennials They Are Our Future, In Five Ways

Forbes Leadership Strategy

We have seismic change occurring around us on multiple dimensions that require in-depth discussion. 2020 is the year Millennials will be the dominant workforce on the planet. So, like them or hate them or frankly love them as I think we should.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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7 Things to do When You Feel Overwhelmed at Work

Thrive Global

Is your job starting to feel like a nightmare that never ends? Work is piling up and it feels you will never get out from under. You live in constant dread of more assignments coming your way and missed deadlines. There have been numerous studies showing that workplace stress is the largest form of stress for American adults and this stress has increased in the last few decades.

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Krispy Kreme’s Krisis Konundrum Komes To Kwick Konclusion

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Krispy Kreme tried to shut down a young entrepreneur and got a tough lesson in crisis response. Fortunately, there is a happy ending and good life lessons.

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4 Things to Know About Taking 7 Days Away from Your Smartphone

Thrive Global

DAY 1. After a stressful week of college applications (and some high school-level anxiety and depression) my 16-year old asked me to take her phone for a week. I happily obliged. This is pretty much how the entire first day went — a kind of social detox. Being a kid is harder and weirder than it used to be. DAY 2. Sets clock radio alarm for 8am, snoozes twice.

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How Bevi doubled in size in a year using Workable

Workable

The challenge. The solution. Using emails and spreadsheets for candidate data. No consistent hiring process. No resilience or systems to scale. Poor communication with no tracking. Streamline and speed up recruitment using automated applicant tracking. An intuitive interface which guarantees fast, company-wide global uptake. A visible pipeline that follows a sales-funnel approach.

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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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My Happiness Wake-Up Call

Thrive Global

Wake up calls are a necessary step to transform one’s life. It was a couple of months after 9/11. My sister, who I hadn’t seen in years had come to visit me. She’s an engineer and was exploring pursuing her doctorate degree from one of several universities that had offered her a scholarship. She loves flamenco and that night I had bought tickets to a restaurant in Los Angeles that offers a flamenco show.

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Leading Economic Indicators Are Misleading

Forbes Leadership Strategy

“What’s a reliable leading indicator of recession that I can easily use in running my business?” I’m often asked that question and seldom give a satisfactory answer. In truth, there are none that are reliable, though a few come close.

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You have to make it a habit: to ask the questions that challenge what you know in order to thrive.

Thrive Global

It’s also no wonder and why Self Made Billionaire, the Founder and CEO of Spanx, Sara Blakely shares her insight during a talk at the Stafford Graduate School of Business on how her hyper-observant focus led to overhauling the undergarment industry. Blakely explains: Ask Questions and Be Hyper-Observant. She notes: I think of a lot of ideas at traffic lights.

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Leading Economic Indicators Are Misleading

Forbes Leadership Strategy

“What’s a reliable leading indicator of recession that I can easily use in running my business?” I’m often asked that question and seldom give a satisfactory answer. In truth, there are none that are reliable, though a few come close.

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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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Learning from Challenges

Thrive Global

In 2003, I made a decision that would have a major impact on my life without realizing my true intentions. While knowing the financial safety net was not securely in place, I decided to remain at home with my daughter instead of returning to work. Previously, when I left our first child in the care of someone else at ten months old, I felt anxious the entire time I was away from him.

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Stop Crying About Millennials They Are Our Future, In Five Ways

Forbes Leadership Strategy

We have seismic change occurring around us on multiple dimensions that require in-depth discussion. 2020 is the year Millennials will be the dominant workforce on the planet. So, like them or hate them or frankly love them as I think we should.

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Compassion For Self – Part 3

Thrive Global

Living a compassionate life begins by taking compassionate, loving care of your health and your self. This is the 2nd Compassion enabling each us to achieve The Great Healing – for ourselves and for our planet. This weekly 9-part series excerpts and adapts Chapter 2 of the new book, The Great Healing – Five Compassions That Can Save Our World.