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coworker complains about my tattoos, sabotaged by another hotel’s manager, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My coworker won’t stop complaining about my tattoos. I started a new job in December; Carol started in February. We work for a small company, with six of us in production. We’re not customer-facing in any way. Carol was fine with me until the weather warmed up and I wore short sleeves, at which point she discovered that I have tattoos.

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10 Things I Am Packing In My #SHRM19 Conference Bag

HR Bartender

Last year, in addition to my annual post with tips for attending the Society for Human Resource (SHRM) Annual Conference , I wrote a post about some of the things that I carry with me during the event. Not only was it a nice reminder for me when I’m packing, but I received several good comments from readers. So, I’m doing a 2019 version for this year’s event which will be held June 23-26, 2019 in Las Vegas.

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8 Cool Tasks To Help You Identify Top Candidates

TalentLyft

Discover 8 cool tasks you can incorporate into your interviewing process ! These tasks have two main benefits. First, they will help you identify top job candidates. Second, they will differentiate you as an employer ! Read More.

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Blue-Collar Workers More Likely to Search for Jobs on Their Smartphones

SHRM Resources

A new study by employer review site Glassdoor holds some surprises about the candidates who most often use mobile devices to search for jobs and the kinds of positions they’re applying for.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Teenager's guide to becoming a Good Manager

Hiring Plug

Sometimes a kid's perspective is the simplest way to learn and uncomplicate life. Here's a Teen's perspective to improve employee relations & dealing with stiff colleagues. Riddhi Sahaye.

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Meet Gen Z: The Self-proclaimed Hardest-working, Anxiously Optimistic Workforce of the Future

Empower Software

The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated today issued a global survey of 3,400 members of Generation Z across 12 countries that found contradictory revelations from the newest segment of workforce.

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How to Optimize Office 365: 12 Easy Tips

SocialChorus

Office 365 (O365) is one of the most ubiquitous software programs in business today. Unfortunately, however, most users aren’t getting the most optimized experience. Statistics about Office 356. Office 365 (O365) has nearly 70 million active users. This represents about 6% of its total of 1.2 billion Office users. Around 20% of corporate employees use an Office 365 cloud service.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Microlearning (But Were Afraid To Ask)

Looop.co

I have to be honest, I hate the term ‘Microlearning’ – it considers the delivery mechanism above the things that […]. The post Everything You Wanted to Know About Microlearning (But Were Afraid To Ask) appeared first on Looop.

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The Keys to Controlling Your Corporate Training Costs

HR C-Suite

A company is only as good as the team behind it. The only way to improve employee performance is to invest in training and development. When looking to cut costs, training is often the first thing companies look. However, studies have shown cutting training programs can drastically diminish long-term company performance and productivity. Here are […].

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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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Informal EU Expert Group on Economic Migration

SHRM

As an official appointed member of the EU Transparency Register, SHRM participated in the 4 th meeting of the European Commission Expert Group on Economic Migration in Brussels on May 23, 2019—raising the voice of the HR profession around the world. The European Commission uses expert meetings to get input from relevant stakeholders in different policy areas to formulate new policies.

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Are Employees Spending Too Much Time Online; What Are They Doing?

New to HR

Long before the internet, it was very easy to monitor employee activities while at the same time monitoring their movements. This is because all they could do was read magazines, doodle on pictures or alternatively, for the smokers, take constant. The post Are Employees Spending Too Much Time Online; What Are They Doing? appeared first on New To HR.

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6 Innovative Ways to Optimize and Scale Your Hiring Process

EasyHire

In today’s fast moving economy, companies are now more than ever realizing the importance of who they are hiring and how they go about hiring them, whether for freelance, part time, or full-time employment. What employers often forget is that the hiring process is typically the first “real” look a new employee has to see how a business operates behind the scenes, albeit from a limited scope.

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How To Tweak Your Leadership Style When Your Employees Are Feeling Anxious

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Even though anxiety can sometimes be frustrating to deal with, it’s actually not all that bad. Because for most leaders, making some small leadership style tweaks is usually all that’s required to encourage employees to take the leap from anxiety to accountability.

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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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Changing the Analytic Mindset of HR for Good

Littal Shemer

Changing the Analytic Mindset of HR for Good. (This article is based on my Hebrew “TED” talk at the conference People Geekup Tel Aviv on June 2019. I dedicated this talk to HR professionals who make their first steps on their data-driven journey. Read also my list of Public Speaking ). How to change the analytic mindset of HR for good? I deal with this question for years.

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The Second Identity Crisis: 10,000 Boomers Face It Every Day

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Unlike members of any previous generation, today's 65-year-olds are facing a second identity crisis. It's a disorienting time, but understanding and navigating it well can lead to the most satisfying time of life yet.

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How to Successfully Implement Performance-Based Pay

HRsoft

When it comes to effectively implementing performance-based pay, simplicity is one of the most important aspects to bear in mind. The simpler and more concise your plan is, the more people will understand it and buy into the process. A performance-based pay plan should also clearly communicate eligibility so employees understand what’s expected of them, as well as their earning potential.

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Why Narcissists And Gaslighters Blatantly Lie -- And Get Away With It

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Learn why some people consistently lie, and how they get away with it.

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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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15 Ways to Improve Work Performance

6Q

When you have settled into your job, you might find that your performance has stalled after a while. You need to stoke the glowing embers of your career into flames once again. Your performance needs to pick up and here are some ways you can do that. By incorporating some of the following methods into your schedule, you can improve your work performance to a more than satisfactory level.

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Algorithms Are Replacing Leadership Strategies

Forbes Leadership Strategy

After software eats the world, algorithms will run what's left over. Many common leadership decisions are being transferred to algorithms and leaders must adapt quickly.

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Why Your Organization Needs to Prioritize People Analytics

PandoLogic

Many HR professionals chose their field because they are good at dealing with people. "People analytics," on the other hand, may sound daunting, or like an oxymoron, but it is how HR teams can move beyond the day to day.

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How Amazon Became Agile

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Amazon Practices Agile Management At A Very High Level

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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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Can Uber Ever Be Profitable?

Forbes Leadership Strategy

This is the 1st of 4 articles on questions Uber should have answered prior to its broken IPO. 1. What are the root causes of deep losses to date? 2. Are there any quick fixes? 3. Are there any other short term options? 4. Can Uber deliver the profitable future that its CEO has promised?

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While We Wait For Artificial Superintelligence, Let's Make The Most Of Augmented Intelligence

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Artificial superintelligence might fulfill popular science fiction fantasies in the future yet before reaching that stage augmented intelligence is the most feasible solution for business leaders. Organizations must focus on utilizing augmented intelligence to the highest level of its capabilities.

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How Four Female VCs Triumphed In Male-Dominated Silicon Valley

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Since the reputation of Silicon Valley as a bastion of testosterone is by now well-established, award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie decided it was time to tell a new story—one with a little more estrogen.

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Want To Retain Your Customers? Make It Personal

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Individualized effort pays off big, driving a stronger connection that can result in increased customer loyalty. While most individualized experiences come from a human-to-human interaction, technology is now able to drive some of them.

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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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Without Inclusion, Humankind Is Becoming Less Resilient

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Humankind is living with both more and less diversity, and our brains haven’t caught up to this new reality. As a result, humankind is becoming less resilient.

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Public Speakers: Is Your Audience Really Paying Attention?

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The shrinking attention span is a myth. But that doesn't necessarily mean your audience is paying attention. Here's what you can do as a public speaker to ensure your audience stays attentive and retains your message during your next presentation.

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5 Ways You Can Expect Gen Zers To Impact Your Company (And How You Can Impact Them)

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Gen Z will push your company into new territory — and that’s a good thing.

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