Mon.May 27, 2019

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How Healthcare Organizations Can Increase Employee Engagement

Precheck

How Healthcare Organizations Can Increase Employee Engagement May. 28, 2019. Bryan Barajas Marketing Director. There are few industries more important to our daily lives than healthcare. Its importance is reflected in its sustained growth — even during the Great Recession, the healthcare industry continued to expand. As life expectancies increase and technology improves, there will be even more growth in an industry that shows no sign of slowing down.

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The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback

Kazoo

While it may not seem like it on the surface, the ability to effectively give and receive feedback is the most important soft skill to have today. Why is feedback a career gamechanger? Having the ability to give and receive feedback – and do both well – means that you’re coachable as an employee and able to coach as a manager. In today’s modern workplace where a feedback culture reigns supreme, this can mean the difference between success and failure.

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5 Employee Retention Strategies to Keep Your Team Intact and Motivated

Take It Personel-ly

A good business owner knows that their employees are the business’ most valuable resource. Unfortunately, employees leave their jobs for greener pastures all the time, and retaining them can seem difficult. If you want your company to benefit from the labor of your best and brightest, it’s vital that you start thinking about the ways […].

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The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback

Kazoo

While it may not seem like it on the surface, the ability to effectively give and receive feedback is the most important soft skill to have today. Why is feedback a career gamechanger? Having the ability to give and receive feedback – and do both well – means that you’re coachable as an employee and able to coach as a manager. In today’s modern workplace where a feedback culture reigns supreme, this can mean the difference between success and failure.

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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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Assumption that Marijuana Card Holder Used Cannabis Led to ADA Claim

SHRM Resources

A job applicant could bring an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim where he showed his medical marijuana certification card to and discussed drug testing with the company’s HR director and later had his conditional offer of employment revoked.

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employee does needlepoint in meetings, company won’t let me say goodbye to clients, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My employee does needlepoint in meetings. I have an engineer who is doing an excellent job during the first six months in her new role on my team. All feedback has been positive, and I already have other engineering managers asking when she can apply for positions on their team. Two weeks ago I joined her for a technical meeting.

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What does good design mean in internal communications?

SocialChorus

We have a new top shelf guest for you that will change the way you think about design and how it relates to internal communications. On this episode of Culture, Comms, and Cocktails, we have Michael Lund, product designer at SocialChorus. Now I only get to run into Michael a couple times a year, but did see him a few weeks back in New York City at FutureComms and thought it’d be great to have him on the podcast.

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7 Tech Tools to Help You Get Excellent Hiring Results

Effortless HR

All too often today it’s difficult for people to get work and for companies to find new employees. Here we look at 7 different types of hiring tools that you can use in your company to find your much-needed talent. These tools can be used by anybody. You want to make sure that your company gets the best results. If you’ve been experiencing some difficulties with your hiring, now is the time to really revamp your whole hiring process and take note of seven great hiring tools that will help you ge

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Which Expenses are Covered Under Commuter Benefits

Commuter Benefit Solutions

If you are wondering about which expenses are covered under commuter benefits, we’ve got some answers.

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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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Beware of Perfectionist Employees in the Workplace

IO At Work

Researchers explore the relationships between two facets of perfectionism and various important workplace outcomes.

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How To Achieve A Successful Rhythm Of Business

Dr. Nadine

The other day I was at Macy’s doing some pre-fall shopping. Despite the scorching heat and humidity outside, the shopping experience was a breath of fresh air. It was a much needed escape from the traditional department store experience. There was near-perfect synchronicity among store personnel. College students on summer vacations were helping full-time staff during the peak summer sales season to increase checkout speeds and streamline the customer experience.

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Following The Habits Of The Best Business Leaders

New to HR

It’s one thing to think you know all the answers, and quite another to try and seek them. While we might think of a business leader as standing on top of a platform, shrouded in mysterious insight, often they are. The post Following The Habits Of The Best Business Leaders appeared first on New To HR.

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Creating a Coaching Culture at Work

Center for Coaching

Whether managing people, parenting, volunteering, or participating in community events, coaching skills make leadership easier. True leadership is about empowering others and enhancing their innate skills. While it is easy to give advice and suggestions, an individual figuring out their own answer is more effective. Coaching skills are now recognized as an essential core competency for leaders.

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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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How To Achieve A Successful Rhythm Of Business

Dr. Nadine

The other day I was at Macy’s doing some pre-fall shopping. Despite the scorching heat and humidity outside, the shopping experience was a breath of fresh air. It was a much needed escape from the traditional department store experience. There was near-perfect synchronicity among store personnel. College students on summer vacations were helping full-time staff during the peak summer sales season to increase checkout speeds and streamline the customer experience.

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Why we Decided to Acquire DigitalHRTech

Analytics in HR

As a founder of AIHR, today marks an important day for me. For the first time, we are growing our business with an acquisition instead of through hard work and a ton of content. To be honest with you, I could never have imagined that less than 3 years after founding AIHR in June 2016, we would be acquiring other companies. But here we are, announcing that AIHR has acquired DigitalHRTech, one of the world’s largest online platforms in the digital HR and HR Tech space.

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Podcast - The connection between Employee Productivity and Profitability

Vibecatch

For this month’s podcast we talked with Leena Saario , HR Manager at Jysk Finland about measuring employee engagement and how she overcame the challenges that come with gathering and interpreting data. Furthermore, she talks about the improvements she saw by utilising the QWL method and how this increased both productivity and profitability in selected stores.

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We Can Honor Our Fallen Veterans Through Equal Parts Somber Reflection and Celebration

SHRM

Over the years I’ve often been asked: “What’s the correct way to celebrate Memorial Day, and, is the word celebrate even the right word? Should we be somber and reflective, or happy and celebratory because of all we have to be thankful for?” To this I’d emphatically respond with: “Yes”- you should be both, wholeheartedly. I’ve lost many friends and fellow veterans through the years.

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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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Data Security for HR and Workplace Leaders

Cisive

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently published an article that shines a spotlight on hacking— “ What I Learned From the Hacker Who Spied on Me ” —and how easily someone can access one of your many devices and technology. They accomplish this through a process called phishing. Pronounced like fishing, phishing is a term used to describe a malicious individual or group of individuals who scam users.

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ClaimVantage Presents at Insurance Claims Management and Innovation Summit

ClaimVantage

Disbursing claims is the sole reason for the existence of insurance companies, yet the industry drags behind. Johannesburg, South Africa – May 27th, 2019 – ClaimVantage, a leading international provider of life claim management software solutions, will present at the Annual Insurance Claims Management and Innovation Summit being held at the Holiday Inn, Sandton, Johannesburg, on May 30th and 31st, 2019.

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3 Tips for Writing a Better Cover Letter

45 Things

I remember the first time I wrote a cover letter for a job. It went something like this: "I'd really like to work for you. I'm sending you my resume." In my defense, I was pretty young and inexperienced. But, it still was a lousy cover letter and I cringe when I think about it. Please don't do what I did. Writing a cover letter is important. It needs to spark the interest of the employer and show a little of your personality and why you're drawn to the job or the industry.

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Fuel50 Webinar Recording: The Dynamic Career Series – Career Journeys

Fuel50

The post Fuel50 Webinar Recording: The Dynamic Career Series – Career Journeys appeared first on Fuel50.

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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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A Positive Psychology & Coaching Tool Your Team Needs

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Appreciative Inquiry - originally developed by David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva - often referred to as a way of being and seeing - offers a way to facilitate positive, solution-focused thinking and change which is particularly helpful with teams and in the workplace in general.

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Time to Celebrate: Digital HR Tech becomes AIHR Digital

Digital HR Tech

Today is a big day for us here at Digital HR Tech: We announced that we’ve been acquired by the Academy to Innovate HR (AIHR) and will continue as AIHR Digital. A few words on what this means going forward. What is the Academy to Innovate HR (AIHR)? AIHR is a one-stop-shop for HR professionals: it’s an Academy, a Community, a free knowledge sharing platform, and an HR Analytics hub.

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Agile: Why Your Efforts Will Fail (And How To Make Them Succeed Instead)

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Why agile fails and how to increase your likelihood of success

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Are You overly dependent on Professional Feedback?

Babette Ten Haken - Human Capital & Industrial IoT

Seeking professional feedback is an important part of professional development. When you create a tribe of colleagues and clients in whom you trust, their input is invaluable. They become mentors, sponsors, sounding boards and guides who believe in who you are, as a Professional of Worth. A professional feedback board of directors, co-invested in your professional success.

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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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7 Community-Building Lessons From Magento

Forbes Leadership Strategy

The Magento community's dedication to each other is what has helped the brand grow meaningfully and thoughtfully over the past few years and will continue to help both the brand and the community flourish.

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my boss has romantic phone conversations that bother me because I’m single

Ask a Manager

I’m off for Memorial Day, so here’s an older post from the archives. This was originally published in 2012. A reader writes: Longtime reader, first time question asker! I work in a small, two-person office for a nonprofit, was was hired on only a little over 2 months ago. Before me, it was just my boss, the executive director, by herself for a year.

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Why Diversification Works: In Life And Markets

Forbes Leadership Strategy

By creating multiple paths to success, diversification provides superior returns to our portfolios--and to our lives.

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