Wed.May 31, 2017

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Hire Who You Need Next, Not Who You Had Last

Cornerstone On Demand

I have to admit, I love to listen to a really good, unique, going-after-my-dream-job story. And Michelle McKenna-Doyle has one. A few months ago, I interviewed her for the Disrupt Yourself Podcast , and heard in person how she became the Chief Information Officer for the NFL. A lover of sports, thwarted in youth by the lack of community or school-sponsored athletic opportunities for girls, McKenna-Doyle was at an ambivalent crossroads in her career about five years ago.

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Every HR Problem Becomes a Sales Problem

Don Phin

I speak to a lot of business owners. I do my best to help them understand there is great opportunity in Great HR. I also let them know somebody has to pay for poor HR practices and eventually that somebody is the sales team. Think of it this way – you just had to fire. Read More. The post Every HR Problem Becomes a Sales Problem appeared first on HRSherpas.

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Why You Need to Focus on Employee Recognition and How to Go About It

Hppy

When it comes to human resources results, one of the key things that needs to be focused on is employee retention. After all, seeing company knowledge walk out the door, and having to spend the time and money on finding and then training up new staff members is costly for businesses in all industries, and can have a big effect on not only sales revenue, but also branding, company culture, and more.

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How Do You Motivate A Team As A Peer?

Everwise

If you’re an independent contributor looking to advance your career, demonstrating your leadership capabilities within your team is a good place to start. Motivating your peers demonstrates your managerial potential and, more importantly, builds your influence. As author John Maxwell said, “Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”.

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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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Analyze THIS: What HR Experts Shared in May

Kazoo

We hope you’ve enjoyed our new series so far. It’s been a lot of fun to dive deeper into the social profiles of the HR industry’s top influencers, and introduce you to some of our favorites along the way. (And if you’re new to this series, be sure to check out our posts from March and April.). This month we’re zooming in the lens and featuring just one influencer: Michael Moon.

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Eight Ways to Support Team Mental Health and Wellbeing

WorqIQ

To close out the final series of posts supporting Mental Health Awareness Month we asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to share policies, philosophies, resources or programs they have successfully implemented to support team mental health and the well-being of the people within their company. It's encouraging to know that organizations continue to make positive strides towards raising awareness and supporting workplace wellness.

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How to Hire & Develop Better with Assessments

TalentCulture

With thousands of assessments available from hundreds of publishers, it can be a daunting task to choose the ones that yield the best results for your organization. Maybe you have made the decision to use pre-employment testing as a part of your hiring practices, or to use assessments to develop your employees (woohoo!). But now, how do you decide which type of assessment to use?

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Employee accountability: it means nothing without clear expectations

HR Zone

Employees. Accountability: nothing without clear expectations.

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Four Things We Must Hold Leaders Accountable to Do

TalentCulture

When we talk about “accountability” in the workplace, it brings to mind performance evaluations and management assessments. But accountability is so much more—and with the prevalence of social media and social video sharing, corporate leaders are increasingly being taken to task for failing to demonstrate this all-important trait. Take the recent (and viral) United Airlines debacle in which a security officer dragged a passenger off an overbooked flight, an action that United’s CEO i

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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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#WorkHuman Day 2: Organization of the Future

The People Equation

WorkHuman Day 2 just wrapped. Here’s how the day went down. HR Executive Panel. Derek Irvine of Globoforce leads a panel discussion with HR Executives on how to make work more human. Derek Irvine, Globoforce’s VP, Client Strategy & Consulting, moderated a three-person panel of senior leaders in the HR role. The topics were wide-ranging, covering many aspects of the employee experience: recognition, performance management and the role of employee citizenship and charitable works on employee e

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What you can do about the workplace gender gap

HR Zone

Business. What you can do about the workplace gender gap.

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10 Simple Ways to Keep Remote Workers Engaged and Motivated

Bonusly

Although often dismissed as another modern perk designed to attract talent, remote working arrangements don't just benefit employees. A solid remote work program 's potential for cost savings position it uniquely as a win-win, both for employees and the organizations they work for. According to a Global Workplace Analytics study , a typical business saves about $11,000 per person, per year by leveraging remote work policies, and if those with compatible jobs work from home just half the time, th

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The myth of empowerment: how to give your direct reports real ownership over their work

HR Zone

Employees. The myth empowerment myth: giving staff ownership.

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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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Check Out My Post at Fistful of Talent Today - "The Day Google Died".

The HR Capitalist

I'm up over at Fistful of Talent today with a post entitled, " The Day The Google Died ". If you're like me, you love Google and rely on it every day. It's easy to think Google will be around for the rest of time. It won't, and my post explores why a recent decision related to an OFFCP request marks the start of the decline. Here's a taste: If there's one thing we know through the annuals of time and the history of the enterprise organization globally, it's that nothing is forever.

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Tie real consequences to performance to create empowerment and accountability

HR Zone

Employees. Tie real consequences to performance to empower.

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Selecting a Background Screener Is a Team Project

TLNT: The Business of HR

If you have ever developed a RFP or participated in a presentation for a new HR service or system, you’re familiar with the procurement process. A major purchase typically involves multiple departments that will ask financial questions and examine all parts of the new service or product.

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Insights from the CHRO Panel at #WorkHuman 2017

Lighthouse

This week I’m honored to be at the WorkHuman conference put on by Globoforce. The session this morning was chock full of great insights from an all star panel of HR executives, featuring: Rahul Varma, Global Head of Talent and Learning at Accenture. Kimberly Bors, SVP of HR at Schneider Electric. Vicki Williams, SVP of Compensation, Benefits, and HRIS at NBCUniversal.

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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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Employee happiness is not the same as employee engagement

Interact-Intranet

Here’s a contradiction for you: a happy employee is not necessarily an engaged one. The two terms are used interchangeably but for me, that’s an instant red flag. Yes, the two can undoubtedly overlap. Happier employees contribute to a more positive workplace culture , which can promote greater levels of engagement. Likewise, engaged employees may report higher levels of happiness than disengaged ones.

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My Dream Job: Doing TV Weather #CSODConf17

Laurie Ruettimann

When I was a kid, I wanted to do TV weather. I would’ve been really good at it, too, except I don’t know science. Or how to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. Or how to spell Fahrenheit without a spellchecker even though I ought to know better because Ray Bradbury is the man. I never did make it onto The Weather Channel , but I once turned down doing a segment on Fox & Friends back in 2010 because I didn’t want any part of that show.

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The Most Important Marketing Role You Haven’t Heard of — YET! The People Marketer

Mercer

People Marketer? Haven’t heard the term? Read why you’ll be hearing a lot more about this important marketing role with the power to rival even the most successful viral campaign. The post The Most Important Marketing Role You Haven’t Heard of — YET! The People Marketer appeared first on Mercer PeoplePro Blog.

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Workers care more about others during organisational change

HR Zone

Employees. During change, workers care more about others.

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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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Branham300 recognizes Replicon as one of top 100 ICT leaders

Replicon

REDWOOD CITY, California, & CALGARY, Canada — May 31, 2017 — Replicon, the leading provider of workforce, project, and time management solutions is thrilled to announce that it has been recognized as one of the top 100 leaders in the Branham300 for the third consecutive year. One of the Branham300 Top 250 leaders since 2009, […].

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coworker eats with his mouth open, new hire keeps disappearing, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My coworker makes loud eating noises all day. I work in a small start-up company with just six in-house employees in a large open concept space. My boss aims for an inclusive “round table” feel so we’re encouraged to dialogue throughout the day, i.e. no headphones. A new-ish hire of ours who works in a different department, but does work on 90% of my projects, has a terribly bad habit of eating with his mouth open.

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5 Tips to Supercharge Your Employee Referral Program

Yello

05/31/2017 // By tracy kelly // Employee Referrals. You post high-priority positions on your company’s intranet, offer employee referral bonuses and cross your fingers employees will refer friends and former co-workers, but your referral pipeline remains nearly empty. According to The 2017 Yello Recruiting Study *, 96 percent of recent grads want to refer friends into their companies, so why aren’t referral pipelines bursting?

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two of my employees have been ridiculing a coworker behind his back

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m a young business owner and new manager, and I could use your advice. Here’s the scenario… We recently had an employee (we’ll call him Fergus) resign to take on a new position. He left on a good note. While I was creating a backup of his company computer, I came across Skype conversations where he and a current employee (Jane) were ridiculing another employee (“Bob”).

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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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Talmetrix Employee Experience Survey – “Connecting Talent to Business Outcomes”

Talmetrix

As a leading employee feedback and insights company, we often hear HR leaders voicing similar complaints: “I don’t understand the link between our employee experience and problems attracting and retaining talent.”. “I’m focusing on workplace engagement, but I still feel like I’m missing the bigger picture.”. “I want to develop a people strategy, but I’m not equipped with the workforce insights that I need to make an effective one.”.

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I was hired as a change agent — and now my company is backtracking

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I was recently hired as a change agent designed to bring a new skill set into a well-established department. My manager identified several areas for performance improvements during the interview process. I’ve made an effort to learn about those areas and be delicate when making suggestions or asking questions. However, it seems that my manager has changed her mind because the team doesn’t want to change anything or learn anything new.

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Companies: Look To Regulations For Establishing Workplace Diversity Programs

Workology

This article was originally published on Forbes. You can view by clicking here. When it comes to the topic of diversity, organizations are applauded or reprimanded for their efforts. However, there. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.