Wed.Jul 18, 2018

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Network Analysis Enhances Merger Integration

Analytics in HR

Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) can be a powerful tool to help leaders improve mergers of legacy organizations. ONA data can reveal ways to speed integration, drive change, create retention and staffing strategies, foster acceptance of change and facilitate cultural integration. Although some ONA analyses produce clear and easily actionable results, others require careful investigation to generate maximum benefit.

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Do Counteroffers Work in the Long Run?

HR Daily Advisor

When an employee that you value wants to leave, you might dust off the old counter-offer and see if it sticks. But what if that is really only delaying the inevitable? AndreyPopov / iStock / Getty Images Plus. In the fight to hold onto top talent, many companies are offering higher salaries to workers who announce they’re planning to quit for a better job opportunity.

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The Behavioral Science Behind Feedback

Reflektive

Michael Scott once said , “Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”. SEE ALSO: Ultimate Guide to Employee Check-Ins. That’s actually a very real question—”feared or loved?”—that many managers face, especially when it comes to providing constructive feedback to employees. It can be a delicate balancing act—trying to coach employees for improvement while also being sensitive to their feelings and trying to maintain positive relation

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A five-step framework for evaluating and improving recruitment operations

Engage2Excel

All employers, large and small, are competing to attract and retain employees for the same hard-to-fill jobs in today’s highly competitive, candidate-driven marketplace. McKinsey & Company reports that more than three- quarters of Fortune 500 CEOs do not believe their companies are effective at attracting highly talented people. Of those CEOs who do consider their companies successful at attracting top talent, only 7% believe they are effective in retaining them.

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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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Future-Focused Performance Management Is HR’s Next Big Thing

Reflektive

Research shows that managers spend an average of 200 hours on performance reviews and documentation per year. This is why companies are increasingly looking for performance management solutions that minimize wasted time and make reviews a more positive experience. Traditionally, performance reviews and appraisals focused on past performance without any consideration for future accomplishments.

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5 Tips to Help Transform Your Workspace into an Employee Benefit

Justworks

Increasingly, today’s workers are seeking out employers who prioritize their well-being and encourage a sustainable work-life balance. But unless you’re a Fortune 500 company or are backed by millions (or billions) in funding, it can be difficult to measure up to the perks offered by the Googles and Facebooks of the world (e.g., gourmet meals, on-site gyms, massages, tuition reimbursement, free shuttles to work, etc.).

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4 Ways To Guarantee A Positive Workforce

Hppy

It goes without saying, the productivity and success of any business are wholly reliant on its workforce. If employees are happy in their working environment, they will remain focused on their individual tasks, as well as share in the communal ethos driving their organization forward. Also read: 4 Actionable Steps Towards A More Positive Culture. For those with the responsibility of managing employees, it is of the utmost importance that a spirit of positivity is maintained.

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Cutting-Edge Company Culture Examples: Introducing “What Culture Could Be”

Kazoo

Successful entrepreneurs may start with a great idea — but they succeed because they enable innovation, stellar results, alignment to the mission, and a willingness to go into battle together. They win by creating amazing company culture. Great cultures drive exceptional business results, not the other way around. But where can you find company culture examples that deliver winning results?

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Your Invite to #DisruptHR HSV: Let’s Do This

UpstartHR

If you live within driving distance of of Huntsville, Alabama, I’d love to personally invite you to the first ever DisruptHR HSV on August 16th at 5:30pm. If you’re not familiar, DisruptHR is a global movement made up of local grassroots-level events giving HR and business leaders an opportunity to network and discuss how we can change HR for the better.

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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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Using Recognition to Drive Engagement: Inside Scotiabank’s Pay It Forward Campaign

Achievers

Are you currently using recognition to boost employee engagement across your organization? You should. Scotiabank , a leading financial services provider, is already ahead of the curve and finding innovative ways to spread employee recognition across 90,000 employees globally. Before diving straight into Scotiabank’s recognition success , let’s get to know the company a bit.

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The 3 Unique Challenges of Healthcare Recruiting (And How to Solve Them)

UrbanBound HR

If you work in recruiting, you already know that sourcing and hiring talent is a challenge. However, the obstacles that come with healthcare recruiting can make hiring A-players even more difficult. While there are many things that make recruiting in the healthcare industry more demanding, we will discuss 3 common challenges and provide some ways you can help solve them.

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"No Poach" Recruiting Agreements Continue to Fall Across Corporate America.

The HR Capitalist

If you've been in the business world long enough, you've ran into executives at both small and big companies making agreements to not recruit other company's employees. These agreements are a by-product of the good-ole-boy network and usually the result of one executive knowing another and agreeing to keep each other's companies "off-limits" to recruiting efforts.

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5 People Management Skills Every Manager Needs

Lattice

People management hinges on your ability to connect with and understand others, but that's not all it is. When you add in the management aspect, it's clear that just being good with people or having a high EQ isn't all that is called for. Yes, people management skills are grounded in good emotional sensitivity, but they're learnable tactics that focus on building relationships as a manager, not innate charisma.

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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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"No Poach" Recruiting Agreements Continue to Fall Across Corporate America.

The HR Capitalist

If you've been in the business world long enough, you've ran into executives at both small and big companies making agreements to not recruit other company's employees. These agreements are a by-product of the good-ole-boy network and usually the result of one executive knowing another and agreeing to keep each other's companies "off-limits" to recruiting efforts.

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3 Customer Service Trends Affecting MSPs

crewhu

Managed service providers as an industry are losing its blur. Even people outside its influence are reaching the point where the concept is understandable. What’s helping is an overall standardization.

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Ep143 – How Workplace and People Analytics Can Drive Results in HR

Workology

HR is the secret weapon for an organization. In part, this is due to its responsibility for planning and strategy surrounding a company’s most valuable asset: its people. In order to be our most. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution. HR is the secret weapon for an organization. In part, this is due to its responsibility for planning and strategy surrounding a company’s most valuable asset: its people.

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Dear Moms, Do You Want Your 35-Year-Old Living in Your Basement? Because This Is How You Get That.

Evil HR Lady

My friend, Pam, was thrilled when her teenage daughter landed a job. As an HR person herself, though, she was surprised when her daughter’s new manager called to speak with her. After all, it wasn’t Pam’s new job–it was her daughter’s. Well, the reason for the manager’s phone call can be summed up in two words: Helicopter moms.

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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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Meet the Bayzlanders: Safwan Youseph

Bayzat

Safwan joined Bayzat as a young, eager intern who quickly showcased his strong ability to connect with customers by converting insurance leads to customers at a high clip. Just one month into his internship, Safwan was hired.

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Aging Workforce Challenges: Trends, Statistics and Impact

Digital HR Tech

We talk an awful lot about Millennials and Generation Z. How to attract them, hire them, and keep them in our company. Many studies have been done, experts have been consulted, all to figure out the magic formula to keep these younger generations happy and engaged. But what about the aging workforce and its challenges? Aging workforce statistics. First off, a couple of aging workforce statistics to give you an idea about the extent of the problem.

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It's Time to Suffer

NoExcusesHR

" I'm not good enough." "I'm not going to get that new job." "I really messed up that relationship." "It's my own fault.I just can't handle all this pressure." "I'll never have an opportunity to get ahead here." Our Mind: Friend or Foe? The often discussed - and even more frequently " heard " - minds of ours can be so powerful that we sometimes get lost, literally, in them.

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update: my intern is refusing assignments because of her politics

Ask a Manager

Remember last week’s letter about the intern who was refusing tasks because of political objections ? Here’s the (very interesting!) update. I apologise for being so late in getting back to you. I had a family emergency and missed seeing that you had posted my question until after you had closed comments. Then I wanted to take the time to read through all the comments (1300+!

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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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The Importance of a Continuous Talent Conversation In Hiring Great People

TLNT: The Business of HR

Hiring talented workers, let alone top tier professionals, has become so competitive companies must be constantly on the lookout for unique ways to meet their talent needs. With more investment money pouring into new startups and into expanding existing companies, the talent market is becoming ever more hyper-competitive. That is making employer brand distinction, unique talent acquisition programs, talent technologies, candidate experiences and internal/external communication of core company va

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my employee works late every night, but it seems to be her fault

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: Recently I’ve encountered a tricky work issue, and I’m struggling to come up with a solution. I’m a new manager with one direct report. I’m also a recent addition to this team, which I’ve since learned has had a lot of turnover and inconsistent leadership in the past year. My direct report is one of the few people with over a year’s experience working in this group.

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How to use company culture as a competitive advantage

CultureAmp

It doesn’t take conscious thought to tell your heart to beat or your lungs to facilitate breathing. They’re going to work their magic automatically. In other words, they got this—leaving you free to focus on walking without tripping and not eating more ice cream than your body can handle.

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Where Companies Can Find Passive Executive Candidates

Thrive TRM

The labor market hasn’t been this tight in 20 years, making it harder for employers to find quality executive candidates when they need to fill a position. The right candidate is out there, but that candidate may not be actively looking for a job and may never hear about your position if you stick to traditional recruiting methods like posting the job on job boards or even on your company’s website.

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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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how to manage an overly talkative intern

Ask a Manager

This week on the Ask a Manager podcast, I talk to a manager whose intern is way too talkative — and who has some boundary problems too. The show is 23 minutes long, and you can listen on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , Spotify , Stitcher , or wherever else you get your podcasts (or here’s the direct RSS feed ). Or you can listen right here: Here’s the letter that kicks off the discussion: I could really use some advice on managing an inexperienced person.

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Look Beyond the Stereotypes When Considering Benefits

TLNT: The Business of HR

As employers try to figure out what employees want most, there can be a tendency to rely on gender and generational stereotypes that often don’t meet the individual needs of employees. Our recent survey of 2,200 employees shows what a mistake that is. We found little consensus on life goals within age groups. In addition, there aren’t the great disparities you may expect to see between genders when it comes to life goals.

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How Leaders Build a Culture of Continuous Learning in the Workplace

DISC Assessments

A full time job alone can be difficult to manage. There never seems to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. However, the most effective leaders not only encourage employee learning outside the workplace, but foster an environment which encourages and supports it. In this week’s story, human resources consultant Jean Norman, offers several recommendations to help leaders build an environment of continuous workplace learning.