Jason Lauritsen
MAY 1, 2020
I’ve been struggling the past couple of weeks to write. Every time I sit down in front of my keyboard, I feel conflicted. The range of issues facing people leaders and organizations varies so widely. On one end of the spectrum are those employers whose primary challenge is supporting the employees who moved from an office environment to working from home.
Quickbase
MAY 1, 2020
We’ve officially rolled out drag-and-drop integration and automation capabilities–enabled through Pipelines technology–that empower business users to easily build workflows. The introduction of safe, secure integration and automation capabilities for business users makes Quick Base the most complete low-code platform for delivering operational agility and insights.
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Compensation Cafe
MAY 1, 2020
Picture the scene; you have just completed a presentation to senior management, complete with analysis and recommendations for next year's compensation program. Now you stand ready for the question and answer session. Now is the time to defend your proposals. With a carefully blank facial expression, your COO poses a single question. why so much? Justification or Excuse?
HRExecutive
MAY 1, 2020
Just a few months ago, the country had a record-tight job market, prompting candidate experience to come front and center for many HR leaders. Even now, as unemployment in some industries soars because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, others are in a hiring frenzy—and are eager to put their best foot forward from the very first interaction with a prospective employee.
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Professional Alternatives
MAY 1, 2020
With many employees working from home, there has been a sizeable uptick in video conferencing. While the need for communicating with your colleagues remains steady, more and more companies are turning to virtual meetings. While so many technology options that have emerged, what is the best way to run a successful video conference meeting? Here are some easy-to-use vieo conferencing tips to get things going: — Best Video Conferencing Tips. — 1) Cut Down on Presentation Time.
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Ask a Manager
MAY 1, 2020
I offer for your enjoyment this amazing email I received this week: I thought you and your readers might be amused by a meeting that my spouse’s company had recently. The topic was “Tips on Staying Productive While Working from Home with Kids” and the meeting was hosted by three people from their HR department. Some of the tips included: Have your kids listen in on meetings and teach them how to take notes.
ACA Times
MAY 1, 2020
2 minute read: Congratulations if you were one of the lucky ones to receive a Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan! Remember, under Section 1106 of the CARES Act, as clarified by the Treasury Interim Final Rule issued on April 2, 2020, up to the full amount of your PPP loan can be forgiven based on your compliance with certain loan requirements. Below is a simple step checklist to assist you in staying in compliance with the terms of the PPP and qualifying for maximum loan forgiveness.
ADP
MAY 1, 2020
For new remote workers, it can be challenging to manage mental health and working from home. Here are seven tips to support your employees.
Vantage Circle
MAY 1, 2020
COVID-19 proves to be a leveler in the workplace. There are terror, confusion, and fatigue all around. Situations have changed overnight. The speed in which the pandemic has affected the workplaces are beyond imagination. But, leaders continue to inspire and motivate. As they say, a crisis draws the best out of good leaders. They have navigated their way and have already planned ahead of the next stage of this global crisis.
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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.
Limeade
MAY 1, 2020
May is Mental Health Month — a time dedicated to show our support for those who suffer from mental disorders and illnesses. It’s also a time to show our efforts for supporting mental health at work. We know that workplace well-being isn’t just about physical well-being — it’s much more holistic. Mental health plays a huge role in whole-person well-being — it includes emotional, psychological and social well-being , ultimately affecting how people think, feel and act.
Forbes Coaches Council
MAY 1, 2020
A dynamic sales culture can lead to higher employee engagement, increased retention rates and elevated productivity from the frontline warriors of an organization.
Thrive Global
MAY 1, 2020
Life will not be the same after the coronavirus pandemic. That is an understatement, but how could the healing process improve our interpersonal relationships and our perspectives of life? Working from home, being physically apart from other coworkers, but spending more time with family has forced us to reevaluate our personal goals in general. We can emerge from the crisis stronger if we reassess our priorities and realize the potential benefits of the new reality.
WorkTech
MAY 1, 2020
Imperative announced a $3 million investment round and the release of its fully automated peer coaching technology platform which they position as ideal for the “post COVID-19 workforce.” We talked to Imperative founder, Aaron Hurst recently. Imperative is focused on managers and teams for scripted one-on-one coaching conversations. In a more distributed world of work, […].
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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.
Forbes Coaches Council
MAY 1, 2020
With uncertainty comes the need for adaptability. Use these tips to lead your company through tough times.
Ask a Manager
MAY 1, 2020
It’s a special “where are you now?” season at Ask a Manager, when I’m running updates from people who had their letters here answered in the past. Here are three updates from past letter-writers. 1. Car alarm keeps disrupting our office (first update here ). After my neighbor’s father got involved (chief of police), the alarm stopped for a while.
i4cp
MAY 1, 2020
As we plan for an eventual return to work, executives need to recognize that the glue that holds organizations together is not the corporate headquarters or physical offices. It’s the more invisible qualities of purpose, culture, and brand. The interconnectedness of these three elements has always existed, but this equation needs to be carefully managed right now, particularly as individual states make determinations on when it’s safe to return to the workplace, and companies follow suit.
Payactiv
MAY 1, 2020
When so many of us face job losses, old scams are escalating, and new ones are popping up every day. Key is to be aware and protect ourselves. The post Too Good to Be True appeared first on PayActiv.
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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?
Thrive Global
MAY 1, 2020
Medical research agrees laughter is good medicine but can it work for caregivers and older loved ones during a pandemic crisis? In 1979 Norman Cousins wrote his seminal book, Anatomy of an Illness , chronicling self-prescribed laughter as a cure for his debilitating disease. He advised 10 minutes of laughter (his solution was watching “The Marx Brothers”) gave him 2 hours of pain relief.
The Employer Handbook
MAY 1, 2020
Adam Ginsburg / CC BY-SA. I’m glad that you folks enjoyed yesterday’s recipe post. I got a lot of positive feedback, especially on the beer bread. That doesn’t really shock me, given the state of play right now. But, I’m not judging. Unfortunately, if this were a full-time cooking blog, I’d be left sharing insights into tuna fish sandwiches, grilled cheese (use mayo to get a nice golden brown crust – trust me), and scrambled eggs.
i4cp
MAY 1, 2020
28% of respondents to an i4cp survey report that they are feeling collaborative overload due to higher collaboration demands than before COVID-19. The top communication / technology culprits contributing to feelings of collaborative overload are video meetings (78%) and email (71%), followed by collaboration platforms such as Slack and Teams (47%). The concept of “collaborative overload” entered many people’s vocabularies after the cover story with that title, written by Rob Cross, Rob Rebele, a
marenated HR
MAY 1, 2020
Tired of making the same boring recipes? Spice up your recipe repertoire with Red Branch Media’s Quarantine Cookbook! We have combined the Brancher’s favorite recipes into a series worth drooling over. We’d love to see what you cook up! If you try one of our recipes take a picture and tag @RedBranch. Looking to spice up your #quarantinecooking game?
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.
Pollack Peacebuilding
MAY 1, 2020
All workplaces experience conflict to varying degrees of intensity. Some interpersonal conflicts in the workplace can be managed in a way that supports team building and individual growth while other conflicts grow to the point of needing mediation or legal proceedings to address the issues at hand. Utilizing informal conflict resolution strategies can help keep conflict from having public or even legal ramifications and keep the issues in-house to be effectively addressed.
Ask a Manager
MAY 1, 2020
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: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything , by Janelle Brown. A mother and two daughters, all with secrets of their own, spend a summer grappling with family drama. * I make a commission if you use that Amazon link.
Thrive Global
MAY 1, 2020
The question (and answer) of productivity is inherently elusive. It seems to have no answer and the longer you think about it, the more lost you get. But what if there is an answer? Let’s define productivity first. I like this definition from Psychology Today : “Productivity hinges on mental energy, a sense of motivation, alertness, and buoyancy. It often emerges naturally from work that one finds inherently meaningful or valuable.
Ongig
MAY 1, 2020
What are the optimal Communications job titles? I asked my team to help me analyze which Communications/Public Relations job titles work best. In this mini-report (the latest chapter in Ongig’s Job Titles: The Definitive Guide , you’ll find guidance on: Communications Job Titles Hierarchy — The standard for Communications/PR department positions. The 20 Most Searched-For Communications Titles — A pie chart of the top 20 Communications/PR positions that candidates search for on Google.
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.
Looop.co
MAY 1, 2020
As soon as Coronavirus hit the UK, Oliver Bonas was quick to create dedicated resources within Looop that covered essential […]. The post Oliver Bonas, supporting employees during the Covid-19 lockdown appeared first on Looop.
HR Examiner
MAY 1, 2020
Small Scenarios 3 - MVP's. HRExaminer v10.70 for May 1, 2020. We continue the Small Scenarios for Changing Times project from John Sumser, Heather Bussing, and Michael Kannisto, Ph.D. This issue is on MVP employees - Modern Succession Planning for Operational Continuity. Get your free download in the article. Small Scenarios 3: MVP’s. The Small Scenarios project covers systems that have been broken by the discontinuity we are experiencing in the coronavirus pandemic.
Thrive Global
MAY 1, 2020
Transformative change rarely happens without a catalyst and a crisis. A crucible. A time of profound trial at the end of which something new and much better emerges. The term comes from the vessel used by medieval alchemists which withstood extreme heat to turn base metals into gold. In modern times, “crucible” has taken on a metaphorical meaning: an event, moment or experience that transforms us.
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