October, 2017

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5 ways you can help employees get the most from their benefits

Insperity

From employer-sponsored health insurance to retirement savings plans, an attractive benefits package can help you hire the best employees and ensure you retain them for many years to come. This can go a long way toward positioning your company to excel in the marketplace and securing your reputation as a stellar employer. But as incredible as it may seem, many employees don’t take full advantage of all the benefit options their employer offers.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Happy Friday. Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. Sign-up for our weekly Hot in HR newsletter to get these updates via email. FUNDING. *This week’s Fundings: $100M+. AI Recruiting Company Mya Systems Announces $18M Series B Funding, Introduces Industry’s First AI-Based Technology to Automate Sourcing and First Multi-Lingual Support.

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Anytime Fitness CEO Highlights 4 Traits That Make Leaders Stand Out

Hireology

Note: This post originally appeared on Inc.com , where Hireology co-founder and CEO Adam Robinson is a regular contributor. Behind every great business growth story is a commitment to the people at the top. Anytime Fitness is the perfect example of what happens when the founders commit to creating competitive advantage through exceptional culture and people practices: for each of the the last eight years, Anytime Fitness has opened 300 new gyms, becoming the fastest-growing fitness franchise

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Employee Coaching Works When It’s a Part of Company Culture

HR Bartender

I ran across an article in Chief Learning Officer Magazine titled “ 7 Ways to Create a Coaching Culture ”. It’s a good read that you might want to check out. There’s one sentence in the article that I want to elaborate on today. “The magic of a coaching culture is that it is infectious.” I get the point of the sentence. I’m just not sure that it’s quite as simple as the sentence implies.

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Preventing Workplace Violence and Complying with California’s New Legal Requirements (SB-553)

Speaker: Speakers:

Every company everywhere should have a plan to combat workplace violence and properly respond to violent incidents. California has stepped to the plate and become the first state to mandate workplace violence prevention requirements for employees and employers. Even if you are in a different state or country, these workplace violence requirements are applicable to almost every employer anywhere.

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It Looks Like Medical Prices May Be Increasing in 2018. Here Is Why and What You Can Do to Help Your Business Prepare

Trinet

It’s time to start thinking about open enrollment and benefits renewal. It can be frustrating for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to have to budget for benefits when each year they see significant increases that outpace inflation. So what’s an SMB owner or HR professional to do? This post takes a deeper look at what the PwC annual report identifies as the three inflators and two deflators that are driving health spending increases for 2018.

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A Top Strategy For CEOs To Create Intentionally Positive Organizations

15Five

Most of us go to bed thinking about the work that didn’t get done and the tasks that are still on the list instead of recognizing what went well and how we moved the needle forward , even if only a little. That makes sense, since humans are wired to focus on the negative. This is evolution’s way of keeping us alive. For CEO’s and leaders running organizations, it’s important to acknowledge this natural negative lean.

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Tips and Tricks: Hiring on a Budget

Achievers

If you’ve ever touched the recruiting process, you’re well aware that hiring can be expensive! However, you probably also know that making a bad hire is even more expensive. According to Forbes, a bad hire can costs an employer “thousands of dollars”. So what are the best ways to hire with different levels of budget? We’ve helped compile some top tips and tricks for those hiring on any budget.

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If Neuroscientists Ruled the Workplace

WorkHuman

I’ve just returned from a super nerdy and fascinating conference – the NeuroLeadership Institute Summit in New York City (coined “the most brain-friendly conference in the world”). Now in its 10th year, the summit brings together speakers from academia and the business world to discuss how we can lead more effectively using neuroscience. When Dr. David Rock co-founded the NeuroLeadership Institute , this idea was very new to business leaders.

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Women in Leadership: Creating an Inclusive Community of Interest

HR Bartender

Communities of interest (sometimes referred to as affinity groups or employee resource groups) are exactly what you would think. They are groups of people who share a common interest, experience, or passion. The group is formed to share ideas and thoughts. Organizations have supported affinity groups for decades. There was a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek titled, “ Deloitte Thinks Diversity Groups are Passé ”.

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9 Leave Management Mistakes To Avoid This Year

The article talks about the 9 leave management mistakes that you should be avoiding with smarter technology in your organisation and save business costs.

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What Business Owners and Their Employees Need to Know RIGHT NOW to Fight Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Trinet

The issue of sexual harassment has received a lot of public attention recently as news stories have thrust it into the forefront of our social narrative. However, sexual harassment is still not clearly understood by many people, including some business owners and managers. This article is intended as a general guide to help businesses better understand sexual harassment in the workplace, take steps to prevent it and properly respond to allegations of sexual harassment.

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Try These 35 Inexpensive Employee Appreciation Day Ideas

Justworks

We all work long, hard hours. And that hard work can sometimes go without much recognition or appreciation. But it’s important to reward your employees for a job well done. Some surveys have shown that employee recognition has a direct correlation to employee satisfaction, and satisfied employees do better work and are less inclined to leave. Recognition makes employees feel appreciated: you're showing your peer, manager, or direct report that his or her work matters.

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The Best Companies Have A Culture Of “Yes”

Hppy

YES invites opportunity; NO closes the door on it. YES creates value; NO destroys it. YES is human. NO is mechanical. The leader who wants to build their business looks for ways to exchange mutual value with others; to find opportunities to respond to what others desire. To serve others in a way that will create long term relationships that prosper both the organization and the individual.

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The New Disrupted World of Work: Seven Practices For High-Impact HR

Josh Bersin

The world of work has been disrupted in ways I’ve never seen. We’re working many more hours (we’ve lost an entire week of vacation time since 2000), employees feel overwhelmed (40%. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Empowering Managers for Excellence

Speaker: Adri Glover - Head of People, and Mollie Hinz - Sr. People Partner

In the fast-paced world of work, burnout has emerged as a critical issue. Alarming statistics reveal two in five U.S. workers experience feeling burned out. However, the situation is even more dire among managers, with nearly half reporting burnout, often hidden behind their responsibilities and the desire to uplift their teams. Recognizing the severity of this problem is crucial.

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Why Your Marketing Team Should Be Journalists

Entrepreneur

Your brand needs content that has a strong voice, is well-researched, and tells your story. Who can write content like that? Journalists.

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Creating a Culture of Original Thinkers

HR Bartender

As business professionals, we often talk about company culture, employee engagement, and diversity. However, sometimes when we have these conversations, we talk about each topic separately. As in, “Company culture is important because…” or “Employee engagement will help your organization do…” and “Creating a diverse culture improves the business…”. At this year’s WorkHuman Conference, pioneered by Globoforce , author Adam Grant shared a roadmap for creating a culture of original thinkers.

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4 HR Strategies for Optimizing a Multigenerational Workforce in the Hospitality Industry

Trinet

It is a common misconception that the hospitality industry is made up of mostly young workers. It is not uncommon for restaurants, hotels, resorts and other hospitality businesses to have four or more generations of employees working alongside one another. Here are four specific strategies hospitality employers should implement to get the most from the full generational range of employees.

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Growth Mindset, Feedback, and the Power of Peers

WorkHuman

Hear more from Lynne Levy on feedback, growth, and development in the latest episode of WorkHuman Radio, embedded at the top of this post. Meaningful feedback is the lifeblood for learning and growing. As an employee, leader, and learner, I am always looking for new education, new projects to work on, and new ideas to explore. I don’t consider mistakes to be failures, but rather, learning opportunities.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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Q&A with Doug Lawrence: Mentoring as An Employee Engagement Driver

Hppy

Mentoring and Engagement – Is there a connection? There are different perspectives on what employee engagement is in the workplace. It is a topic that drives most leaders in an organization crazy as they struggle to get a handle on what the whole engagement thing is all about. Here is one definition that we found: “Employee engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals.” .

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3 Ways To Become a More Modern Leader: Culture, Technology, Innovation

Trish McFarlane

If you’re in a leadership position, one of the easiest patterns to fall into is working in past processes. In the short term, this is typically an acceptable practice. In the long term, it can be career suicide. If you’re someone who is stuck in the past, there are ways to overcome any resistance you have toward the modern workplace, how people need to work, how to better interpret data or accepting new technologies and the impact on your work.

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resigning via cod, a glorious out-of-office message, and other quitting stories

Ask a Manager

In case you didn’t read all of the entries in last week’s post about spectacular resignations , here are some of my favorites. 1. “One guy quit, and left up an out-of-office message with stupid quotes from all of his bosses and seniors over the year – attributed to them by name. Because our IT is so notoriously bad, it took well over a week from them to fully disable his account so that the out-of-office stopped being sent.” 2. “ The summer after my first year of

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HR Needs to Design Work For the Technology Age

HR Bartender

A few weeks ago, I published an article about the four different strategies organizations can use when hiring talent – buy, build, borrow, and bots. I’ve been thinking about the article and the implications for HR go beyond just hiring. We have to learn how to design jobs differently. I believe that human resources is the architect of work. They help the organization design good jobs.

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Managing Your Recruitment Agency Spend in 2024

Feeling overwhelmed by a juggling act of internal recruiting, agency relationships, and direct hire spend? You’re not alone. In today’s competitive talent landscape, building a dream team requires strategic orchestration. Recruiting agencies and search firms provide invaluable services, but managing them effectively alongside your internal team can pose unique challenges.

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What is the Point of Corporate Team Building?

TalentCulture

Love them or hate them, team building activities are a part of the modern corporate landscape. But as you and your colleagues outstretch your arms to catch Jackie from accounting for yet another trust fall, part of you might start to wonder: what’s the point? Team building exercises, particularly ones which are somewhat left-of-centre, are swiftly gaining in popularity.

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Supporting #LasVegas and Other Happenings at #HRTechConf

WorkHuman

As thousands of HR professionals fly to Las Vegas next week for the 20 th annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition , I think we can all agree that the victims of the horrific tragedy in Las Vegas this past Sunday are occupying all of our collective thoughts. If you’re looking for a way to help, attendees will have the opportunity to support the victims and their families by donating at the HRE booth in the expo hall.

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What Happens When Organizations Love To Get Complaints?

Hppy

Most organizations look at complaining customers as a necessary evil and part of the job that needs to be done, but it is not looked upon with a great deal of delight. They hate complaints with a passion! Also read: This Is What Happens When People “Talk” The Customer. Customers complain, frontline employees try and explain the company’s position in hopes to appease the annoyed customer and the customer goes away either satisfied or even more angry.

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Military Leadership Skills Create Great Employee Engagement, Business Results

HR Daily Advisor

One of the most underappreciated and undervalued skill sets that veterans possess for civilian employers is the ability to combine a command and control culture with the room and understanding for individual initiative. The combination of an adherence to process while exercising individual thought and initiative to adapt and adjust as business conditions change is an extraordinary asset in an economic climate characterized by doubt, risk aversion, and apprehension.

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Just landed: Ultimate Guide to I-9 Compliance

If you’re seeking guidance in the complicated world of I-9, you’re in the right place! As a pioneer in virtual onboarding tech, WorkBright has been simplifying the I-9 process since 2014 when they launched Smart I-9, a digital form built for speed, accuracy, and compliance. Ten years later, they’ve heard just about every I-9 question imaginable, so their team of experts has developed this comprehensive FAQ to distill years of experience into a practical and accessible guide to all things I-9.

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Why it’s time for HR teams to stop focussing on HR

Oracle HCM - Modern HR in the Cloud

Most employees don’t care about HR, at least not until they have an issue they need to resolve. It’s not that people feel strongly against human resources, it’s just that they don’t see how it contributes to their day-to-day job. That doesn’t mean HR is dead. People remain a business’ most valuable asset, and it is when HR spearheads the recruitment, nurturing and teamwork between these people that they perform at a high level and make the company profitable.

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High Performance Involves Taking Care of Yourself

HR Bartender

It goes without saying, but I’m going to say it anyway. If you’re stressed out, you can’t do your best work. Arianna Huffington talks about the importance of taking care of yourself in her six-part LinkedIn Learning course “Thrive”. My big takeaway was a confession that Huffington made at the beginning of the course. She talks about her own health struggles and says it shouldn’t take a crisis for us to focus on ourselves and what matters to us.

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Seven Things CEOs Need to Know About Millennials

TalentCulture

Whether you’re a CEO or a hiring manager, the future of your company’s success largely depends on building a good rapport with your millennial workforce. And even if you think you’re doing a good job attracting and retaining young talent , a recent PWC report found that it might not be as good as you think. In fact, millennials and the older corporate leadership they work for don’t always see eye to eye.