TLNT: The Business of HR
JUNE 25, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is the 11th of 12 essays from the new book, The Rise of HR; Wisdom From 73 Thoughts Leaders. It’s compiled by Dave Ulrich, Bill Schiemann and Libby Sartain, and sponsored by the HR Certification Institute. By Robert E. Ployhart. Dave Ulrich’s 1997 book, Human Resource Champions , helped capture the role of HR professionals for the modern world.
Compensation Cafe
JUNE 25, 2015
I'm working with a small company with huge potential for growth. They are setting up another production location and we have been talking about how to make this work. Like every company back to the Cro-Magnon period, they are starting out by looking at compensation. You've got to start somewhere and insight into compensation provides the newbie with a staffing study, organizational chart, large portion of operating budget and so on.
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Cornerstone On Demand
JUNE 30, 2015
In Mumbai today, SHRM India hosted a CHRO Roundtable around the topic "Is your organization realizing it’s true potential: Is your talent strategy a facilitator or a road block?" Good questions, both. The conference was focused on addressing the notion (and one you've heard a fair amount about here on this blog) the fact that learning strategies hold the key to organizations' talent and business goals.
ClearCompany HRM
JUNE 30, 2015
If you’re just now starting your quest for the best applicant tracking system out there, we feel for you. There are hundreds of applicant tracking systems out there, and many of them come short. Some of them don’t have basic features every ATS should have. Some are just software made by someone on the side and sold to small businesses that don’t know any better.
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HR Bartender
JUNE 28, 2015
I believe that one of the most mysterious technology terms out there is SEO (aka Search Engine Optimization). Lots of people claim to be SEO experts. Many folks will tell you to do this or that because it “improves SEO.” But honestly, what does that mean? A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to hear Susan Vitale , chief marketing officer at iCIMS, talk about SEO in the context of human resources.
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ExactHire
JUNE 5, 2015
Recently I took a week’s worth of holiday time. It was used to recharge my mental health and reestablish bonds with my loved ones, as most holidays are. Our plans called for a canoe camping trip in the Ozarks. No internet. No phones. No radio. No electricity. Just us and the outdoors and any other people (or animals) we might happen to encounter along the way.
Something Different
JUNE 30, 2015
<zorbitsmath.com> …Getting this one up pretty late. Earlier this week I was involved in an employee relations issue where I thought I underestimated how strongly a colleague felt about something, and in the process didn’t dedicate the time I should have to what it turned out was a critical matter. And by the time I realized how upset the person was about the situation, it had escalated well past the point that I should have allowed it to.
Cornerstone On Demand
JUNE 29, 2015
Lifelong learning is now an institution, as evidenced by the massive success of digital "universities" like Coursera, Khan Academy, and more. And while consumers are taking education into their own hands —signing up for classes ranging from Economics 101 to mapmaking—companies are equally eager to incorporate self-motivated learning into employee learning and development.
ClearCompany HRM
JUNE 25, 2015
The performance appraisal isn't the most popular part of an employee’s job. Though companies around the world commit to them every year, 45% of employees think they are a complete waste of time.
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HR Bartender
JUNE 26, 2015
Tuesday, June 30 is Social Media Day. It was started in 2010 by Mashable to recognize and celebrate social media’s impact on global communication. Many cities host a local version – here’s what my community in South Florida is doing. If your city isn’t doing anything, then at least participate by expanding your social network by one meaningful connection.
ACA Times
JUNE 29, 2015
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the administration’s position in the ‘King v. Burwell’ case, supporting the legality of Affordable Care Act subsidies in all states, residents and legislators in states that have declined to expand Medicaid coverage are pondering what that ruling means to them. Drafters of the ACA assumed all states would take advantage of the law’s offer to cover most or all of the cost of expanding Medicaid coverage to include all Americans whose income was belo
ExactHire
JUNE 4, 2015
You’re in the homestretch of filling a vacant position within your organization. You have at least one candidate you are confident will help meet, or possibly exceed, your organization’s goals and objectives in this vacant role. The last item before crossing the finish line: pre-employment screening. Sometimes, pre-employment screening can feel like you have hit “the wall” over the course of a marathon instead of feeling the elation of crossing the finish line.
UpstartHR
JUNE 30, 2015
I had the distinct pleasure of seeing my friend Steve Browne speak this morning at SHRM. His session was intended to fire up the audience, and I’d say it was a smashing success. One of his comments was powerful, and I thought it deserved to be repeated here because I talk about certification quite a bit. If your certification is only about getting hours and credits, get the heck out of this profession.
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Cornerstone On Demand
JUNE 25, 2015
The U.S. has always been known as a melting pot; diversity is its strong suit. However, when it comes to corporate America, diversity has historically been lacking. Although 92 percent of U.S. population growth is attributed to ethnic groups and 36 percent of the workforce is comprised of people of color, only 21 minorities (that's right—21, not 21 percent) are Fortune 500 CEOs.
Something Different
JUNE 29, 2015
…the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations. – Earl Nightingale. <www.quoteauthors.com> For this week’s quote we can thank American Radio personality, Writer, Speaker and Author Earl Nightingale. It’s a reminder for me that while we cannot always control our environment, the way we allow it to impact us comes solely from within.
HR Bartender
JUNE 25, 2015
Tomorrow I’m heading to Las Vegas. I’m attending the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference. This isn’t my first SHRM Annual – in fact, my first SHRM conference (more than a few years ago) was also in Las Vegas. At that time, a small earthquake happened – let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself. The reason I’m writing this post is because last year I attended a blogging conference and, during the event, I met someone who posted an introduction on her blog.
PeopleStrategy
JUNE 26, 2015
In case you haven’t heard, there is a major scuffle happening in the HR/payroll industry that ultimately led one party to file a defamation suit against the other. While these two companies fight it out in the press and the courtroom, one of the primary – and extremely important – issues at the heart of the squabble is about security and employee data privacy.
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nettime solutions
JUNE 25, 2015
A business environment is comprised of both internal and external factors. We can’t control the external factors — things like market gyrations, national politics, and international events. However, what we can do is manage for those factors. Specifically, organizations like yours can manage time and attendance in response to our constantly changing business environments.
UpstartHR
JUNE 29, 2015
Last week I had the chance to see Dr. Ben Carson speak at an event. For clarity, this was a faith-based event, not a political one. I have seen the movie Gifted Hands twice (highly recommended!), and I was excited to hear some of his story in his own words. I picked up four pieces of wisdom on leading people and wanted to share those insights here.
ACA Times
JUNE 25, 2015
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on June 25 th that it is legal for government subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to be available to all Americans, as the Obama administration had argued. [ The full text of the ‘King’ ruling, and the dissent, is available here. ]. Plaintiffs in the landmark King v. Burwell case had argued that the subsidies should only be given to residents of states that had “established” their own exchanges or online markets for health insurance, as
Something Different
JUNE 26, 2015
Sue Holloway, Senior Practice Leader at WorldatWork discusses the differences between benefits for executives and other employees, deferred compensation plans, supplemental executive retirement plans, plan design, and uses of nonmonetary compensation. …A big learning for me from this video is that a lot of supplemental executive retirement benefits and perks are not guaranteed in the way traditional pension plans are (i.e. they don’t have ERISA protections) if a company becomes insol
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.
Achievers
JUNE 30, 2015
Gartner recently completed their “Technology Overview for Employee Recognition and Rewards Software,” a comprehensive look at the evolution of R&R technologies over the past five years. They investigated a variety of solutions, including the Achievers Employee Success Platform , to determine what features and functionality consumers can expect, the common use cases for employee recognition platforms, and what criteria HR and IT professionals should use to select a solution.
Snark Attack
JUNE 26, 2015
I was recently called out on one of those “top secret” Facebook groups everybody’s in, the kind populated with the same kind of people who think that promoting “Exclusive VIP Access” to anyone who clicks a link, about why, exactly, SHRM keeps asking me back year after year. Her insinuation was that all I do […].
RecognizeThis!
JUNE 26, 2015
by Lynette Silva. Recognize This! – Not recognizing employee achievements is the top communication issue preventing effective leadership. Confession time. I like commercials. Well, I like good, engaging, funny or emotional commercials. I cry every time I see that Folgers commercial with the soldier coming home for Christmas. And I actually replay the new UnitedHealthcare commercial of the couple trying to recreate the “lift” dance scene from the movie classic Dirty Dancing.
UpstartHR
JUNE 26, 2015
I learned this week that one of my former bosses nominated me for a Young Professional Award for the work I have done over the past few years, both with this site and within the community where I live. I was (and still am) humbled by that support. As far as I can tell, I’m the only HR guy in the running, and I have until July 1st to gather a few votes in the competition.
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.
ACA Times
JUNE 25, 2015
The changes to America’s health care delivery system introduced by the Affordable Care Act are causing some of the nation’s largest health insurance companies to explore merger talks with competitors. The ACA is likely to lead to “consolidation on a huge scale,” according to Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times. Anthem, Inc. has made a merger bid for Cigna Corp., Aetna, Inc. is in discussions with Humana Inc., and UnitedHealth Group Inc. has “made overtures” to Cigna, writes Sorkin, a highly
Something Different
JUNE 25, 2015
Check out this great infographic from HR, payroll, and benefits platform provider Namely. As always, if you like this infographic then follow its creator on Twitter here. Happy Thursday, Rory.
Achievers
JUNE 29, 2015
Employee onboarding is an essential part of the hiring process, and when it’s done effectively, it can set the foundation for long-term success in the employee’s new role. Too often, however, managers don’t realize the importance of onboarding and the long-term benefits of training and development , so they end up providing a poor-quality employee experience.
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