Sat.Feb 09, 2019 - Fri.Feb 15, 2019

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Can HR Be the ‘Marie Kondo’ of the Workforce?

HRExecutive

Despite steady GDP growth and company profitability, workforce productivity (output per hour worked) has been dragging for several years. Much of this can be attributed to the productivity killers that are common to work today. We spend way too much time on emails, meetings, time-consuming processes and other work overhead—all of which gets in the way of doing actual work.

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Does Performance Management Really Help Every Employee Become Their Best Self?

15Five

I’m about to introduce you to a proven methodology called Best-Self Management , that has led to unbelievable success at my company, and for every employee. By building a work culture and instituting practices that supported each person in being and becoming their best self, high performance and uncommon loyalty resulted naturally across the board. But first it’s important for you to understand how I got here.

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Healthcare HR and Nursing Leaders: Partnering for Improved Outcomes

Precheck

Healthcare HR and Nursing Leaders: Partnering for Improved Outcomes Feb. 12, 2019. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. Healthcare organizations have one mission—to provide quality care to patients. And nurses are integral to accomplishing that mission. But when it comes to the relationship between healthcare HR and nurses, many people focus on the problems plaguing nursing , including staffing shortages, turnover and burnout.

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The Advantages of Advanced Shift Confirmation

Sirenum

How much does your organisation spend trying to figure out if your workers are aware of today's shifts? How many employees do you have who have to make endless phone calls to verify you're going to meet client demand? If you run a staffing business, chances are your answers are "too much" and "too many". [ ] The post The Advantages of Advanced Shift Confirmation appeared first on Sirenum.

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Hiring for Culture Fit: Align Your Values, Roles and Candidates

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.

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The Next Employee Challenge: Loneliness In the Workplace

HR Bartender

Loneliness is not the same as being alone. Being alone is … being by yourself. If you Google loneliness, it’s being “sad because one has no friends or company.” Often, we talk about loneliness in terms of older people. In the New York Times article, “ The Surprising Effects of Loneliness on Health ”, the author shares that loneliness can raise stress levels, increasing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and dementia.

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We’re Only Human 50: Hitting a Milestone (Plus Special Guests)

UpstartHR

Welcome to our 50th episode! In today’s show Ben takes a different approach with a solo show to catch up on some happenings at Lighthouse Research, some of the key activities coming up on the research agenda, and some personal reflections now that the book is out in the market. Listen in to hear from a handful of special guests that are very “close” to the show.

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The Employee Experience Platform: A New Category Arrives

Josh Bersin

One of the biggest trends in employment is finding ways to make work easier. In this hot job market employees are quitting their jobs in record numbers, and studies show that the voluntary turnover rate is now over 15%. (This means almost one in six people are leaving their jobs voluntarily to look for another. Read more» The post The Employee Experience Platform: A New Category Arrives appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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How to Convert a Disengaged Employee Into An Engaged One

Achievers

Disengagement is contagious and costly, and it’s your responsibility as a manager or HR professional to deal with this contagion before it spreads throughout your workplace. Overall, 16 percent of employees are actively disengaged, according to Gallup , but even one disengaged employee is one too many. You can spot an actively disengaged worker as someone who disrupts projects by dropping the ball, overburdens co-workers who have to complete undone tasks, and ruins team cohesiveness by undercutt

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we have twice-daily mandatory group therapy at work

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am really uncomfortable with a new development at my office and I feel like quitting is the only option now. I’m an administrator for a private recovery and mental health center, not a clinical or medical staff member, so I’m not at risk for emotional burn-out. We were notified last year that we now have a mandatory group therapy session as a staff first thing in the morning (8 am) and before we leave (5:30 pm) and that all staff must participate.

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Your 2024 Annual Talent Acquisition Roadmap: Its Seasonal!

Recruiting is seasonal! Our popular Talent Acquisition Roadmap helps you master seasonal hiring like a boss. We break down key data on the ever-changing job market so you can take advantage of peak hiring times and ace recruiting even in slower seasons. Whether you need to scale up your team quickly or get creative in tighter times, this roadmap helps you understand the recruiting landscape.

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The Cold-Blooded Art of Owning/Getting In Front of Huge Career Mistakes.

The HR Capitalist

Let's face it. If you're in the game and playing to win. you're going to have some failures. Sh*t that goes sideways. . "Regrettable situations", as I like to refer to them. I like to think Teddy Roosevelt had it right at the turn of the last century when he gave a speech widely known as " The Man In The Arena ". It goes a little something like this: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

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5 Ways to Create Effective Interactive Training Content

Kitaboo - Employee Training

Employee training is no longer limited to sitting back and watching PowerPoint slides. L&D teams are looking out for interactive training content so that the employees can learn and retain the information effectively. Interactive training content, as the name suggests, requires interaction between the trainer and the employee. But today, as mobile-based training is on the rise, the interaction now has to be between the course module and the learner.

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How Knowledge Workers Really Spend Their Time

TalentCulture

Despite the lip service organizations give to reducing productivity-killing emails and unnecessary meetings to help workers focus on what matters, the problem of workplace distraction may be getting worse. U.S. workers say they spend only 40 percent of their workday on their primary tasks, and that they’re often distracted by emails, meetings and administrative tasks, according to the fascinating 2019 The State of Work report released by Workfront, a provider of cloud-based work management solut

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Want to Succeed With Continuous Performance Management? Focus on the Value to Employees

Workology

Every HR pro knows that the way we work is changing radically. Hierarchical, heavily structured organizations are being almost fully replaced with more flexible, adaptable and agile models based on. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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From Awareness to Action: An HR Guide to Making Accessibility Accessible

Speaker: Danielle Johnson - Director of HR, Compliance & DEI in AI tech at Impact Observatory

Making accessibility accessible for organizations of all sizes may seem complex, but it doesn’t have to be. Prepare to broaden your understanding of Disability, Cultural Competency, and Inclusion with this insightful webinar. We’ll explore disability as a vibrant culture, understand the nuances of reasonable accommodations under the ADA, and navigate the complexities of undue hardship while challenging the status quo of accessibility practices.

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Four things you should never say about change

HR Zone

Change. Four things you should never say about change.

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Expressing the Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace

The SHRM Blog

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, a group of employees engaged in an exercise around love languages. The task was for them to identify and discuss their love languages among themselves. The goal was for each person to have a better understanding of how they like to show or receive love in the workplace. Love in this context is not referring to romantic relationships at work.

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Expressing the Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace

SHRM

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, a group of employees engaged in an exercise around love languages. The task was for them to identify and discuss their love languages among themselves. The goal was for each person to have a better understanding of how they like to show or receive love in the workplace. Love in this context is not referring to romantic relationships at work.

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3 Ways to Lighten up the Performance Management Process

Workology

How many times has your performance management process left you feeling confused and annoyed, rather than motivated? If you’re like me, the answer is too many. Fortunately, there is a better way. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Delivering DEI Training That Drives Real Change

Speaker: Jeffrey Hall, Chief Creative Office of WILL Interactive

Great DEI training improves engagement, retention, and teamwork. Poor training does little. What content areas are right for our organization? How can you construct training around empathy-building, relatable stories for a positive disposition to hard topics? We’ll cover the latest research on how to make training that actually delivers attitudinal and behavioral shifts.

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Microchip Implants: Big Brother in a Chip Coming Our Way?

Symantec

As more organizations begin wading into uncharted territory, society will be forced to examine a host of new privacy and security questions – without easy answers

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The Leader’s Guide To Employee Feedback

Engagedly

Feedback is always a tricky line to tread. Leaders are in the unfortunate position of maintaining a delicate balance between being too overbearing or coming off as too lax. Because feedback is such a balancing act, most leaders […].

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There's nothing wrong with taking a mental health day

Jostle

Sometimes, when the pressures of life and work reach a boiling point, it’s helpful to take a mental health day to recharge our batteries. But in many workplaces that’s simply not an option, so we take a sick day instead. We find ourselves covering up a very real issue by telling our boss that we woke up with pink eye again.

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Different Goals for Different Roles: The Betterworks Guide to Departmental OKRs

Workology

Truly motivating a workforce requires nurturing a sense of purpose. Two primary ways of achieving this are providing employees with continuous coaching and feedback from managers who are. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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Putting Humanity into HR Compliance: Try Second-Chance Employment

SHRM Resources

When information surfaces that an applicant has a criminal past—regardless of how much time has elapsed since the crime, the nature of the offense or other circumstances—employers and HR professionals tend to reject the applicant. This risk aversion is understandable but regrettable. Employees with criminal pasts are no more likely to misbehave, perform poorly or create a liability risk than other workers.

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Reduce Financial Stress with This Type of Insurance

Best Money Moves

Reduce financial stress with this type of insurance. Research by Life Happens shows most Americans with life insurance experience less financial stress knowing their family is financially protected. Americans say feeling financially secure adds the most meaning to their lives, even more than being in love or owning a home, according to recent research by Life Happens.

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Engaging Remote Employees

Engagedly

There are a lot of perks to working remotely. Remote employees get to set their own schedule, can work in the comfort of home and of course, they don’t have to deal with the hassle of a daily […].

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Driving Better Results with OKRs: A Q&A with Auth0’s Ari Schapiro

Workology

At Betterworks, we partner with rapidly growing companies to empower and motivate their workforce. Auth0, a global leader in Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS), recognized that to win in today’s. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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Future-proof your I-9 compliance for 2024

Speaker: Join I-9 Experts:

Got I-9 compliance on your mind? Spending endless amounts of time ensuring you stay compliant? Get your questions answered with an expert panel from WorkBright. During this one-hour webinar, Workbright will dive deep into I-9 best practices, navigate the nuances of the new 2023 'alternative procedure,' and learn actionable ways to ensure your audit trail is squeaky clean.

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Swiss Saturday: The Passive Aggressive Note

Evil HR Lady

A couple of days ago, a neighbor placed the above note in our mailbox. Here’s a rough translation (as I’m not a professional translator). Dear Lucas Family, Is it too difficult to walk through the house before you go to bed (and turn all the lights off)? Neighbors, animals, and the environment (subject light pollution!) thank you! And more money will stay in your wallet.

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Top 9 Digital HR Tech Trends for 2019

Digital HR Tech

Whenever I hear the word ‘trend’ I tend to think it’s something temporary. Like those slap bracelets for kids in the nineties. Remember those? All of a sudden, they were just there and all the cool kids were slapping themselves on the wrist with them – only to completely disappear a couple of months later. Digital HR and HR tech trends, however, are usually here to stay.

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The Manager’s Guide To Effective Employee Satisfaction Surveys!

Engagedly

Gallup reports have revealed that only 33% of the U.S. workforce is engaged, and only 15% of employees worldwide are engaged and according to Gallup, companies that ultimately implemented a process to improve employee engagement have increased their […].

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