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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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.

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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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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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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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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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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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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.

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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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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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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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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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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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How To Become A Limitless Leader

Forbes Coaches Council

Leaders can overcome their limits to achieve breakthroughs. In other words, leaders can become limitless leaders when they identify those aspects of their operational habits that limit their leadership.

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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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