Sat.May 04, 2013 - Fri.May 10, 2013

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How to Pinpoint Your Company’s Key Players

Insperity

Building a staff of well-recruited, well-trained employees is only the beginning of your company’s journey. Things change – constantly. And being able to deal with that change and emerge a better organization is the goal of any business. To do so, you need to know where your top performers are within your organization , what characteristics make them your leaders, and how to strategically position them alongside the rest of your people to get the most out of everybody.

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5 must-reads for the in-the-know HR Professional: Week of May 10th, 2013

Achievers

As I prepped for the SocialHR Camp UNconference in Vancouver I couldn’t help but have social media on the brain. I have been reading article after article that speaks to the current relationship between social media and HR, how HR leverages social media and what social media will look like in the future when it comes to the workplace. I collected a handful of my favorite posts from this year that speaks to the HR professional and what they need to know to be social savvy. “2013: The Year of Soc

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How leaders can leverage six social media dimensions for employee engagement

David Zinger

'Social Media Leadership for Engagement. Roland Deiser and Sylvain Newton from McKinsey&Company wrote an insightful piece on the six social media skills every leader needs. The six dimensions and skills outlined by Deiser and Newton are: producer, distributor, recipient, adviser, architect, and analyst. I will briefly describe the skills and outline some ways that a leader can apply each skill to employee engagement.

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Everyone Is A Coach

NoExcusesHR

'I''m a big sports fan. Hockey is my favorite. It''s fast, and violent, and graceful, and full of finesse, and power, and endless hours of work away from the ice to get better. As in most sports, players, friends, families and fans are very engaged in every aspect of the game. They all think at one point or another that they are the coach. Not literally of course, but we''ve all seen or heard someone offer their perspective on how things should be done.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Why the Best Leaders Open Doors

45 Things

'It''s amazing how life''s most important lessons sometimes seem to come from the most unexpected places. Read on for how Bill Treasurer learned a key leadership lesson from someone who isn''t even close to voting or getting his driver''s license his latest column I did for Gannett/USA Today. What makes a good boss? The question was posed on Twitter recently, and here are some of the responses: • "A good boss treats employees with respect, works as hard as everyone else, solves problems quickly

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Now View This: 500 Videos on Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'500 Videos on Employee Engagement. We now have 500 videos relating to employee engagement posted at the Employee Engagement Network. This is a fantastic eclectic mix of videos on engagement, work, management, and leadership. These videos can inform, disrupt, inspire, engage, enthrall, and excite. There is something for everyone. I will create a concise list of the videos in the near future, for now ensure you join the employee engagement network and start watching by clicking here.

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Sanctuary and Healing Our Relationships with Work

The Bamboo Project Blog

' . Many of the people I talk to and many I work with are in pain about work. They have been treated poorly by toxic bosses, stressed out colleagues and uncaring organizations that regard them as disposable. Job requirements are constantly shifting and they live with daily uncertainty about the stability of their jobs. And as I''ve discussed before , the quality of many jobs from an employee perspective is trending downward, with expectations at all-time highs and wages and working condition

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How to Be More Productive if You're a Night Owl

45 Things

'Are you a morning person ? Or do you function best at night? For teenagers, science supports the idea that they’re not morning larks – they do better with later school start times and not being forced to function at 7 a.m. But as we grow older and have children of our own, we often experience a shift in our body clocks and begin to function better in the mornings.

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The NFL Draft and Risk v. Reward when Finding an Employee

True Faith HR

'Caught this tidbit on the St. Louis Rams draft in Peter King''s Monday Morning QB column at SportsIllustrated.com: Many have said the Rams are going to have one of these risky high picks -- Janoris Jenkins , Alec Ogletree -- blow up on them, the way Pacman Jones and Albert Haynesworth blew up on Jeff Fisher in Tennessee. I didn''t use it in the story for space reasons, but COO Kevin Demoff admitted to me that it was likely that one of these days they''d have an issue with one of the high-risk g

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Friday Factoid #31: Don’t Just Manage Employee Engagement, Engage Managers

David Zinger

'Employee engagement: The strength of one and the power of many. 80% of employees dissatisfied with their direct managers were disengaged. [link]. Commentary. Managers have a significant influence on engagement. When we improve the engagement of managers not only do we benefit by having more engaged managers we also improve the engagement of their direct reports.

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Clearing the Fog in Communication

QAspire

'Our communication at workplace needs a lot of simplification. Have you seen leaders who throw jargons and so called “hot words” that leave people more confused? When a boss says, “We need to get this done soon ”, people are left to wonder what soon actually means. I once observed a senior leader who was approached by his team member for some help on an issue.

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Modern HR, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human.

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen - The Most Engaged Employee Ever?

True Faith HR

'© Rex Features / Chaz Gerretsen It was with great sadness that I read this week about the passing of Ray Harryhausen, one of the icons of my youth. If the name is not familiar to you, you might at least be familiar with his special effects work in such films as Mighty Joe Young , It Came From the Sea , 20 Million Miles to Earth , Mysterious Island , One Million Years BC , and Clash of the Titans.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

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.

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Research Summary: Lessons From the Leading Edge of Gender Diversity

Inpower Coaching

Study: Lessons From the Leading Edge of Gender Diversity ( McKinsey: Barsh, Nudelman, Yee, April, 2013 ). Finding: By integrating the findings of several years of research, McKinsey has distilled four qualities of the organizations with the greatest gender diversity. Note about The Woman Effect Research Index: This study was performed by researchers not affiliated with InPower Women.

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What Goes Around Comes Around

DDI

If hiring the wrong person may seem like a relatively isolated, recoverable mistake, it’s one that is bound to come back around – and with a vengeance. To prevent this from happening in your organization: What are you doing to break this vicious cycle?

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#CIPD #Hackmanagement - Hierarchical ideas dying slowly ~ HR to.

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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Aurico Named as a Finalist in the 2013 American Business Award

Aurico

'Aurico was named a Finalist today in the category of New Product or Service of the Year - Software - Human Capital Management Solution for our WebACE™ platform in The 2013 American Business Awards, and will ultimately be a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie ® Award winner in the program. The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

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.

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Embedded Analytics for Financial Management in Workday 19

Workday

'We recently announced Workday 19, which delivers great new capabilities in Workday Financial Management. I''m particularly excited about our continued work in the area of embedded analytics, a unique offering from Workday that demonstrates—and delivers on—our focus on innovation.

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What Goes Around Comes Around

DDI

'If hiring the wrong person may seem like a relatively isolated, recoverable mistake, it’s one that is bound to come back around – and with a vengeance. To prevent this from happening in your organization: What are you doing to break this vicious cycle?

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Peter Cheese CIPD Progress Update ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human.

Strategic HCM

'skip to main | skip to sidebar. Home. Bio-Contact. Consulting. Speaking. Writing. About-HCM. Welcome. Welcome height=200 id=Image1_img src=[link] width=220/>. Connect with me. Jon Ingham. Contact me at. info [at] strategic [dash] hcm [dot] com. Skype: strategic-hcm. +44 7904 185 134. Read more by me in. Contributions from David Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Noel Tichy, Ed Lawler, Jon Ingham, Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans.

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Improve Your Hiring Process: Communicate With Applicants

ExactHire

How often is your recruiting department fielding unsolicited calls from applicants that are inquiring about the status of their application with your company? Too frequently? Well, its time to proactively communicate with your candidates so they don’t even feel the urge to pick up the phone or shoot off that next email inquiry. In the fourth installment of this “ Improve Your Hiring Process ” series, I talked about managing your pipeline of applicants effectively.

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

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?

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Maybe employees don’t leave managers, after all

Achievers

For years, it’s been common knowledge that employees leave managers, not companies. But a new infographic from Glassdoor disagrees: according to their research, only 8 percent of employees attribute their departure to their managers. Far more common reasons were lack of career growth (33 percent), salary and compensation (27 percent), company culture (15 percent), work/life balance (14 percent), work environment (12 percent), and overall company performance (11 percent).

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