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Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made? Why it Matters For Recruiters

Take It Personel-ly

The question of whether great leaders are naturally born or created through a combination of environment, circumstance and effort has long been debated. There are strong, compelling arguments to back up either side, but for many, the question is purely intellectual. For those of us in recruitment, training, and development, the answer to this question … Continue reading Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made?

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Death By Lousy HRM — The Whole Story In One Sitting!

In Full Bloom HR

Preface. I don’t know what got into me. Without any planning of plot or characters, without any outline of key points chapter by chapter and, quite frankly, without knowing what the hell I was doing, I just started writing. The first chapter was posted 12-6-2016 (the finale on 12-30-2016), and then the fat really was in the fire. Except for our annual holiday letters to friends and family, field reports of our travels, a few blog posts about holiday traditions, and similar, I haven̵

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Why Fast-Growth Companies Should Invest in Real-time, Daily Learning

Cornerstone On Demand

Quick growth is a blessing and a curse, and organizations often don't take the right steps to stave off the curse because they are so busy growing. This is a mistake. Growth means change, and change is uncomfortable. Discomfort will fester and grow right along with an organization unless it is hit head on. How can you do this? By treating change as an opportunity to learn and develop as an organization.

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How to Lower Your Cost Per Hire in 2017

ClearCompany HRM

As a recruiter, finding the best talent for the job is only a portion of your concerns. You also have to find a candidate who fits the organizational culture and at a low cost.

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Investing in HR Software: How to Get Internal Buy-in

Buying HR software is a major decision. That’s why finding the right provider based on your needs and ensuring key decision makers are on board is vital. Download Paycor’s guide for tips to address common concerns across your buying committee.

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Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made? Why it Matters For Recruiters

Take It Personel-ly

The question of whether great leaders are naturally born or created through a combination of environment, circumstance and effort has long been debated. There are strong, compelling arguments to back up either side, but for many, the question is purely intellectual. For those of us in recruitment, training, and development, the answer to this question … Continue reading Are Great Company Leaders Born or Made?

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Your Employees' Inability to Speak Up Is Costing Your Business Big Money

Cornerstone On Demand

Open door policies are pretty ubiquitous, but simply having the policy doesn't mean people will actually speak their minds. Your employees aren't telling you everything they should and it's costing you—$7,500 per conversation failure and seven work days—according to a new study led by best-selling authors Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield. That's what the lack of open communication costs you, and here's why: One in three employee say their culture does not promote or support holding crucial con

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How to Turn Your Workplace into the Best Recruitment Tool Ever

ClearCompany HRM

Workplace environment has become a pretty big part of the whole employment package. Job seekers scour career sites and social media pages to get a glimpse at the offices and dress code of companies they’re interested in working for, and candidates make a note of scoping out the hallways for personality clues when called into an interview.

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The Candidate Experience: Perspectives on Video Interviews, Assessments, and Hiring

Lighthouse

In some ways, hiring looks very similar to what it did twenty years ago. People search for positions, indicate interest, and are filtered down until the most promising candidate is offered a job. However, the technology we use has upgraded considerably over time. Today employers have tools to increase efficiency and efficacy, including video interviews, automated assessments, and more.

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Your Company Culture is Responsible for Attracting and Retaining Talent

HR Bartender

Enough can’t be said about the importance of company culture. It’s the “thing” that keeps the organization together. Well, let me clarify…if organizations truly believe and embrace their culture, then it’s the thing that brings the organization working together to achieve its goals. There could be companies out there that talk about workplace culture, but don’t live the words.

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Secrets to the Switch: Choosing the Best HR Software in 2023

Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

Does your organization need more productivity (and less pain) from your HR software? With the increase of technology-dependent remote work and highly sophisticated cyber threats on the rise, it's critical to successfully implement an HR platform that can help your organization see actionable information in real-time to hit all your key workforce KPIs.

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The Do's & Don'ts of an Engaging Wellness Program: Part One

Cornerstone On Demand

This is part one of our three part series by Benjamin Prinzing, President of Kadalyst Partners , exploring the 10 things you need to do to engage employees in your wellness program. The number one undisputed challenge employers face in their wellness programs is employee engagement. The big question everyone seems to ask is, "How do we get employees to show up?

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Integrating Time & Attendance with Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems

nettime solutions

The Problem: You Have a POS System, Now You Need a Time & Attendance Solution. Retailers, especially those preparing for an expansion, often find themselves in a pickle when it comes to time & attendance solutions for their businesses. POS systems are established when a business first opens, and time & attendance comes as an after-thought.

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Who Performs Better At Work, Introverts Or Extroverts?

15Five

Like most ways of being, introversion or extroversion ( properly, extraversion) is not absolute. Yet people tend to form an identity around this label, ostracizing the other for being too outgoing in the case of extroverts, or too quiet in the case of introverts. Introversion is also often confused with shyness, but shyness is just a fear of social judgement.

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The One Thing You Need to Learn How to Do Well in 2017

HR Bartender

…is give and receive feedback. Regardless of what you think about performance reviews, feedback isn’t going away. In fact, organizations are encouraging more of it. As consumers, we get more opportunities to give feedback about products and services. I was recently at a hotel that sent me a text message after my first night, asking me to rate my stay so far.

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2023 HR Technology Trends: What's New and What's Next

Speaker: Ben Eubanks - Chief Research Officer, Lighthouse Research & Advisory

The world of HR has changed so much in recent years, and so have the technologies and tools that support HR and talent leaders. But frankly, keeping up with the ever-changing HR tech landscape can feel like another full-time job. That's why we're sharing with you this webinar session with Ben Eubanks, Chief Research Officer for Lighthouse Research & Advisory.

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Culture Crash Course Lesson 6: Best Practices for Employee Surveys

CultureIQ

Collecting ongoing employee feedback, through both informal and formal channels, is a crucial component of a successful human capital strategy. It is how you know what is keeping employees around, what might be encouraging them to leave, and any opportunities that fall in between. . Surveys, though not the only form of collecting employee feedback, are especially important because they enable you to systematically collect data that you can then use to make educated decisions going forward.

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U.S. Sled Hockey Squad Credits Chemistry in Creating Its #UltimateTeamMoment

Ultimate Software

Today’s #UltimateTeamMoment is all about team chemistry, and how young players and accomplished veterans have worked together to achieve victory. The U.S. sled hockey team has won six consecutive international tournament titles, dominating on the ice since the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Team USA credits the incredible chemistry among the athletes for its consistent success.

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Why Employees Love Social Recognition

Achievers

A business isn’t anything without its employees. So in order for your business to be successful in the long term, you have to ensure your employees are consistently performing at their best. How do you do that? By focusing on employee engagement. According to Gallup , “Companies with engaged employees outperform those without by 202 percent.” But how can you move the needle on employee engagement?

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How the Big Ideas Fueling Tech Trends Explain How to Simplify Relocation

UrbanBound HR

In the tech world, nothing happens in a vacuum. An innovation in one sector has rammifications in another area that may not even be tangentially related. Everyone is looking for the next big solution, and sometimes the idea motivating a trend is applicable across the board. Tech trends have a way of transcending borders, and relocation technology is not immune to these effects, as these three big tech stories show.

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The HR Leader’s Guide to Recruiting & Hiring

62% of Paycor survey respondents say we’re in a permanent talent shortage. By 2030, we’ll see more jobs than workers (BCG).

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Are we there yet? Is 2017 FINALLY the year to say buh-bye to the annual engagement survey?

Kazoo

Companies are still doing annual engagement surveys… Definitely not ideal, but also– we get it. It’s tough to change things you’ve been doing for a long time. But clearly, what we’ve been doing isn’t working. That’s why we keep hearing every year that almost 70% of employees are disengaged. Proof-positive o ur workforce solutions need to change.

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Employee Succession Planning: Everything you Need to Know

EmployeeConnect

Succession planning is one aspect of talent management that identifies and develops employees within an organisation with potential, in order to fill in key positions as and when they become available or vacant. Succession planning has evolved over the years and it is constantly evolving and changing to suit the changing business practices and scenario.

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7 Creative Ways to Attract Top Talent

Achievers

By: Sara Sayegh-Moccand. Digital Marketing Specialist, SalesWings. The goal of every recruiter is to find a candidate that perfectly fits the open position. In fact, perfectly aligning a candidate with a company is the most rewarding experience a recruiter can have. When you hire the right person your company likely will not incur costs such as time lost in further recruitment efforts or in training somebody that might not be a perfect fit.

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4 Proven Ways Your Employees Will Benefit from HR Software (And in a Big Way)

UrbanBound HR

Implementing new and up-to-date HR software into your company can be quite an undertaking, but it can reap benefits for the whole organization. Especially your employees. When your employees benefit from new technology, your company in turn benefits from greater employee satisfaction and even improved productivity. We're going to explore some of the ways that your employees will benefit from the implementation of HR software and why it's so important for your company to stay at the forefront of

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Upskilling HR: Future-Proof Your HR Career

Speaker: Jeanne Achille - CEO, The Devon Group

Is your HR department running around barefoot like the shoemaker's children? If so, you're on a collision course with the ever-changing realities of the workplace, which necessitate strong HR tech skills. In this webinar, we'll look at why HR should invest in learning to ensure organizational resiliency and employee retention. Consider it self-care as we discuss how to future-proof your own career through the opportunities provided by upskilling.

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Are we there yet? Is 2017 FINALLY the year to say buh-bye to the annual engagement survey?

Kazoo

Companies are still doing annual engagement surveys… Definitely not ideal, but also– we get it. It’s tough to change things you’ve been doing for a long time. But clearly, what we’ve been doing isn’t working. That’s why we keep hearing every year that almost 70% of employees are disengaged. Proof-positive o ur workforce solutions need to change.

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What is the Law of Congruent Experience? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

What is the Law of Congruent Experience? Employees will deliver a Customer Experience that matches their own experience in the organization. Employees are the face of your brand. They’re on the front lines and in direct contact with your customers. Sure, customers are also seeing your website, marketing, and real estate, but those do not outweigh a salesperson who goes out of her way to solve a problem or a school counselor who stays late to help a student with college scholarship forms.

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The Mind Is the Foundation of a Good Start to 2017

ATD Human Capital

Mindfulness has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity and acceptance these last few years. Many scientific studies have explored the positive link between practicing mindfulness at work and improvements in wellness, leadership, communication, performance, team relationship, and conflict resolution. The opportunity to develop tools and skills that significantly enhance team development and leadership has many benefits.

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How to Build a Best Practice Performance Management Process? (Roles & Responsibilities)

EmployeeConnect

The performance management process often gets ignored in today’s agile operating environments where people change jobs quickly and employees often care more about their industry and peer reputations than they do about company rankings. Many companies have replaced the formal performance review with greater managerial input into daily operations, social media and customer reviews and informal check-ins.

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Employee Open Enrollment Letter Template

When it comes to benefits, communication is critical. To help you easily explain your offerings at open enrollment, Paycor created an open enrollment sample letter (and a few tips). Download this free Employee Open Enrollment Letter Template today.