Kazoo
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Yesterday at our company all-hands, we had all offices dialed in and connected, albeit virtually, to each other to celebrate a strong year and have one last team hoorah before 2013 begins. I think most could say that a year-end, all-hands meeting is not the definition of fun or engaging, so I wasn’t too pumped. Just another to-do before my afternoon of packed meetings.
Achievers
DECEMBER 10, 2012
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NoExcusesHR
DECEMBER 10, 2012
'One of my favorite responsibilities is to address new staff members each month when they attend new employee orientation. I kick things off for the first hour and try to make it anything but normal. I yell, strut around the large conference room making jokes, using videos, a slide deck, and banter back and forth with one of our HR employees who goes along with my shenanigans as if we were a stand up comedy team.
David Zinger
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Do you have work criteria? Viv McWaters is one of my favorite bloggers as she posts on Beyond the Edge. I like her sense of connection, community, improvisation, facilitation, and work. I appreciated the criteria she created to determine projects she would work on: Can I make a real contribution? Is there a need for my skills? Will I make a difference?
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Bersin with Deloitte
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Last week, three pieces of information came my way that made me both excited and pensive about the future of education and learning. The first was a conversation I had with a learning professional in a major corporation who told me that they were trying to figure out how to best curate online content, including […]. The post The Relentless Tide of Online Learning appeared first on Bersin by Deloitte.
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NoExcusesHR
DECEMBER 14, 2012
'I seem to be moving faster than ever lately. I love to be challenged in my work, and it has not disappointed me. In periods like this I wonder what I''m missing.who am I missing.what projects are falling behind? So many questions, pressures, and sometimes. mistakes. I hate that. I just get so busy picking my feet up and putting them down faster and faster that my productivity can actually decrease.
David Zinger
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Great coaches ask, and own their strength and strengthening feedback, rather than fault-finding and telling. Help others coach themselves by beginning with three engaging self-feedback questions after a specific performance or during a one year performance review: What stood out for you? What did you like about what you did? What would you do differently if you were to do it again?
True Faith HR
DECEMBER 11, 2012
'Growing up, it is not uncommon for many of your childhood friends to be the children of your parents'' friends. The parents would get together for dinner and drinks and, inevitably, the kids would be thrown into the mix. A couple of years ago, we had a holiday gathering with some of those long-time family friends. We were reminiscing on the many memories we shared, and the question arose from one of our parents, "What do you feel was the worst thing we did as parents?
Strategic HCM
DECEMBER 10, 2012
'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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Reviewsnap
DECEMBER 11, 2012
'Avoiding Compressed Performance and End-of-the-year Stress The end of the year is coming and with it comes accelerated deadlines. Even if your office is open between the Christmas holiday and New Year’s, your ability to be productive is really tightened by a three-week month. On top of that, people are distracted, stressed and trying to get out the door for vacation.
David Zinger
DECEMBER 13, 2012
Sick of, and sick from, disengagement. Engaged employees take an average of 2.69 days sick a year; the disengaged take 6.19. From Employee Engagement: The Evidence. Commentary. Engaged work can be a powerful pathway to wellbeing and disengagement can be a slippery slope to being sick. Engagement is so much more than just trying to get more work out of people!
Business Management Daily
DECEMBER 14, 2012
Are you or someone else in your family buying a home? Mortgage interest rates are still favorable by historical standards, but you might decide to pay one or more “points” to a lending institution to get a better rate. The post Score tax points for a mortgage appeared first on Business Management Daily.
Insperity
DECEMBER 12, 2012
Offering your employees a retirement plan doesn’t have to be a burden on your budget. The federal government offers tax benefits to help make retirement plans more affordable for small businesses. Here are a couple of ways you can save some money by sponsoring a retirement plan. Receive an income tax credit. If you establish a new 401(k) plan and have not maintained another plan within the three preceding years, your business may be eligible for an income tax credit of 50 percent of the qualifie
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45 Things
DECEMBER 12, 2012
Do you know anyone who has not been bullied? I sure don't. Even people I know who are bullies have told me about physical or emotional abuse they've experienced in their lives, which is often what led to them becoming bullies. They simply mimicked the behavior they were being shown. I've written about workplace bullying many times over the years, and I wish I could say that it seems to be a thing of the past.
Insperity
DECEMBER 10, 2012
Now that you’ve brought your ideal employees into your organization, how do you keep them there and ensure they’ll be a continued part of your business’s success? Properly administered employee appraisals can help you guide and retain the talent you worked so hard to recruit. “Just as you would not purchase a large piece of equipment without planning for maintenance, you should not hire an employee without a performance management plan in place,” says Scott Fitch, division president at Insperity
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