Sat.Nov 24, 2012 - Fri.Nov 30, 2012

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5 Steps to Creating Employee Development Plans That Truly Work

Insperity

A well-thought-out plan provides your employees with opportunities and clear direction on how to increase their skills and advance their careers. And with a more expanded skill set, they have more tools to help your business forge ahead. It’s a win-win for you and your staff. But an employee development plan or program shouldn’t be created off the cuff.

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The Social Cliff - #HealthcareHR

NoExcusesHR

'With so much chatter about the fiscal cliff dominating the conversation lately it started me thinking about healthcare leaders and the social cliff. Quite frankly, why have so few healthcare leaders, particularly those in human resources leadership roles, failed to add their voice to the social conversation? Here''s the reality folks, there is no such thing as a social cliff, even if your gut instinct tells you so.

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5 Etiquette Lessons for the Workplace

45 Things

The workplace sometimes changes so rapidly it's hard to keep up with what we're supposed to do and not do. But some things stick around -- like the importance of good manners. That's why I thought it was a good issue to explore for my Gannett/USA Today column. Is it OK to tweet during a business conference? Should you stand up when shaking hands? Do you get the boss a holiday gift this year?

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3 Quick Book Reviews (featuring @incblot @sepinwall) #popHR

True Faith HR

'" You''re Not That Great " by Dr. Daniel Crosby In " That''s Interesting: Towards a Phenomenology of Sociology and a Sociology of Phenomenology (1971)," Murray Davis distinguishes between two types of theories: "Interesting theories deny certain assumptions of their audience, while non-interesting theories affirm certain assumptions of their audience.

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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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Going for a Global Reach

Bersin with Deloitte

How far-flung is your company today? And how many new boundaries will it likely cross over the next decade? And how might these questions influence your choice of a software application provider? This was a question we studied in the new Talent Management Systems: 2013 report that was recently released (see the report for more details). […]. The post Going for a Global Reach appeared first on Bersin by Deloitte.

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Employee Engagement: Lessons from London Drunks and Disruptive Voices (#E4S)

David Zinger

Employee Engagement and Employee Voice. I am in London today for the Engage for Success event this afternoon. My wife and I are staying in central London on Charing Cross Road. It is a brilliant location in the heart of the theatre district but it is also a very busy area. After long sleep deprived travel I was jolted out of sleep last night by the loud drunken voices of people leaving the pubs and bars in the area.

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#PTAwards - Sunderland City Council and HR Technology ~ 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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Now What? Why Continuous Learning Improves Performance

Reviewsnap

'It’s been six months since your latest performance review. You had walked out of your boss’s office with a development plan in hand, and you were ready to get started. And then it got busy. And there was that emergency project. And you suddenly realize you’ve made zero progress on that plan. OK, well, no one’s really paying attention. You can say you worked on “improving communications” — just send a few more emails.

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Complacent or Competitive

NoExcusesHR

'My HR practice has changed dramatically over the last few years. In 2008 I thought I was hitting my stride. In a great job, felt like I knew my stuff, and was introducing strategies that were changing the culture of my organization. I was in the zone. For a very short period of time. Complacency Kills For some reason I''ve been blessed, at least I would consider it a blessing, to be ultra-competitive.

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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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The Grammar of Employee Engagement: 3 Pronouns With a Verb

David Zinger

3 Pronouns with a Verb . Last Monday, I ranted against viewing employee engagement as a static noun. Based on comments and contributions from others I have reworked the grammar of employee engagement into 3 pronouns with a verb: I engage. You engage. We engage.

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Credibility and the 2012 Election

True Faith HR

'Imagine, if you will, your sales and marketing team making broad claims of success for your organization - gaining significant market share, increasing sales volume, what have you. However, at the end of the year, not only were they wrong, the were widely off the mark. What do you do? Fire them? Pat them on the back and say better luck next time? What is their responsibility for their inaccurate claims?

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Archie Norman at the #E4S Launch conference

Strategic HCM

' We''re kicking off with Archie Norman talking about work in the production era from his time at McKinseys - firms paid people, measured them. Everything was easy. But you can''t pay spot rates like that now. We treated people as transactions and they treat their work and the people who work for them as transactions too. Everything has changed, particularly people and their attitude to work.

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Regrets, Not Doubts

NoExcusesHR

'I learned a lot of important rules about family, faith, and my country growing up. All three categories seemed to blend together into a core set of beliefs that made perfect sense back then, and still do today: - be thankful for your freedom - no one is better than anyone else - work hard at school and later in your job - help others in need when you can - violence is never a first option - treat everyone with respect - learn from history I don''t think most people would disagree with these rul

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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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Employee Engagement’s Rosetta Stone (#E4S)

David Zinger

London – Employee Engagement – The Rosetta Stone. As I looked at the Rosetta stone in the British Museum today I began to think of our collective work at unlocking the code for employee engagement. There has certainly been lots of contributions and my own 10 block Pyramid of Employee Engagement is an attempt but I think we have a long way to go.

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What You Don’t Know About Getting a Raise

Quickbase

According to Tribe HR’s new Pay Raise Index, women received more pay raises than men during the first nine months of 2012, but men earned larger pay raises. TribeHR analyzed salary and workplace recognition (“kudos”) data from 20,000 employees at 2,200 small to medium-sized companies between Q1-Q3 2012, and found that, 7.4 percent of women […].

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Top Socially Shared HR Blog ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital.

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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In 100 Words: Love Made Visible

QAspire

Seeing someone turning a mundane activity into art is always very gratifying. Meet Dr. Soda. He sells flavored soda on the roadside. He loves his work and calls himself a “Ph.D. in Soda”. For him, making soda is the medium to entertain people. He juggles soda bottles, makes a soda blindfold, speaks three languages, entertains kids, initiates conversations, smiles a lot and offers a distinct experience – all for just 10 bucks.

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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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Get the Employee Engagement Picture: Engage for Success Go Live Event (#E4S)

David Zinger

Well done all involved in the Monday Engage For Success Event. It was a pleasure to attend the Engage for Success event in London yesterday and see how the UK is leading the way in employee engagement! I look forward to my event on Wednesday on engagement, strengths, innovation, and excellence in conjunction with Strengths Partnership. If you are in London and available I encourage you to attend.

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Strategies for Recruiting Success: Initial Contact and Communication is Critical

Hospital Recruiting

As a strategy for physician recruiting success , the first rule of thumb is to make initial contact with new candidates as quickly as possible. These days most physician job searches begin with online job boards. Many of these job boards will distribute a physician’s contact information to dozens, or perhaps hundreds, of competing recruiting firms and in-house recruiters.

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Diversity rising up the Agenda ~ HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital.

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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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Aurico

'Gain new insight into the new EEOC Guidance and learn how to apply it from Pamela Devata, partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Register for our upcoming Webinar, EEOC Guidance Updates & How to Take Action , on November 29 @1:00-2:00pm CST.

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.

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Employee Engagement Friday Factoid #10: Employees Trust Strangers More Than Bosses

David Zinger

Trust is a must or work is a bust. The results indicate that the majority of respondents trust a stranger more than they trust their boss. About 44% for bosses and 58% for strangers. From the Managing Talent in Troubled Time HBR report. Commentary. Clearly many of us have work to do to build a level of trust and it certainly does not mean acting like a stranger when you are someone’s boss.

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The 2013 Talent Management Systems Market: Explosive Growth and Change

Bersin with Deloitte

This week we introduced our fifth annual research study of the explosive talent management software market. While we don't try to summarize this complex space in a single "magic quadrant" or "wave" chart, what we have done is analyze market share, growth rates by segment and company size, vendor key strengths and weaknesses, vendor market position, […].

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The Paradox of “Women’s Leadership Training”

Inpower Coaching

Our economy needs women in leadership. When women are more than tokens in leadership – representing over 30 percent of the team in diverse business specialties – their organizations perform demonstrably better. Not only are women naturally good leaders, showing the capacity to balance their leadership styles to achieve results even more adeptly than men at times, but they are hard workers and driven to succeed as executives as well.

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USCIS Launches Spanish-language I-9 Central on USCIS.gov

Aurico

'U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a Spanish-language version of I-9 Central, an online resource center designed to provide information and assistance related to the most frequently accessed form on USCIS.gov: Form I-9, Employee Eligibility Verification. This free, easy-to-use website provides employers and employees simple one-click access to resources, tips and guidance to properly complete Form I-9 and better understand the Form I-9 process.

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

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

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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ICE Releases Guidance on Evaluating Electronic I-9 Systems

Aurico

'The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released the first-ever official guidance document for evaluating electronically generated and stored I-9 records during an audit. The document provides guidance to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and auditors on what information they should collect from employers using electronic I-9 systems as well as the minimum electronic audit trail requirements for use in determining I-9 related fines.

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Federal Trade Commission revises required forms to be used by January 1, 2013

Aurico

'The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revised the “FCRA Summary of Rights” document to incorporate amongst other things the new agency—Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that now has oversight over the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Before January 1, 2013, employers should use the new FCRA notice for their background check programs. The FCRA Summary of Rights form must be included: (1) as an enclosure with the first of the two “adverse action” notices—the “pre-adverse action” notice; and

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FROM THE BLOOPER BOOK

Aurico

'Digging deeper and learning as much as possible about an applicant to help you hire the “A” players is our MO. But sometimes our team of interviewers receives TMI—Too Much Information—when talking to past employers and references. Here are excerpts from some of our favorite conversations. Interviewer: “So what does he excel in?” Response: “Um. I have to go.

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