Sat.Jun 15, 2013 - Fri.Jun 21, 2013

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Gallup says managers from hell are costing you billions

Achievers

Managers from hell are the reason your top employees hate their job. Recent Gallup research shows that these managers are responsible for actively disengaging employees, costing the U.S. an estimated $450 billion to $550 billion annually. You read that right—bad managers are catastrophic for businesses. Only 30 percent of Americans with full-time jobs are engaged.

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Why the Spice Girls are Essential to Employee Engagement

David Zinger

'To make sure your employee engagement is not bland, just add Spice. I believe there is a much greater connection between employee engagement and the Spice Girls than most people imagine. I am not talking about having to form a female quintet dressed in colorful clothing. I am not talking about creating a musical recruiting YouTube video. I am talking about knowing what you want from employee engagement.

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#shrm13, Leadership Style, and Concert Attendance Rules

True Faith HR

'Can one tell a person''s management/leadership style by how they follow the "rules" of concert attendance? Well, the SHRM Annual Conference has come to an end. Lots of great speakers, SWAG, fun, networking and tweets. However, the highlight for some was the double dose of musical greatness - the tweet-up at the House of Blues with DJ Jazzy Jeff on Monday, and the Tuesday night entertainment with Kelly Clarkson.

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Developing Internal Case Studies: 5 Tips to Market LMS Value

Reviewsnap

'Companies have been putting more money into their learning and development budgets. In fact, Bersin by Deloitte ’s 2013 Corporate Learning Factbook shows that U.S. organizations grew their spending by 12 percent in 2012. With all those dollars being allocated to training , are your employees taking advantage of the opportunities? It’s easy for employees to forget or even miss that there’s learning management software available to them.

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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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5 must-reads for the in-the-know HR Professional: Week of June 21st , 2013

Achievers

Another exciting and educational event this week in Chicago! If you had the pleasure to attend there was no shortage of sessions, parties, and people to connect with at this year’s conference. A few highlights that stand out are Hillary Clinton’s opening keynote on Sunday, Glassdoor’s Tweet Up party featuring DJ Jazzy Jeff at the iconic House of Blues venue, and the buzz at the HIVE, SHRM’s social media hub.

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Observations On #SHRM13 Thus Far

True Faith HR

'This is the 13th SHRM Annual Conference I have attended. The routine is pretty much the same from year to year. So what, if anything, has stood out? The Speakers Hillary Clinton - didn''t get to see her. Closed to press. Blake Mycoskie - Nice inspirational message. Hard to screw up a talk about shoes at a HR conference. Definitely fit category 1 of Tim Sackett''s 3 categories of HR speakers Jennifer McClure - Talked on the Future of HR and knocked it out of the park.

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Friday Employee Engagement Factoid #33: Performance

David Zinger

'The 15% Gap. Most organizations need a 20% performance improvement to meet goals across the next year. But conventional performance management can only improve productivity by up to 5%. The key to achieving breakthrough performance is to focus on building employees’ enterprise contribution – the sum of individual task performance and network performance. ( Source ).

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Ask Amelia: Get the most from your personal brand on LinkedIn

Achievers

Dear Amelia, how can I get the most out of my personal brand on LinkedIn? New connections and potential employers are looking at your social profile, so you should take advantage of this opportunity. Here are four tips to help you get the most out of your personal brand on LinkedIn: Cover the basics. Fill in as much information about your work experience as possible.

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6 Lean Principles That Can Make You More Efficient

Quickbase

Even in the most structured organizations, many workplace processes are chaotic and disorganized. There’s incomplete or outdated documentation, duplication of effort, different people carry out the process in a slightly different way, or the same employee does something slightly different each time. This is stressful for employees and costly for organizations.

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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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What I Hope Hillary Rodham Clinton says at #shrm13

True Faith HR

'While I will not be able to hear Hillary''s speech, here is what I hope she will say in her speech at the opening session of the SHRM Annual Conference: That for many, work and identity are inextricably linked. Human resources plays a crucial and integral role in helping individuals identify and embrace their vocation. That this can be accomplished while still making a firm profitable and delivering shareholder value.

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The Many Faces and Phases of Engagement: Engaged Parenting

David Zinger

'I currently specialize in employee engagement. I often feel uncomfortable with that term as engagement can attach to so many elements of work and aspects of our life outside of work. We can engage with each other, we can engage with our organization, we can engage with customers or clients or patients or students, we can engage with the tasks of our work.

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[White paper] Class of 2013: Attract and retain tomorrow’s top talent

Achievers

It’s that special time of year where graduation speeches top YouTube and employers gear up for a new wave of applicants. And time for the annual Class of 2013 survey from Achievers and ConnectEDU! We surveyed over 10,000 recent graduates this year about what they expect from future employers and what they are bringing to the table. Overall, many of the results have been the same year over year, even in surprising areas like expected tenure.

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6 Stay Interview Questions That Top Employers Ask

Insperity

If you’re just learning about “stay” interviews, you may be imagining yourself in your office, facing a key member of your team who has just resigned, trying to convince that employee to “stay” with your organization. However, you don’t need to wait until an employee is leaving to hold a stay interview, when there may be little you can do to change his or her mind.

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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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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Top Cities for Female Entrepreneurs

Inpower Coaching

The number of female entrepreneurs is on the rise and (thanks in part to Lean In) so is their optimism about growth opportunities for their business. Where are the best cities in America for female small business owners to thrive, and what are the best ways to get to the top? Check out the graphic below to learn more. via: The Top Cities for Female Entrepreneurs [INFOGRAPHIC].

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Boost Rewards Heads to Minneapolis for the WBENC Show

Boost Rewards

'Boost Rewards is heading north to the 2013 WBENC National Conference and Business Fair at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN. The annual event is a great opportunity where more than 3,000 small business owners, government agencies, and Fortune 500 enterprises can connect with WBENC Certified Businesses. Boost Rewards will be exhibiting at the Click Here to Read More.

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The Innovation Paradox

DDI

'CEOs live a complex reality: They must balance long- and short-term priorities to maintain current profitability and drive future innovation.

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The Enterprise Cloud: A Unified Architecture Means Unified Experience

Workday

'The way a vendor builds an enterprise system can have profound implications for the usability and flexibility of the products it delivers to customers.

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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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The New 'R' in HR

Working Girl

'So here''s an idea. Write down your company''s top 3 business goals and see if you can find any common themes. I’m guessing what they all have in common is a need to respond to change with new business strategies. (Uncanny, I know.) Let’s take a quick look at some of the changes that are probably impacting your business strategy: Consumer technology has changed the face of business.

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Applicant Tracking System Cost: How Much Does Hiring Software Cost?

ExactHire

A common question people ask when approaching an ATS provider is: “how much does an applicant tracking system cost?” The answer is challenging because many variables come into play when buying applicant tracking software. This often leads to the answer that no one wants to hear: “it depends.” But let’s put that answer aside for now, and begin by helping you understand the variables that impact cost.

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The Innovation Paradox

DDI

CEOs live a complex reality: They must balance long- and short-term priorities to maintain current profitability and drive future innovation.

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