Sat.Mar 19, 2016 - Fri.Mar 25, 2016

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For those who love to learn and lead, consult!

HRchitect

Written by: Cheryl Tyson. As a member of the leading Human Capital Management (HCM) consulting firm, HRchitect, I find the field of consulting to be a fascinating one. Organizations hire consultants generally because they have a problem that they would like help with and don’t have the necessary expertise internally. Our clients see us as experts and as professionals who can efficiently and objectively assist them.

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5 Biggest Challenges for Small Business Entrepreneurs

Paycor

Though successful small businesses are incredibly vital to our country’s economy, it can be an awfully daunting challenge to build one from the ground up. The road to success is fraught with even more challenges and some of those change from year to year because of advancing technology, a shifting economic climate, and the uncertain human factor of both your customers and employees.

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5 Tips to a Fresher Onboarding Process

ClearCompany HRM

Ah, onboarding: the breakfast of employment. No new hire should begin their position within a company without a balanced and well-planned onboarding program. Unfortunately, just like the most important meal of the day, onboarding is often overlooked, rushed or simply forgotten all together. Many HR administrators seem to agree as 56% feel their onboarding solutions are only “somewhat structured” to “not at all structured.”.

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How to Keep HR and Finance in Sync on Workforce Planning

Visier

In the NFL, skilled wide receivers are often the star players on their teams. Mention Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, or Terrell Owens, and there’s a good chance that even people who don’t normally follow football will recognize their names. Wide receivers are known for their speed – with 40-yard-dash times that compare well to track athletes. By definition, their role is to catch the football when the quarterback throws it.

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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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5 Ways to Keep Performance Reviews From Becoming Boring

HR Bartender

I wonder sometimes if the reason there are so many complaints about annual performance reviews is because people find them boring. Let’s face it – it’s the same process using the same form. And if the goal is for employees to have consistent performance, that means that managers are discussing the same thing with employees. Every year. Long-term employees have participated in the same process each year for what seems like an eternity.

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Spring Clean Your Hiring Process [Infographic]

ClearCompany HRM

It’s officially spring and you know what that means? Time to spring clean your talent management processes. From sourcing to onboarding to performance management, it’s the perfect time for lean, efficient processes to set your company up for success for the rest of the year. Take a look at our new infographic and motivate your company to jump start spring cleaning your talent management house now!

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7 Trending HR Topics You Must Know in 2016

Trinet

The legal landscape for employers is constantly shifting and can be very confusing. Below, we touch on seven trending HR topics you need to be aware of in 2016 and direct you to resources to learn. Visit site for full story.

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Who Owns Your Company Culture

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. To learn more about designing and managing a company culture that drives bottom line success, check out fellow board member and Kronos Chief People Officer David Almeda’s chapter in The Workforce Institute’s latest anthology, It’s All About Bob(bie): Strategies for Winning with Your Employees.

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The Problem with HR Technology Integration

UpstartHR

Technology is everywhere in the workplace today, but one of the biggest problems for many companies is integrating the various systems they have. If you have a favorite performance management system and want that to feed into your company’s learning management system so you aren’t duplicating entries and potentially messing up data, good luck.

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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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How to Squash Conflict in the Workplace

CultureIQ

Workplace conflict is an unfortunate reality. Not only is it uncomfortable, it can be costly , translating to $359 billion in losses for U.S. companies annually. Disagreements happen in even the best work cultures. Although conflict is often inevitable, leaders can help their team out of a tiff with proper conflict resolution. Here’s how you can stop a conflict in the workplace before it causes major problems: Deescalate the situation by listening.

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The Affordable Care Act Turns Six: Let’s Take a Look at the Year Ahead!

Trinet

Six years ago, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) transformed healthcare and became part of the business landscape for every employer. Since then, we have seen significant changes in regulations, Visit site for full story.

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Who Owns Your Company Culture

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , the global leader in delivering workforce management solutions in the cloud. To learn more about designing and managing a company culture that drives bottom line success, check out fellow board member and Kronos Chief People Officer David Almeda’s chapter in The Workforce Institute’s latest anthology, It’s All About Bob(bie): Strategies for Winning with Your Employees.

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What really hurts productivity?

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! — Inadvertently placing unnecessary rules on employee behavior, instead of offering more freedom, can hurt productivity. A couple of days ago, I wrote a post that addressed some recent research on the negative impact that corporate award programs can have on firm productivity. Most of my emphasis there was on the problems inherent in the design of those types of attendance awards, and why such findings can’t be applied to true employee recognition programs.

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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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HR Tech and Relocation: In the News

UrbanBound HR

UrbanBound’s weekly news blog brings you all you need to know in one convenient spot.

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5 Ways Employers Can Embrace Election Season in the Workplace

Trinet

Discussion of politics in the workplace has traditionally been considered taboo by most organizations however, these days, it’s difficult for people to hide their personal viewpoints. Many people. Visit site for full story.

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5 Ways to Keep Performance Reviews From Becoming Boring

HR Bartender

I wonder sometimes if the reason there are so many complaints about annual performance reviews is because people find them boring. Let’s face it – it’s the same process using the same form. And if the goal is for employees to have consistent performance, that means that managers are discussing the same thing with employees. Every year. Long-term employees have participated in the same process each year for what seems like an eternity.

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Avoiding the Perils of Awards Programs

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – The negative consequences of specific award programs aren’t likely generalizable to well-designed rewards and recognition programs. A recent academic study is catching a few headlines, suggesting that award programs can have negative motivational spillover effects and actually lead to decreased productivity. The study focused on an award program for attendance, implemented by a plant manager in one facility of a commercial laundry company.

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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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3 Approaches to Common Millennial Conflicts

UrbanBound HR

By now you should be familiar, or getting familiar, with these stellar young men and women. But just to be safe, Millennials are the cohort of children born between 1980 and 2005ish, and the largest age group since the Baby Boomers, totalling around 80 million. Just in the last year, they passed Generation X to become the largest percentage of the workforce.

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3 Things to Stop Doing to Managers Now

Kazoo

People don’t leave companies, they leave managers. We’ve all heard it before, but we don’t think business leaders really believe it. According to a recent Gallup study, 50% of employees leave jobs “to get away from their manager.” Ouch. If you want engaged individuals and a successful business, your managers can be your secret weapon. And since companies struggle to believe or implement all the literature out there of how to approach it – we’ll try something a little different.

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Are You Thinking About Your Performance Management System Too Narrowly?

ATD Human Capital

Performance management system failure most often comes down to a lack of clear purpose. It cannot be a garbage can of different objectives. However, a lack of alignment can also derail performance management systems. Is Performance Management Aligned? While the performance review or appraisal process is usually the key point in managing performance, it is only one element of the performance management system.

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3 Steps to Strengthen Peer Recognition

RecognizeThis!

By Derek Irvine. Recognize This! – Recognition of one’s peers can be daunting at first, but these steps can help employees build their skill and competency to achieve greater benefits. One of the challenges of implementing a social recognition solution is developing employees’ capacity and comfort around peer-to-peer aspects. Especially where recognition has traditionally or predominantly been a top-down process, it can be difficult for all employees to know exactly where to begin when recogniz

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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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Build A Diverse Workforce, How Employee Satisfaction Drives Business Value, Workplace Responsibility And Engagement Survey Questions #FridayFinds

Hppy

This week has been about happiness at work for us, as we just launched our Workplace Happiness eBook – What makes people happy at work? Download your copy here and get inspired to make your workplace happier as well! As you’re preparing for the long weekend, enjoy a quick overview of this week’s best articles in HR and employee engagement: Using Employee Engagement to Build a Diverse Workforce.

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3 Things to Stop Doing to Managers Now

Kazoo

People don’t leave companies, they leave managers. We’ve all heard it before, but we don’t think business leaders really believe it. According to a recent Gallup study, 50% of employees leave jobs “to get away from their manager.” Ouch. If you want engaged individuals and a successful business, your managers can be your secret weapon. And since companies struggle to believe or implement all the literature out there of how to approach it – we’ll try something a little different.

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It’s All in the Game for Women in Business

ATD Human Capital

Soccer is described as the world’s most popular sport. Its attractiveness comes from the fact that it’s a simple game, it’s relatively inexpensive to play, and it has a small number of rules. Further, both diversity and inclusion are embedded in the game! Diversity 2.0. Diversity shows up in the game; people of different genders, races, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations play it.

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The Antidote to Always-On Work Culture

WorkHuman

As life and work gets busier and more distracting, companies like Google, Target, and General Mills are all investing in mindfulness to improve productivity and corporate culture. Even Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll encouraged players to meditate daily before their Super Bowl win. Could mindfulness help your work culture? What are some simple tips for bringing mindfulness into daily life?

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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.