Sat.Sep 21, 2013 - Fri.Sep 27, 2013

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In the Classroom, Up a Mountain – A Lateral Approach to Talent

Cielo HR Leader

'Thought Leadership Discussion: Valerie Hughes-D''Aeth, Group HR Director, Amey PLC. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award has been helping to enhance the skills and confidence of young people since 1956 – over 4.4 million have taken part in the scheme in more than 130 countries since its founding. In this blog post, we talk to Valerie Hughes-D’Aeth, Group HR Director at the public services and infrastructure provider, Amey, about how the company has embraced the Award as part of its ongoing talent deve

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Are Electronic Signatures Valid?

ExactHire

Because our employee onboarding software utilizes electronic signatures , we are quite frequently asked “are electronic signatures valid?” The short answer is…yes. Requirements for Valid Electronic Signatures However, for this to hold true, there are conditions that have to be met. These were established with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) of 2000.

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Can't

NoExcusesHR

'I woke up thinking I can''t. I went to work thinking I can''t. I sat in a meeting thinking I can''t. I met with an employee thinking I can''t. I wanted to eat healthier but thought I can''t. I started to exercise but thought I can''t. I wanted to try social media but thought I can''t. I wondered about taking risks but thought I can''t. I wanted to try new things but thought I can''t.

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What's On Your "Someday" List and How Long Has it Been Lingering There?

The Bamboo Project Blog

' . Found an interesting article on Fast Company this morning about how the team at productivity app Any.do analyzed what happened with people''s "Someday" tasks on their To Do lists: Regardless of the task Any.do discovered that if a “Someday” task hadn’t been moved up to a Today, Tomorrow, or Upcoming list within six weeks, the probability of it ever happening dropped off drastically.

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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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Employee Engagement: One Friday Factoid #35

David Zinger

'Money Matters. Annual net income for the top 25% organizations on engagement is about 2 times more than for the bottom 25% organizations on engagement. (Kenexa). Employee engagement make an income difference so lets stop with the engagement talk and get busy engaging. David Zinger is a Canadian Employee Engagement Speaker and global expert on engagement dedicated to turning the noun of engagement into the verb of engage.

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Under Siege

NoExcusesHR

'Have you ever felt like your workload is simply too much? Is your task list always current? Any deadlines approaching quickly? How about that Inbox.down to zero unread? Sometimes it feels.well.like we''re surrounded. I don''t like that feeling. Sometimes that feeling persists for days or weeks. I really don''t like that at all. Breathe One way to deal with the self-induced stress that swirls inside our heads is to simply stop and breathe.

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Job Interview Tips To Make A Brilliant Impression

TheHRBlog

Here are some basic interview tips that will help you prepare for an excellent interview. After impressing your potential employer with your CV and cover letter, now comes the most difficult yet important part – learning how to face an interview. Be prepared Learn all the important information you need to know about the organisation you […].

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Employee Engagement Needs to Be Small, Simple, Strong, Significant, and Sustainable

David Zinger

'A 59th Birthday Proclamation. Today, is my 59th birthday. I intend to devote sixteen more years, until I turn 75, to enhancing and increasing employee engagement and work engagement around the globe for the benefit of all. Together, let’s make sure that work will work for all of us! This is a big day yet I am renewing my vow to wow with small.

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America”s Cup and HCM at Oracle OpenWorld2013

Bersin with Deloitte

Oracle OpenWorld 2013 has brought a small city of attendees to downtown San Francisco—60,000 attendees are here for a week of new product introduction and the sharing of learning experiences. (I admit that the enormity of supplying 60,000 fresh boxed lunches each day was not lost on me as just on indication of the preparation […].

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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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10 Ideas / Innovations for Induction (sponsored by iCIMS)

Strategic HCM

'I seem to have been posting quite a bit on recruiting recently, which I guess is natural, given the recent growth in activity recently. But what about induction? We’re not going to get the returns we need from recruiting if we’re not onboarding new hires effectively. And after a lull in recruiting activity it could be a good time to take induction off the shelf and give a dust over.

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6 Lessons On Creating a Lasting Influence

QAspire

'Mahatma Gandhi, as we know, was a simple man who had no position, no wealth, no power and no authority. Yet, he altered the course of history by leading India to Independence through power of people. How could a man with no formal authority take on an empire and influence the hearts and minds of so many people across the country? Gandhi’s impact is a testimony to the fact that you don’t need positional power to influence others.

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What do you think is next for employee engagement?

David Zinger

'The Business Reporter , part of the Sunday Telegraph in the UK, asked 7 experts what is next for employee engagement? Here is my abbreviated interpretation, using mostly their words, of what they believe: Tony Thomson : A move to management by mutual consent. Frazer Rendell : Employees as players not pawns. Mark Quirk : Engagement at the center and real time measures.

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HR and Talent Software Vendors Get Into…. Data Management

Bersin with Deloitte

Over the last few weeks we've been briefed on a whole series of announcements from HR software vendors focused on the somewhat arcane and technical area of "data management." In this blog I'll highlight a few of these major announcements and give you a sense of why this is going on. With the HR Technology […].

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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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#2013NLS Accelerating Executive Wisdom!

Strategic HCM

'For the final system, we''re going to try to understand wisdom in leadership! We started with a working definition of wisdom - something about responding to changing stimuli in a complex system. Diana Barea, Accenture - Drawing insights - working as an ensemble of leaders who complement and work together - working with technology that makes them more effective than humans along would ever be - an extension of their own insights and takes pressure off them as all knowing, all seeing leader.

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In 100 Words: What You Leave Behind

QAspire

'Alfred Nobel once read his own obituary that described him as a “Merchant of Death”. When Nobel’s brother died, a newspaper reported Nobel’s death by mistake. Because Nobel had invented dynamite, the obituary described him as someone who found ways to kill more people faster. “Is this how I really want to be remembered?” he asked himself. To improve his image, he left 94% of his huge fortune to award people who made greatest contributions to the mankind through their work.

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Are You the Jerk at Work?

45 Things

'Are we getting ruder at work? According to a recent survey, half of workers reported in 2011 that they were treated rudely at least once a week, an increase in from the one quarter reporting boorish behavior in 1998. Richie Frieman, known as the Modern Manners Guy on QuickAndDirtyTips.com, says that yes, indeed, people are rude in the workplace. They leave dirty dishes lying around.

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The #1 Thing to Look for When Hiring a Bookkeeper

Insperity

There could be a lot of reasons you need to hire a bookkeeper or an accountant. Maybe your last one quit or your staff is overloaded. Maybe you were ripped off or are afraid you’re going to get ripped off because the person who writes your checks is the same person who reconciles your bank account. Maybe you were doing your own books but no longer have the time.

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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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#2013NLS some reflections on NeuroLeadership

Strategic HCM

'I normally try to ensure my conference blog posts capture the key insights of the speakers and add on my own interpretation and perspectives. Today I''ve been reporting pretty much verbatim (though please don''t assume I''ve necessarily reported what the speakers have said that accurately) and not adding much insight to what I''ve been reporting (though I was trying to do that a bit more on Twitter (using hashtag #2013NLS).

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Technologize the Process, Humanize the Experience

Cielo HR Leader

Technologize the Process. Humanize the Experience. Consumerize your approach! Expectations have changed. I want everything to be as easy as buying books on Amazon. Ordering movies on Netflix. Buying tickets from the comfort of my kitchen table. Individuals want all of their transactions in life to reflect the ease and consistency of best-in-class online interactions.

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AccountSight Expense Tracker

AccountSight

Blog about AccountSight expense tracking software - its excellent features and smart interface that allow users to track and manage expenses hassle free.

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8 Interview Tips for High-Performing Hires

DDI

'Don’t become a statistic: 80 percent of hiring managers wish they’d done a better job. Take these tips to identify high-performers.

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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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Workday Rising Goes Global

Workday

'Workday Rising 2013 was our biggest customer conference yet, with more than 3,500 people gathering in San Francisco earlier this month. Now we’re taking Workday Rising global.

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#2013NLS Neuroleadership in Performance Management

Strategic HCM

'This is still a bit draft - will tidy up later! . Performance review needs a performance review - the philosophy behind it, and the conversation are key. CEB research suggests we need about a 20% improvement in performance from employees to hit businesses'' objectives, globally. Over the past 15 years we''ve seen about 10-12% improvement, but not enough, and current activities are only going to give us another 3-4%.

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AccountSight Expense Tracker

AccountSight

Blog about AccountSight expense tracking software - its excellent features and smart interface that allow users to track and manage expenses hassle free.

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8 Interview Tips for High-Performing Hires

DDI

Don’t become a statistic: 80 percent of hiring managers wish they’d done a better job. Take these tips to identify high-performers.

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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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INFOGRAPHIC – 10 Ways You’re Making Your Employees Less Productive

Quickbase

Here are 10 ways you might be derailing your employees’ productivity.

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#2013NLS - Designing Learning

Strategic HCM

'It''s been a while since I''ve felt compelled to post more than one on a conference but the NeuroLeadership Summit is on fire! We started with Joshua Davies outlining the AGES model about the way we learn. We need to ensure that the hippocampus is ready for embedding new learning, so that it recognises new things during learning and does its job optimally: Attention - memory falls apart when there is divided attention - eg if you''re tweeting or otherwise multi-tasking.

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Michelle Obama to Ellen Sturtz: Assertive or Aggressive?

Inpower Coaching

From the Huffington Post today: “President Barack Obama may have a problem with confrontation, but First Lady Michelle Obama certainly does not. Ellen Sturtz, 56, a lesbian activist protesting President Obama’s delay in signing an anti-discrimination executive order, paid $500…at a private Democratic Party fundraiser in Washington, D.C. Ellen Sturtz claims in an interview with The Huffington Post , that she didn’t plan on interrupting First Lady Michelle Obama, but her fundraiser speech triggere

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