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3 reasons you should let Millennials manage

Achievers

Are you hesitant to put Millennials in managerial roles because of their youth and lack of experience? This hesitancy is certainly understandable. As an experienced professional manager, you’re well aware that years in the industry provide insights that no newcomer can automatically acquire. However, it turns out that your company can still benefit from the unique skills younger staff members can bring to leadership roles.

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9 Employee Retention Statistics That Will Make You Sit Up and Pay Attention

TLNT: The Business of HR

Retention in the workplace is in a predicament — the revolving door is circulating faster, and the organizations struggling with this are on the lookout for a solution.

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The Digital HR Revolution

New to HR

Transactional and administrate human resources has changed in recent years. With a heavy dependence on dot coms, tech systems and all manner of electronic communication techniques, the digital HR revolution is here, and it’s changing the way we work. Today’s fresh-faced and newly hired HR professionals are looking at the industry with Google glasses, having grown up with technology, social media and programming systems.

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Encourage More Productivity From Your Employees

ClearCompany HRM

Despite how well employees may be performing, sometimes you just need a little bit more out of them. Although you won’t be able to squeeze every last bit of productivity out of them, you can give them a nudge in the right direction. After all, it’s less expensive to keep an employee who has been trained and onboarded than it is to source, recruit, hire and train a new employee to fill gaps when the organizational goals shift and change with new business, economic changes or seasonal spikes.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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7 of the Best Questions to Screen for Toxic Employees in the Interview

Spark Hire

You hire a candidate who seems perfect on paper and who seemed friendly in the interview. But after a few weeks on the job, they’re not working out. They don’t work well with the team, they gossip, and are arrogant. They’re a toxic employee, and they’re poisoning your team. Hiring a toxic employee is more costly than you think. A study conducted by Cornerstone OnDemand found that good employees are 54 percent more likely to quit when they work with a toxic employee.

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HR from the Outside In: Learnings from Dave Ulrich, Father of Modern HR

Visier

Earlier this month we were fortunate to host an interactive HR Leadership workshop for Visier customers, led by father of modern HR and leading business consultant Dave Ulrich. In this workshop, Ulrich focused on the top questions of the group, the first of which was focused on, “What is blocking HR’s progress?” Here are some key takeaways. In December 2014 Dave Ulrich published the article Why Chief Human Resources Officers Make Great CEOs in Harvard Business Review, in which he shared the resu

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HR Can be Dangerous with the Right Technology!

PeopleStrategy

HR is under a lot of pressure these days. Pressure to: align with company goals; be more strategic; focus on people; build/promote the company’s culture; attract, develop and retain the best and the brightest; improve employee engagement; provide programs and services that appeal to Baby Boomers, Gen X and Millenials; gather, analyze and report on “people” data; comply with increasingly complex regulatory requirements; and the list goes on and on.

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Why Diversity and Inclusion Will Be A Top Priority for 2016

Josh Bersin

With all the press we read about diversity, inclusion, women in leadership, and the need to be open minded about religious and cultural differences, one might ask “is 2016 going to be the year. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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5 Ways To Enhance Productivity In The Workplace

nettime solutions

Keeping your employees engaged with the work they’re producing is essential to your business’ productivity levels. Listed below are 5 ways you can enhance productivity in the workplace : Remove Obstacles. Carefully observe your team and their working environment and remove or address any obstacles that appear to be a common problem. Often times, employees become discouraged by a lack of organization, abrasive personalities, poor communication, and/or lack of appreciation.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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HR Tech Trends to Watch in 2016

HRExecutive

“Nobody comes here anymore, it’s too crowded” is one of dozens of quotes from the former New York Yankees all-star catcher Yogi Berra who passed away earlier this year at age 90. The shelf-life and trendiness of many Yogi-isms will sustain due to their classically oxymoronic and clever nature. Unlike Yogi’s quotes, which adorn many a wall and office desk, the factors that influence the appeal, stickiness, impact and longevity of industry trends are a bit more complicated to hypothesize about.

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Speaking on HR Innovation

Strategic HCM

I'm looking forward to speaking about HR Innovation next week at Business International's European HR Director Summit in Milan on 10 November. I'm really looking forward to this as it's one of my favourite topics - yes, technology is important but boosting innovation is most fundamentally about understanding people, and it's us that can help people and therefore their organisations get better at it.

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Best of HR Roundtable: The Challenge In Dealing With Creative People

TLNT: The Business of HR

Editor’s Note: TLNT has been publishing Steve Browne’s recaps of the HR Roundtable in Cincinnati for more than five years. For two weeks, we’re bringing back some you might have missed.

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5 Etiquette Tips for Your Holiday Office Party

Evil HR Lady

The company holiday party is, undoubtedly, coming up. That can mean anything from a potluck in the office to a fancy ball with dinner and dancing, but regardless, you need to behave properly. When one needs to behave properly at a function, to whom does one turn? Judith Martin, better known as Miss Manners, of course. So, Gentle Readers, listen up and learn from the best of the best, with lots of commentary thrown in from me.

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Can Your Organization Spot a Conflict Before It’s a Crisis?

Speaker: Amie Phillips Pablo, VP, Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer at Novo Nordisk

In today’s complex healthcare environment, navigating third-party relationships has become even more challenging—whether it’s vendor relationships, employee activities, or patient-facing interactions. Left unmanaged, these conflicts can compromise trust, regulatory compliance, and even organizational reputation. So, how can healthcare teams stay ahead?

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4 Moves to Better the Employee Onboarding Process

ClearCompany HRM

There are many avenues to consider when onboarding employees. New employees want to feel comfortable and valued in their new work environment. It’s important for employers to take onboarding procedures seriously, chiefly because it sets the tone for new employees, check out these 4 moves to better your employee onboarding process.

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Implementing an LMS (or: Good Information Never Gets Stale)

Gyrus

Recently I was looking for background information about implementing an LMS. Naturally I did what most people do and searched the Internet for “lms implementation.” After working my way down the list I noticed a link to the PDF “ 339 Tips on the Implementation of an LMS or LCMS ,” by the Elearning Guild. The document seemed interesting so I opened the link and noticed it was published November 20 th , 2006.

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The Importance of Helping Employees Visualize Mission When Implementing Change

Something Different

…During the summer of one of my first HR internships, my HR manager told me a change management story that has stuck with me ever since. She recounted how several years prior, she was the HR Manager for a struggling manufacturing plant with numerous production and quality problems… and if those problems weren’t resolved in shorter order then the business was in danger of losing a big customer whose departure could mean the facility’s closure.

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5 Microlessons from HR Innovators at Cornerstone Convergence 2015

Cornerstone On Demand

After three days' worth of talent management trends and takeaways at Convergence 2015, our brains are brimming with fresh ideas about the new world of work. Now the question is: With so much to consider, where do you start? Major forces of transformation like mobile technology, collaborative learning and Big Data are changing the workplace, and transforming HR as we know it.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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7 Things You Might Not Know About HR Bartender

HR Bartender

Today marks the 7 th anniversary of HR Bartender. Just in case you’re curious, here’s a link to my first post. Many thanks to you for being a part of the discussion. Your comments and shares are a very valuable part of the conversation. As I was looking at the analytics for the blog, it occurred to me that many of the things we talk about as human resources professionals can be seen in the numbers.

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Workplace 2025: Five Forces, Six New Roles and a Challenge to HR

Visier

In September 2013, top HR leaders undertook a voluntary and collective effort to envision the HR profession in 2025. They conducted interviews, focus groups, reviews of published findings and drew upon their significant personal experience through CHREATE (The global Consortium to Reimagine HR, Employment Alternatives, Talent, and the Enterprise). Their findings included five forces shaping the future of work and organizations, and six necessary roles.

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When All Employees Feel Empowered, the Entire Organization Benefits

TLNT: The Business of HR

“I was raised to treat the janitor with the same respect as the CEO.”.

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HR 101: Yes, Your Employees Are More Efficient When They Take a Break

TLNT: The Business of HR

According to a recent study of Staples employees , many of them feel guilty about taking breaks at work other than their lunch break, despite working longer-than-average shifts.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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9 Employee Retention Statistics That Will Make You Sit Up And Pay Attention

TLNT: The Business of HR

Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the year. This is No. 9 of 2015. Our regular content will return on Jan. 4, 2016. .

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HR’s Important Role in Defining Employee Engagement

TLNT: The Business of HR

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion around the topic of workplace engagement.

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If You Want a Great Workforce, Don’t Use These 5 Traditional Hiring Practices

TLNT: The Business of HR

Steve Jobs , the late CEO of Apple, famously said ,

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3 Ways to Make Exit Interviews More Effective

Cornerstone On Demand

Exit interviews are a double-edged sword: Your company desperately wants information from departing employees about how to improve, but employees have little motivation to provide complete, honest reasons for their departure. You can promise up one side and down the other that you'll keep individual answers confidential, but the person is unlikely to believe that his former manager won't find out if he says, “I'm leaving because my manager is a jerk.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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Ready or Not, Here Comes Generation Z

Cornerstone On Demand

'For managers still trying to figure out the Millennials, I have some disturbing news. Generation Z is already knocking on HR’s doorstep. With this addition to the workforce, we now have 18-year-olds and 80-somethings and all ages in-between seeking employment. This is unprecedented. Are businesses ready? Apparently not, according to a recent report published by Randstad Workmonitor.

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Cornerstone Report Details Effects of Toxic Employees in the Workplace

Cornerstone On Demand

'Toxic employees - we all know them when we work with them. They are the folks that always have something negative to say in a meeting. The ones who join the conference call halfway in, if they even bother to show up. They not only cause frustration, they can cause significant damages to the workplace. Toxic employees make their teammates 54 percent more likely to quit and cost employers up to three times more in hiring fees, according to our latest report, “ Toxic Employees in the Workpla

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13 Business Cards for Fictional Characters

Cornerstone On Demand

Nearly every aspect of business we conduct today is digital – we send emails, attend virtual meetings, network on social media, and learn new skills online. In fact, a growing majority of new generation employees prefer digital communication. However, there is a tiny piece of physical real estate that still has a significant impact: the business card.