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How Annual Reviews Damage Engagement, Career Jumping, Organizing Your Office and Closing The Skills Gap #FridayFinds

Hppy

On behalf of our employee engagement and workplace happiness community, allow me to thank all the hardworking, enthusiastic and involved employees who’ve given their talent and their energy to create amazing projects, fulfill deadlines and drive business growth! Career Jumping – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

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Why Teams Don't Trust One Another -- and How to Fix It

45 Things

Unfortunately, leaders are discovering that no matter how talented a team may be, innovative ideas may flounder and productivity may drop if team members lack trust in one another. Additional obstacles to establishing trust include old-fashioned turf battles, poor communications and an unwillingness to change how work gets done.

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3 Tips to Help Employees Prepare for Conversations About Their Performance

HR Daily Advisor

by Anita Bowness, global practice leader, Business Consulting, Halogen Software. As an HR professional, you know that a conversation about performance provides an equal opportunity for managers and employees to talk about what’s going well, what needs to improve, and how things are going in general.

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Family Ties and Corporate Culture

Symbolist

Five years ago while I was leading a conference session on how to influence employee behavior and drive engagement, I brought up the idea that being a good manager was like being a good parent. I can’t help that person’s experience. I wasn’t suggesting that you, or anyone, treat employees like children. is just plain bad advice.”.

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10 of the Most Revealing Interview Questions to Ask Job Candidates

Spark Hire

You can bet your candidates are well-versed in how to answer standard interview questions like, “What’s your greatest strength? Tell me about an unpopular management decision you made and how your team handled it. . At Halogen our recruiting process is very much focused on cultural fit. Weakness?” or “Why should I hire you?”

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Future-Proof Your Organization with Talent Pools

HR Daily Advisor

by Joanne Wells, Manager, Learning Center of Excellence, Halogen Software. With looming retirements and the increasing propensity of talented employees to change organizations, the need for succession planning best practices to build a strong and flexible talent bench has never been greater. Begin with the end in mind.

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Jump into the Talent Pool

HR Daily Advisor

Talent pools. By Joanne Wells, Manager, Learning Center of Excellence, Halogen Software. How to Create a Succession Planning Strategy. The key to creating a future-proof succession plan is to use a data-driven process aligned with organizational strategy and to integrate it into the full cycle of talent management.