No company wants to end up in the headlines for a code of conduct violation, or for not updating its policies based on the latest legislation. But unfortunately, even after organizations spend significant amounts of time and money on compliance, slip-ups happen. The problem, reports Harvard Business Review , is that compliance training is not enough. Photo: Creative Commons Categories: Talent Management Article Tags: Talent Management MORE

When I look at my news feed, I see a lot of charged words that beg for a click. Headlines that drive traffic seem more important than the actual content. Attention-grabbing is at the heart of online content. It’s as if there were a hidden part of language. MORE

Every business needs to master the art of juggling for it to be successful. Every department is essential in ensuring the success of a business, but most entrepreneurs ignore the human resource department when other things are flowing smoothly. Human resource departments have several responsibilities to protect not only the company but also its employees. Also read: Managing HR Compliance in the Age of Technology. Talent Management MORE

The HR department handles several key functions such as recruiting, onboarding, performance management and employee data management. One common characteristic of different HR functions is that they are heavy on data processing. Until the arrival of cloud-based solutions such as PeopleSoft, managers were used to handle key HR processes such as employee data management and performance management offline or on an internal platform. MORE

According to the annual report, Freelancing in America 2016 , from Upwork and the Freelancers Union, 13.5 million people took gigs outside of their primary full-time job responsibilities last year. In other words, 25% of traditionally employed full-time U.S. That said, it doesn’t appear as though freelancing, or what many refer to as the “Gig Economy,” is going away any time soon. Why the Gig Economy is being embraced. MORE

When it comes to office conduct, we’ve come a long way from the Mad Men era when a whiskey or three throughout the day and a peck on a coworker’s cheek were all part of the status quo. Now, behavior like that is guaranteed to lead to a slap on the wrist, if not a flat-out termination. But as a younger, more social-minded generation enters the workforce, the definition of what is and isn’t acceptable in the office is evolving and expanding. MORE

Curious to learn more about neuroscience and how it can help create an engaging work environment? Download our free eBook on Neuroscience in the Workplace ! It’s important that such documentation exists because they set the correct tone from the get-go and establish a level playing field of transparency and trust among your growing business team. This might sound alarmist, but what does the alternative look like? training policy. risk management. MORE

In the past, human resource departments were probably characterized by stacks of dusty folders where human resource policies, employee reviews, codes of conduct, and other strategic documents were stored. Trying to find and make use of some of those documents was an exercise in and of itself. Simply put, digital HR is the process of transforming human resources processes and services with the use of digital technologies. MORE

This contains all those fun legal things like the fact that you're an at-will employee, that you need to comply with a code of conduct, and what the dress code is (among other things). Linda Itskovitz, VP of marketing for employee communications company GuideSpark, says the handbook is a very unimportant document. However, she clarifies, the information in the handbook is critical. Kill the paper. MORE

For human resource professionals, it is important to stay on top of the latest HR trends and employee management practices. With the ever changing needs and laws, human resource managers need to be on the lookout for best HR practices to follow. Women of HR. MORE

The co-lead of Google’s AI Ethics Research Department was one of the authors of a paper that questioned some of the company’s most valued business models. The team Gebru built at Google is one of the most diverse in AI. MORE

The HR software an organization uses should not just be beneficial for the employer but should have added features so that employees can also benefit from it. It must be chosen with such intent that the company grows as its employees grow with it. Many organizations find themselves stuck in a limited functionality software which consumes valuable time because they do not know which modules and features the software they use should include. are the parts of this module. MORE

According to the annual report, Freelancing in America 2016 , from Upwork and the Freelancers Union, 13.5 million people took gigs outside of their primary full-time job responsibilities last year. In other words, 25% of traditionally employed full-time U.S. That said, it doesn’t appear as though freelancing, or what many refer to as the “Gig Economy,” is going away any time soon. Why the Gig Economy is being embraced. By Nick Venturella. MORE

Most methods used by private equity (PE) firms for enhancing business value, beyond pure financial engineering, involve optimizing people management in some way, such as restructuring teams, bringing in new talent, refreshing training programs, or modifying incentive structures. An organization’s talent is increasingly its greatest source of value creation, market differentiation, and innovation. Rewriting the script of HCM. To scale the business. MORE

That journey to organizational resiliency is chronicled in Roar: How to Build a Resilient Organization the World-Famous San Diego Zoo Way. The book is authored by Sandy Asch (left) — an internationally recognized speaker and author — and by Tim Mulligan (right) — CHRO for SDZG. SDZG is a longtime Halogen customer , and so we asked Tim a few questions about ROAR and how other organizations can adopt some of the best practices shared in the book. MORE

Most methods used by private equity (PE) firms for enhancing business value, beyond pure financial engineering, involve optimizing people management in some way, such as restructuring teams, bringing in new talent, refreshing training programs, or modifying incentive structures. An organization’s talent is increasingly its greatest source of value creation, market differentiation, and innovation. Rewriting the script for HCM. To scale the business. MORE