Mon.Sep 19, 2016

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Better Than a Raise: What Today’s Employees Value More Than Money

Workforce Software

How to make your employees happier, more passionate, and more productive without spending a dime on payroll. Blog Payroll Workforce Management Workforce Scheduling

What your business can do NOW to prepare for the DOL ‘Blacklisting’ rules and guidance.

The Employer Handbook

In 2014, President Obama signed the  Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Folks like me on the management-side refer to this Order as the Blacklisting rules. In Last month, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued the final rules and guidance implementing the Executive Order. Who is covered by the Blacklisting rules? So, the U.S.

Are You Talking Your Way Out of a Sale?

Trust Matters

We’ve all done it. Talked ourselves just a little too far back into a corner. Often – and especially in a sales meeting – it’s because we feel a need to fill that conversational void. But But rather than being helpful, rattling on can be detrimental to your getting the sale. Read on to find out more about the biggest source of that evil temptation – and how to avoid it. ——-.

[Infographic] Office Coffee Trends You Need To Know

Get Hppy

Most coffee-holics would agree that every day should be National Coffee Day — however, the rest of the nation will be celebrating on Thursday, September 29th. Some businesses rely heavily on both the caffeinated and social perks of coffee. Lack of coffee or a sudden switch in the type of coffee can lead to unfortunate incidents, like setting your workplace on fire. via WholeLattelove.

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The SMB Guide to Posting Jobs

Whether you’re an HR professional for a small start-up, a high-growth company or a large enterprise organization, the quality of your team is the single best predictor of success. Learn how to build a solid sourcing strategy that consistently results in great hires by reading Jazz's new eBook, The SMB Guide to Posting Jobs.

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4 Ways HR Can Stay Relevant Using New Technology

EmployeeConnect

We live in a world that’s inevitably changing. Each day that goes by isn’t the same as the day before. You may believe your days go with zero change with the routine of waking up, getting to work, going back home to sleep only to repeat it the next day after. It may seem like there’s no change, but they’re subtler than you think. Think about it, do you really eat the same breakfast each day? Do you really work on the same report every day for 365 days? In this modern world where we expect and thrive on exciting new work each day, it’s hard to believe that there’s no change.

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The Wells Fargo CEO Doesn't Understand Culture

WorkXO

If the CEOs out there are so much in a bubble that they believe their core values posters describe their culture in total, then maybe we shouldn't let them speak to the press

6 Steps to Building a Winning Team

TLNT: The Business of HR

(Based on a recent article written by Pat DiDomenico for Business Management Daily.). Leadership Performance Management Talent Acquisition Talent Management Featured metrics

#SEanalytics HR Analytics - part 2

Strategic HCM

In part 1 of this post I described the typical data and technology oriented approach to HR analytics and then ran out of space sharing my personality analysis from IBM Watson. You can do analytics this way, but lots of organisations don’t have the data or technology. And even if you do, I think you need to combine with my way too. But that's not the only way of doing things. So there you go.

Skill based learning – How it drives an organization’s performance

Training and learning organizations today play an active role in contributing to the bottom line of any organization by aligning their objectives to the immediate business objectives. This provides a solid ground for cost justification and encourages businesses to place training groups right where they should be, at the heart of a growing, thriving, learning culture.

Build a Culture of Volunteered Accountability

TLNT: The Business of HR

Accountability is apparently a big problem. 2013 survey of leaders by AMA Enterprise, a division of the American Management Association ® reported that: Leadership Performance & Personality Featured

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our horrible HR manager tells lies, is rude and petty, and won’t do her job

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m in upper management at a growing company. Until two years ago, each executive had the HR responsibilities for their own department. But we became large enough to merit a full-time HR manager. We found someone with decades of experience, but she had moved jobs every two years. At first, we were all thrilled with her. But it quickly became clear why she never lasted very long! She is a compulsive liar and retaliates viciously against anyone who challenges her. She talks to the staff like they are children and can be incredibly insulting. Let me give you some examples.

The Future Challenges Facing HR

HR Gazette

Today’s workforce requires agility. Operating in VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity comes as the norm with organisations navigating this terrain on a daily basis. Businesses Businesses must get comfortable with being uncomfortable, to not only thrive, but survive. What’s next?” is a difficult question to answer. Many organizations are finding it hard to make this shift.

How to Give Constructive Feedback to Your Employees [Infographic]

Switch and Shift

Human beings are complicated machines, and when something isn’t working right there’s no hard-and-fast method to fix us. When you’re results-driven and time is scarce, dealing with an employee who’s made a mistake or is consistently under-performing can be a daunting task. Blog Communication Employee Engagement Leadership constructive feedback employee engaement feedback process

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Ditching the formal performance review? Kineo shares 3 Elements for Success

Is your organization thinking about moving towards a performance development culture? What are the elements to succeeding and keeping managers and employees engaged? Download “A Road Map for Change” to find out and gain insight into making the transition as smooth as possible on your journey into this brave new world.

People First: Tia R. Sales, CHRO at Catholic Charities of Onondaga County

TemboStatus

We're tracking down TemboStatus users inside the world's most amazing organizations to discover their favourite tools, inspirations, pet peeves and the philosophy behind what makes them so great. This week we chatted with Tia R. Sales, the Chief Human Resources Officer at Catholic Charities of Onondaga County. People First

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New Law in MA: No Asking About Salary

Evil HR Lady

Everyone is talking about this. In fact, I’ve talked about it before. But, it’s worth looking at again, to understand why this law can possibly help with salary discrimination. Frankly, I don’t think it needs to be a law, but I do think it needs to become part of the culture. This is one of those cases: To keep reading, click here: New Law: Can’t Ask About Salary In MA.

Overworked or Over the Hill? 3-Day Workweek Might Suit You Better

HR Daily Advisor

The HR world is always buzzing about employee engagement and ways to increase productivity, but what if I told you that by shortening your workweek, you could actually be increasing engagement and productivity? Sounds like I’m off my rocker, but a recent study is proving this might be the case. The findings were not all that different when it compared males and females.

Employee Engagement Cartoon: I Swear It is Good

David Zinger

Your Monday Mirth from Employee Engagement Network resident cartoonist, John Junson. David Zinger is an employee engagement speaker and expert. Employee Engagement @junson David Zinger Employee Engagement Speaker employee engagement cartoon employee engagement network John Junson

The Essential Guide to Recruiting Performers

In today's competitive talent market, it's essential for HR leaders to be able to connect their recruiting efforts to hiring results. This eBook will show you how to easily navigate the talent market and focus on hiring employees with the most ROI: Performers.

3 Questions To Ask When Choosing a HCM Technology Partner

Ceridian

By Sherrice Gilcreast, Chief Administrative Officer, Community Care, Inc. Choosing an HCM technology partner is no simple task. There is a plethora of providers in the market today, some well-known and some less so. Before any organization makes their selection, it’s important to thoroughly assess each vendor in consideration. It’s critical to determine whether they have the capabilities to address the needs of the business and how each vendor will offer continued support if and when you need it the most. When my organization, Community Care Inc., Have them outline each step of the process.

It is not ok

Change - Effect

Would you think it acceptable if someone at work shouted at you, called you names, told you to do your f ing job? Or if they reminded you how important they were and that they could have you sacked? How about if they were drunk, high, abusive or sexually inappropriate? Yet everyday people at work endure this treatment, from their customers. It is not ok. When “normal” people behave inappropriately when they’re placed in a nominal position of power in a retail, hospitality or leisure environment. When they talk to service staff, cleaners, security guards and transport staff as if they are dirt.

3 tips to stay ahead of FLSA changes

Ceridian

By Casey Lewis, Product Marketing Manager, Ceridian. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy. This quote is relevant in many walks of life, and is certainly applicable when talking about the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Proactive vs. Reactive. Assess the Impact. Communicate the Change. for even more details!

Employee Self-Service: What is It and Why Should I Get It?

FingerCheck

Employee self-service (ESS) is a feature provided by many web-based applications that allows employees to access and manage their own personal information, banking information, and sometimes, scheduling information. Employees can check their own information and resolve questions on their own. Time and Attendance. Employees can: . Review their own timesheets with view-only access. Payroll.

2016 Training Program Best Practices

Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Is there anything that can be done about it?

How to Deal With a Lazy Colleague

45 Things

I'm not sure anyone embraces Monday with total enthusiasm. It may take more than a few cups of coffee or even a stupid cat video to really rev us up to work on the first day of the week, but we do eventually kick into gear. But what about those colleagues who don't get going on Monday? Or Tuesday? Or Wednesday? Of course, not working at all will probably get that person fired.

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What Happens When Employees Bring Babies to Work?

TLNT: The Business of HR

At  W.S. Badger , an organic skin-care company in Gilsum, New Hampshire, one employee’s idea turned into a benefit available to all. Voluntary Benefits Work-Life Balance Featured

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The Most Important Skills for the CFO of the Future, Part 2

Workday

In part two of this blog series , we continue to look at the most important skills and capabilities required of future CFOs, based on multiple studies and interviews with finance experts and practitioners. Communication Skills. A big part of the future CFO role will be not only delivering data, but providing meaningful context for what that data means to multiple stakeholders, many of whom don’t have finance backgrounds. Future finance leaders should seek out opportunities in their organizations to work with different stakeholders and improve their communication skills. Global Experience.

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How Much Is Employee Turnover Costing You?

UpstartHR

I will be presenting more on this topic at the HR Innovators Virtual Conference – 2 Days, 6 Education-packed sessions from top-rated speakers covering topics critical to success today, including, millennials and culture, creating meaningful workplaces, using social media to attract talent, and how talent loss affects innovation. Register Today ! Space is limited. Consider this example.

The Performance Management Storm: Four Macro-Trends Driving the Change

Needed: A shift from traditional performance management systems (organized as an annual review process) to newer performance development systems (organized around real-time dynamics). Download part one in a series to gain insight into why this shift must happen and why it needs to happening now

7 Healthy Game Day Snacks That Aren’t Quinoa

SnackNation

7 Healthy Game Day Snacks That Aren’t Quinoa. Around the country, something is happening. Chalk lines are being laid out on immaculate emerald fields. Portable gas grills are heating up in truck beds and in stadium parking lots. Grown men and women are painting their faces in bright colors. It can only mean one thing. Football is BACK. Luckily you don’t have to sacrifice taste on game day.

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Can a Better Lunch Experience Lower Employee Turnover?

The Tim Sackett Project

You might have seen this recently, a sixteen-year-old girl from California, Natalie Hampton, developed an App called, “Sit With Us” The App basically lets kids know who in the lunch room would be open to sitting with them. She came up with it as a way to help stop bullying: “At my old school, I was completely ostracized by all of my classmates, and so I had to eat lunch alone every day. ” Through circumstance, she gets to go to a new school and has a different experience. She’s awesome. The world needs more Natalie’s! Like they have a place.

11th circuit decision on dreadlocks and race asks big questions on the meaning of discrimination

Ohio Employer's Law

In EEOC v. Catastrophe Management Solutions [pdf] , the EEOC asked the 11th Circuit to determine whether banning an African-American employee from wearing dreadlocks constitutes race discrimination. In a lengthy decision that discusses the very concept of race, the court answered the question “no”. When she refused, it rescinded the offer. race discrimination

Sound Waves of Change: Change Management Podcasts you should check out

WalkMe Change

I have received many requests to recommend some change management podcasts. So here is a compilation of some of the most insightful and thought provoking podcasts that are sure to provide you with fresh ideas and challenging theories on organizational change. Lean Change Management Podcast. The first podcast that I’d like to recommend is the Lean Change Management Podcast. How to Make Change Work.

Learner motivation explained! Learn how to use an LMS to motivate your learners to upskill

Training and development professionals often bemoan the lack of apparent initiative in their trainees. Learning professionals spend huge sums of money creating or acquiring skill aligned libraries of learning content, only to watch almost helplessly as learners refuse to engage with any training available that isn’t mandatory.