All Things Workplace

JULY 13, 2015

If you've ever wondered what executive coaches really do that adds great value, it's this: We create a relationship that enables our client to  clearly see reality. . Life isn't a part of business; business is a part of life. So, everything of consequence leads to confronting and resolving some kind of issue that leads to a choice about personal change. What To Look For. Actually, they did.

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Globoforce

JULY 13, 2015

You read that right. think you should put your workforce to sleep. But in the best possible way, I promise.). And it may not be as easy as you think to get them sleeping more. have a friend who tells me all the time he doesn’t need sleep. Which he puts into effect not only on missions, but in order to fit more into his day. And people do make those claims. And none of that news is good.

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Insperity

JULY 13, 2015

Are you the first one to arrive at your office and the last to leave? Do you work through lunch or skip it altogether? Do you find yourself checking your email while on vacation? startling 65 percent of bosses said they still work while on vacation, according to a 2014 Careerbuilder study. Or, that you’re doing it to get ahead of the competition. Are you a workaholic? Workaholic leaders.

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HRchitect

JULY 13, 2015

Written by:  Julia Hatton With all the resources invested in an HR software implementation project, it is imperative to develop a solid strategy for managing change. The most successful implementations include a well-developed change management plan to drive the organization towards awareness, acceptance, and adoption of your future state. HRchitect’s Change Framework promotes six change.Read More » The post Change Management: A Failure to Plan is Planning to Fail appeared first on HRchitect.

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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.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JULY 13, 2015

“ Culture is the glue of a company, and glue wears off.” —  Ali Manouchehri , CEO and founder of Zoomph. Ali Manouchehri’s observation mirrors the findings of an Inc. magazine survey of CEOs of fast-growing companies. Their No. concern was how to keep their vibrant culture alive as they scale. How can they keep the core values that make them unique and attractive to talent? Teachable moments.

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Edcor

JULY 13, 2015

As the use of technology and engineering increases in our daily lives, it’s only natural that business and industry world-wide will need more technology workers. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that STEM jobs are projected to increase to nine million jobs by 2022, an increase of one million jobs. To fill these jobs the U.S. needs a larger supply of STEM workers. 2013 U.S. population. percent to 19.5

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The People Equation

JULY 13, 2015

Much of what’s written about “employee engagement” focuses on how to get your employees more involved at work. As a leader at your company, you’re also an employee; how “engaged” are you? And, are you engaged in the right things? Undoubtedly, you’re busy, but is that the same as engagement? It makes sense that there is a correlation between your interaction as a leader and employee engagement.

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Paychex

JULY 13, 2015

Determining whether an individual is an employee or independent contractor is important for compliance with tax requirements as well as wage and hour laws and regulations. The IRS provides helpful guidelines to make the determination for tax purposes. Here is what business owners need to know

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Is your company ready to move beyond the annual performance review? Where do you start? What are the keys to success? In this guide, you’ll gain an understanding of: the forces driving change, three foundations of success and take a deep dive into the skills gap many managers have that will sink your efforts before they start and how to address them.

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Compensation Cafe

JULY 13, 2015

Not every employee is capable of selling products or services to potential customers.   The selling process requires an employee to possess a particular set of interactive and persuasion skills, as well as having a compatible personality profile (garrulous, self-confident, unafraid of rejection, etc.).   It's All About Motivation. Have you considered what motivates your sales employees? 

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SAP Innovation

JULY 13, 2015

Everyone talks the talk. It’s easy. It’s safe. But sooner or later, you need to take the first step toward simplification. This is when only a few people will start to walk the walk. Yes, simplification is necessary. However, making simplification a reality in your business is difficult. To help you get there, here are five things you should keep in mind. 1. The CHRO is on board. None at all.

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GuideSpark

JULY 13, 2015

ROI is your most important metric for determining OE success. After the wind-down of your last open enrollment season, did anyone point out that fewer calls rang into your benefits hotline? Did you observe more activity on your Intranet than usual? Did it seem like you worked fewer (or more?) late nights heading toward the enrollment deadline? HR saved 700K by increasing HDHP participation.

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Jelf

JULY 13, 2015

Changes in legislation are becoming more and more frequent these days, and quite often having a direct effect on businesses, specifically where a lack of due diligence becomes the responsibility of senior management to be aware and act upon these changes. The alternative means risking a hefty fine. Higher fines are also likely to attract media attention. What can you do? What can you do?

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Employees at the front lines often have better ideas for innovation than others within the business, but when they walk out the door, they take those ideas with them. Want to innovate better and faster than the competition? You need to hold onto your best employees and the ideas they have. In this session we will explore how various pieces of the talent life cycle are related to retention and examine more than 20 strategies and ideas for improving retention outcomes for your business.

Mobile Adoption: The Tipping Point for Improving Employee Communication

Jive Software

JULY 13, 2015

Mobile has given us incredible freedom to work anywhere, anytime, anyplace across the boundaries that used to be restricted,” says Alan Lepofsky of Constellation Research, a Silicon Valley-based research firm. An Opportunity to Improve Communications. Lepofsky calls the results staggering. This provides a huge opportunity for improvement,” he says. The 4 Stages of Mobile Transformation.

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Dice

JULY 13, 2015

Training isn’t just about skills development—it’s about retention. This is especially true in tech, where technologies and programming languages constantly evolve into new (and often more complex) forms. While some tech employers balk at the idea of training employees in new skills, more and more see that, in a tight labor market, training is an important way to keep the best employees on board.

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EmployeeScreenIQ

JULY 13, 2015

It’s a heartbreaking story. Every time a shooter like the alleged killer Dylann Roof becomes unhinged and takes innocent lives, we, as a nation, mourn. What makes the story even worse is to think that it all might have been prevented by taking more time with the background check. Roof is accused of killing nine people at a church in South Carolina three weeks ago. Last Friday, FBI Director James B.

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TLNT: The Business of HR

JULY 13, 2015

Whether your company is a serial acquirer or you’re just now going through your first acquisition, the potential to experience employee fallout can be disastrous if you don’t take a thoughtful approach to managing employee questions throughout the process. Once the deal is announced, the questions start. Remember, the employees did not ask to be acquired. 10 most common employee questions.

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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?

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Dice

JULY 13, 2015

When MongoDB came out six years ago, the NoSQL fad was in full swing. Rather than rely on a table-based relational database structure, MongoDB utilizes BSON , or “Binary JSON,” which many users found attractive; the platform quickly grew into a leader among NoSQL databases. As more people took the MongoDB plunge, however, many began to complain about various issues, including its lack of speed.

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The Need for Speed

First Advantage

JULY 13, 2015

What's more important to your recruitment process: speed or quality? It's an age-old balancing act we all encounter in our everyday lives, whether it's cooking a meal, cleaning the car or brushing our teeth – there are certain things that are very difficult to do quickly and to a high standard, with good reason. Recruitment is no exception. Average Days to Hire: Canada. France. Glassdoor).

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Data or Intuition: When Should HR Rely on the Numbers?

Cornerstone On Demand

JULY 13, 2015

Do you operate on gut feelings a lot? You know, when you interview someone for a job and within an instant you know this person is right—or wrong—for the job? What about when you're making a big decision about a reorganization, or implementing perks that you just know employees will love? So, how do you know when it makes sense to use data and when to trust your gut? hate that."

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Ohio Employer's Law

JULY 13, 2015

You have to hand it to the Department of Labor. It has gotten creative to spread its message to American workers about the pending changes to the overtime rules. Last week, the DOL published to its blog a short YouTube video entitled, White Board Explainer: What is overtime? It’s wage-and-hour Schoolhouse Rock, minus the catchy tunes. Employers are fighting an uphill battle on this issue.

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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.

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SAP Innovation

JULY 13, 2015

If you doubt we are living in exponential times, just take a look around right now and think back to 2005. As Thomas Friedman noted in his book “ The World Is Flat ,” “Facebook didn’t exist for most people, Twitter was still a sound, 4G was a parking space, and ‘Skype’ was a typo.”. Consider the widespread acceptance of the telephone, for example. For Facebook, it was 3.5 years.

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ATD Human Capital

JULY 13, 2015

Companies invest a lot in high potential identification, expecting in return some assurance that qualified people are ready to step into any breach. Unfortunately, pinpointing high potentials is not the same as preparing them. Click here to read full version

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How to Build A Leading Candidate Experience Without Replacing Your ATS

TalentCulture

JULY 13, 2015

In a time of unprecedented technological advancement, it’s peculiar to hear professionals cursing the solutions they use on a daily basis. But this is the reality many live with whose job requires them to interact with legacy enterprise software. And with their reliance on Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), those in the recruiting field are no strangers to this headache. Image: bigstock.

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OmegaHR Solutions

JULY 13, 2015

Age discrimination is as ugly as other forms of discrimination. In an age where most Millennial employees change jobs on a rapid schedule most employer would be happy to get someone that stays 5 years, especially if that employee had a good work ethic. What about an older worker that could produce a good 5 years of work with good work ethic? Would they be worth hiring? Blatant discrimination.

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Today’s workplace is characterized by chaotic forces—low employee engagement and productivity levels, and declining employee well being. HR Leaders have a critical role in defining the vision and strategy to transform and create a more productive and happy workplace.

TriNet

JULY 13, 2015

This post was originally published on the TriNet Cloud blog. If there’s one thing that many of us in the HR space are getting tired of, it is the painfully egregious articles that insinuate. Visit site for full story. Performance Management TriNet Cloud TriNet Perform performance reviews trinet perform

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RecognizeThis!

JULY 13, 2015

by Lynette Silva. Recognize This! – Not everyone can be on the starting team, but the A-players wouldn’t achieve great success without a roster of strong B-players behind them. I’m a Red Sox fan. came by my fandom honestly – I married a diehard Red Sox fan in 2004, and so started watching Sox games in self-defense. But what a year to start learning the game!) It’s been a crushingly brutal year.

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HR, Training and the ‘Gig’ Economy

HRE's The Leader Board

JULY 13, 2015

New survey data finds few organizations are investing in their employees’ training and development these days, and I’m beginning to think the “gig economy” may have something to do with it. Saba, a global provider of talent management solutions, just released additional findings from its spring Global Leadership Survey , in which it found that a mere 13 percent of companies worldwide invest in talent-management programs to further employees’ growth and career path. Far-flung business units were sold off. Houseman, a labor economist at the W. E.

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