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A Few Thoughts on Vacation (and White Space) After 7 Days in Dubai
Something Different
OCTOBER 30, 2015
A group photo in Dubai. …So I recently returned from a 7-day vacation in Dubai (not including the 24+ hours spent in flight roundtrip). …Much has been written about the benefits of time off, and some of the executives I respect most in the world swear by the powerful rejuvenating effects of white space. The time off helped me break bad habits. But on the downside… 4.
Want “A” Players? Here’s The One Interview Question You Need To Ask
TLNT: The Business of HR
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Editor’s Note: Readers sometimes ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. Best Practices HR Communications HR Insights HR Management Interviewing Recruiting Talent Acquisition Talent Management Featured
Five Trends Shaping the Future of Work
OmegaHR Solutions
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Five trends are shaping the future of work. I am away this week at an IBM #NewWaytoWork conference as an invited “Influencer” for my work writing about the future. For this week I am going to highlight a view posts that discuss some of the issues of mobility that we will be discussing at the conference. Originally posted in September 2014, this post shows that HR is not the only department that is, or should be, concerned about the future of work. Written by one of my favorite “futurists”, Jacob Morgan , I think this excellent advice. . Heads up HR! Trend # 4- Mobility.
Last Word: Hate Performance Reviews? Millennials Hate Them Most of All
TLNT: The Business of HR
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Editor’s Note: After five plus years, Weekly Wrap is changing to The Last Word because, well, it’s TLNT’s last word on what’s happening this week in HR and talent management. . Best Practices Evaluations, Reviews & Appraisal HR Insights HR Management HR News HR Trends Performance & Personality Performance Management Talent Management Featured
Skill based learning – How it drives an organization’s performance
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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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SME employees naïve to risks of careless data disposal
Jelf
OCTOBER 30, 2015
With UK businesses focused on keeping their digital data safe, they appear to have taken their eye off the ball when disposing of physical confidential information, according to a new survey. Shred-it study conducted by Ipsos MORI found that one in four (24%) SME owners feels that human error poses the biggest security risk to their business. Source: prnewswire . Insurance data breach sme
Sometimes, It Takes the Opposite Approach: 5 Keys For Building Better Leaders
TLNT: The Business of HR
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Too many leadership failures and career derailments; too many toxic workplaces filled with disengaged and distrustful employees. Best Practices HR Insights Leadership Organizational Leadership
Arizona Intern Fired for Racist Tweet: Social Media Matters
Blogging 4 Jobs
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Earlier this week Arizona intern Erika Escalante was fired after publishing a racist tweet. After visiting a cotton farm with a friend, she posted pictures of them picking cotton with the caption “Our inner n *r came out today.” They weren’t impressed. We too find this tweet offensive & we are shocked. This does not reflect our values & culture. Kids these days, amirite?
How Analytics are Used for Talent Acquisition: A Call for Best Practices
Talent Acquisition Today
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Okay I admit it. I am a data geek, and a firm believer in the power of analytics. It is amazing the amount of intelligence that can be gleaned from publicly available data. recently attended the HR Technology Conference & Expo in Las Vegas and learned how some providers are using predictive analytics and aggregated data to hone their talent acquisition solutions. Some Philosophical Questions.
Leaving performance reviews behind: Where to start [Guide]
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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.
Leadership Conversations: A Lost Art
DDI's Talent Management Intelligence
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Have we lost the true art of conversations, especially in leadership roles
Is the Sound of Your Voice Hurting Your Career?
45 Things
OCTOBER 30, 2015
You may be surprised the first time you hear your own recorded voice. Who is that person who sounds like Daffy Duck? Why didn’t anyone ever tell you that your voice makes you sound like a third-grader? Is your voice really so high-pitched it’s a wonder dogs aren’t howling for miles around? That’s why you can’t brush off the impression your voice makes on others. Control your pitch. Lisa B.
Meetings: A Snapshot of Your Organization’s Culture
TalentCulture
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Meetings are cultural artifacts that give us a snapshot about how people in the organization relate to each other. They tell us all we need to know about power and authority, decision-making, communication patterns, and the way people relate to each other. Meetings provide us with a thumbnail picture of the organization’s culture and a powerful means to shift it. It’s up to you.
Keogh Honored as HR Executive of the Year
HRE's The Leader Board
OCTOBER 30, 2015
The Trustee Ballroom at Boston University was the scene for the 27th HR Executive of the Year and Honor Roll awards ceremony and dinner, where Traci Keogh, executive vice president of human resources at Hewlett-Packard Co., was awarded HRE ‘s highest honor. Also named to the magazine’s Honor Roll were Marcia J. From left: Sallie Larsen, Marcia J. Bosch. Share on Facebook Twitter It!
Innovation Buster: How Losing Your Best Employees is Killing Innovation
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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.
where should you look for jobs?
Ask a Manager
OCTOBER 30, 2015
A reader writes: I’m a PhD student (worked for a couple years before returning for grad school) and am now looking for full time employment. You mentioned in a recent post that you don’t advertise on “big job banks” because of how many unqualified candidates you get. I’m trying to find fairly specific positions, and the big job sites are pretty bare of positions that are a good match. For example, look at DICE, TechCrunch, or GitHub for I.T., What other suggestions do people have? where should you look for jobs? job searching
What are you worth?
HR Potential
OCTOBER 30, 2015
A few days ago I was reminiscing with my husband about a range of books we had both loved as children called “Choose your own adventure” (as in, Minecraft Story Mode is the new Choose Your Own Adventure). If you were a child in the 80s hopefully you will remember what I am talking about. […]. Human Resources Woman at Work assessment diversity equal pay equality job evaluation reward talent worth
Top 10 OSHA Violations: The Results are Staggering
Total Employee Recognition
OCTOBER 30, 2015
This past September at the NSC Expo in Atlanta , OSHA presented the preliminary Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Workplace Safety Violations, reported during the 2015 fiscal year. What's interesting about this list is that it nearly mirrors the same list from 2014, indicating a trend in the most vulnerable areas in on-the-job safety. Safety
Microsoft Wants Open-Source Experts
Dice
OCTOBER 30, 2015
For years, Microsoft bared its teeth at the open-source community. Former CEO Steve Ballmer once famously referred to Linux as a “cancer,” and the company expended a lot of effort claiming that open-source software violated its various patents. Since CEO Satya Nadella took over, however, Microsoft’s view on open source has softened a bit. One out of every four virtual machines on Azure runs Linux.
2016 Training Program Best Practices
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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?
How To Win Your Fantasy Football League: It’s Not What You Think
SAP Innovation
OCTOBER 30, 2015
More than 40 million people compete in fantasy sports each year, but on average only one in ten actually wins. So if you’re one of the 36 million fantasy losers out there, listen up…. Each summer you enter the season thinking, “This is my year!” You probably spend hours studying in preparation for the big draft. But then, the surefire player you honed in on gets taken right before your turn.
How to Spot the Perfect Hire
Spark Hire
OCTOBER 30, 2015
When you’ve got an open role to fill and dozens of applications streaming in, the hiring process can feel overwhelming. You can quickly identify those who simply aren’t a good match at all, however distinguishing the excellent candidates from the mediocre can be more of a challenge. Here’s how to identify a perfect hire : They gel well with the rest of your staff. willingness to learn.
Big, Bad Data: How Talent Analytics Will Make It Work In HR
SAP Innovation
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Here’s a mind-blowing fact: Research from IBM shows that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. find this fascinating. Which means that companies have access to an unprecedented amount of information: insights, intelligence, trends, future-casting. In terms of HR, it’s a gold mine of Big Data. Companies also want: • Data security. Data privacy. Cloud-based.
Navigating Workforce Central 8
Working Smarter Cafe
OCTOBER 30, 2015
The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress – Charles Kettering If you’re making the jump from an older version of Workforce Central to version 8, your users will experience a new user interface (UI) built with HTML5. For those of you upgrading from an older version, say version […]. Uncategorized customer experience employee adoption KnowledgePass Kronos navigator Kronos training software adoption software upgrade Workforce Central 8
Ditching the formal performance review? Kineo shares 3 Elements for Success
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How To Embrace The Coming Freelancing Revolution
SAP Innovation
OCTOBER 30, 2015
The concept of running a business today is constantly changing, and one thing that has completely shifted the corporate landscape has been the ongoing shift towards employees becoming voluntary freelancers. Today, 34% of all employees are freelancers, and this is estimated to be upwards of 50% as of 2020. Hire from an exponentially larger talent pool. Hire for only the job that you need done.
Pensions: Reading the tea leaves…
Jelf
OCTOBER 30, 2015
This week it has been widely reported that The Chancellor, George Osborne, has signalled that there will be no announcements from him in response to the “Strengthening the Incentive to Save” consultation until the 2016 Spring Budget statement. This continued uncertainty has left commentators sifting through the tea-leaves in an effort to reach a consensus of opinion as to what the eventual outcome for UK pensions will be. However, tax relief on contributions to pensions is expensive and favours higher-rate taxpayers much more than others. Does my right hon. Mr Osborne: My hon.
Work Fearlessly This Halloween
Justworks
OCTOBER 30, 2015
For entrepreneurs, every day can be the scariest day of the year. And buying a Halloween costume is probably the last thing on anyone's mind when your to-do list is piling up. So we built six Halloween costumes to free you up to work fearlessly: Carpal tunnel claws. Ghosts of future employees. The human billboard. Red tape mummy. Paperclip shackles. Compliance concussion.
Who’s Afraid Of Cloud Analytics?
SAP Innovation
OCTOBER 30, 2015
I have been talking to organizations about cloud BI and analytics since BusinessObjects first launched “Crystal Reports On-Demand” in 2006 , winning praise from well-known cloud advocates: “With the availability of crystalreports.com, Business Objects, the world leader in business intelligence solutions, is bringing the power of on-demand computing to BI customers worldwide.” — Mark Benioff.
HR's Critical Role in Creating Productive and Meaningful Workplaces
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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.
New Video: Watch that Time with Wearables in the Workplace
FinancialForce
OCTOBER 30, 2015
During this year’s Dreamforce we announced the official FinancialForce.com Punch Time Tracker App for Apple Watch. To refresh your memory, it’s our first Apple Watch app that delivers instant time tracking capabilities specifically designed for today’s modern and mobile workforce. Check out the video below, starring our talented Director of Platform Technology, Kevin Roberts , AKA “Ash.”.
This NFL Team Is Adapting Its Leadership To Engage Millennials
SAP Innovation
OCTOBER 30, 2015
In no other industry are generational gaps as evident as they are in professional sports, and particularly in the National Football League. This is an industry in which every year, the dynamics of each team changes as eager Millennials join the ranks. These teams already have established ways doing things, and now those ways are being tested. Leadership of Millennials? It’s here to stay.
#TChat Preview: How to Make Meetings Worth Everyone’s Time
TalentCulture
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Last week the TalentCulture team talked about how hiring managers can reduce the cost of hiring and this week we’re discussing how to make meetings worth everyone’s time with Dick and Emily Axelrod, founders of The Axelrod Group, Inc., a consulting firm that pioneered the use of employee involvement to effect large-scale organizational change. But meetings can be productive!
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