Dwane Lay, HR Examiner Editorial Advisory Board Contributor In my role at Dovetail Software and my previous lives, I’ve run more than my share of implementation projects. I’ve been on large HRIS implementations that cost millions of dollars; I’ve worked small projects that only touched a handful of people; and, I’ve had lots that were somewhere in between. Having lived through them (and mostly avoided the PTSD that comes free with purchase), I’ve found patterns of choices and behaviors that invariably predict the success of the project, for better or worse. MORE >>

While most of us aren’t professional actors, managing the emotions that we express to other people at work is par for the course. It can also be exhausting. What kind of toll does such emotion regulation take on well-being? How does it impact team functioning and culture? Surface acting at work is a topic Sarah Rose Cavanagh, associate professor of psychology at Assumption College, will be discussing at WorkHuman next month. Read more in her column for Psychology Today, Once More with Feeling. Read the full Q&A below. What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? Absolutely! MORE >>

This year’s edition of the annual Stack Overflow survey suggests that most developers aren’t actively searching for jobs—and when they jump to a new gig, it’s because a friend referred them. Roughly 63 percent of developers worldwide surveyed by the Website said they weren’t actively looking for a new job, but that they were “open to new opportunities.” Another 22 percent said they weren’t interested in a new job, while just under 15 percent were actively looking. When it came to landing a new position, 28 percent said that a friend had referred them. percent), external recruiters (13.8 MORE >>

Great storytelling is an integral part of leadership. Steve Jobs may have been criticized for some elements of his leadership style, but he was able to get his team to believe in the vision he saw. To get your team on board and impassioned about your vision, you need to tell a story they believe in. Read More» The post The Neuroscience of Storytelling [Infographic] appeared first on Switch & Shift. Business Inspirational art of storytelling storytelling MORE >>

At ClearCompany, we take goals seriously. We understand just how pivotal they are to the entire infrastructure of a business and because of that, we have worked hard to provide a great deal of information around setting and attaining business goals so your team can tackle projects, large and small. Knowing the steps to creating a goal-oriented business model is great, but what are the facts under all those steps. Why do they approach work? Setting Goals MORE >>