ATD Human Capital

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The best organizations know that engaged, high-performing employees drive business success. Engaged employees are more productive, more profitable, more customer-focused, and more likely to stay. And highly engaged workplaces grow faster, adapt quicker, and innovate more. But how can we make improvements on a metric that has been declining the past three years ? So, what can you do?

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DATIS

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Every January 1 st starts a new year with new opportunity. Millions of people embrace these new beginnings with a ‘carpe diem’ mentality by setting New Year’s resolutions. Setting goals for the new year is a great way to strive for better health, career advancement, and overall self-improvement. Unfortunately, research by the University of Scranton suggests that only 8% of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions. These findings beg the question: why do so many of us fall short and lose the ambition that was so strong in January? Top Executive Resolutions for 2017.

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Visier

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Born before 1982 and in a leadership or management role? If yes, you may have asked yourself the question: “How do I motivate and communicate with the Millennials (born 1982 -2000) on my team?” ” I’ve been asked this question many times since Millennial values, beliefs, and communication style are perceived as quite different. Why Are Millennials Perceived As Different?

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TLNT: The Business of HR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Being an effective leader of people in today’s world seems to be much more complicated than in years past. HR Insights Leadership Featured

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Ironically, the review process designed to help companies increase their employees’ performance rarely receives a performance review itself? These performance reviews stick around and fail to improve quarter after quarter, year after year. Learn four ways to improve your performance reviews—right now.

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The Employer Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I hear many of you are dying for my hot take on how Tenth Circuit Judge Neil M. Gorsuch  may shape employment law as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Then again, those could be the voices in my head. Ah, that’s better. Where was I? Oh yes, happy Groundhog Day. Well, I’ll tell you this. Don’t push your luck with Judge Gorsuch on leave as an ADA accommodation. hyperlink added).

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FlashPoint

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

How Leaders help build EFFECTIVE TEAMS. Teams are often dynamic and complex. Ideally, each member of a team plays a vital role and works as a group to help one another accomplish their goals. At minimum, each team member should be accountable and work cooperatively for the good of the organization. Team Effectiveness

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SuccessFactors

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

This year’s Oscar nominations include Moonlight , nominated for eight different awards including best director, marking the first time an African-American man has been nominated for the category. Its immensely talented co-creators, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, both credit early mentors as being critical to their success. McCraney worked as an assistant for the playwright August Wilson.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

by Philipe Bruce, founder of P.O.D.S Professional & Organizational Development Solutions. There’s a war out there—a war for talent—and it’s the Millennial generation that make up increasing talent pools in the corporate world. Yes, they don’t stay long in an organization. Yes, they are laidback and rebellious. But they also bring value and talent that Millennials to an organization.

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Compliance isn’t going away. If anything, it might actually become more complex at the state and local levels as the federal agenda begins to take shape. Download the “2017 Kickoff” whitepaper for an in-depth look at what to expect in the coming year.

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Workforce Software

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Learn how the latest workforce management trends are helping organizations around the world make work easier for everyone, managers and employees alike. eBook Absence Management ROI Time and Attendance Workforce Management Workforce Scheduling

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O.C. Tanner

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Wellness programs are a basic necessity of any halfway decent corporate culture. But what does it take to transform your company into a wellness wonderland? How about a little inspiration? Feast your eyes on these six companies who went well beyond ordinary wellness and created cultures that do far more than simply checking the box of employee wellbeing. Black Diamond: The Dawn Patrol.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Question:  Is organ donation covered under FMLA? This would be for the donor, not the recipient. Would it make a difference if the donation was for a friend vs a FMLA covered family member (e.g., mother, father, spouse, child) ? The FMLA allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave for various family and medical reasons, including for their own serious health conditions.

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Paychex

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Which influential HR leaders are you following on Twitter? Here's a list of eight thought leaders who may be able to help you better navigate today's evolving HR space

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Choosing an applicant tracking system should be exciting, not confusing. We've developed a quick guide to everything you should look for while going through your selection process, to free you from the stress often associated with choosing a new ATS.

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Switch and Shift

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Most leaders appreciate the importance of leadership, culture, and engagement within their organizations. While they may not consciously think about the impact on individuals from a human perspective, managers sense these concepts are critical to healthy organizational performance. However, these three areas are often addressed individually, as if one doesn’t interact with the others.

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ClearCompany HRM

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

When used properly and written effectively, job descriptions set transparent expectations for candidates and current employees, creating value for the company and your workforce from the first day on the job to the last. Use this checklist to craft better job descriptions to attract the top talent you are searching for! Quality of Hire

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Ceridian

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

By  John Orr, SVP of Retail, Ceridian. While most retailers have given some thought to cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solutions, the underlying needs and anticipated benefits varies. In a previous blog , I shared high-level insights from Ceridian’s collaboration with Innovative Retail Technologies to survey more than 150 retail workforce managers. want to hone in on the specific benefits our respondents felt cloud-based applications brought to their business. When it comes to the top benefits retailers seek, there is a variance based on size. Follow him on Twitter at @John_Orr. .

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HRE's The Leader Board

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The latest national employment report from ADP’s Research Institute shows that hiring rates were strong across most industries last month, with private-sector employers adding 246, 000 jobs in January. The report beat estimates by economists surveyed prior to its release by Reuters, who’d predicted the report would show a gain of 165,000 jobs. “The U.S. The U.S.

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Join Jesse Novak as he covers what building a Learning Experience is all about, how this should tie into your company culture and why building a foundation around fun, value and recognition is important to engagement. We’ll also discuss how this ties into Gamification and Badging programs to build a brand beyond your organization.

Justworks

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Should your nonprofit company offer benefits? And perhaps more importantly, can you afford it? According to the Nonprofit Times, about 85% of nonprofits offered some kind of medical plan to their employees. If you’re evaluating your options, read on for some information on how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) impacts nonprofits offering benefit plans, how you can select a group benefits provider, and how you can offer free or low-cost perks to keep your best employees around longer. A. Read more

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crewhu

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Happy customers should be a priority for any business, and using customer service management tools like a client satisfaction survey provides you with invaluable information. Based on client data, improving a CSAT score from the 70%’s to the 90%’s can take little effort, but increases client retention over 50%. So what is a simple way to increase your customer satisfaction scores? managed service providers Customer Service

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Steve Boese

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

HR Happy Hour 274 - The Evolving Role of the Recruiter. Host: Steve Boese. Guest: Dan Finnigan, CEO & President, Jobvite. Listen to the show HERE. This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, host Steve Boese is joined by guest Dan Finnigan , CEO and President of Jobvite, a leading provider of Recruitment technology to talk about how tech, automation, and marketing are evolving the role of the recruiter and presenting both opportunities and challenges for the modern recruiter. We also talked about some Rochester, NY delicacies, the current slate of Oscar contenders, and more.

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Winston Benefits

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Businesses are learning that financial stress can be as detrimental to the workforce as other types of stress that cause health problems and low productivity. Many companies have already wellness programs to keep their employees healthy and engaged at work, and some are adding programs designed to mitigate financial worries. financial wellness 2017 benefits trends

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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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Achievers

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

By: Leigh Burger. Senior Implementation Manager, Achievers. Change is a funny thing, isn’t it? We frequently resist it, yet progress is impossible without it. In fact, we can’t really move through life without it. The desired approach for most of us is to experience change in small, bite-size chunks. Otherwise, it can wreak havoc on us when there’s too much at once and we’re not prepared for it.

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NoExcusesHR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Effective healthcare human resources leadership, and more recently, recruiting and employer branding are the center pieces of my career. As in, my entire career. It's been a wild ride, but for the most part, I wouldn't trade any of it for a different path. Except perhaps, for what feels like an eternally long time before I figured out how to lead in the modern world. Does that sound a bit harsh?

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Spark Hire

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Technology has made the hiring process much more streamlined, providing an improved experience for both interviewer and job seeker alike. While interview scheduling tools can help take the back-and-forth struggle out of hiring, other software such as a platform for conducting video interviews has also helped to alleviate hiring headaches. Video interviews are becoming increasingly popular among businesses of various sizes. They are especially useful during the initial stages of screening candidates, saving valuable time and resources and streamlining the hiring process. Click To Tweet.

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Laurie Ruettimann

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I was listening to a podcast last week and heard a commercial for mushroom coffee. That’s right. You read that correctly. Mushroom. Coffee. Apparently, regular coffee isn’t good enough. Mushroom coffee will make you smarter, thinner, and more productive. And, if you consume enough of it, mushroom coffee will make your dick bigger. YOUR DICK. IT WILL BE BIGGER. MUSHROOM COFFEE. So, yeah, gross. I’ll let you google it. There’s no place for mushroom coffee in a civilized world. And, for whatever reason, these dudes look for a synthetic solution for a very organic process.

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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.

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