June, 2020

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4 Small Ways Companies Can Improve Team Morale

Hppy

Team morale is an essential element in building any successful venture , but it is also one of the most neglected elements in smaller companies, unfortunately. An event, an activity, or a step that boosts team morale doesn’t always have to be anything that costs a lot of money or resources either, it can be something small but meaningful as well. On that note, let’s now discuss four small methods that HR can use to boost team morale effectively.

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11 Companies Where LGBTQ Equality Lasts Beyond Pride Month

The Muse

Want to work somewhere that’s truly LGBTQ inclusive? Check out these companies.

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What it really means to be an ally.

LifeSpeak

June 2020 has been a rollercoaster of emotions. With police brutality, systemic racism, gender discrimination, and LGBTQ+ rights on top of everyone’s minds, you might be wondering what meaningful steps you can take to fight oppression. The term “allyship” has been gaining traction as more people recognize their privilege and the unique position it gives them to support marginalized groups.

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ENGAGEMENT MAGIC®: The 5 Keys of Employee Engagement

DecisionWise

In our blog, “ Are Your Employees Engaged or Just Satisfied ,” we reviewed some of the differences between employee engagement and employee satisfaction. Satisfied employees operate under a transactional relationship—“Because the company gives me X, I am willing to give X worth of effort.” As Herzberg would say, these elements are “hygiene factors ”—they must be present, but do not necessarily result in engagement.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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How To Have Clearing Conversations At Work

15Five

Tough conversations are a constant—and necessary—aspect of building a strong, connected, and diverse workforce. When you bring together different backgrounds, opinions, and priorities in the workplace, friction sometimes can’t be avoided. In a global study by CCP , more than 85% of employees cited experiencing conflict at work. So if disconnection is inevitable, how do we work towards clear and consistent conflict resolution?

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Guess Who’s Disrupting HR Tech Now? Facebook. Yes it’s Facebook.

Josh Bersin

I’ve never been a big Facebook user – it always seemed like a poorly designed platform and I don’t like sharing my personal information all the time. So when the company launched Workplace from Facebook I was not expecting much. The initial product, developed for internal collaboration inside the company, was just a “gray” version.

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Promoting Diversity in Startups: Your 5-Step Hiring Action Plan

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Diversity in startups will make or break your business plan. Here’s your 5-step guide on how to be proactive about inclusive sourcing and hiring.

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ask the readers: how to unionize your workplace

Ask a Manager

A lot of workplaces have a lot of reasons to unionize right now , and organizing could be your only option if your employer is behaving badly and refusing to engage in reasonable dialogue with you and your coworkers. This is not my area of expertise, so let’s hear from readers with experiencing with unionizing. What advice would you give people wondering about forming a union, especially around protecting their jobs from retaliation?

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Return-to-Work Communication Best Practices for Coronavirus | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

These tips and best practices help craft your message communicating a return-to-work plan to your employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Asynchronous communication in the workplace: benefits and best practices

Workable

Asynchronous work and its unique issues – for example, communication delay or tech hiccups – are not new territory for many businesses. Many employers have had distributed teams for years now and they’ve been willing to share their best practices to shed some light on remote work first-timers’ biggest problems and solutions , including tips for effective asynchronous collaboration.

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#WorkTrends Getting Real About ATS

TalentCulture

We may be at a tricky point in the economy, but hiring is on many company’s minds — along with what tools can help. So Meghan brought in Doug Coull, founder and CEO of APS, Inc.— the makers of SmartSearch talent acquisition and staffing management software — to talk ATS. They spent this episode of #WorkTrends […]. The post #WorkTrends Getting Real About ATS appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Workday People Experience Arrives: The ERP Landscape Evolves

Josh Bersin

The enterprise software world has been attacked by the Coronavirus. Most of the big, complicated, multi-year ERP implementations have taken a pause and companies decided “we have to get something out immediately.” So they lashed together the tools they had to build communications programs, testing and feedback apps, training programs, and all sorts of programs.

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What I Wish I Knew: Advice for Those Just Getting Started in HR

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Given the chance, what career advice would veteran HR leaders give to their younger selves?

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Protect Your Business: Tackle the Future of I-9 Fraud with Expert Strategies

Speaker: Speakers

Is your business ready for the future of document fraud? AI advancements have made forgery easier, increasing risks for employers. With 85% of identity fraud last year linked to impersonation, proactive compliance is essential. Join WorkBright’s webinar on October 8 to equip yourself with crucial insights for protecting your business from fraudulent I-9 documents, including: Understanding Risks: Learn about new fraud tactics impacting your business.

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can I wear a collar on video calls, correcting clients who call me “Mrs.” and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Can I wear a collar now that we’re on video? In my personal life, I sometimes wear a collar as part of my fun relationship with my partner. It is a narrow leather band with a small metal ring on it, kind of like this. I’m a teacher and have to look respectable so I never wear it to school. But during distance learning, I’ve been wearing it 24/7 — I figure nobody’s looking closely enough over video chat to notice that it

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100 days

HRGem

This week we reach 100 days in lockdown, or so I read on Twitter. It has been long and long. Those early pandemic, strange, discombobulated and anxiety filled early days have mostly passed.

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Racism: When HR is Part of the Problem

Robin Schooling

HR professionals are the architects of the employee experience. They’re the ones responsible for ensuring their workplaces are free from unlawful discrimination and racism. They’re charged with nurturing a culture that promotes diversity, inclusion and equity. In challenging times, when people are confused and hurting and taking to the streets to protest for issues of basic human rights, employees rely on their HR team to communicate and reassure.

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How to boost employee experience during crisis

HRExecutive

Over the last few years, tight talent pools had us confronting the realities of our overall employee experience—from onboarding to last day. With flexibility and remote working steadily bubbling to the top of employee expectations in workplace trends studies, many of us in HR leadership were working on multi-phased plans to address these new demands—before COVID-19 and work-from-home directives.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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Upskilling: A Full Guide (incl. 7 ways to upskill your workforce)

Digital HR Tech

When it comes to future-proofing your people, upskilling is the way to go. In this article, we take a thorough look at upskilling; what it is, how you can upskill your people, what courses there are available, and we share three real-life upskill projects. Contents What is upskilling? A definition Why upskilling is key for the future of work 7 ways to upskill your workforce Digital upskilling Upskill courses Upskill project examples (case study) Conclusion FAQ.

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How to Support Your Employees During Times of Crisis

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

2020 has impacted everyone differently and in some ways, permanently altered the way we see the world. Natural disasters, economic downturns, pandemics, and social movements all bring about challenges to society and, therefore, provide the leadership of an organization with an opportunity to recommit to its people.

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What the Supreme Court Ruling on DACA Means for Employers

SHRM Resources

The June 18 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court preserving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides relief not only for the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants it covers, but also for the organizations that employ them—but only temporarily.

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Reframe: Strategic Thinking When You Need It Most by Nick Noyes

Take It Personel-ly

Strategic thinking is always important; it’s a critical foundation skill for effective leaders. But in crucible leadership moments like the present, it has outsized importance. When rapid change is happening all around us, even the immediate future is wildly uncertain, and the potential range of outcomes is vast, this is when strategic thinking is most needed.

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[Free Templates] Plant the Seed for Successful Onboarding!

Our Free Welcome Email Templates (designed for both in-office or virtual employees) are ready for you to customize and use to plant the seeds of success for new team members.

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How to Talk to Kids About Racism and Discrimination

LifeSpeak

Q&A with Dr. Kira Banks, Psychologist and creator of Raising Equity*. There is so much in the news about George Floyd’s death at the hands of police and the pervasiveness of racism. How can we approach the conversation with our children? I think it’s important for parents to give age-appropriate responses. Depending on how much the news is on, some kids might not be aware of the murder of George Floyd.

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Using data, accountability to make the D&I difference

HRExecutive

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series related to diversity and inclusion around remote employee strategies and priorities for HR leaders. *. In light of COVID-19 and the simultaneous growing awareness of racial disparities and injustice, experts believe now might be the perfect time for HR leaders to focus on bolstering their commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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Two simple and cost-effective ways to improve employee wellbeing

HR Zone

Employees Two cost-effective ways to improve wellbeing.

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Why You Need Storytelling for Diversity and Inclusion Success

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Thought leadership on the business need for diversity and inclusion in workplaces, explained by CultureCounts's expert diversity and inclusion consultants

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The Upskilling Advantage: Transforming Your Workforce For Future Growth

Speaker: Brian Richardson

With a staggering 92% of CEOs prioritizing skill development, and 84% struggling with transformation, mastering upskilling is now more critical than ever. Drawing on extensive research and collaboration with hundreds of leading organizations, discover key hurdles and innovative best practices in workforce upskilling. You'll walk away with a deep understanding of how to build a culture of continuous learning, expert insights into assessing the current skills of your employees, and a strategic too

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It’s Really Hard to Judge People!

The Tim Sackett Project

I was out walking with my wife recently (that’s what middle-aged suburban people do, we walk, it makes us feel like we are less lazy and it gets us away from the kids so we can talk grown-up) and she made this statement in a perfectly innocent way: “It’s really hard to judge people.”. She said this to ‘me’! I start laughing. She realized what she said and started laughing.

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Why 'going back' to the office is the wrong language and possibly the wrong choice for employee engagement

Pay Compliment

Going back. What do you think of when you hear the term going back ? Progress. Learning. Innovation. Expansion? Those types of words don't spring to mind for me. Instead, I'm triggered into thoughts of Regression. Constriction. Convention. Familiarity. and perhaps even comfortableness. When businesses are talking with workers about 'going back' (or returning to), there is an implicit message that things were better before, and worth going back to; that there is not much worth keeping from enforc

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2.5 Million Jobs Gained in May, Unemployment Rate Drops to 13 Percent

SHRM Resources

The U.S. economy surprisingly gained 2.5 million jobs in May, and the unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent from 14.7 percent in April, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists were forecasting about 8.3 million jobs lost, and that the unemployment rate would rise to nearly 20 percent. Unemployment has seemingly hit its peak as employers across the country begin reopening and rehiring laid off workers.

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