January, 2012

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Until the End of the Time

True Faith HR

'In college, a friend and I, used to strive to include 4 words in every paper we wrote. Those words? Boon Moist Torrential Cavalcade The reason why these words in particular were chosen has faded away into the mists of time, but we had the belief (perhaps mistaken) that if we could incorporate each of these words appropriately, the natural result had to be a grade of "A.

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What is Co-Employment?

Insperity

If you’re like most employers, you spend an inordinate amount of time on payroll, recruiting and other human resource (HR) tasks at the expense of what truly matters—growing your business. If HR duties are keeping you from being more competitive, a co-employment relationship with a professional employer organization (PEO) might be the best solution.

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Moving Expanding Growing

Rehmann

BWD Magazine , Winter 2011-12. Steady growth and continued regional commitment. As the economy begins to show signs of improvement, companies are beginning to show signs of that growth. Rehmann is leading the charge with its own contributions. In late October, the firm’s Troy, Michigan office moved to a 40,000-square-foot space at 1500 W. Big Beaver Road.

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An Employment Application’s Place in the Selection Process

ExactHire

I was recently emailing a newer client during our applicant tracking software implementation process , and asking him to make edits to the standard version of the employment application that we load to our client sites. After all, we can customize applications to the needs of each of our clients. To this he responded: “I’m actually wondering if I even want the actual employment application online.

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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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Talent Management Software Vendors get a C+ in Customer Satisfaction

Josh Bersin

We just completed a year-long research study on the customer experience with talent management software. Despite the sky-high market valuations for these companies and the growth rate of the market, Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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Are You Sharing Positive Impact?

The Bamboo Project Blog

In the past few days, I've had some amazing conversations with people about how things I've written here have affected them. Since having a positive impact is one of my most important values and motivators, hearing from people that what I write here makes a difference to them is tremendously rewarding. . What occurred to me, though, was how often we DON'T tell people how something they've done has positively impacted us.

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12 Daily Employee Engagement Prescriptions for 2012

David Zinger

Here are 12 prescriptions for Employee Engagement in 2012. Strive for everyday simple, small, and significant actions. Lighten up your perspective, workload, and intensity. Stop consuming information unless that information contributes to meaningful and important action. Transform the endless quest of more and more into vital focused contribution. Ask yourself if you really need any more data before you engage.

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5 Insights on Creativity from Osho

QAspire

Creativity is at the core of building quality in design. People rarely innovate when they simply follow instructions. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world. Traditionally (in an industrial world), only artists were meant to be creative – painters, dancers, poets and so on.

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Lumesse #Engage2012

Strategic HCM

'I''m at Lumesse''s international customer conference in London today. The most interesting things for me have been: Listening to Josh Bersin - always great value even if I don''t agree with everything he says - eg the development of Strategic HR into Integrated Talent Management (agreed) and then a business enablement function vs a separate function managing people (disagree).

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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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The End of a Job as we Know It

Josh Bersin

The concept of a job, as we know it, is starting to go away. Over the last year I’ve been speaking with many corporate business and human resource leaders and hearing a common theme: we need. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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You say goodbye and I say hello: The secret to retaining your workforce

Achievers

Fact: job dissatisfaction is directly related to life dissatisfaction. “We”, by Rudy Karsan and Kevin Kruse, observes that employees who are stressed, micromanaged, and disengaged at work suffer negative repercussions in their external relationships, health, and general life happiness. Not to mention, employees are increasingly being diagnosed with work-induced anxiety and stress disorders.

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A Conversation Manifesto

The Bamboo Project Blog

I believe in the power of conversation. I believe that when two or more people gather together to talk about what really matters to them, the most amazing things can happen. . I believe that revolutions begin with conversations around a kitchen table or in a living room or on lunch hour or at a coffee shop. Big change comes when we are willing to engage with the important questions. .

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How to Leverage 5 Pathways for Strengths Based Employee Engagement

David Zinger

6. Leverage Strengths – An outline of why employee engagement needs to be strong stuff. (Part 6 of an 11 part series on how managers can improve employee engagement). Let’s get strong in 2012. Engagement is strong stuff. When you know your strengths, live your strengths, and leverage your strengths in the service of others you will have increased engagement, happiness, and well being.

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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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How I met #HR Hero @timsackett

True Faith HR

'A young Tim Sackett in action This is the story of how I met Tim Sackett. January 1977. East Lansing, Michigan. It was another cold January morning of rec basketball. The usual punks from Dewitt were bringing their tough brand of defense to the parquet floor of Pinecrest Elementary School. Amidst the tower of 6 th grade boys, I caught a flash of red hair, saw a small wiry kid a good foot and a half shorter than the rest of his teammates, and started laughing.

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Project Social: Popularity

Working Girl

'One of the early goals of project social was to see how different themes drove more visits and comments. My project social partner Dave Ryan and I are occasionally (OK, frequently) baffled by which posts get lots of traffic, which receive the most comments and which are comparatively ignored. Which makes it interesting to take stock at the beginning of a new year to see which posts were the most popular overall and compare these to the ones we thought were the best.

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Getting Bullish on SAP in the HR Marketplace

Josh Bersin

SAP, the world’s largest application software company, just announced the best revenue and earnings growth the company has made in many years. The company’s quarterly revenues grew by 12% to over $3.4 billion Euros and profits rose by 23% to $1.6 billion. And now that the company has announced its plans to acquire SuccessFactors for. Read more» The post Getting Bullish on SAP in the HR Marketplace appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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Employee engagement: Just a tweet, like and plus away!

Achievers

Social media is at the forefront of communication, whether you like it or not. A 2011 study from Ipsos Reid found that over 17 million people nationwide are regular users of social media. So, how does this affect your employee engagement strategy? Well, it means that a large majority (if not ALL) of your employees are using social media on a regular basis.

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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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Courage, Vulnerability and Being Wholehearted at Work

The Bamboo Project Blog

One of the things I love about the social web is the serendipty of finding just the thing you need when you need it. Sometimes it's like magic and it's what keeps me coming back for more. . This morning, via a Facebook comment from Beth Kanter , I was led to Sahana Chattopadhyay's blog post on Trust, Tacit Knowledge and Social Business. One of the links Sahana referenced was this TEdTalk from Brene Brown.

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What is now business critical on the HR Director’s agenda?

Strategic HCM

'We’ll be following up on the issues raised in the HR Directors Business Summit unconference, and discussed in the final unpanel, at the organisers’ new community forum, HR InSights. However, I thought my summary as chair at the beginning of day two covered both days of the unconference quite well. The three main issues for me were: Performance. Of the business, and of the HR function too (eg in Ed Lawler’s presentation, and also demonstrated in the HR with Distinction awards).

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Conversational Patterns That Support Telling Truth to Power

Conversation Matters

The Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Knowledge Lab faced the challenge of how to move accurate intelligence up the chain of command. Too frequently the intelligence analysis, painstakingly generated by front line analysts, was delayed and often severely modified by a chain of superiors before it reached policy makers who could act upon it. Zeke Wolfberg, the Director of the Knowledge Lab and I, as the knowledge management consultant to the Knowledge Lab, recently published an article about ho

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Fostering Autonomy in a Team: 7 Lessons

QAspire

“…leadership may be defined as: the ability to enhance the environment so that everyone is empowered to contribute creatively to solving the problem(s).” – Gerald M. Weinberg. People do their best work when they are “intrinsically motivated” and one of the most important intrinsic motivator for people is autonomy in work. People need a space to perform and they need a say in how their work should be performed.

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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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Talent Management Software Vendors get a C+ in Customer Satisfaction

Josh Bersin

We just completed a year-long research study on the customer experience with talent management software. Despite the sky-high market valuations for these companies and the growth rate of the market, these products are not fully meeting customer needs. In fact, among the 1,146 companies we surveyed, their average overall satisfaction is 3.65 on a scale.

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Satisfied employees meet the bar; Engaged employees set the bar

Achievers

A , We’re working with our managers to get them to recognize their teams more, but management don’t seem to see the value. They feel like everything is fine as is. How can I explain to others exactly what the term “engagement” means? Yours truly, Miss Engagement. Miss Engagement, Differentiating satisfaction from engagement is the most important part of understanding “ employee engagement ”.

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Announcing a Virtual Knowledge Cafe on Social Artistry

The Bamboo Project Blog

Yesterday I posted on how to make your career dreams come true. One of my dreams is to work with people from around the world to explore the concept of social artistry and how we can use the skills of the social artist at work and for learning. So I'm going to make it happen. . Announcing: The Virtual Knowledge Cafe on Social Artistry. Brent MacKinnon and I are organizing a 9-week Knowledge Cafe that we plan to run online, starting February 20, 2012. .

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2011-12 CHRO Challenges

Strategic HCM

'I obviously had too good a Christmas as I’ve been struggling to get back into work mode again. But I’m now back at client work so it’s time to kick off blogging again too. This year I’m keen to continue a good rate of posting, and to make my posts more strategic too. There are now an awful lot of HR bloggers out there, but I want to ensure this blog is the one you continue to return to for advice on strategic people management and development.

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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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All That I Need

True Faith HR

'Chi, N.-W., Chung, Y.-Y., & Tsai, W.-C. 2011. How do happy leaders enhance team success? The mediating roles of transformational leadership, group affective tone, and team processes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology , 41(6), 1421-1451 A large body of research exists on "employee happiness" and the impact leaders have in influencing it. Who hasn''t been affected by a leader in a bad mood?

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From the Blooper Book: Not exactly who you were looking for…

Aurico

'Some applicants self-select themselves out of the candidate pool right from the start, making our job so much easier. Here are some actual answers we’ve seen on job applications. For the record, none were applying for a job as a stand-up comedian. What are your strengths? “Creative, hard working, GREAT looking” What are your weaknesses? “perfection (I strive for)” What are your weaknesses?

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Dream Job for World-Class Instructional Designer Available

Josh Bersin

Are you a great instructional designer looking for an exciting new opportunity? Would you like to help design cutting-edge, market leading instructional content for a global audience? Are you. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.