May, 2015

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Using Collective Sensemaking to Put Caring Back in Health Care

Conversation Matters

I’ve had the opportunity to work with healthcare clients for over ten years and I want to tell you about a healthcare initiative I’ve been a part of, that is the best example of collective sensemaking I’ve seen. More importantly, I truly believe it is capable of transforming healthcare as we know it – making it both more humane and more effective. It‘s called “Collaborative Care” and it is about involving the whole medical team, including the patient and the families in care decisions.

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What Getting Fired Taught Me About Choosing the Right Candidate

TLNT: The Business of HR

I hate to admit it, but I was fired from my first two jobs out of college. I felt like a failure and was dejected, not knowing why I could not succeed despite really trying. I was an accountant then and earned a CPA certification. I had good grades from a very good school and understood accounting theory at an advanced level. In addition, I was a good interviewer and was able to convince people that I was the person they wanted to hire.

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4 tips for handling staffing needs during hectic spring and summer months

Ceridian

By James Arsenault, Director of Dayforce Product Marketing at Ceridian. Spring is here and summer is upon us, and employers know that means workforce management is about to become a lot trickier (especially for retail and other businesses with associates on the store floor). It’s an undeniable yearly trend – as the weather gets nicer, and […].

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The Demand for Skills Is Rising … But So Are Demands for Raises

HR Daily Advisor

In yesterday’s Advisor , we discussed the issue of pay transparency; today, how raises are now becoming very much in demand (whether or not your employees are comparing notes on salary)—and what it means for employers. If your managers are not already fielding requests from employees for raises and promotions, they soon may be, according to a recent Accountemps survey.

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New DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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How Career Re-Entry Programs Are Tackling the Gender Gap One Hire at a Time

Cornerstone On Demand

While the media is brimming with advice about how to attract the youngest and brightest talent , companies are grappling with another, arguably more elusive recruiting challenge: finding experienced women to help bridge the long-standing corporate gender gap. Although women now outpace men in undergraduate degrees and are nearly on par for graduate degrees, several prominent industries—such as tech, finance and healthcare—are still marked by a discrepancy in male to female leadership

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Taking Advantage of the Transparency Trend in the Hiring Process

ClearCompany HRM

Startup culture is leading the business world zeitgeist and even big companies are starting to take notice. Startups are changing the way we handle money , how companies talk to customers and how they’re thinking about company culture. One aspect that goes unnoticed in the emergence of startups, however, is transparency. From the ways companies make themselves look good when they share to how being open is better for business, companies looking to adapt to the flexibility and nimbleness of start

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Selecting a Personality Assessment Tool May be Hazardous to Your Organization

TLNT: The Business of HR

Have you ever had a bad test experience when applying for a job? If so, you’re in good company. Fact: Many hiring tests are limited in their ability to assess the right candidate and often lead to bad hiring and high turnover. This was recently the focus of an NPR story that looked at some of the new tests on the market that use big data and brain games.

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Total Employee Engagement and Training & Development

Kazoo

Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2015 report shows the TOP issues companies are now facing are employee engagement and retention. Josh Bersin, the force behind Deloitte’s employee engagement arm, recently wrote a piece for Chief Learning Officer where he indicated that there’s a great opportunity to boost employee engagement through learning programs. “ The research data we’ve compiled on characteristics for some of the most highly engaged organizations shows one of the m

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HHS Awards $112 Million To Improve Local Cardiac Health Care

ACA Times

The Department of and Human Services announced awards of $112 million regional cooperatives about 5,000 primary physicians in 12 states, aimed at improving the heart health of their nearly 8 million patients and preventing heart attacks and stroke. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. The program, called EvidenceNOW : Advancing Heart in Primary Care, will help primary care practices in urban and rural communities.

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Getting Employee Experience Right Is Hard – But It Doesn’t Have To Be

Employee experience has expanded from a basic focus on well-being to a more comprehensive approach that covers all aspects of an employee's journey. But as important as it is to develop and retain top talent by giving employees positive experiences, tension can exist between balancing experience desires and achieving business outcomes.

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Government Talent Crunch: Why Training Matters More Than Ever

Cornerstone On Demand

Things may be booming on Wall Street, but state governments' HR departments are still reeling from the Great Recession. They're facing personnel cuts, pay freezes and disappearing budgets—just as baby boomers begin to retire. The challenges are ongoing as state leaders continue to cut HR budgets across the board. And as agencies race to fill vacant or soon-to-be-vacant positions, training programs often get slashed first, says Richard Greene, a principal with Barrett and Greene Inc

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Quick Shots for #HR and Business Pros – #ATD2015 Edition

HR Bartender

Internal coaching is growing in practice! I’ve heard this topic at two conferences now. Organizations are creating internal coaching practices as part of employee career development programs. Most companies recognize that connection is important, but in many ways we are less connected in the ways that matter. This impacts engagement. One speaker used the example of the Gallup Q12 being all about connection.

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Why You Shouldn’t Always Treat Candidates like Customers

ClearCompany HRM

There has always been deluge of advice asking employers to treat their candidates like customers. In order to make a great candidate want to work at your company, you need to cater to their needs, make sure they feel special and offer them things like benefits, perks, and higher pay that your competitors don’t. It’s sound advice, for the most part, but as it turns out, following the “ treat candidates like customers ” point of view doesn’t always work.

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The Important Design Components of a “Buddy” Hiring Program

TLNT: The Business of HR

Second of two parts. As I told you here yesterday (see Few Recruiting Tools Work Better Than a “‘Buddy Hire” Program ), the buddy hire approach is where you offer to hire your target star candidate and a close colleague or friend of theirs as a package deal. This is an amazingly effective recruiting strategy simply because most of us do have a close colleague or friend who we’ve always wanted to work with.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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Infographic Thursday: How to Develop a Culture of Safety in Your Office

Something Different

…So the business I support is coming up on its annual safety week. Ergo, this infographic is very timely for me and touches on some powerful statistics that should cause all of us all to pay careful attention to what we’re doing in the workplace (and how it impacts the well being of both ourselves and our peers). Thanks to Spark Hire for creating this infographic.

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Make Tax Time Easier with Accurate Workforce Data

nettime solutions

Payroll taxes are the federal, state, and local taxes that you, as an employer, are required to pay on behalf of employees. Therefore it's essential that employees accurately record hours worked. If you end up underpaying, there will be stiff penalties and interest. And if you're overpaying taxes, that's not a sound financial strategy for your business.

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William Tincup: 7 Steps to Define Your Personal Brand

Cornerstone On Demand

HR leaders spend a lot of time thinking about how to support and enrich other people's careers. But it's also important to turn the lens on ourselves, making sure we're fully present and fulfilled at work. To wit, we asked William Tincup, principal analyst at Key Interval Research , for his advice on polishing up your personal brand: Would you hire yourself?

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Corporate Culture: Your Company Is a Community

HR Bartender

There’s an emerging theme I’m hearing about comparing companies to communities. I heard it at the Great Place to Work conference and again at the Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo. If companies are communities, then it’s the obligation of businesses to take care of their community and to support their “members” (i.e., employees).

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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What to Do if You Can’t Manage Talent… But Have to

ClearCompany HRM

Not everyone can be a manager. It’s why only 1 in 10 people possess high talent to manage , and why companies don’t choose the right person for management jobs 82% of the time. Very few have the ability to lead teams, engage them, and handle the stressful workloads of working between employees and corporate. But if you’re not the lucky 1 in 10 who can manage talent effectively, what do you do?

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Hiring Wisdom: Can You Focus on What Is Important, But Not Urgent?

TLNT: The Business of HR

It’s probable you have a list of (or at least know) the reasons why your customers buy from you. It’s also probable you don’t have the same sort of list of why anyone should want to work for you. Problem is, if you don’t know why anyone should want to work for you, how could potential applicants possibly know? (more…).

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Insurers Performing Better With ACA

ACA Times

Although some insurance companies had expected the Affordable Care Act to create operational problems, an industry study found that the financial and administrative performance of payers actually improved for plans offered on the federal and state exchanges and in Medicaid expansion states. However, doctors and hospitals continue to have relatively low levels of trust in insurers, the study found.

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Utilizing Talent Swaps as an Employee Development Tool

Something Different

<www.industryconnect.co.nz> …So this morning I read a great piece here from Kris Dunn wherein he talked about the merits of having high potentials job shadow senior leaders to gain the critical experiences needed to fill your organization’s talent pipelines for critical positions. Dunn does a great job of laying out what a program like this might look like, so check it out if you get a chance.

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Why Freddie Mac is Recruiting Employees with Autism

Cornerstone On Demand

Today, it's widely cited that one in 68 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. But less discussed in the media is what happens when these children grow up. A report published in April found that young adults with autism had significantly lower employment rates than people with other disabilities. Compared to a 58 percent employment rate of twentysomethings with autism, 74 percent of young people with intellectual disabilities, 95 percent with learning disabilities and 91 percen

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5 Business Lessons Learned From Adult Coloring Books

HR Bartender

I’ve noticed a few themes emerging in the professional development space that center around the need for individuals to find ways to decompress, de-stress, and detox from their digital lives. One of the ideas I heard was adult coloring books. Now before you laugh, check out these articles on CNN , Huffington Post , the NY Post and the LA Times about the popularity of adult coloring.

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The Road to Strategic HR for Mid-market Companies

PeopleStrategy

We read a lot about HR stepping up to fill a more strategic role and using data and analytics to shape a company’s goals and objectives. In larger companies where there tend to be more financial, technological and human resources, this shift is already taking place. For HR professionals in small and mid-market companies, the transition is slightly more challenging for two key reasons. 1.

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Few Recruiting Tools Work Better Than a “‘Buddy Hire” Program

TLNT: The Business of HR

First of two parts. If you are experiencing great difficulty in convincing a reluctant superstar or magnet hire candidate to say yes to a job offer, there are few more powerful convincing tools than a “buddy hire” program. If you haven’t heard of it, the buddy hire approach is where you offer to hire your target star candidate and a close colleague or friend of theirs as a package deal.

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The Engagement Engine: Strategies for Building a High-Performance Culture

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

Many companies strive for a positive culture with happy employees. But what if you could achieve more? High-performing cultures are the McLarens of the business world, leaving Camrys in the dust. They unlock exceptional results by fostering innovation, engagement, and continuous growth. In this webinar, we'll demystify the concept and provide practical steps to kickstart the journey toward a high-performing culture in your organization.