October, 2019

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Part 1: How To Boost Productivity Through Intrinsic Motivation

15Five

In life and in business, motivation bleeds into everything we do and it helps us choose where to focus in our busy lives. We have certain motivations for why we’re in relationships, listen to certain podcasts, choose which books to read, and even navigate how we work. Where we derive our motivation is connected to how we expend our energy both short-term and long.

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Mental Health Needs To Be Destigmatized In The Workplace—Here’s How To Do It

Forbes Leadership Strategy

Today is World Mental Health Day, and it’s important to reflect that the tens of millions of people nationwide who deal with mental health issues can face serious stigmatization on the job.

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Your Employment Brand (Once Done Right) Probably Needs Less Refreshing Than You Think.

The HR Capitalist

Quick post today related to employment branding and HR marketing. The big thought is this: You get sick of your own stuff at a much more rapid pace than the marketplace does. Trust me, I'm somewhat of an expert related to being impatient with things that are done well. But the reality is that once you (or I) create something, we see it more than anyone else.

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The Power of People Analytics in Everyday Decision Making

Visier

If you’ll be at HR Technology Conference this week, join us at booth #2019 to discover how people analytics help our customers make better business decisions–and vote for your favorite submission! Learn more here. In an ever-changing business environment, the pressure to make accurate decisions is always growing. In the past, having the answers to make great people decisions was a competitive advantage.

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Mid-Year Performance Review Checklist for HR and People Leaders

Ensure your mid-year performance reviews are focused, productive, and growth-oriented with this practical checklist from Mitratech Trakstar. Designed for HR professionals, people managers, and team leads, this guide walks you through the full review process—from pre-meeting prep and feedback collection to action planning and follow-up. It also includes tips for creating a comfortable and effective review experience, plus ways to leverage tools like self-evaluations, PIPs, and development plans.

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How Does Microburst Training Affect Retention

Ving!

Have you ever been told a long list of things to do? While they are telling you the list, you think, "perfect! I got it." Then you walk away and start doing the list. A few moments into doing the list, you forget some of the items. It is not your fault; this is very normal. Our brains can only hold so much information.

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Why Psychological Safety is Key to Improving Diversity

WeSpire

Saturday Spark #30. By Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder & CEO. I started my career in management consulting. In the fall of 1992, I was living in New York City weekends and jetting up to client site in Boston weekdays. I had incredibly smart and fun colleagues and was learning a ton. I got my first laptop, a giant Toshiba that had to have weighed 15 lbs.

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Towards a collaboration culture

Jostle

Here’s a statement that’s hard to argue with: A vibrant company culture is the difference between simply doing a job and being part of a community. It’s a unifying force, and that’s what most of us want out of work, right? Well, that and a fat paycheck, of course.

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Emotional Intelligence Is A Verb

Select International

A few weeks ago, I was running an EI development course with a technical organisation, and my colleague and I were drawing on our collective resources to engage a delegate who had been encouraged (okay, told) to attend. All signs suggested he wasn’t at all sure if any of it was for him.

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Boss’s Day is a crock and we need to kill it off

Ask a Manager

Boss’s Day is tomorrow, and it’s time to kill it. Sorry, bosses. But the day is a crock. Here’s why: 1. The power dynamics are all messed up. It’s not appropriate to solicit recognition from people below you, especially when they feel it’s obligatory! Plus, many offices have started doing celebrations that involve money – employees’ money – to buy gifts and meals.

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The Truth About Group Medicare: Better Benefits, Lower Cost

Speaker: Lauran Star, PhD

We’re not sugarcoating it: retirement benefits in America are broken. As our workforce ages, too many employers cling to outdated benefit structures that drain budgets while leaving retirees confused, underserved, and anxious about healthcare costs. In this high-impact webinar, we will challenge everything you think you know about benefits for your aging and retired employees, especially the hidden potential of Group Medicare as a strategic advantage—not just a compliance checkbox.

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Take Employee Onboarding To The Next Level With The Best-Self Kickoff

15Five

Believe it or not, professional experiences hold a powerful weight with the impact they have on our lives. If people aren’t engaged in their roles , have an opportunity to collaborate with others, or don’t feel excited to come to work, this can diminish the potential for an overall positive experience. When employees are spending 40+ hours a week in a place they feel trapped, they aren’t showing up each day as the best version of themselves (and before long, they may not show up at all).

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Employee Benefits 2020: Why Employees Want Financial Wellness

Best Money Moves

Employee benefits 2020: why employees want financial wellness. Financial stress has permeated all corners of the workforce and employees need your help to stop it. In their annual survey on employee benefits, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) discovered that financial wellness is one of the top benefits most employees want in 2020. . Employee Benefits 2020: Why Employees Want Financial Wellness.

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Adaptability Quotient: Is This the Key to Success?

Select International

IQ, EQ…AQ ? If this is the first time you are hearing about AQ, or Adaptability Quotient, you are not alone. It’s more likely that you’ve heard about EQ, or Emotional Quotie nt. Emotional intelligence has been said to be key to both personal and professional success, and a ccording to our research has become a mainstream leadership tool that helps get the best out of people in a sustainable way, which improves productivity and well-being.

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The Power of The Results Pyramid: Achieving Sustainable Culture Change

Partners in Leadership

The Results Pyramid® is a model of human behavior leaders use to make culture change happen effectively, accurately, and efficiently in an organization or team. The post The Power of The Results Pyramid: Achieving Sustainable Culture Change appeared first on Partners In Leadership.

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Protect Your Business and Stay On Top of Compliance

To keep your business running smoothly (and legally), HR needs to get compliance right every time. Our HR Compliance Checklist is your go-to guide to cover the basics and start your auditing processes, helping you identify and address any gaps in your HR functions. Remember, compliance rules can differ based on industry and location—you’ll still need to keep up with changing regulations, but our checklist can help you get started.

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Josh Bersin Employee Engagement Research | Reward Gateway

Reward Gateway

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Use the Right Technology Tool For the Job

HR Bartender

The word “hack” is often used instead of tips. For example, here’s a blog post on “ 100 Incredible Life Hacks that Make Life So Much Easier ”. The first one is “Tie a small piece of fabric to your luggage. Saves a lot of time to check if it’s your bag or not.” I like to think of hacks as discovering new ways to use common items. For example, when I travel, I always have a small binder clip with me in case since the curtains won’t close right.

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5 Talent Acquisition Mistakes Data Helps You Avoid

Visier

Talent acquisition plays a key role in the success of organizations. However, finding and keeping the right people for your business isn’t easy. In fact, 65% of recruiters report that the biggest challenge in hiring is a shortage of talent. Often, this leads recruiters to scramble and make the best hire they can to fill positions in a short period of time.

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The Secret to Improving Cross-Functional Collaboration

15Five

Even if you’re not an Elton John fan, no doubt you’ve heard many of his songs. In fact, I dare you to listen to the song “Bennie and the Jets” and not sing every word to the chorus. An impossible task, indeed. But did you know that Elton John doesn’t write those famous lyrics (and that Daniel isn’t Elton’s brother?). For more than half a century, the legendary singer has relied on poet and lyricist, Bernie Taupin to write his words.

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The AI Productivity Shift: How 3,000 Pros And 140K Users Are Transforming Work

Hubstaff’s new report, The AI Productivity Shift, highlights how 3,000+ professionals and 140,000+ users are transforming the way they work with AI. Adoption is high—85% are using AI—and the potential is just beginning. Teams that integrate AI into daily workflows report 77% faster task completion, 70% improved focus, and stronger results across the board.

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Workday Fires A Cannon Into The HR Technology Market

Josh Bersin

This week was Workday Rising, the annual confab of 14,000+ Workday customers, partners, and fans. And as always, it met expectations. Not only did Jerry Seinfeld remind us that “we’ve lost interest in life, now we’re only interested in battery life,” but Workday unleashed a torrent of new talent applications, many of which are going.

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How General Motors Engages a Global Workforce Through Recognition

Achievers

Are you struggling to engage your employees? You’re not alone. With only 21 percent of employees engaged and disengagement costing employers up to $550 billion every year, companies are on the hunt for better employee engagement strategies. When it comes to engaging a global workforce, have you considered leveraging recognition? The key to engaging a global workforce: recognition.

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7 Tired Excuses for a Long Job Application

ExactHire

So your customer service representative and retail associate jobs have been posted for weeks on end…but you still don’t have enough applicants to satisfy the general managers at all your retail locations. What’s a recruiter to do? Maybe you should come to grips with the excuses your organization has been telling itself about why it keeps its lengthy, increasingly-obsolete job application.

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Management Development Programs Today Need to Add This Topic

HR Bartender

Forgive me for the cryptic title on today’s post. I won’t keep you in suspense. The answer is, management development should include “virtual” management of remote workers. My guess is that managers are being asked to supervise an increasing number of remote or virtual employees. Even if they only do it on a part-time or sporadic basis. A great case in point – – the news headlines last winter that said, “ 75 percent of the population will suffer below-freezing temps this week ”.

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Building Compliant Workplace Violence Prevention Across States: CA SB-553 | NY S. 8358B

Speaker: Speakers:

Workplace violence prevention laws are rapidly evolving, with California’s SB-553 and New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act (S-8358B) leading the way. Join WILL’s experts for a nationwide webinar covering compliance requirements, with a special focus on these key state mandates. We’ll guide you through developing and implementing effective prevention policies, building a compliant plan, and delivering the required annual interactive training.

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Cost of a Bad Manager

DecisionWise

The Cost of a Bad Manager.

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Taking Care Of Every Employee So They Bring Their Whole Self To Work

15Five

When one area of an employee’s life feels neglected, it has a tendency to become the only thing that person can focus on. Because of this, there has been a push for organizations to make sure employees are fully taken care of in their personal lives as well as their professional lives. Of course, there are appropriate and reasonable boundaries, but there are many ways your company can ensure each employee is bringing their whole self to work.

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Employee feedback: your secret weapon for business success

HR Zone

Employees Stop ignoring employee feedback.

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Mental Health at Work: Lean Into It

Achievers

We live in an era of shattered stereotypes and new frontiers. Monumental demographic shifts, the evolving women’s movement, heightened cultural sensitivities and, of course, the ubiquity of new technologies have fundamentally altered our culture. More specifically these sweeping changes in a short amount of time have changed the places that we work.

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Future-Proof Your Talent Pipeline

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?

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Fast-Track Boot Camps Help Manufacturing Companies Solve Talent Shortage

EDSI

Manufacturers are facing a dire employee shortage. While nearly every industry is being affected by the rapid retirement of the Baby Boomer generation and the reduced rate of Generation X and millennials entering the manufacturing workforce, the greatest risk the industry faces is failing to adapt. Some of the reasons for lack of adaption include: the low employment rate, skills gaps, and the inability to attract qualified workers.

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Free HR and Payroll Learning Opportunity: Kronos Fall eSymposium

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. The Workforce Institute at Kronos has a new book out, “ Being Present: A Practical Guide for Transforming the Employee Experience of Your Frontline Workforce ”. Learn how you can get a free copy in today’s article!).

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5 Rules for Hiring A.I. and I.T. Talent

UpstartHR

The quest to hire developers, data scientists, and technology engineers is more competitive than ever before. It seems as though organizations in almost every industry need to grow their teams due to the ever-increasing need for a strong digital presence, apps, in-house I.T., tight cyber security, and other critical tech and A.I. based roles. “With all of the tech startups and niche pharma companies popping up all over the country, it’s no wonder there’s much more demand for A.I and I.T speciali