September, 2019

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Why role autonomy is vital for success – and how to encourage it

cipHR

Denying your people the independence to taken ownership of projects is a recipe for poor performance; here are five steps to supporting employee autonomy in your organisation. Having one or two micromanagers in your organisation might be troublesome, but it’s unlikely to threaten your success. However, having a business full of micromanagers – and, therefore, little employee autonomy – presents a much more significant threat to your organisation’s survival.

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Prevent Workplace Theft

ExactHire

Hiring the right talent for your organization is never an exact science. Hiring managers and teams must seek to make the best hiring decisions with the information they have available. Sometimes this inexact science results in a new hire that lacks certain skills or competence. In this scenario, a poor hiring decision can be overcome through employee training or coaching.

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Career Coach Spotlight: Holly

Intoo USA

“We push you outside your comfort zone”: A Chat with Holly, Intoo Career Coach. In the internet age, it’s easy for job seekers to focus too heavily on online employment boards, their career search efforts beginning and ending with applying to advertised positions through their computers. But even today, not everything can be found on the web. Most job opportunities aren’t publicly advertised, and many career opportunities are still found through real-life networking.

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Ways managers and leaders learn new skills depends on their learning style

Kazoo

Ways for managers and leaders to learn new skills depending on your learning style. Guest blog by Stefan Palios. The ability to learn news skills, regardless of their learning style, is the hallmark of a good leader. With the increased pace of change, critical thinking and adaptability have become two of the most in-demand skills for leaders. While adaptability and continuous learning can be stressful, it doesn’t need to be.

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6 Strategies to Navigate Social Determinants of Health for a Better Workplace

In today’s dynamic work landscape, where the lines between personal and professional life blur, understanding the intricate interplay between social determinants of health (SDoH) and emotional wellbeing is paramount. Employers must acknowledge that the whole person comes to work and every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life, especially their mental health, comes with them.

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Career Ladders vs. Career Lattices - Tools for Employee Development

EDSI

How are career ladders and lattices different? How are they the same? And which one is best for your organization’s talent management strategy? Although they’re both tools that organizations use to guide employees on a path of career progression, they differ in many ways! In this article, I will review how they’re different, what they have in common and which one might be the best choice for your organizational needs.

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How to Get Your Company’s Leadership to Listen

DecisionWise

It may, at times, feel difficult to get your company’s leadership to listen. Sometimes problems exist with colleagues. Members of your team may not respond to e-mails or avoid speaking face to face. Other communication struggles surface when you need to tell your manager about a problem you are encountering. But maybe they don’t make time for one-on-ones, or perhaps they need a little coaching on how to effectively listen.

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Why Cybersecurity Should be a Priority for Your Small Business

Justworks

There appears to be a new breach reported almost every week. Two data breaches of major financials institutions had over 200 million records exposed over the last couple of years. These companies that were breached had extensive security teams, yet still fell victim to massive data breaches. Smaller businesses face similar threats and are often without security teams focused on their defense.

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Organizational Change Management: How Does It Affect Employees?

Intoo USA

Recent corporate history is filled with cautionary tales of large organizations that ultimately failed because they failed to adapt. Blockbuster, Kodak, and Toys ‘R’ Us are among the most popular examples of corporations who ignored impending changes in their respective industries. What may be surprising in each of these cases, however, is that the failures of these companies weren’t simply due to lack of change and innovation.

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Ways managers and leaders learn new skills depends on their learning style

Kazoo

Ways for managers and leaders to learn new skills depending on your learning style. Guest blog by Stefan Palios. The ability to learn news skills, regardless of their learning style, is the hallmark of a good leader. With the increased pace of change, critical thinking and adaptability have become two of the most in-demand skills for leaders. While adaptability and continuous learning can be stressful, it doesn’t need to be.

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Here Are the HR Trends to Watch in 2024 + Plus Advice for Driving Impact!

The pressure is on to create a positive onboarding experience. Plus, a sub-par onboarding process can domino into other concerns such as low performance, burnout (for you and new hires), and retention challenges. Our 2024 State of HR report will give you a realistic picture of the HR landscape and tips to onboarding effectively in the year to come.

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9 Characteristics of Top Employee Training Programs

BizLibrary - HR

There are many elements that go into an employee training program, so what are the most effective areas to focus on for success? There isn’t one simple answer, but there are clear characteristics that are consistently present in top training programs. The post 9 Characteristics of Top Employee Training Programs appeared first on BizLibrary.

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26 Simple Yet Awesome Welcome Messages for New Employees

Vantage Circle

Crafting welcome messages for new employees is a tedious task. They say, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”. The quote holds true when we are talking about onboarding new employees to the company. Making every employee feel comfortable and familiar with their new working environment is the best way to start a healthy work relationship.

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Kronos Receives Quadruple Praise as a Great Place to Work in Technology and for Women

Empower Software

Kronos Incorporated today announced that, in less than a month’s span, it was named to four separate best workplaces lists by Great Place to Work, as it was named a Best Workplace in Technology in Canada; a Best Workplace in Technology in Mexico; a Best Workplace in Technology in the U.K.; and a Best Workplace for Women in India.

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Common Mistakes to Avoid While Purchasing ATS for Recruiting Agency

SutiHR

A robust applicant tracking system is a crucial piece of the solution that you can purchase for your recruiting business. As a recruiter, you spend hours regularly, on average, an HR professional spends more than three hours a day in ATS. Modern recruitment agency solution is not only where you can store your candidate information, but also the place where everything occurs.

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Improving Access To & Utilization Of Cancer Screening With Color

Discover how Color's comprehensive care solution is revolutionizing cancer screening adherence and knowledge. Through an in-depth case study, Color's unique approach to comprehensive cancer care has shown significant benefits in increasing screening rates and enhancing patient knowledge. Participants reported a 2-3x increase in adherence to screening guidelines over just 8 weeks, with 84% of participants increasing their familiarity with timing and frequency of cancer screening.

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Career Coach Spotlight: Ellen

Intoo USA

“It’s about working as partners”: A Chat with Ellen, Intoo Career Coach. Seeking help isn’t always easy to do, even when we need it. For some job seekers, the idea of asking a career coach for help can bring up unexpected fears. What if the coach criticizes my unsuccessful efforts so far? What if the coach pushes me to stay in a career I’m no longer interested in?

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Facing a mixed-generation workforce

Kazoo

A mixed-generation workforce has its challenges. What to do? What to do? A mixed-generation workforce can be a real conundrum. Remember back when you were a kid helping out in the kitchen mixing up batches of cookies or playing in the backyard making mud pies with different soils and stones, grasses and leaves? In a way, these tender experiences were setting us up for life further down the road.

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The Game Agency Named to 2019 Training Industry Top 20TM Training Delivery Companies List

The Game Agency

Stamford, CT – September 5, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the training delivery sector of the learning and development market. Training Industry, the leading research and information resource for corporate learning leaders, prepares the Training Industry Top 20 and Training Industry Watch List reports on critical sectors of the training marketplace to better inform professionals about the best and most innovative providers of training services

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Why The Habit Of Continuous Learning Is Important

Vantage Circle

Learning, as they say, is a never-ending process and is very crucial for people. And when you are an employee, learning becomes your force to move ahead. Learning has been a concept that has evolved with time which does not end with a degree or after you settle down with a good job. It is a lifelong process. You always find something new to learn every day.

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The Rules Do Apply: Navigating HR Compliance

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Inframark Deploys Kronos Human Capital Management as Critical Component of Transformation Initiative

Empower Software

Inframark, an independent water and wastewater operations organization, has deployed Kronos Workforce Ready as a critical part of its information technology (IT) strategy to modernize people operations.

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Employee Engagement in the new mobile world

AssessTEAM Performance Management

Employee engagement has been a huge buzzword in business and corporate circles over the last several years. Nowadays, you will find all kinds of employee engagement software tools and systems that are designed to make everyone more enthusiastic about their job and their overall role in the company, inspiring them to take proactive steps to further the interests and reputation of the business.

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3 Ways Great Leaders Help Reduce Stress in the Workplace

Dr. Nadine

Unfortunately, high levels of stress not only harm employee health, but they also harm your business. Stress is an epidemic, and one in four workers view their jobs as the number one stressor in their life. As a leader, you will want to reduce stress in the workplace to help employees as well as yourself (your loved ones will also thank you). In order to model healthy behavior and habits as a leader, you will be continuously and proactively educating yourself and your teams about stress, and ref

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Facing a mixed-generation workforce

Kazoo

A mixed-generation workforce has its challenges. What to do? What to do? A mixed-generation workforce can be a real conundrum. Remember back when you were a kid helping out in the kitchen mixing up batches of cookies or playing in the backyard making mud pies with different soils and stones, grasses and leaves? In a way, these tender experiences were setting us up for life further down the road.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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10 Reasons Why Games Will Make You a Training Hero

The Game Agency

Employee training is expensive and, often, the return on investment (ROI) doesn’t exist. The Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimates that companies spent an average of $1,273 per year per employee on training. However, without “practical follow-up or meaningful assessments,” learners lose 90% of the skills they learn in those training programs.

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7 Great Tips to Effectively Manage Your Virtual Teams

Vantage Circle

We live in an interconnected world. So, interconnected that we don’t even need to leave our comfort zones and still get the work done with our fingertips. And, modern-day job seekers and businesses are leveraging the same in the form of virtual teams. The internet being the game-changer here has allowed organisations to spread their reach everywhere.

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Kronos Celebrated for Groundbreaking Cloud Transformation and Culture of Continuous Innovation

Empower Software

As a result of its multi-year transformation from a leading on-premise software provider into a software-as-a-service (SaaS) powerhouse and the revolutionary launch of Workforce Dimensions, Kronos Incorporated today announced it was named a Best Workplace for Innovators by Fast Company. On the heels of this honor, Kronos also released an eBook to guide other organizations along their own transformation and innovation journeys.

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Help us Welcome our Newest Team Member, Meagan Senkowski

A Slice of HR

Just like our clients, we’re growing! Ever gone to the grocery store and came out with the life story of a stranger? As I juggle three small children and throw semi-nutritious food in the cart, I have often pondered as to why I’m attracting these thought-provoking discussions at such inopportune moments. As an HR person, I should be a bit more savvy about identifying this strength/curse — is it some kind of weird tell-me-your-life-story vibe that I radiate?

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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.