July, 2018

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The Real Bottom Line Impact of Managing Talent Through Freedom, Not Fear

15Five

In 1964, in a farsighted Harvard Business Review article entitled, “Democracy Is Inevitable,” Warren Bennis and Philip Slater argued that organizational democracy and more freedom would be the trend in both the workplace and in the world because it is the most efficient system in times of unrelenting change. They were right. Today, we live in a time defined by unprecedented demands for participation, collaboration , and inclusion.

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Feedback is a Gift… or is it? - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

I was on a phone call in which a senior manager was not, as I call it, “owning the feedback.” His organization had just gone through a 360 degree feedback process which involved several hundred managers. After watching many of his direct reports go through the process over the past several weeks, it was now his turn. While not dismal, many of this manager’s 360 ratings were not as strong as they could (or should) have been.

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Use Strategic Planning Techniques to Build Your Workforce Plan

HR Bartender

With unemployment rates at historic lows , organizations have to not only think about filling open requisitions, they also have to develop a long-term approach to staffing. Frankly, if an organization waits until they have an opening before they start strategizing their sources, it will be too late. The recruiting team will always be taking a reactionary approach to staffing.

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A Disciplined Strategy for Success in High-Volume Recruiting

HR Daily Advisor

For companies with seasonal high-volume recruiting needs, every year can seem like “déjà vu all over again.” Whether it’s hiring for open enrollment, tax time, or the holiday season, the pressure to find a large number of qualified candidates in a short span of time never goes away. In fact, it’s gotten even more challenging in recent years, as unemployment rates hover around historic lows and the number of jobs added increases. peshkov / iStock / Getty Images Plus.

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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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Seven People Analytics Responsibilities of the Future CHRO

Visier

In previous weeks, I shared job descriptions for the Leader of the People Analytics function and the HR Business Partner Manager of the future. As promised here is the people analytics-focused responsibilities for the CHRO role. Unlike my articles about the People Analytics Leader and HRBP Manager , this one doesn’t have an accompanying job description.

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Read These Top Articles For Leadership Development And Change Management

15Five

Type “leadership” into the search bar on Amazon and prepare to sift through more than 70,000 titles. And that’s just books! Countless more articles, theses, and treatises on the topic have been written by savants from Cicero to Machiavelli to Lincoln. Needless to say, there’s a lot to say. Okay, now search for “leadership development.” Way to go, you’ve winnowed it down to only 20,000 books (or so).

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Show Me the Money: The ROI of Employee Engagement - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Employee engagement drives individual performance in an organization, but do companies with more engaged employees out-perform those with a less-engaged workforce? Can the company show a stronger financial performance and operational efficiency with engaged employees? If not, then employee engagement is just another time-wasting hoax for executives to deal with until the HR department comes up with a bigger-and-better distraction to throw their way.

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The Difference Between Goals, Objectives and Outcomes

HR Bartender

During this year’s Association for Talent Development (ATD) International Conference and Expo , I had the opportunity to attend a pre-conference workshop on improving human performance. One of the big takeaways from the workshop was the difference between goals, objectives, and outcomes. I know how easy it is to use these terms interchangeably. And at first glance, there might not be anything wrong with using the words as synonyms.

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An Entirely New World of HR Technology: HR In The Flow of Work

Josh Bersin

This week I have the opportunity to speak at the PeopleMatters TechHR 2018 Conference in Delhi, and I’m going to introduce a topic I’ll be speaking about at other conferences this. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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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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Innovative HR and Why Technology Innovators Can’t Survive Without It

Visier

Editor’s note: This popular post has been updated with new data and information to ensure you’re ready for the talent demands of today and the future. As a tech company, we experience first hand the challenges faced by HR and business leaders in the hyper-competitive tech talent market. While the race to out-innovate with new ideas and products fuels the technology industry at large, the competition between companies is fought most pervasively as on the talent front lines.

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Paying Employees Current

nettime solutions

Sometimes it can be tricky for employees to grasp how payroll works, especially if they’re recent hires and still getting used to your systems. Questions are sure to pop up: When does the pay period end? When do we have to turn in our hours? How long until payday? And if they get caught trying to figure out what it means to pay employees current, or in arrears, and whether one is better than the other, things can get more complicated.

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Dear CEOs: Focus On The Heart Of Your Company To Improve Organizational Health

15Five

Managers are at the heart of your organization, vigilantly pumping the lifeblood of inspiration and support throughout the teams they lead. And just like the body, if your heartbeat isn’t strong, the rest of your company will lag and ultimately fail. CEOs, the brain of the organization, must design healthy workplaces and empower managers to bring out the best in their people.

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Why the Employee Experience May Be More About the Employee Than the Experience - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Leo Tolstoy said: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” The employee experience often is more about the employee than the experience itself. As organizations look to create a positive employee experience, begin with the employee. Let’s look at a scenario from the book The Employee Experience: How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results.

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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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Use a Growth Mindset to Reduce Bias

HR Bartender

I ran across a very interesting article from Harvard Business Review titled,” Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage ”. It talked about a growing number of organizations such as SAP, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Towers Watson, and EY who are reforming their HR practices to capitalize on the talents of people with neurological conditions such as autism and dyslexia.

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EdCast Expands The LXP Market With Focus On Global Upskilling

Josh Bersin

As I’ve described in several articles over the last few weeks, the Learning Experience Platform (LXP) market is growing rapidly. This market is now over $200M in size, growing at over 100% per. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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The Rise of Women Leadership in Business

Hppy

Research shows there is a positive relation between female corporate leadership and positive organizational performance. A gender diversity study sponsored by the Peterson Institute for International Economics reveals that women in the C-suite contribute to improved organizational outcomes. Additionally, the study cites that diversity, in general, improves organizational performance.

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A Tiny Mindset Shift that Could Change Your Organization

WorkHuman

By Robin Schooling —. I’ve worked in human resources for quite some time and, like many of my HR colleagues, I am quite fond of the phrase “nothing surprises me anymore.” Interestingly enough though, I find myself being surprised almost every day – sometimes multiple times per day. And I love it. I’ve assembled quite a repository of workplace tales about the things people consider appropriate to do between the time they clock in and the time they head out at the end of the day.

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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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10 Places Where You Can Promote Your Recruitment Content

TalentLyft

Discover 10 best places where you can promote your recruitment content ! Here is the list of the top 10 places to promote your recruitment content and boost its online visibility. Read More.

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What Every Leader Needs to Know About Retaining Millennials

TalentCulture

By 2025, millennials will make up 75 percent of the global workforce. While it’s tough to assign broad characteristics to […]. The post What Every Leader Needs to Know About Retaining Millennials appeared first on TalentCulture.

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Bookmark This! HR Certification Edition

HR Bartender

Maybe it’s because the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) just launched their new Talent Acquisition Specialty Credential , but I’ve been receiving quite a few questions lately about certifications. Over the years, I’ve written quite a bit about the topic, so I thought I would put the articles all in one place for easy reference. Since I just mentioned it, here’s some information about SHRM’s new Talent Acquisition Specialty Credential.

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Continuous Performance Management: Innovation Reigns

Josh Bersin

One of the most fundamental and most difficult parts of management (and HR) is how we do performance management. As I’ve written about for years, this is a highly strategic process in companies. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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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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4 Ways To Create A More Stable & Healthy Work Environment

Hppy

As a leader, it’s your job to make sure your employees are happy, healthy and enjoy working at your business. Turnover is expensive, and too much of it will create a very difficult environment to work and exist each day. However, there are a few particular ways you can create a more stable atmosphere in the workplace that will help your employees keep their mental and physical wellbeing in check.

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Ask a Recruiter: How do you include video interviews in the hiring process?

Workable

As an organization hiring up to 50 new employees per year, we needed to find ways to be more efficient with our time. To make things easier, we decided to try Jobma , one of the video interviewing platforms already integrated with Workable, our recruiting software. While this added another step to our hiring process, it actually helps us to hire faster by ensuring that we’re bringing in the right people for an interview.

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How to Motivate High Performing Employees?

TalentLyft

Motivating high performing employees is probably the hardest task faced by managers. If you want to learn how to be more successful at it, this blog post if you. Read on to learn 5 effective tactics that will help you successfully motivate your high performing employees. Read More.

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How to Stay Productive, Even During the Summer

TalentCulture

Research shows that kids experience a “summer slump.” When they’re out of school, they’re not actively focused on learning, and […]. The post How to Stay Productive, Even During the Summer appeared first on TalentCulture.

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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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SHRM Members Take to Twitter to Condemn Taylor’s White House Photo Op

TLNT: The Business of HR

What in years past would have been considered a benign ceremony at which SHRM signed on to a new White House training initiative, has turned into a Twitter contretemps over the symbolism of the HR organization’s participation.

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10 Tips for Great Employee Retention

Paycor

With historically low unemployment rates, it’s becoming more difficult to find good talent, so it’s important that human resources teams and department managers do everything that they can to manage their employees in a way that helps to retain their best people. The cost of hiring new employees can be astronomical. In fact, Employee Benefit News reports that it costs employers 33% of a worker’s annual salary to hire a replacement when that worker leaves.

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10 Ways to Maintain a Friendly Atmosphere with Your Employees

Hppy

Whether you’re supervising a small department or managing a big office, it’s a good idea to cultivate a positive attitude amongst your workforce. Not only will it make the office environment a more pleasant space to work in, but it can also get more out of your staff and help your business function with cohesion and efficiency. Also read: 4 Actionable Steps Towards A More Positive Culture.