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When Does Work Engagement Lead to Harmful Outcomes?

IO At Work

Job engagement can have both positive and negative outcomes for organizations due to employees’ feelings of ownership over their jobs.

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You Can Work From Anywhere – But That Doesn’t Mean You Should

HR Bartender

One of the first lessons that I learned as a consultant was “just because I can, it doesn’t mean I should” For example, just because I can do my own taxes, doesn’t mean I should. I’ve found hiring an accountant saves me time (that I can spend with clients) and saves me money. In my personal life, just because I can change a tire, doesn’t mean I should.

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How To Develop Your Employees’ Leadership Strengths

15Five

Leadership isn’t about authority. Contrary to what most believe, leadership is an opportunity to serve and empower others. By creating the space for people to discover their natural talents, those at the top can help to develop leadership strengths on every level. Unfortunately, companies often fall short of actually utilizing the leadership strengths of their people because they aren’t taking the time to discern their personal talents.

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Company Culture: 5 Traits of Top-Rated Workplaces

Achievers

“Build a stronger company culture” may be on your strategic goals list for the coming year, but how do you translate that vague-sounding objective into action? What does “company culture” consist of, and how can you strengthen it? Improving your employer brand is not complex, but it does entail more than adding a ping-pong table and weekly boxes of donuts.

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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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Employee Engagement & The IKEA Effect

DecisionWise

The IKEA Effect is a cognitive bias that describes a fascinating human behavior. The effect was first identified and described in the Journal of Consumer Psychology by Michael Norton, Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely in their article, The IKEA effect: When labor leads to love. The basic premise is that when a person plays a partial role in building a product, they tend to assign a disproportionally higher value to the completed product.

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everyone got laid off except me, men who pretend to be scared of women now, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. Everyone got laid off except for me. I work for a small business (3-5 employees) and I had known the company was having some financial trouble for some time. Everyone in my office got laid off except for me. I was offered a small raise to stay on, to compensate for the added responsibility. I agreed to stay on because it seemed like the right thing to do at the time — I really don’t want to see their business fail — but the l

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Supporting staff through the menopause: what employers need to know

cipHR

Talking about this life stage and educating all staff will benefit your organisation and those experiencing symptoms. We all know someone who has been through, will experience or is currently going through it – but what do you really know about the menopause, and how it affects the person experiencing it? Reproductive health is still a taboo subject in the workplace, yet the effects of the menopause can adversely affect performance.

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Passive Candidates without Search Firms

Hoops

If you are using search firms for any hiring under executive level positions, you're doing it all wrong. Allow me to explain.

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Flexible working: why organisations must stop ignoring working fathers

HR Zone

People. Dads need flexibility too.

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Find Out What Your Employee Handbook Is Missing

Every great company culture is backed by a great employee handbook. On top of outlining all the things an employee needs to know to be successful at your company, a thorough handbook also codifies the experience you hope to create for every member of your team. Use this free Employee Handbook Checklist to make sure your handbook includes everything it needs to protect your company culture, your people, and your entire organization.

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The Culture of Personal Best

Kazoo

THE CULTURE OF PERSONAL BEST. Seven Common Characteristics in the Workplace. Striving for personal best is far from new or novel. Yet it seems an underdeveloped practice in the workplace. . Athletes strive for their personal best in training and competition. It’s the culture of sport. Becoming a champion is what happens along the way. The same can apply to people in their jobs, the teams they collaborate with, and the organizations where they work.

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Ready to Take Your Programme Global? Here's What You Need to Get Started.

Allegis Global Solutions

So, you’ve rolled out a successful MSP programme in a single region, and you’ve reduced your spend, increased compliance, condensed time-to-fill, and your executive leadership is pleased with the ROI received. Now you feel like you’re ready to take your programme global and replicate the benefits you’ve received in region. Why not, right?

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Teaching Your Staff the Best Marketing Methods for their Career Development

Hppy

In the modern day and age, the use of technology within the business sector is essential for progression; therefore, your staff members should be taught the best forms of online marketing to enhance their future career. Regardless of which business they may move into in later years, online marketing is a crucial skill that shouldn’t be overlooked. As a business owner, you should also be incorporating online advertising into your own marketing plan in the near future.

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Owning your onboarding strategy: why you need a holistic approach

HR Zone

Employees. Owning your onboarding strategy.

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The AI Productivity Shift: Whats Working & Whats Next

85% of teams are using AI, but only 27% report clear productivity gains. Why? Because most are still stuck in surface-level adoption. In this expert panel, top voices in workplace strategy and remote innovation—Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Phil Kirschner, Nadia Harris, and Eryn Peters—reveal how leading teams are cutting digital noise, training AI to fit their workflows, and building cultures that embrace change.

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The Culture of Personal Best

Kazoo

THE CULTURE OF PERSONAL BEST. Seven Common Characteristics in the Workplace. Striving for personal best is far from new or novel. Yet it seems an underdeveloped practice in the workplace. . Athletes strive for their personal best in training and competition. It’s the culture of sport. Becoming a champion is what happens along the way. The same can apply to people in their jobs, the teams they collaborate with, and the organizations where they work.

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How to Overcome Technology’s Retention Problem

TalentCulture

With demand for quality tech professionals bigger than ever, it’s no surprise that the turnover rate is higher than in any other sector. The digital revolution has resulted in a scramble as businesses fight for the best talent to fill their ever-growing IT teams. It’s a great time for employees who want to get the best deal for themselves, but it’s a conundrum for employers.

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Conversational Recruiting: The Solution to Finding Millennial Talent?

SHRM Resources

In a candidate-driven labor market dominated by Millennials, the way companies treat applicants during the hiring process can greatly impact a job seeker's decision to accept or reject an offer. Companies can gain a competitive edge by staying in touch every step of the way, a strategy talent acquisition experts are calling "conversational recruiting.".

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Personal development: is passion a key ingredient for a successful career?

HR Zone

Development. Passion and work: a recipe for success?

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Is Your Background Screening Policy Built For 2025? What HR Leaders Need To Know Now

Speaker: Liz Charron

From evolving legislation to shifting workforce expectations, background screening is undergoing major transformation, and HR is in the driver’s seat. With new compliance requirements and growing scrutiny, today’s HR leaders must build programs that are not only audit-ready but outcome-driven. HR Management and Employee Relations Expert, Liz Charron, will delve into how HR teams can navigate the latest legal changes, connect screening to workforce ROI, and embed these practices into the very fab

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our HR director might be a pathological liar

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’d really appreciate your advice and guidance with a big secret I’ve had to keep at work. I’m an assistant-level employee in a small, California-based publishing company. We have about 30 employees and our HR director, “Jane,” does double duty as the HR and finance director. As such, she manages all personnel issues as well as manages our budget, expenses, and accounting department.

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Need to Ramp Up Innovation? Hire a Diverse Workforce

TalentCulture

Do you need to ramp up company innovation? Need to boost ingenuity? According to research, the solution is simple: Hire a diverse workforce. In a study, researchers at North Carolina State’s Poole College of Management considered this question: Do companies that foster diversity perform better in developing innovative products and services? Based on data from the 3,000 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S., the answer was clear: “The short answer is that they do,” […].

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Health is Wealth even for Remote Workers: Tips to Keep Healthy While Working At Home

Take It Personel-ly

A remote worker shared that she gained as much as 40 pounds within just a year working from home. Does this sound familiar to you? Working from home may have its advantages like flexible hours and being your own boss, but one of the struggles is to keep oneself healthy. Here are some tips to help […].

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Was Your Company Trashed Online? What to Do with Workers’ Negative Reviews

SHRM Resources

Online reviews proliferate for everything from rentshares to restaurants, and corporate cultures are hardly immune: Sites like Glassdoor, Indeed and Vault give disgruntled employees a platform to expose the underbelly of their organizations' managers and practices--whether fairly or not. "Job candidates and employees are now empowered to provide instant feedback on employers, at any time, and they can rate a company's culture and management just as they rate a hotel, restaurant or.

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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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How Job Seekers Discover Jobs is Actually Changing

HR Examiner

“Now we are entering a new age of discovery. Yes, candidates are still discovering job sites via search engines – but Google has ‘regularized’ the job posting, punishing those that don’t follow their schema, and rewarding those that do.” – Jeff Dickey-Chasins. Over three-quarters of job seekers typically start their job search on a search engine – usually Google – or a job search engine , such as Indeed or Adzuna.

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Putting Health Back in Health Care Plans: What Companies Must Do Now

TalentCulture

Here’s a bit of irony: When we think of health care we don’t often think of health or wellness; we think of insurance to help us cope with illness and injury. We also think of the process of dealing with those benefits — which on many occasions will include wait times, filling out forms, juggling in-network and out-of-network providers, waiting for claims to be processed, the limitations of coverage and administrative complexity.

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7 Ways to Inspire Disengaged Employees

Take It Personel-ly

Even the best, hard-working employees need to be motivated and encouraged from time to time. Any work can become monotonous sooner or later. Your job, as an entrepreneur or a team leader, is to recognize these situations and to help employees regain their motivation. Here are some of the best, and most constructive ways of […].

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But Will They Stay? (Weak Things HR and Business Leaders Say)

The HR Capitalist

Ever hear managers, executives and even HR say some weak things? Of course you have. For me, there's one thing that rises to epic level when it coms to weak: "I like them as a candidate. I'm just worried they won't stay.". This mindset values retention over talent, performance and more. The candidate is strong and wants to come. Yet, there's something about the work history (too heavy), the comp (we can't provide as much as we would like) and a myriad of other factors that make your hiring mange

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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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Managing emotional employees: 10 tips for keeping your cool

Insperity

Every leader dreads managing emotional employees. Whether it’s tears, anger or screaming fits, the extremes of emotion leave both the supervisor and the employee – and anyone within earshot of the outburst — feeling embarrassed and stressed. How do you stay calm and get your point across when confronted by emotional employees? How do you prepare for this scenario?

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New Roles of HR Leader in The 4th Industrial Revolution

Littal Shemer

New Roles of HR Leader in The Fourth Industrial Revolution. HR departments practice People Analytics to help business leaders to improve performance and growth by insights from people data. But what’s beyond People Analytics? How HR leaders should be prepared for the fourth industrial revolution? . AI changes everything. We have new responsibilities.

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Capitalising on the Changing Social Media Marketing Opportunities

Take It Personel-ly

In today’s digital age, people rely on technology more than ever. Many people own multiple digital devices – including mobile phones, laptops and tablets – and spend several hours a day online. This new trend means that effective online marketing is now one of the most important ways to build a successful modern business. Social […].