Sat.Feb 09, 2019 - Fri.Feb 15, 2019

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Can HR Be the ‘Marie Kondo’ of the Workforce?

HRExecutive

Despite steady GDP growth and company profitability, workforce productivity (output per hour worked) has been dragging for several years. Much of this can be attributed to the productivity killers that are common to work today. We spend way too much time on emails, meetings, time-consuming processes and other work overhead—all of which gets in the way of doing actual work.

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Does Performance Management Really Help Every Employee Become Their Best Self?

15Five

I’m about to introduce you to a proven methodology called Best-Self Management , that has led to unbelievable success at my company, and for every employee. By building a work culture and instituting practices that supported each person in being and becoming their best self, high performance and uncommon loyalty resulted naturally across the board. But first it’s important for you to understand how I got here.

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Healthcare HR and Nursing Leaders: Partnering for Improved Outcomes

Precheck

Healthcare HR and Nursing Leaders: Partnering for Improved Outcomes Feb. 12, 2019. Antique Nguyen Marketing Specialist. Healthcare organizations have one mission—to provide quality care to patients. And nurses are integral to accomplishing that mission. But when it comes to the relationship between healthcare HR and nurses, many people focus on the problems plaguing nursing , including staffing shortages, turnover and burnout.

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What Does Tim Sackett Actually Do?

The Tim Sackett Project

So, besides my beautiful wife asking this question, frequently, I get asked this question all the time! During the spring and fall conference season, I’m out and about all over the world speaking. At almost every stop I’ll have at least one person come up to me and ask, “So, what do you actually do?” . Ugh! It’s the single biggest failure of my life!

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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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The Advantages of Advanced Shift Confirmation

Sirenum

How much does your organisation spend trying to figure out if your workers are aware of today's shifts? How many employees do you have who have to make endless phone calls to verify you're going to meet client demand? If you run a staffing business, chances are your answers are "too much" and "too many". [ ] The post The Advantages of Advanced Shift Confirmation appeared first on Sirenum.

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How to Create Habits for Successful Recruiting and

ExactHire

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We’re Only Human 50: Hitting a Milestone (Plus Special Guests)

UpstartHR

Welcome to our 50th episode! In today’s show Ben takes a different approach with a solo show to catch up on some happenings at Lighthouse Research, some of the key activities coming up on the research agenda, and some personal reflections now that the book is out in the market. Listen in to hear from a handful of special guests that are very “close” to the show.

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The Employee Experience Platform: A New Category Arrives

Josh Bersin

One of the biggest trends in employment is finding ways to make work easier. In this hot job market employees are quitting their jobs in record numbers, and studies show that the voluntary turnover rate is now over 15%. (This means almost one in six people are leaving their jobs voluntarily to look for another. Read more» The post The Employee Experience Platform: A New Category Arrives appeared first on JOSH BERSIN.

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Bookmark This! Cybersecurity In the Workplace Edition

HR Bartender

Technology is a big part of our personal and professional lives. And I don’t anticipate that changing anytime in the near future. But with technology comes risk and the need for cybersecurity. We need to be responsible technology users. . TechCrunch recently published five “how-to” guides focused on covering cybersecurity basics. If you’re not familiar, TechCrunch is a U.S. based publisher on technology industry news.

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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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How to Convert a Disengaged Employee Into An Engaged One

Achievers

Disengagement is contagious and costly, and it’s your responsibility as a manager or HR professional to deal with this contagion before it spreads throughout your workplace. Overall, 16 percent of employees are actively disengaged, according to Gallup , but even one disengaged employee is one too many. You can spot an actively disengaged worker as someone who disrupts projects by dropping the ball, overburdens co-workers who have to complete undone tasks, and ruins team cohesiveness by undercutt

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Minimum Viable Product in the World of HR.

The HR Capitalist

If there's one thing that HR could do better at, it's caring less about being perfect and shipping more HR product. You see it all the time in the world of HR. We have big plans. Those big plans include the need for project planning, for meetings, vendor selection and deep thoughts. After awhile, the process takes over the original intent, which was trying to serve a need and make the people processes of our company just a little bit better.

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we have twice-daily mandatory group therapy at work

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I am really uncomfortable with a new development at my office and I feel like quitting is the only option now. I’m an administrator for a private recovery and mental health center, not a clinical or medical staff member, so I’m not at risk for emotional burn-out. We were notified last year that we now have a mandatory group therapy session as a staff first thing in the morning (8 am) and before we leave (5:30 pm) and that all staff must participate.

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5 Ways to Create Effective Interactive Training Content

Kitaboo - Employee Training

Employee training is no longer limited to sitting back and watching PowerPoint slides. L&D teams are looking out for interactive training content so that the employees can learn and retain the information effectively. Interactive training content, as the name suggests, requires interaction between the trainer and the employee. But today, as mobile-based training is on the rise, the interaction now has to be between the course module and the learner.

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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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Want to Succeed With Continuous Performance Management? Focus on the Value to Employees

Workology

Every HR pro knows that the way we work is changing radically. Hierarchical, heavily structured organizations are being almost fully replaced with more flexible, adaptable and agile models based on. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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The Cold-Blooded Art of Owning/Getting In Front of Huge Career Mistakes.

The HR Capitalist

Let's face it. If you're in the game and playing to win. you're going to have some failures. Sh*t that goes sideways. . "Regrettable situations", as I like to refer to them. I like to think Teddy Roosevelt had it right at the turn of the last century when he gave a speech widely known as " The Man In The Arena ". It goes a little something like this: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

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how do I not lose hope in a highly competitive field?

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I’m in a very competitive, very niche academic field. I’m writing because I wonder if you and your readers can tell me how to keep going when I’m losing hope as this roller coaster of a search keeps on rolling. I have been applying for jobs since last year, and I have had one — ONE — interview. A recent rejection informed me that I was one of 322 applicants for a position.

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How Knowledge Workers Really Spend Their Time

TalentCulture

Despite the lip service organizations give to reducing productivity-killing emails and unnecessary meetings to help workers focus on what matters, the problem of workplace distraction may be getting worse. U.S. workers say they spend only 40 percent of their workday on their primary tasks, and that they’re often distracted by emails, meetings and administrative tasks, according to the fascinating 2019 The State of Work report released by Workfront, a provider of cloud-based work management solut

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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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Four things you should never say about change

HR Zone

Change. Four things you should never say about change.

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Expressing the Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace

The SHRM Blog

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, a group of employees engaged in an exercise around love languages. The task was for them to identify and discuss their love languages among themselves. The goal was for each person to have a better understanding of how they like to show or receive love in the workplace. Love in this context is not referring to romantic relationships at work.

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Expressing the Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace

SHRM

In recognition of Valentine’s Day, a group of employees engaged in an exercise around love languages. The task was for them to identify and discuss their love languages among themselves. The goal was for each person to have a better understanding of how they like to show or receive love in the workplace. Love in this context is not referring to romantic relationships at work.

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3 Ways to Lighten up the Performance Management Process

Workology

How many times has your performance management process left you feeling confused and annoyed, rather than motivated? If you’re like me, the answer is too many. Fortunately, there is a better way. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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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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Microchip Implants: Big Brother in a Chip Coming Our Way?

Symantec

As more organizations begin wading into uncharted territory, society will be forced to examine a host of new privacy and security questions – without easy answers

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9 Crucial Rules to Remember When Having Difficult Conversations with Employees

Insperity

Have you ever heard your car make a noise that didn’t sound right? Even as the noise grows louder, you put off getting it fixed. Then one day, your car breaks down. The realization that you could have avoided the problem earlier hits you like a punch to the gut. Unfortunately, this is the same logic exercised by many business leaders when it comes to difficult conversations with employees.

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Top 9 Digital HR Tech Trends for 2019

Digital HR Tech

Whenever I hear the word ‘trend’ I tend to think it’s something temporary. Like those slap bracelets for kids in the nineties. Remember those? All of a sudden, they were just there and all the cool kids were slapping themselves on the wrist with them – only to completely disappear a couple of months later. Digital HR and HR tech trends, however, are usually here to stay.

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The Top 5 Problems With Annual Reviews (and How to Fix Them)

Workology

It is said that a company’s people are its greatest asset. Developing and nurturing a motivated workforce is one of the single most important things any organization can do to secure and maintain. Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitment. Join the resource revolution.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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Measuring the ROI of Tech

HRExecutive

Remember the good old days, when technology choices delivered clear benefits? It was easy to decide that moving from time cards to time clocks would pay for itself by reducing buddy punching and payroll errors or that transitioning from paper-based to electronic benefits administration would cut costs and increase efficiency. Then things got more complicated.

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Swiss Saturday: The Passive Aggressive Note

Evil HR Lady

A couple of days ago, a neighbor placed the above note in our mailbox. Here’s a rough translation (as I’m not a professional translator). Dear Lucas Family, Is it too difficult to walk through the house before you go to bed (and turn all the lights off)? Neighbors, animals, and the environment (subject light pollution!) thank you! And more money will stay in your wallet.

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The Leader’s Guide To Employee Feedback

Engagedly

Feedback is always a tricky line to tread. Leaders are in the unfortunate position of maintaining a delicate balance between being too overbearing or coming off as too lax. Because feedback is such a balancing act, most leaders […].

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