Sat.Feb 01, 2020 - Fri.Feb 07, 2020

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Handling Presenteeism in the Workplace

Rise

In the midst of this increasingly competitive war for talent, you’re doing well if you just have people in seats. It means you’re filling positions, retaining the team, and keeping absenteeism to a minimum. No worries to be had, right? Old-fashioned HR managers may use attendance as the metric for measuring success , but observant people and culture pros know team members can be at work without being fully present.

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How to Measure Your Cholesterol (and Employee Turnover Rate)

A Slice of HR

People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps. Mary Kay Ash Last year, I took the proverbial trip over the hill. Apparently on the other side sits a plethora of health concerns and screenings that suddenly snap into place once the dial hits 40: mammograms, colonoscopies, more extensive blood screenings, and gentle suggestions from my eye-doctor that I might need bifocals.

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Ethics in the workplace: whistleblowing and transparency

HR Zone

Culture Whistleblowing and transparency at work.

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The Hidden Influencer Behind Your Assessments

Achievers

Have you or a manager in your office ever hired someone only to soon discover that it was a bad decision? It is especially frustrating when you realize that you should have seen it coming when you made your assessments. Most HR professionals have seen that play out. It’s an expensive mistake. We assess people at work all the time, from evaluating candidates to conducting performance reviews and making promotion recommendations.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Building Employee Loyalty Through Strengths-Based Management

15Five

Numerous studies show that offering your workers a positive experience significantly increases employee loyalty and retention. The key to keeping your rockstar talent is giving them opportunities to grow, not only within the company but as an individual. Creating the space and offering the right resources for people to discover their natural talents allows those at the top to help develop leadership strengths on every level.

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Is Your Job Good for Your Career?

Compensation Cafe

Have you ever considered whether the job you’re holding down today is a good one to have help your career? Many of us never take the time to step off the treadmill of life to ponder where we are today, against where we want to go. Life seems to just happen and then seems to take us along for the ride. For me, I never thought that I’d end up as a senior compensation practitioner-turned consultant.

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Can People Analytics Improve Female Leadership Representation?

Visier

The value of gender leadership parity has been well known for years. In fact, companies with a higher percentage of women in executive positions have a 34% higher total return to shareholders compared to those that don’t, according to Catalyst. However, IBM found that women will not achieve leadership equity with men until 2073. Still, moving towards parity in representation of women at all levels is critical to both business outcomes.

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An In-Depth Look at HR’s Role in Employee Engagement

KeenAlignment

The human resources department, colloquially referred to as HR, should be at the center of a company’s efforts to improve employee engagement. Because companies are becoming more culture-focused, and many are gathering data on how engagement affects their bottom line, savvy human resources professionals are on the front lines developing ways to encourage employee engagement in their companies.

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7 Tips on How to Manage and Resolve Conflict in the Workplace

HR Cloud

Conflict is not a strange thing for people. Human beings experience it in their day-to-day lives – with their friends, families, and more so their professional lives. In the workplace, conflict causes a massive degree of frustration, pain, discomfort, sadness, as well as anger. It is a normal life aspect. In the world of today, organizations hire employees from diverse geographical locations with dissimilar cultural and intellectual backgrounds, as well as various viewpoints.

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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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20 Employee Engagement Statistics That Impact Your Business

Quantum Workplace

Employee engagement is no longer a nice-to-have. It’s key to the success of your employees, your teams, and your organization. It impacts every aspect of your business—and it’s worth the investment.

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How to Conduct Employee Surveys to Engage Your Team (And Grow Your Business)

TinyPulse

Between monitoring finances and looking for new opportunities to scale your business, how do you manage to stay connected with your employees?

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3 Employee Benefits Trends Driving Change In 2020

PlanSource

2019 was a busy year in human resources and employee benefits. Several states issued new laws that expanded regulation on everything from parental leave to classifying contracted employees. And amid rapidly changing legal requirements, many movements brought pressing social issues like mental health front and center, which has prompted a timely response from human resources. .

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Five trends that will define corporate social responsibility in 2020.

LifeSpeak

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has always been a big deal at LifeSpeak. We pride ourselves on being purpose-driven in every aspect of our business, from the diversity of our experts to the breadth of our employee wellness resources to the values by which we operate. And we’re happy to notice that, slowly but surely, this is becoming the norm across the globe.

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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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5 Compliance Topics Every HR Leader Should Know

WEX Inc.

Employers face challenges every single day - some of which could have a significant impact on their business if not handled properly. For HR and benefits practitioners, these challenges often fall into the bucket of compliance.

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A Strong HR Approach for 2020

Talentia

How to Build a Strong HR Approach in 2020 With just a few weeks into the new decade, we’ve highlighted some of the current trends we’ve seen in the industry that will help you build a stronger HR approach in the coming year. 1. Recruitment Chatbot We have seen a huge increase from companies incorporating […]. The post A Strong HR Approach for 2020 appeared first on Talentia Software.

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What Is the Purpose of Culture Data?

Human Workplaces

That question is not quite as simple as it sounds. At a high level, most would probably agree that the purpose of culture data is to help you see something about the culture that you couldn’t see (or articulate) before you gathered the data. If the data tell me only what I already knew quite clearly, then they didn’t really serve a purpose, other than, perhaps, a confirmation.

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Staffing Shortages Are Not a Customer Service Excuse

HR Bartender

I’m here to deliver some tough love to businesses today. As a HR pro, I totally understand that the recruitment market is tough. I hear the same stories from recruiters who are posting job openings and getting zero responses. I also understand the pressure to deliver revenue and profits. Whether you’re in the public or private sector, for profit or not-for-profit, there’s an expectation that the financial goals of the organization will be met.

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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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Understanding talent acquisition vs. recruitment in 2020

PeopleStrategy

It’s hard to put a value on talent. While talent is technically a renewable resource (when an employee leaves, they can be replaced), there is no guarantee the new hire will be as strong a contributor to the organization (of course, they could bring even more to the table!). That is why most companies focus on retaining the employees they have. Still, employee turnover is unavoidable, especially in periods of low unemployment and when jobs are plentiful.

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The Ultimate Guide To The Duties of The Recruiter

Hubert

The recruiter is arguably one of the most important roles in any given company. That’s because the recruiter, who is often referred to as a technical specialist or HR specialist, is in charge of finding, obtaining and keeping the right human capital for a business. A high-performance workforce and clearly defined company goals go hand in hand, and are essential to long-term growth and success.

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How to prepare the workplace for a coronavirus pandemic

Business Management Daily

It’s too soon to tell if the coronavirus outbreak that started in China will become a worldwide pandemic, but public health officials are bracing for the worst. Prudence says employers should start planning now in case the virus starts spreading in the U.S. It could sicken many of your employees. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus infection resembles the flu, including mild to severe respiratory illness with fever.

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Booming Hotel Industry Strives to Fill Roles

SHRM Resources

Staffing the nation’s hotels, motels and resorts involves working around a multitude of challenges—a negative-perception problem, high turnover, historically low unemployment and competition from the gig economy. And then there’s the sector’s explosive growth.

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HR’s Complete 2025 Calendar of Important Dates

HR leaders can use this calendar from Paycor to track important HR and payroll tax dates. The 2025 calendar includes: Tax filing dates Federal reporting deadlines Bank holidays Links to relevant tax forms …and more! Get your 2025 HR calendar today!

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10 Tips For Presenting A Job Offer To Your Preferred Candidate

Take It Personel-ly

You’ve gone through the effort of reading through resumes, interviewing candidates, and considering the strengths and weaknesses of each. You’ve determined which candidate is your favorite and after all that time and energy, you really want them to join your company. The following ten tips will help you present the offer in a way that […].

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Employee Engagement: 3 Things We All Want from Work

HR Bartender

Organizations are constantly asking themselves “What do our employees want?” And if they’re not asking that question, they should be. The answer helps organizations create a workplace that employees want to be a part of. That aids employee engagement. It helps companies create jobs and programs that employees enjoy. It also allows employees to do their best work (and, no, not more creative loafing).

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Podcast: Employee Engagement Best Practices in 2020

DecisionWise

One question to consider as you think about whether to put effort and investment into employee engagement: “Is engagement worth the effort and investment we put into it?” The short answer to this question is “yes,” but depending on the type of organization you are, engagement may be more critical or less critical to your success. During this podcast we’ll share the best methods for preparing, administering, and rolling out the results from your employee engagement survey based on over 20 years o

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People over profits: the way we do business has to change

HR Zone

Culture People over profits?

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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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Why You Should Hire a Succession Planning Consultant

EDSI

As more and more baby boomers retire or consider retirement, ‘succession’ continues to be a common buzzword. Every year about 10% to 15% of corporations must appoint a new CEO due to retirement, resignation, dismissal, or a health crisis. As a business leader, succession planning (SP) has no doubt crossed your mind … maybe you’ve even started working on a leadership succession plan, but you’ve hit a roadblock.

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Recognition Trends: Creating a People-Centric Culture

Engage2Excel

Recognition has always been an important strategy for employee engagement, but recently we have seen a shift in culture that emphasizes the positive impacts of recognition for business outcomes. According to our 2018 Trendicators Report , 89% of employees believe that strong recognition programs improve engagement. However, there are still gaps between what employees would like to see in their companies’ recognition programs and what companies actually offer.

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Setting Expectations and Employee Engagement

DecisionWise

Setting Expectations and Employee Engagement. Posted on. February 4, 2020. Charles Rogel. Christian Nielson. Beth Wilkins. Dan Hoopes. Thomas Olsen. Stephen Mickelson. Our DecisionWise consultants recorded a podcast where they shared their thoughts on how setting expectations leads to higher employee engagement. This blog post is a written transcript of that podcast.