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How to Avoid Talent Gaps with Data-Driven Succession Planning

Visier

According to the Association for Talent Development , only 35% of organizations have a formalized succession planning process. This can be a risky proposition, especially if individuals in key roles are unexpectedly plucked out of your organization. These concerns can be heightened during times of crisis. As with most things, the best way to manage these risks is to be prepared and to have a plan.

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How To Build An Inclusive Culture In Your Workplace

Culture University

When it comes to inclusion in the workplace, we can all agree it matters. But understanding inclusion is harder to master. Inclusion comes to life in many different shapes and forms depending on the people, leadership and culture of an organization. The truth is, making inclusion ‘real’ in your organization is easier said than done. What is inclusion?

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Upholding Company Culture & Values During a Crisis: Why Leadership Matters

Namely

It seems like every day in 2020, we are bombarded with troubling news—from a global pandemic to racial injustice and police violence. As a result, many of your employees are likely filled with worry and uncertainty about the future.

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Summer is here … let’s just keep working?

Business Management Daily

Summer is officially here, but many professionals plan to keep their noses to the grindstone, new research from global staffing firm Robert Half shows. Blame the coronavirus pandemic and all the workplace upheaval it has caused. Factor in that vacation destinations and hotels may not be open or operating at full capacity—plus the public’s reluctance to board commercial aircraft—and there are signs this may be the summer Americans just stay home.

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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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Rebecca Cenni-Leventhal: “Then make a plan to overcome it”

Thrive Global

Take more risks. Identify the fear that’s keeping you from the reward you’re seeking. Then make a plan to overcome it. Never allow fear to dictate your decisions. If you believe in your vision, the value of your fear is worth far less than the value of your mission. Challenge yourself to try something new. That’s how you continually learn and grow. I’m raising honey bees despite my fear and hesitation, and it’s become my favorite pastime!

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Guess Who’s Disrupting HR Tech Now? Facebook. Yes it’s Facebook.

Josh Bersin

I’ve never been a big Facebook user – it always seemed like a poorly designed platform and I don’t like sharing my personal information all the time. So when the company launched Workplace from Facebook I was not expecting much. The initial product, developed for internal collaboration inside the company, was just a “gray” version.

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Promoting Diversity in Startups: Your 5-Step Hiring Action Plan

Human Resources Today Submitted Articles

Diversity in startups will make or break your business plan. Here’s your 5-step guide on how to be proactive about inclusive sourcing and hiring.

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Ian Clark: “Your focus should be on making people better”

Thrive Global

Your focus should be on making people better. Yes, you need to make decisions, and your role will involve a strategic element, but at the same time it’s about improving performance, and the best way to do this is by making those on your team better. Quite often your role is more akin to a sports coach, trying to get the best out of people, and picking the team is a very small part of the job.

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COVID Has Been Hard on my Friend: Jim, The Shoe Addict.

The HR Capitalist

I'm back with updates on work clothes. As a primer, I'm the same guy who was unafraid to bring you uncomfortable fashion classics like the following: BEST PRACTICES IN BLUE BLAZERS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY WHITE PROFESSIONAL CLASS MALE. BEYOND BLUE BLAZERS - THE PANTS CHOICES OF PROFESSIONAL WHITE MEN IN AMERICA. If you don't remember these classics, go take a look.

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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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Workday People Experience Arrives: The ERP Landscape Evolves

Josh Bersin

The enterprise software world has been attacked by the Coronavirus. Most of the big, complicated, multi-year ERP implementations have taken a pause and companies decided “we have to get something out immediately.” So they lashed together the tools they had to build communications programs, testing and feedback apps, training programs, and all sorts of programs.

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The Flexible Workforce: A Checklist for the Next Normal

Allegis Global Solutions

The world is adjusting to the pandemic. Companies are turning the corner on uncertainty and looking to the future. Some see a world where everything has changed. They are looking at what they call a new normal. But it’s not a new normal. This is the next normal. While the fundamentals of talent and business have not changed, the old playbook won’t work for a next-normal economy.

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ask the readers: how to unionize your workplace

Ask a Manager

A lot of workplaces have a lot of reasons to unionize right now , and organizing could be your only option if your employer is behaving badly and refusing to engage in reasonable dialogue with you and your coworkers. This is not my area of expertise, so let’s hear from readers with experiencing with unionizing. What advice would you give people wondering about forming a union, especially around protecting their jobs from retaliation?

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100 days

HRGem

This week we reach 100 days in lockdown, or so I read on Twitter. It has been long and long. Those early pandemic, strange, discombobulated and anxiety filled early days have mostly passed.

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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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What the Supreme Court Ruling on DACA Means for Employers

SHRM Resources

The June 18 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court preserving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides relief not only for the hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants it covers, but also for the organizations that employ them—but only temporarily.

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Using data, accountability to make the D&I difference

HRExecutive

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series related to diversity and inclusion around remote employee strategies and priorities for HR leaders. *. In light of COVID-19 and the simultaneous growing awareness of racial disparities and injustice, experts believe now might be the perfect time for HR leaders to focus on bolstering their commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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my coworker knowingly exposed me to COVID-19

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I found out yesterday that the person who shares a desk cluster with me, who works five feet from me, tested positive for COVID-19. The thing that really pisses me off about it is that “Stacy” was very clearly showing symptoms and lying to everyone about it for the past two weeks, claiming that she had really bad allergies.

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Why 'going back' to the office is the wrong language and possibly the wrong choice for employee engagement

Pay Compliment

Going back. What do you think of when you hear the term going back ? Progress. Learning. Innovation. Expansion? Those types of words don't spring to mind for me. Instead, I'm triggered into thoughts of Regression. Constriction. Convention. Familiarity. and perhaps even comfortableness. When businesses are talking with workers about 'going back' (or returning to), there is an implicit message that things were better before, and worth going back to; that there is not much worth keeping from enforc

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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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Inclusion is practice

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

When it comes to advancing organizational diversity and inclusion, too often leaders rely on the latest off-the-shelf training program or policy, but these initiatives do little to change employee behavior. Inclusion is practice. Encouraging employees to value each other’s differences and collaborate effectively requires changes in their behavior. Solving inequality starts with making employees aware of how their behavior contributes to it.

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Are we about to see a mass exodus of female workers?

HRExecutive

While joyful reports of unexpected work-from-home productivity abound for some employers during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research found that, for many working women, the situation is far from a dream scenario. The survey was conducted by WerkLabs, the insights division of The Mom Project, whose CEO and founder, Allison Robinson, will speak on a panel about retaining and engaging women during Women in HR Tech this fall.

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my boss keeps pretending to punch me in the groin, my reference got a weird phone call, and more

Ask a Manager

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. 1. My boss keeps pretending to punch me in the groin. My manager keeps pretending to punch me in the groin when I walk past. This happens at least once on every shift. I have asked him to stop doing it more than once, as it makes me jump back and I suffer from a back injury, so it can be quite painful.

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DoorDash, Uber Eats Sued for Misclassifying Workers

SHRM Resources

Two popular on-demand food delivery services have been sued in California for allegedly misclassifying delivery workers as independent contractors, in violation of state law.

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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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How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Keep Working Remotely Post-COVID

The Muse

If this unexpected remote work experiment has shown or confirmed to you that you’d prefer to work from home, there are steps you can take to try to make it permanent.

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10 powerful quotes on leadership to inspire your organization

Qualtrics HR

A primary focus of an employee experience program is career and leadership development for employees, Qualtrics does this using our 360-degree feedback software. In the spirit of leadership development, we gathered a few quotes about leadership from noteworthy leaders, helping us define what separates good leaders from great ones. Share these leadership quotes with your team members and managers when they need a bit of motivation.

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‘HRE’ wins 6 excellence in journalism awards

HRExecutive

Human Resource Executive ® is a national and regional award winner in the 2020 Azbee Awards of Excellence–earning gold, silver and bronze awards across several categories. Sponsored by the American Society of Business Publication Editors, the annual Azbee Awards honor the best in business-to-business media, recognizing outstanding work by B2B, trade, association and professional publications.

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GPA Minimums May Be Spoiling Your Diversity Goals

SHRM Resources

?Having new graduates provide their grade point average, or GPA, has long been an application requirement for early-career job candidates. But doing so could be hurting diversity recruiting efforts, according to Liz Wessel, the CEO and co-founder of WayUp, a New York City-based job site and resource center for college students and recent graduates. Wessel spoke with.

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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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Key Management Skills Every Leader Should Work On

6Q

In order to lead teams and help organisations achieve their goals, leaders need to hone a number of key management skills. They can learn or polish up on these skills through two avenues; by enrolling in various management courses or by learning through experience on the job. A combination of both is optimal. According to social and organisational psychologist Robert Katz , management skills fall into three categories; Technical skills – These are learned capacities in a given field.

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Improving Security During the COVID-19 Crisis: 5 Things You Need to Know

Take It Personel-ly

It’s no secret that small companies have seen massive changes due to the coronavirus. Many continue to lose business as they stay closed, while others prepare to gear up for when their state decides to reopen. In any case, we can all agree that no one was ready for this virus – especially from a […].

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50 creative intranet launch ideas

ThoughtFarmer

Updated June 26th, 2020. A new intranet can significantly improve your workplace; but that success isn’t going to happen on its own. To ensure the success of your intranet you need a focused, dedicated, and creative intranet launch strategy. Here are 50 real-world intranet launch ideas you can use to propel your intranet (or extranet ). We’ve grouped launch ideas to correspond with your intranet launch timeline and stages.