UpstartHR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We have known for a while that classroom training was losing its luster compared to social, video, mobile, and other informal delivery methods. However, this is a stern indictment of the most commonly used method of training, with 40% of companies using classroom-based instructor led training (ILT) more than half the time. General Books Learning and Development Training

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UpstartHR

AUGUST 24, 2015

We were spending hours recruiting, training (each employee received over a dozen hours of training before starting work), and coaching these people, only to have all of that effort wasted. As HR is increasing its presence as a strategic part of the business, key performance indicators, or KPIs, are becoming a key part of the language for discussing how it is actually performing.

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UpstartHR

AUGUST 22, 2016

In many cases, HR leaders are not trained or equipped to prove the value of certain benefits, like these, and they go on the chopping block any time there are budgetary constraints that affect the offerings companies can deliver. If we only see ourselves and our actions within the “bubble” of HR, then we severely limit the impact and value we can deliver to the business.

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UpstartHR

APRIL 11, 2016

There is nothing quite like having to sit in front of your CEO and tell them about some problem that is coming at you like a freight train. Among all of the opportunities that HR leaders have, I believe that one of the most valuable is puncturing the CEO bubble by acting in a strategic advisor capacity. As I wrote some time ago, 76% of CEOs value their relationship with HR.

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Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Is there anything that can be done about it

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UpstartHR

MAY 2, 2016

It also eases the transition and offers a way to get the new workers trained up over time. I was talking with some HR professionals last week, and the conversation of transparency came up. What happens if managers care so much about their employees that they help or prepare them to leave the company to pursue the next step in their careers? Is that a good thing, because you’ve successfully grown someone to the level that they are prepared for that? Or is it a problem, since you’re turning over otherwise solid workers that could be contributing to your bottom line? General

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UpstartHR

MARCH 14, 2016

My key prediction at the time: SHRM’s influence at the chapter level would eventually turn the tide due to recertification credits and its stranglehold on the requirements for chapter leaders (requiring SHRM-CP/SCP training, for instance). I’m going to preface today’s discussion a bit. Why do I do it? Because I believe in the value. What Does This Mean for HR Pros?

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UpstartHR

MAY 9, 2016

Maybe the employee needs training in an area or more experience in a specific skill. In every company, there comes a time when someone makes an offer to a candidate to come and work for them. What is interesting is the wide variety of advice in the marketplace that advises candidates on how to handle that critical negotiation. ” But that’s not necessarily true. No stalling.

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UpstartHR

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

What sort of training or education did you have that prepared you for this job? Training. On the job training still one of the best ways to explore experiential learning, and if  you can lock in a job, you get paid while you’re learning. Recently on LinkedIn I saw someone asking how to learn HR. First, Let’s Flash Back to 2009. And who writes those textbooks? iCIMS.

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Training and learning organizations today play an active role in contributing to the bottom line of any organization by aligning their objectives to the immediate business objectives. This provides a solid ground for cost justification and encourages businesses to place training groups right where they should be, at the heart of a growing, thriving, learning culture

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UpstartHR

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

If you are doing the training for other staff instead of the provider, make sure you go through the process of using the tool like one of the other staff. Develop a training plan for educating all pertinent staff on the operation of the system, including the need for security and compliance with data. HR Project Management Skills are Powerful Tools–Do You Have Them? etc.).

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UpstartHR

JANUARY 28, 2015

David Richter from OctopusHR offers a great case study into how the  HR team aligned training goals  with the organizational strategy (with some excellent results). This week I’m hosting the Strategic HCM themed HR Carnival. For those of you that might be new, the HR Carnival is a series of links to blogs around the world that are gathered together for a single post. Make sense?

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UpstartHR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

For instance, when I worked for an organization with heavy regulations around training and staff certifications, our primary system (even before having a good HRIS) was a learning management system (LMS). I was talking with a friend last week about technology–specifically the kind we use in the HR, payroll, and recruiting space. It’s not user friendly. What are your thoughts?

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UpstartHR

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Learning: what is more valuable in business terms, measuring training completions or measuring changed behaviors based on the training? But if you are truly looking at how your training is changing the organization and making people work smarter, then completion information just isn’t enough to do that. Please. For goodness sake, please stop measuring HR data.

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Training and development professionals often bemoan the lack of apparent initiative in their trainees. Learning professionals spend huge sums of money creating or acquiring skill aligned libraries of learning content, only to watch almost helplessly as learners refuse to engage with any training available that isn’t mandatory

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UpstartHR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Alison : I’d say that a good HR department one that’s highly aligned with the organization’s culture and goals and does excellent work in areas like ensuring that managers are well-trained, benefits are strong and well-administered, salaries are benchmarked to industry norms, and that they help rather than hinder a company’s managers (for instance, by finding nuanced, flexible solutions rather than requiring everyone to operate the same across the board, which is a hallmark of a bad HR department). If your boss is yelling or being abusive, then yes. the answer is no.

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UpstartHR

JUNE 20, 2016

In short, the EEOC said that training doesn’t reduce discrimination. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace may be what it failed to find—namely, any evidence that the past 30 years of corporate training has had any effect on preventing workplace harassment. Two quick notes that need clarification: There are 90,000 harassment claims, so training doesn’t work. What kind of training was used? General Employee Relations Legal Compliance SHRM Annual Conference Training

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UpstartHR

JULY 7, 2015

Bench-marking, crisis response planning, organizational development, training, statistical reports, disciplinary procedures, workers comp., This is another installment in our “Day in the Life” series, this time focusing on the HR directors out there. My assistant is also the receptionist which is a challenge! plunge a toilet? Make friends with the maintenance and kitchen crews.

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UpstartHR

MAY 16, 2016

Lesson Two: Contribute Strategically I have always been stretched by the limited number of volunteers, and that forces me to jump into the fray for various tasks that could have been handed off to others with the right training and time (both in limited supply when the race is ten minutes away!) Leading volunteers is not always an easy job. This year was no different. But it works.

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One significant way that training and learning organizations can play an active role in contributing to the bottom line of any organization is by aligning their objectives to the immediate business objectives.

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UpstartHR

JULY 8, 2016

I’ve had this question pop up from a few people I have met in recent weeks, so excuse the commercial if you’re not looking for a speaker for your event or to train your HR team… :-) I know from interacting with many of the readers of this blog that you guys are tied in to various regional, state, and local organizations that require speakers. Thanks! General Speaking

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UpstartHR

APRIL 18, 2016

There may be a local financial planner that will visit with your staff, an educational training to help them understand how personal finance works, or a combination of remote and in-person resources to meet a variety of needs and preferences. I won’t endorse any particular provider here, but what you’re looking for mainly is someone with the heart of a teacher, not a salesperson. Going!

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UpstartHR

APRIL 29, 2015

became an auditor with the Defense Contract Audit Agency in 2005, and I performed in that job category for 5 years. I was promoted to an instructor at our agency training institute, and I served in that position for two years. Today I have the pleasure of introducing my brother, Brandon, to the HR community. hope you enjoy! Thanks! Ben: It sounds like you’re in neck deep!

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UpstartHR

DECEMBER 7, 2015

In the case study, the organization was trying to see if the quality of the training simulation/game had an effect on the outcome. One of the things that I have grown to appreciate over the past few years is marketing. One of the first things I wrote on the topic was actually around what Chief Marketing Officers can teach Chief HR Officers. There is quite a bit of activity that goes on in the marketing department that we should all appreciate. From tailoring your approach to your audience to relentlessly testing your campaigns, there are some great insights in how they operate.

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We’ve identified some core gaps: • Solutions need to go beyond training to ensure application. SETTING. EXPECTATIONS: My team members are clear on. their roles & responsibilities. 2. DELEGATING: I effectively identify tasks that. others can take on to develop their. capabilities and free my time for. more strategic activities. 3. COACHING: I support my team members by. MONITORING.

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UpstartHR

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

We are killing the future competitiveness of our workforce by training the creativity out of them. This will be a long post and possibly only of interest to those who attended or follow the HRevolution happenings. If you think this will not be interesting or applicable to you, I’d read some before you bail. :-) And this certainly won’t be the last thing I share, either. As with past years, the concepts, ideas, and questions raised at HRevolution have a way of percolating to the surface on a regular basis. Just… Wow. So, what do we talk about? No, it’s not.

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UpstartHR

JANUARY 29, 2015

Competency models are powerful things, because we can use them to hire, train, and manage employees with a purpose and a plan (instead of merely guessing at the restaurant skills our staff need). The restaurant industry trains America’s workforce, offering one in three Americans their first job. This post brought to you by National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.

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UpstartHR

MARCH 25, 2015

For employees: checking out available training/development opportunities. The post Speeding Up Selection, Rewards, Training (and HR in General) appeared first on upstartHR. The other day I received an email from UPitch. It’s basically like Tinder for PR pitches. Still not sure? Here’s the gist: You open the app and see a pitch. What’s the point? Speed. My treat!”

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UpstartHR

JANUARY 26, 2015

This also applies to courses and other training events as well as this leadership reading list, in case you’re wondering. Do you make leadership training books a priority in your own development? . What’s on your leadership reading list? No thanks, I read a book on leadership already. What else do you recommend? The concept? Well, neither does bathing. The best part?

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Isn’t there a lot of training out their. training content available but, the vast majority are frustrated by. the lack of transfer back to the job after participating in training. KnowledgeAdvisors (2015) reports that “41% of training. effective training and support. help from the leadership training market. training session? Is training.

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UpstartHR

JANUARY 25, 2016

Wednesday I’ll be copresenting a workshop on the changing learning environment and how to integrate informal/experiential learning into your formal training programs. But volunteering in that capacity is not what we’re discussing today. Someone threw out ten years as a baseline, and there was an immediate reaction from some of my friends on the board. “What? Just ten years?

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UpstartHR

MAY 4, 2015

We know that our training and development efforts are not going to reach all employees in the same way. And each employee has different needs from the training programs we offer. The Custom Learning Training Method Let’s say Mary scores highly on a post-test after she sits through a live instruction class, but Bob scores higher after he completes a learning game. Some would say that companies already offer these types of training options, but the difference here is the system learns what works best for you and redirects time and resources into training you via that medium.

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UpstartHR

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Companies use gaming and simulation elements to drive training goals. A few weeks ago, one of my good friends was tapping away at his phone, and I asked him what he was up to. He told me that he was playing this “Clash of Clans” game online. During my college days, I played games regularly. enjoyed it, and it was a great way to pass the time. It’s because they work!

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UpstartHR

AUGUST 15, 2016

While HR is often in charge of heading up training and development efforts, how often do we model the right behaviors by taking training (free or paid) ourselves? In a non-work example, I have a friend I coached years ago in a couch to 5k training plan for a local race. It requires uncomfortable, deliberate practice to get to the level of performance that leaves others in awe.

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UpstartHR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

worked all day, trained for 50-kilometer races in the afternoons, and attended classes at night. Today’s post is a personal one about my recent experience quitting caffeine and all of the associated side effects. Not so much about HR, but definitely an interesting look at the experience! One month ago I quit caffeine. Well, it was, anyway. She’s 92 years old and still fit as can be.

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UpstartHR

JUNE 8, 2015

Recently a friend asked if I would run with his nephew, a talented high school sophomore runner with little training experience under his belt. In the past few weeks I’ve been running with him and teaching him some of the basics of training. Taking an informal mentoring role in support of someone else is easy, and you can start in minutes. have been running for years.

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UpstartHR

APRIL 20, 2015

Recently I had the pleasure of joining Trish McFarlane for an HCMx Radio podcast episode where we talked about how to use simulations in your recruiting and training initiatives. Finally we get into the meat of the conversation–using simulations to really drive home better recruiting/selection practices and better training/development practices. Job Simulation Exercises Position Must-have Sample Exercise COO Critical thinking, writing Observe the organization in action (delivering a training session, staging a rally, holding a hearing, etc.)

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UpstartHR

APRIL 6, 2015

With him gone it would be virtually impossible to train someone without his expertise. win) I was able to find a potential backfill candidate who would be trained by this individual gradually over time, transferring much of that informal knowledge that wasn’t written down anywhere. And while it might be your first instinct to think that the shift is toward part-time work, the population of individuals over 65 who are pursuing full-time work has been on the rise for years. He was in a niche role and it would be very difficult to find a backfill for his position.

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