October, 2018

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How to Empower Your Employees to Make Better Business Decisions

Cornerstone On Demand

Steve Jobs was notorious for his autocratic leadership style. Instead of empowering his employees to make their own decisions, he would set the strategy, goals and method—and expect them to follow suit. While Apple was incredibly successful under his leadership, some of the downsides of this style are apparent since his passing in 2011. The most recent example involves the removal of movies from people's iTunes accounts.

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It Takes Magic: 5 Ways To Reenergize and Engage Your Workforce - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Why Engage Your Workforce? Employee engagement is an emotional state where employees feel passionate, energetic, and committed to their work. Why take the time to engage your workforce? Because it translates into employees who give their hearts, spirits, minds, and hands to deliver a high level of performance to the organization. When we first look to join an organization, we may be enticed by some salary promises, the company brand, or cool perks.

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HR’s Opportunity in Disguise: 3 Elements of Rapid Talent Allocation

Visier

Rapid talent allocation could be HR’s ticket to the proverbial “seat at the table.” According to a recent McKinsey & Company survey , being fast or very fast at moving talent among strategic projects is linked most closely with talent management effectiveness. Organizations with effective talent management programs, the survey reveals, have a better chance than other companies of outperforming competitors.

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HR Passion Series #13: Barbara Lovejoy, Director of OD at FastMed Urgent Care

Kazoo

We’re happy to bring you insights and inspirations from esteemed HR Professionals. We’ve created the HR Passion Series as a medium to connect individuals in the HR World, to learn from each other, create community, and inspire. This is where you get to hear full, unedited opinions and answers from top practitioners in the field who are excited to reach out and share with the community.

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Predict Retention with Confidence: What to Look for Before You Hire

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Turnover isn’t random. It’s a pattern rooted in hiring misalignment. In this practical, fast-paced session, you’ll learn how HR, Talent Acquisition, and Operations leaders are improving retention before day one using personalized assessments. You’ll walk away knowing how to: Identify early signs of alignment Focus on traits that truly matter Predict shift reliability with confidence Reduce risk in high-turnover roles Whether you’re dealing with summer churn or ongoing attrition, this session wil

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5 Things Great Employers are Doing to Drive World Class Candidate Experience in 2019!

The Tim Sackett Project

I’m still struck at how for the most part, we treat candidates like garbage. Historically in Talent Acquisition, we had this really weird power dynamic that took place. We believed we (TA) had jobs to give out or not give out, like prizes, so we would force candidates into our processes and make them jump through hoops. It’s been a super hard habit for many of us to break!

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Mandatory Flu Shots: Can You Make Employees Roll Up Their Sleeves?

HR Daily Advisor

Believe it or not, summer is almost over, and it’s time to think about flu vaccines again! How effective will the shots be this year? Will you and your family get them? Can you require your employees to be vaccinated? Many employers believe that employees should be inoculated to keep the workforce healthy and the office fully staffed during flu season.

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Want to Improve Your Candidate Experience? Ask Yourself These Key Questions

Cornerstone On Demand

Nearly 50 percent of U.S. employees are actively searching for a new job. That means that half of the currently employed workforce will quit to work for your company if you offer them a better opportunity. Still, today's companies put up so many application hurdles and create so much confusion in their hiring process that many candidates don't finish—or even start—applications.

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Candidate Experience: The Importance of Developing a Strategy

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. They’ve recently relaunched their customer interface, HireSelect. It’s been completely reworked to help organizations hire faster and smarter. Get a demo when you have a chance. Enjoy the article!) . We’ve talked before about the need for organizations to have a defined candidate experience.

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HR Passion Series #13: Barbara Lovejoy, Director of OD at FastMed Urgent Care

Kazoo

We’re happy to bring you insights and inspirations from esteemed HR Professionals. We’ve created the HR Passion Series as a medium to connect individuals in the HR World, to learn from each other, create community, and inspire. This is where you get to hear full, unedited opinions and answers from top practitioners in the field who are excited to reach out and share with the community.

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Stay Ahead Of I-9 & Immigration Changes: Compliance Strategies for Employers

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With a new administration and increased scrutiny on employment compliance, employers must navigate complex, fast-evolving regulations. From I-9 audits to major immigration policy updates, staying ahead is critical. Join Chapelle Ryon, CEO of WorkBright, and Kimberly Best-Robideaux, an immigration attorney with over 20 years of I-9 expertise, for a practical, forward-looking discussion on what’s changing and what it means for your organization.

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Deliver Business Impact: Nine Dimensions for People Analytics Excellence

Visier

Over the last few years as I’ve met HR executives, leaders and practitioners who want to learn more about people analytics, I have concluded that I nearly always get asked these three questions: How can I improve my impact? How can I create more value? What should I focus on? Clearly, the answers vary depending upon the situation, level of experience of the person, business challenges, and industry.

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5 Top Leadership And Culture Articles For 2018 (So Far)

15Five

Many business leaders will end the year with the same concerns they started with: how to retain employees and create a work culture that motivates them , makes them feel included, and brings out their best work. In every industry, and particularly in tech, quit rates are climbing, and fierce competition makes employee recruiting and retention two very daunting tasks.

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Four Ways Businesses Can Create an Environment That Encourages Employees to Vote

Trinet

Midterm elections are right around the corner and this is a great time for employers to create an environment that encourages employees to vote. Here are some tips for employers wanting to support their employees as they exercise their right to vote, for the midterm elections on Tuesday, November 6 and beyond.

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Cartoon Coffee Break | HR Complaints

Cornerstone On Demand

Editor's Note: This post is part of our " Cartoon Coffee Break " series. While we take talent management seriously, we also know it's important to have a good laugh. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon. Where should employees turn when they have a complaint against HR? Our Evil HR Lady weighs in.

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Reduce Risk and Boost Retention with 100% Electronic Pay: A Practical Guide

Outdated payroll processes can slow operations, increase risk and affect retention—especially in today’s competitive labor market. This in-depth white paper offers executive decision-makers a practical guide for transitioning to fully electronic pay without increasing complexity or sacrificing compliance. For HR, payroll and finance leaders, this paper explores how a unified payment platform can make the shift to digital wage payment not only possible but preferable, for both employers and emplo

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Everything #HR Needs to Know About Prescriptive Analytics

HR Bartender

We’ve discussed several aspects of technology in this HR technology series. Today I wanted to share a concept that we should be a bit more focused on: prescriptive analytics. Technology now allows us to do more than just process information, it helps us make decisions. A few weeks ago, I spent a couple of days with the folks from O.C. Tanner at their Influence Greatness conference.

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The Five Keys of Employee Engagement - DecisionWise

DecisionWise

Engaged employees fully invest their best selves in the work they do. But what is employee engagement and how is it created? Employees and leaders intuitively know that when we find a place where we can throw our hearts, spirits, minds, and hands into our work, we are happier, healthier, and produce better results. Yet, most of us struggle to understand exactly why we engage in some environments and don’t in others.

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Cybersecurity Talent Shortage: Why HR Needs to Map Unconventional Career Paths

Visier

“Have you ever considered a career in hacking?”. This may be an unusual way to start a career coaching conversation in most workplaces, but it’s an important question to ask employees from non-technical fields–and women in particular. Increasingly, businesses of all types need more professionals–from ethical hackers to application security engineers–who can effectively ward off and respond to cyber attacks.

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Artificial Intelligence in Learning: The Resounding Message from #DoceboInspire

Lighthouse

I’ve written quite a bit on AI and its impact on the employee experience , but one area that I have talked less about is the learning side of the equation. There have been so many advances in recruiting technology and other areas, but learning has lagged behind a bit. Until now, that is. At this year’s Docebo Inspire user conference in Toronto, artificial intelligence was one of the key conversations for the leaders at the innovative learning technology company.

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The Hidden Skills That Separate Good Leaders from Great Ones

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Technical degrees might open doors—but it’s the soft skills that keep them open. In the face of disruption, evolving workplace dynamics, and rising expectations of leadership, soft skills like communication, emotional intelligence, and presence have become core business essentials—not nice-to-haves. Inspired by stories from her father coupled with her own career journey, seasoned executive Chandra McCormack breaks down how to lead with impact, connect with purpose, and cultivate a workplace cult

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The Missing Part of Your Employee Learning and Development Strategy: Strengths Discovery

15Five

Welcome back to Talk Nerdy To Me , 15Five’s academic blog series where we get nerdy, talk to the world’s best thinkers, and break down the latest academic research that you can apply to your workplace. According to Gallup , employees who use their strengths every day are 6x more likely to be engaged, 8% more productive, and 15% less likely to quit their jobs.

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Dear ReWorker: Our HR Manager Appeases Bullies—What Can I Do?

Cornerstone On Demand

Dear ReWorker, Recently, my colleague and I carefully documented and reported acts of long-term bullying by two of our coworkers. Soon afterward, HR summoned the entire department for a mandatory meeting where our boss's manager and the top HR manager yelled and reprimanded us. We were told our complaints were petty and stupid, and that their time was wasted.

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Learning Opportunity: FREE #HR and #Payroll eSymposium

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos , a leading provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions. Check out the latest research from The Workforce Institute at Kronos how employees across the globe view their relationship with work. Part one, “ The Case for a 4-Day Workweek? ” explores how employees spend their time on the clock and if the standard 40-hour workweek is most effective.

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Should Employees be Paid for Commuting Time?

UpstartHR

An interesting piece of research on publicly available WiFi access in England led to a question that made me pause. Should employees be paid for commuting time? As someone that travels a fair bit for work, I know the value of being able to connect and work from any number of strange locations–restaurants, hotel lobbies, airports, etc. But what about the commutes that make up a significant part of the day for so many workers?

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More Than a Benefit: Group Medicare and the Psychology of Retirement

Speaker: Shae Noble

As the workforce ages, retirement is becoming a more complex and emotionally significant transition. For many employees, retiring marks not only a change in benefits and income but also a shift in identity, community, and purpose. This webinar explores how HR professionals can support aging and retiring employees through a trauma-informed lens—one that recognizes the emotional and psychological dimensions of leaving the workforce.

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5 Startling Facts: Why Employee Feedback is Essential

Achievers

If you were on a quiz show for managers, you could easily recite a list of critical elements of business success: strong financial management, a solid customer service strategy, and so on. But would employee feedback be on your list? If not, you are missing a key business driver. Below are five reasons why listening to your employees is central to your company’s success: Failure to Listen is Expensive.

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Top People Analytics Articles for Fall 2018: Seeing the Big Picture

Visier

For many people analytics professionals, fall is a time to hit the accelerator. Now is when business leaders need more numbers — and fast. But information does not equal knowledge, and in the rush to gather data, it can be easy to forget the big questions: Why is this critical for the business? Are key stakeholders prepared to receive and act on it?

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5 Key Tips To Remove Social And Cultural Bias From Employee Self-Evaluations

15Five

“How’s your tennis game?” (This probably seems like a strange way to begin a post about performing employee self-evaluations, but bear with me.). Last weekend, my husband and I went out to dinner with friends we hadn’t seen in years, back when I was an avid tennis player. As part of our catching up conversation, our friends asked me this question. “It’s fine,” I replied.

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Is Continuous Performance Management Here to Stay? Absolutely.

Cornerstone On Demand

About five years ago, I worked with a client who bristled at the idea of typical annual performance reviews. What they wanted to implement was a “conversation-based” performance review process. The process had to be employee driven; managers and employees held an ongoing, continuous dialogue about the employee’s performance throughout the year. At any point throughout the year, the employee’s colleagues or customers could also contribute performance input but the most important objective was th

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Miss One Change, Face Major Risk: The New Compliance Crisis In HR And How To Fix It

Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

From rapidly changing state-level labor laws and evolving workplace protections to new compliance expectations around pay equity and hybrid policies, HR teams are navigating a constant wave of regulatory updates. It’s not just about reacting anymore; it’s about anticipating risk, aligning stakeholders, and taking a smarter, proactive stance. In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and help you focus on what matters.

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Companies Can Help Employees With Financial Emergencies [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I’ve spent the majority of my career working in industries with large hourly workforces. And much of that hourly workforce was paid minimum wage – or just above it. As a result, when employees had financial emergencies, it impacted their work. Which means it impacted the workplace. You might have already seen this statistic, but nearly half of Americans do not have enough cash on hand to cover a $400 emergency expense , according to the Federal Reserve’s annual report on the economic well-

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Employee Engagement is Viral

DecisionWise

Employee Engagement is viral, and new research shows that the manager may be “ground zero.”. Managers are the sergeants of the organization. You, as a manager, have a powerful effect on how engaged your organization will ultimately be. You are on the front lines of a company’s culture. For most employees, you are the company (or at least represent the organization, as they see it).

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Engagement in Action: Four Key Drivers to Highly Engaged Employees

Engage2Excel

Employee engagement: the buzzword is everywhere, but can anyone really agree on what it means? How do you measure it? And how can you build an effective strategy that works in your unique company culture? Employee engagement is tricky to define because it represents different things to different people. Some companies describe engagement as an emotional commitment to the company that includes both loyalty and dedication to achieving goals.