Achievers

MARCH 30, 2017

Your workforce is increasingly made up of millennials; this is unsurprising – they’re the ones with the most contemporary skills, and with each passing year they become a larger percentage of the working world. With close to 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day , millennials now represent the largest subset of America’s workforce. Approaching these younger workers with the attitude and expectations of a coach, rather than the antiquated characteristics of a traditional “boss,” is key t

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HR Bartender

MARCH 21, 2017

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by Alongside , a company that bridges the communication gaps to create a better hiring experience for both employers and job seekers. Check out how they help companies like Motörleaf showcase their team dynamic to active and passive candidates. For a free trial or demo of their product , visit their website.

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15Five

MARCH 23, 2017

Building a vibrant workplace requires a foundation of trust, respect, and honest communication. It also requires employee appreciation. Over 200,000 global employees were studied by the Boston Consulting Group , and the top reason they reported enjoying their work was, “feeling appreciated”. Number 2 was having a good relationship with their supervisor, and number 4 was that they had a good relationship with their colleagues.

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Insperity

MARCH 23, 2017

Seventy-four percent of employees say their jobs are more fulfilling when they have opportunities to make a positive impact on social and environmental issues, according to a Cone Communications 2016 study. A matching gift program is an admirable way to increase employee engagement and donations while multiplying the positive impact on your community and elevating your company’s reputation.

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Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Take It Personel-ly

MARCH 7, 2017

Excellent leaders are few and far between. If you’ve worked at a couple of different jobs in the past, then you’ll probably know what it’s like to work under a leader that doesn’t have the proper qualifications to be ordering you around. There are many reasons that make working for poor bosses extremely difficult: lack of communication, their own … Continue reading The Unquestionable Qualities of a Great Workplace Leader.

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Achievers

MARCH 9, 2017

Employee retention is a key goal for every company, but it’s important to drill down into this metric and make sure you’re doing a good job of identifying and keeping your top performers. These employees deliver 400 percent more productivity than the average worker, according to statistics published in Harvard Business Review (HBR). The researchers state, “Our workforce strategy goal should be to double down on retention tactics for high performers,” and further explain that, in many cases, mana

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HR Bartender

MARCH 14, 2017

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at SilkRoad , a global leader in Talent Activation. SilkRoad recently announced that Carey Lohrenz, the first female to pilot an F-14 Tomcat Fighter jet for the Navy will be the keynote speaker at their annual Connections conference taking place in May. Hope to see you there! Enjoy the post.).

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15Five

MARCH 21, 2017

It’s no surprise that employee engagement numbers have been abysmal for the last few years (and if that is a surprise, you need to read our blog more often.) According to Gallup, engaged employees comprise only around 30% of the workforce. No wonder this post on 2016 engagement trends was so popular. . Until engagement numbers dramatically increase, we are going to continue presenting these trends.

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Insperity

MARCH 7, 2017

Implementing company change isn’t easy. Just ask any of the high-profile company executives profiled on the TV series, Undercover Boss. Frequently, they find out that a change they championed — a new system or policy — is a dud. The change doesn’t help employees serve customers better, or it makes their jobs even harder. In fact, the change has the OPPOSITE effect of what it was intended to do.

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UpstartHR

MARCH 13, 2017

Last week I had the pleasure of presenting a workshop based on metrics, evidence-based HR, and change management. The session was a lot of fun, because we were able to tie the three topics together in a variety of ways to help reiterate not only why each of them matters, but how each of them can really build value when used in conjunction with one another.

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Take It Personel-ly

MARCH 8, 2017

From the 1980s into the 1990s, a pair of data scientists, Geoff Hinton and Yann LeCun laid the foundations of artificial intelligence. They came up with the idea of a neural net, a kind of statistical tool that could be trained, rather than programmed. Because of its similarities to the human mind, they borrowed the term “neural” and … Continue reading Why The World Is Going Crazy Over Big Data.

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Achievers

MARCH 7, 2017

By: Phoebe Licata. Employee Engagement Consultant, Achievers. Relocating for your career is the perfect opportunity to explore a new way of life, meet new people, and get to know yourself that much better as you step outside of your comfort zone. A new study shows nearly 85 percent of millennial workers surveyed said they are willing to move to a new city for a job.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 26, 2017

I started my consulting firm in 2002 , so I’ve been working from home for 15 years. My home office is the nicest I’ve ever had in my career. When I was researching consulting as a profession, I asked consultants about their success strategies and biggest challenges. A couple of them talked about home offices. The first one told me as soon as I could get an office outside the home, I needed to do it because clients won’t take you seriously if you work from a home office.

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15Five

MARCH 8, 2017

What matters most to your employees? This is the third time we are asking that question, because what could be more rewarding and fruitful than fostering a supported and thriving workforce? Every year we review the Society for Human Resource Management’s Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Report , an enormous undertaking that produces nearly sixty pages of data on what employees want most, how responsive their employers are, and what they need to be engaged in their work.

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Insperity

MARCH 16, 2017

Do you feel like you’ve run out of ideas to improve your team’s productivity? Maybe it’s time to try a new, more creative approach. What if you could turn your employees’ everyday tasks into a game or friendly competition? Some of today’s top business are implementing various “gamification” strategies to improve the morale and focus of their workforce.

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SnackNation

MARCH 24, 2017

The Ultimate Guide to Pranking Your Coworkers (Without Getting Fired). I think it’s safe to assume that we all work really hard. Besides the fact that doing anything worthwhile takes hard work and dedication, the trend has been longer and longer hours for American office workers. According to a 2014 Gallup study , full-time adults work 47 hours each week, almost a full workday longer than the standard 40-hour work week.

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Take It Personel-ly

MARCH 6, 2017

HR departments have gotten a bad rap in recent years. Many workers, managers and journalists have arrived at the conclusion that HR no longer has a clear place in business. But that misconception won’t last much longer if more HR teams assert themselves as a key contributor to workplace efficiency. Wanting to be more efficient … Continue reading Improve HR Efficiency by Eliminating These 7 Snags.

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Achievers

MARCH 14, 2017

By: Marci Peters. Director of Customer Service, Achievers. We have all experienced the good, the bad and the ugly of customer service. Often, customer service tends to fall into the bad and ugly categories. We have all gritted our teeth before calling a company for service or walking into a store to return an item, fearful of a confrontation because of a rigid policy, or simply because of the bad attitude (usually attributable to ineffective training!

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HR Bartender

MARCH 7, 2017

(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. Kronos was named one of the 2017 Best Workplaces for Giving Back by Fortune Magazine in conjunction with consultancy Great Place to Work. Congrats to them! Enjoy the post.). I know the phrase is well-worn, but the reality is that “the war for talent” is on.

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Asure Software

MARCH 21, 2017

Despite increased use of office hoteling and other alternative workplace management strategies, real estate is still a major expense for most businesses. Making the most of this investment in office space is critical. Sometimes it’s obvious that a particular space is underutilized—for example, a conference room that’s seldom used because it’s out of the way, … Continue reading "The Hidden Costs of Underutilized Office Space".

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Insperity

MARCH 28, 2017

Let’s say you are sending Ken, one of your top performers, to a training seminar that’s eight hours away. Since he’s a non-exempt employee, he will be paid an additional 16 hours of pay for his travel time. Or will he? Though the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require rest and/or lunch breaks, many states do require that employers provide employees with rest and/or lunch breaks after a certain number of hours worked.

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SnackNation

MARCH 10, 2017

Why Performance Reviews are Dead (And What to Do Instead). They tend to sneak up on you like a thief in the night. If you’re consistently doing a good job, they probably seem like a giant waste of time. If your performance has slipped in a few areas, they probably feel like being sent to the principal’s office. Either way, chances are your boss dreads them just as much as you do.

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Take It Personel-ly

MARCH 10, 2017

Employee training courses can cost your company a good deal of money up front. This cash could be used for advertising or for putting a better product together. But, the benefits of employee training courses for career development are vast. They provide innovative methods for employees to work with new strategies and products. They also … Continue reading Are Employee Training Courses Really Worth the Investment?

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Achievers

MARCH 23, 2017

Are you one of those bosses who feels their employees should simply be happy to have a job at all? Unfortunately, some supervisors really do feel this way, particularly when the job market is tight. However, it’s an expensive point of view to maintain, especially in an economy that is nearing full employment : Discouraged employees are 87 percent more likely to quit, and you’ll spend a minimum of 21 percent of an employee’s annual salary on a replacement.

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HR Bartender

MARCH 19, 2017

I just finished a super interesting read from the Harvard Business Review (HBR) titled “ Generosity Burnout ”. I would highly recommend that everyone download a copy. The idea behind generosity burnout is this: our best career advice for others is to be a servant leader , pay it forward, be nice, help others, etc. However, if every time someone asked, we said “yes”, we could be placing ourselves in a position where we’re sacrificing our own well-being and goals for others.

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