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Finding the right social employee recognition solution: partner, platform, program

Achievers

Employee recognition — done right — is today’s must-have for business. Social employee recognition systems appear on Gartner’s Hype Cycle, climbing the curve to become a standard business system — but how do you choose the right system? It’s a choice that comes with very high stakes. Pick the wrong partner and you not only risk throwing your money to the wind; you could also alienate your entire workforce.

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Organizational Change: How Fast is Too Fast

HR Bartender

I’m loving this conversation about high performing companies and organizational change. ICYMI – A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about how high performing companies manage change well. Then someone on Twitter asked me to elaborate – so I wrote a post how high performing companies manage change. Well, I’ve received another question. This one about how to implement change itself.

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5 Tips For Improving Office Organization & Productivity With Post-it® Products – Plus #Infographic

Take It Personel-ly

According to a recent survey commissioned by the Post-it® Brand, office organization and access to helpful office supplies contributes to office workers’ efficiency and productivity. Their findings and statistics may surprise you. Read on to see their infographic on how office organization affects productivity. Staying organized at work and at home is key to getting […].

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The Go-to Checklist for Evaluating Your Career Site

Hireology

Every visit to your website creates an impression, especially your careers page. There could be dozens to hundreds of potential job applicants viewing your site per day, but are you confident that those visitors come away with a positive perception of your business as an employer?

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The Ultimate Performance Review Checklist

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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3 things you need to learn from exit interviews

Achievers

Breakups are tough. This is as true in the workplace as it is in personal life. But employers need to take advantage of these challenging moments to ask departing employees why they’re leaving and try to learn from their responses. By conducting interviews before your employees walk out the door, you can gain valuable insight into the ways that your company might be falling short, and what other companies are doing to poach your talent.

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5 Tips On How To Increase Your Employees’ Performance

Take It Personel-ly

Productive staff members make for a happy workforce. But the drive and motivation to succeed need to come from the top. There has to be a degree of respect between employees and employers, which will ultimately carry the business forward. Take a moment to consider how you can increase productivity at the workplace. 1. Make […].

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Workshifting

Asure Software

Sometimes the best work gets done outside of the traditional 9-5 work day. Business in the modern era is often transacted across several time zones. Employees are increasingly working whenever and however they can to meet the demands of both local clients and those across multiple continents. It’s not only financially advantageous for employers to implement flex policies at work, but it’s also more beneficial for the employees as they are able to establish better work-life balance.

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7 Secrets for Finding Your Next Great Employee on LinkedIn

Insperity

Did you know LinkedIn is over a decade old? In the fast-fingered society of today, no social networking platform lasts that long without regular users discovering its most effective methods of operation. LinkedIn lends itself to intuitive job posting and talent searching. Anyone can follow a step-by-step guide for how to use its basic functions. The question is, how do you learn the platform’s best kept secrets without spending hours digging for them yourself?

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10 Ways To Improve Your Business Travel Experience

HR Bartender

After last year’s WorkHuman conference hosted by Globoforce , I decided to keep track of how many days I spent away from home on business travel. It was basically 90 days – a quarter of my time I spend traveling. I’m not sure if that’s a lot or a little , but it did get me thinking that any time I’m traveling, I should try to have a good experience.

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Want To Enhance Your Total Rewards To Achieve Organizational Success? Start Here.

Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through

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13 Tricks To Get Your Small Business Out Of A Rut

Take It Personel-ly

image source Running a small business is incredibly demanding. It’s exhausting, and emotionally draining. However, there are fantastic rewards at the end of the tunnel. The ability to be your own boss, set your own hours, and manage your own clients is freeing. When things are going well, the highs are exciting, and you feel […].

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How Awesome is Your Office?

SnackNation

How Awesome is Your Office? Everyone wants to wake up in the morning excited to go into work. We want to walk into the office filled with purpose and fulfillment, and to be around like minded people who help us get better every day. We call these unique places “Awesome Offices” So what makes an Awesome Office? To help answer this question, we’ve researched the most important factors that lead to happy, engaged, and productive teams.

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Financial Wellness Programs Help Employees and Your Company’s Bottom Line

Winston Benefits

The concept of corporate wellness has expanded beyond smoking cessation and weight loss programs and is now seen as a holistic practice that includes emotional wellbeing and stress management. The newest trend takes this a step further and delves into employees’ wallets. It’s not surprising that finances are a big stressor for many employees. A financial wellness program can boost engagement and productivity while reducing employees’ stress.

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The 10 Point Interview Checklist

cipHR

The search for a new job and the process of interviewing is a stressful time for many. Hence, it's no surprise that interviewing is the topic of numerous 'how to' articles online, due to its importance in the recruitment process for both employer and candidate alike. This checklist will help you research the role you're applying for, prepare for what lies ahead during the interview process and gain the confidence you need to succeed at winning the position: 1.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablet – Not Just For Gamers, Great For Business Too!

Take It Personel-ly

The NVIDIA Shield K1 tablet is considered the best gaming tablet available so why would you consider using it as a business tablet? Easy! Because the same tech that provides a great gaming experience, also provides a fast, responsive and visually appealing tablet to use when working on business presentations, email, social media, and also while […].

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[Infographic] The Biggest Workplace Trends That Are Happening Right Now

Hppy

The first wave of Generation Z, those born between 1994 and 2010, will graduate from college and enter the workplace later this year. This generation is highly connected through technology and will seek mentors to guide them at the beginning of their careers, not unlike Millennials. While they are a generation that has been jaded from a global recession and suffers from student loans, they are also highly ambitious and one in three of them want to become managers in the space of five years.

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Employee Benefits for Health Care Employers

Winston Benefits

The health care industry is facing some major staffing challenges. As the U.S. population ages and more people have health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act, employers have been scrambling to fill the greater demand for providers. At the same time, health care employers are facing a wave of retirements.

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AssuredPartners Acquires Clark Associates

AssuredPartners

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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The Six Key Steps To Preparing To Start Your Own Business

Take It Personel-ly

Starting a business is no small feat. It requires a lot of planning, organisation and plenty of perseverance to turn your idea into a reality. Even after you’ve done that, there’s no guarantee you’ll succeed. That said, if it all goes well, the rewards you reap are immeasurable. Besides the fact that the profits go […].

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The 10 Point Interview Checklist

cipHR

The search for a new job and the process of interviewing is a stressful time for many. Hence, it's no surprise that interviewing is the topic of numerous 'how to' articles online, due to its importance in the recruitment process for both employer and candidate alike. This checklist will help you research the role you're applying for, prepare for what lies ahead during the interview process and gain the confidence you need to succeed at winning the position: 1.

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Workshifting

Asure Software

Sometimes the best work gets done outside of the traditional 9-5 work day. Business in the modern era is often transacted across several time zones. Employees are increasingly working whenever and however they can to meet the demands of both local clients and those across multiple continents. It’s not only financially advantageous for employers to … Continue reading "Workshifting".

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How To Keep Your Staff Motivated In A Period Of Downturn

Hppy

I think it’s fair to assume that not everyone in the business world has significant experience in dealing successfully with recession and the downturns it carries with it. When business flourishes, people are motivated and enthused with promises of promotions or a bonuses. However, when the cash flow starts shrinking and decision makers start facing stressful situations, negative affect on the employees is amplified.

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6 Steps to a Better Compensation Strategy

Compensation is one of your biggest expenses as a business, but it is also your biggest investment in your people and your culture. A great compensation strategy can be an incredible asset that supports your business goals and lays a foundation of trust between your company and your employees. Whether you already have a compensation strategy in place or you’re building one from scratch, this guide will help you level up your approach through these 6 steps: 1.

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What Can You do to Ensure that You Have the Best Website Possible?

Take It Personel-ly

No matter what you do as a business, you need to have an excellent website in order for your business to run effectively. This is the key to marketing and raising brand awareness. First impressions count, even with web design, and if you want come across as a professional and as a dedicated brand – […].

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Cultural Transformations: Lessons of Leadership and Corporate Reinvention (Book Review)

UpstartHR

I recently finished up a new book and have been looking forward to writing this review. There are three key things I picked up from the book that I want to share. No wasting time–I’m diving right in. :-) By the way, if the name sound familiar, this is the third book I’ve reviewed for John. He knows what he’s talking about. Key Lessons from Cultural Transformations: Lessons of Leadership and Corporate Reinvention by John Mattone and Nick Vaidya First up, stories are powerf

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Work Life Balance Starts With Leadership

HR Bartender

Work life balance is defined as a “concept including proper prioritization between career and lifestyle.” I realize some people will say work life balance is a myth. Some might say work life integration is a much better term. Regardless of what you call it, I’d like to think we can agree on this: we don’t work all the time. We want to know we can take time off.

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How to Create SMART Career Development Plans for Your Employees

Insperity

Does your business use annual reviews to motivate and guide employees? Believe it or not, that process doesn’t have to be something to dread. By adding the SMART GROW theory to your review process, you can change the annual review into a living, breathing thing that helps your employees understand their roles in the company’s success, and done right, becomes a tool for professional growth.

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The Definitive Guide to Onboarding for 2024

Hiring a new employee is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it typically costs $4,425 to hire a new employee — not to mention the 36 days the average team spends trying to fill a position. Yet nearly 1 in 5 employees (16%) of employees quit in their first week — and 17% leave after the first month.