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Use a Growth Mindset to Reduce Bias

HR Bartender

I ran across a very interesting article from Harvard Business Review titled,” Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage ”. It talked about a growing number of organizations such as SAP, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Towers Watson, and EY who are reforming their HR practices to capitalize on the talents of people with neurological conditions such as autism and dyslexia.

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6 innovative ways business leaders can learn from failure

Insperity

Shifting your thinking to be able to learn from failure is one of the hardest lessons for most business leaders, but it’s also one of the most essential. We try to accentuate the positive side of mistakes by promoting sayings such as: You’re not trying hard enough if you aren’t making mistakes. Mistakes are proof you’re trying. No use crying over spilled milk.

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Are You Having Fun at Work?

Achievers

A few years ago I found myself diligently working non-stop for three days at a start-up to bring up a website with a team of six people. We were stressed , tired, not having fun, and my boss kept cracking jokes to lighten the mood. Finally, someone asked, “How can you be making jokes at a time like this?”. He replied, “What’s the point of doing this if we’re not going to have fun doing it?”.

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Responding to difficult people

Business Management Daily

As long as you are in the workplace, you will interact with people who challenge you. An underlying truth to keep in mind is that people are just being themselves, and most are not trying to intentionally be difficult. Use these strategies for success. The post Responding to difficult people appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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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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Improve Performance by Expanding Solutions

HR Bartender

After an employee is coached about their performance, a follow-up meeting should always be scheduled. Always. Even if the employee turns their performance around a full 180 degrees. Actually, let me rephrase that. Especially if an employee turns their performance around. Why? Because having a follow-up meeting allows you to find out what they did to correct the situation.

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Millennial Employees’ Lifestyles Depend On Side Hustle

Best Money Moves

A recent survey from Bankrate shows that Millennial employees are increasingly taking on side hustles to save money and keep up with rising living costs. It turns out that having one job doesn’t always make ends meet. Millennial employees across America are taking on second jobs — more commonly called “side hustles” — to pay their regular bills each month, according to the latest research.

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6 tips to building a reliable Insurer relationship

Bayzat

Relationships are the key to good business performance. Not only is it necessary to create strong bonds with your customers, but also with your business partners such as insurers. If you can rely on your insurer, you can.

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How to Enjoy the Summer Weather (Even if You’re Cooped in an Office)

Take It Personel-ly

It’s now July, which means that summer is in full swing (in the Northern Hemisphere at least). The place where I live is currently in a heat wave, which is driving many people crazy. Personally, I love the hot summer days much more than the cold days of winter, even if that means dealing with […].

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CIPHR celebrates G-Cloud 10 framework listing

cipHR

Software firm is one of few HR vendors to offer name-blind candidate shortlisting, which key public-sector bodies must implement by 2020. Leading UK HR and recruitment software supplier CIPHR is now listed as a G-Cloud 10 supplier on the Digital Marketplace in the cloud software and cloud support lots. It’s the fifth consecutive year that CIPHR has been listed on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud framework , which enables public-sector organisations to procure IT services and technology

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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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The best admins are fortune tellers

Business Management Daily

A truly busy and visible executive is a little like a TV reporter who has to appear credible every moment, yet because of time constraints, can’t always know every detail of what’s really going on. That’s where a great admin comes in. The post The best admins are fortune tellers appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Webinar | From Analysis to Action: How Personalization Can Lower Employer Costs and Reinforce Your Role as a Trusted Advisor

WEX Inc.

Personalization is everywhere – from Amazon to Spotify, and is now the expectation for consumers. Personalization in benefits elections is also the new normal, thanks to decision support tools and data analytics. Modern decision support tools draw on data points including demographics, preferences and medical need, all highly relevant towards personalization. as opposed to the "one-size fits all" modeler of the past that relied on strict business rules.

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How Do You Handle Trauma in the Workplace?

Best Money Moves

Workplace Option’s latest survey on handling traumatic incidents in the workplace illuminates a dire need for HR to step in and create new procedures. Employees need support and guidance after traumatic events – like the sudden loss of a colleague or a natural disaster – but only 26 percent of workers are getting it. Most employees surveyed by Workplace Options (WPO) have worked for an organization that experienced a traumatic event.

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14 Essential Team Management Skills for First-Time Managers

SnackNation

14 Essential Team Management Skills for First-Time Managers. So you’ve been promoted to management. That’s… kind of a big deal. You’ve been doing great work. Leadership has recognized in you all the makings of an inspirational boss. In short, it’s definitely time to celebrate. (We’ll wait.). It’s also time to pick up some new skills. That’s right—while your existing skills earned you a promotion, you’re going to need a whole new set of team management skills if you really want to excel in

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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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No bias allowed when deciding who telecommutes

Business Management Daily

About 45% of employers permit some of their employees to telecommute. If you allow staff members to work from home, make sure managers and supervisors grant the privilege fairly. The post No bias allowed when deciding who telecommutes appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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3 Ways to Motivate and Drive Employee Participation During Annual Enrollment

WEX Inc.

Let's face it; annual enrollment is a process that rarely inspires much joy among employees. It can be confusing, time consuming and stressful. But, the fact remains that while benefits are the most important perk employers can offer employees, improving enrollment participation is one of the most challenging goals for HR professional to achieve. So, how can you motivate employees to participate in annual enrollment?

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Most Employees Think Companies Aren’t Prepared For This

Best Money Moves

In the Best Money Moves Roundup, we run down the latest news on traumatic incidents in the workplace, pet perks, and payday advances. Employees need support and guidance after traumatic events – like the sudden loss of a colleague or a natural disaster – but only 26 percent of workers are getting it. Most employees surveyed by Workplace Options (WPO) have worked for an organization that experienced a traumatic event.

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How Your Digital Presence Can Improve Employee Relations

Hppy

Employee relations are your first step to success because it is your employees that work to give your company the edge over your competition. That being said, typically traditional marketing efforts can actually do wonders for your employee relations. Also read: 5 Marketing Trends that Are Shaping the Recruitment Industry. All you need to do is expand your marketing efforts and improve your digital presence, and you can, in turn, attract both more customers and better your relations internally

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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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Recruiting: Attract millennials by helping pay their student loans

Business Management Daily

Smart employers know it pays to appeal to millennial employees. For many millennials, one constant has defined their financial status for the entirety of their adult lives: The burden of student loan debt. The post Recruiting: Attract millennials by helping pay their student loans appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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Employers Begin To Question HDHPs

Wellable

According to a survey by the National Business Group on Health, 39% of large employers offer only high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to employees for health insurance, which is up from 7% in 2009. The Kaiser Family Foundation reports that half of all employees now have health insurance with a deductible of at least $1,000 for an individual, which is up from 22% in 2009.

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A Virtual Connection to Support Dementia Residents

AssuredPartners

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How to Help Your Employees Prepare for the Future

Hppy

Employee loyalty is increasingly important, yet many businesses forget to ensure their employees are healthy and happy. There are more companies than ever before and, with the power of computing and the internet, you are at risk of negative reviews not only from customers and clients but from disgruntled employees too. With employees able to find jobs much easily this day, you need to keep your workers satisfied and happy.

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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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Tax News: July ’18

Business Management Daily

The Tax Exempt Organization Search. New tips on tips. Online audits are coming. Educational tax breaks to be consolidated. Blue Book delayed. The post Tax News: July ’18 appeared first on Business Management Daily.

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The Calm Before the Storm…

UpstartHR

It’s been quiet this week, because I’ve been finishing up the final round of edits on my book that comes out later this year. Yesterday I turned in what I think is the 99.99% version to the editor (you never quite get that 0.01% from what I can tell). I’ve learned a lot in this process, and obviously there’s still some ways to go with the publishing and marketing process.

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AssuredPartners Announces Acquisition of Kincel & Company

AssuredPartners

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How To Help Your Employees Through Family Emergencies

Hppy

Whatever business you run, whether it’s a digital design agency or a retail store in the middle of town, your workforce is vital to the everyday running and the overall success of your venture. That means that the one area of your business you want to make sure you attend to consistently is employee retention. Also read: 5 Reasons Your Retention Rate Is So Low.

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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.