Sat.Dec 12, 2015 - Fri.Dec 18, 2015

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Why you should integrate employee ideas into your mission statement

Achievers

How many of your employees could recite your mission statement, or even summarize it? If your answer is “almost none,” you’re missing out on a powerful engine for employee engagement. Too often, the company mission statement quietly resides on a website page no one ever looks at, while the actual fabric of company life is woven from the strings of daily tasks.

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5 Resources For Being a Better Manager in 2016

HR Bartender

Being a better manager is hard work. Let’s face it, if it were easy we’d develop an index card with a dozen mantras for success and just hand it out to everyone. Boom – instant success! But, management takes constant self-evaluation and a commitment to regular learning. It means always trying to be a better manager. If you’re looking for 1-2 things to focus on in 2016, let me offer a handful of suggestions.

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19 of the Best Leadership Advice Quotes You’ll Ever Receive

Insperity

Along the course of a career, you’ve probably had the good fortune of receiving a little nugget of golden insight, or perhaps, a tip here and there from a boss, manager or other respected colleague. But it’s not like executives are just strolling down the hall, coffee cup in hand, spouting management advice at passersby. Truly valuable insights are rare finds.

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HR Analytics: Start with the Story

UpstartHR

Back in college I wrote a ton of papers for various classes. Without fail, my writing process would look like this. Read some of the research available and form an opinion. Write an essay based on that opinion. Go back and find data to back up my essay’s key points. Get about 95% finished and realize that the paper didn’t turn out like I wanted it to originally.

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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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Real-time feedback vs. annual reviews: A showdown

Achievers

The performance review process is undergoing a revolution. One by one, mega-corporations like GE, Adobe, Accenture, Microsoft, and Netflix are announcing they’re scrapping their annual rankings- or ratings-based performance management systems and replacing them with real-time feedback systems. The reason is clear: Real-time feedback is a better fit for today’s fast-paced business environment and a younger, tech-savvy generation of workers.

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19 of the Best Leadership Advice Quotes You’ll Ever Receive

Insperity

Along the course of a career, you’ve probably had the good fortune of receiving a little nugget of golden insight, or perhaps, a tip here and there from a boss, manager or other respected colleague. But it’s not like executives are just strolling down the hall, coffee cup in hand, spouting management advice at passersby. Truly valuable insights are rare finds.

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PeopleStrategy® Raises Over $10,000 for the Scarborough and Friends Foundation

PeopleStrategy

PeopleStrategy, Inc.® a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of end-to-end Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced it raised over $10,000 through a charity golf tournament and raffle held in conjunction with the Scarborough and Friends Foundation (SAFF) at White Columns Country Club on December 7, 2015. Founded in 2005, SAFF has provided financial assistance and support to dozens of families with members who suffer from terminal, chronic and debilitating illnesses.

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Are You Virtually Competent

HR Bartender

Recently, I ran across an article with that title – Are You Virtually Competent. You can check it out here. It’s a good read about being a virtual instructional designer and facilitator. But I have to admit, when I saw the title, I thought the article was going to be about being a good virtual participant. Yes, we need to focus on delivering good content in the virtual environment.

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The Secrets to a Remarkable Community Involvement Program That Doesn’t Crush Your Resources

Insperity

You want to be a good corporate citizen, but where do you start? How do you establish a community involvement program that is meaningful but won’t max out your resources? Very likely you have a handful of people already giving back to their communities. It starts by talking with your employees, because they’re the ones who can get your program off the ground.

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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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The Secrets to a Remarkable Community Involvement Program That Doesn’t Crush Your Resources

Insperity

You want to be a good corporate citizen, but where do you start? How do you establish a community involvement program that is meaningful but won’t max out your resources? Very likely you have a handful of people already giving back to their communities. It starts by talking with your employees, because they’re the ones who can get your program off the ground.

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HR Advocacy Is a Part of HR Leadership

HR Bartender

One of the activities I participated in during this year’s SHRM Volunteer Leaders’ Summit was a visit to Capitol Hill. I’ve visited the Hill before but it had been a long time so I wanted to do it again as part of HR advocacy. Later in the conference, I was chatting with another attendee about what a great experience it was. She said that she wished she had known because she would have participated.