October, 2019

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This Isn’t Feedback: We’re Not Here to “Fix” People

Achievers

In the first of my four blogs about the things you may think are feedback, but actually aren’t, I introduced the idea that we’ve been getting feedback all wrong. I proposed that it’s time to fire up the potential positive power feedback can have. We started with a new and improved definition of feedback: I then outlined four very specific things you may think are feedback, but actually aren’t: DON’T rely on simple platitudes.

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Why CEOs Should Care About Their Online Reputation

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A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the face of their company’s brand. Many CEOs (think Elon Musk and other dynamic technology executives) have become celebrities in their own right. Their “star power” has the potential to drive the business forward — but one misstep can bring it all crashing down. Gone are the days when […].

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Use the Right Technology Tool For the Job

HR Bartender

The word “hack” is often used instead of tips. For example, here’s a blog post on “ 100 Incredible Life Hacks that Make Life So Much Easier ”. The first one is “Tie a small piece of fabric to your luggage. Saves a lot of time to check if it’s your bag or not.” I like to think of hacks as discovering new ways to use common items. For example, when I travel, I always have a small binder clip with me in case since the curtains won’t close right.

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Auto Technician Jobs: 3 Unique Ways to Attract Top Talent

Hireology

Hiring qualified employees for auto technician jobs is challenging for dealerships across the country. Unemployment, which was already at a record low, recently dropped to 3.5 percent, the lowest rate in 50 years. This tight labor market, coupled with limited interest in technician careers and a rapidly retiring workforce is leading to a shortage of qualified applicants to auto technician jobs. .

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Employee Benefits 2020: Why Employees Want Financial Wellness

Best Money Moves

Employee benefits 2020: why employees want financial wellness. Financial stress has permeated all corners of the workforce and employees need your help to stop it. In their annual survey on employee benefits, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) discovered that financial wellness is one of the top benefits most employees want in 2020. . Employee Benefits 2020: Why Employees Want Financial Wellness.

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How General Motors Engages a Global Workforce Through Recognition

Achievers

Are you struggling to engage your employees? You’re not alone. With only 21 percent of employees engaged and disengagement costing employers up to $550 billion every year, companies are on the hunt for better employee engagement strategies. When it comes to engaging a global workforce, have you considered leveraging recognition? The key to engaging a global workforce: recognition.

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How to Create the Perfect Work/Life Balance?

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One of the most challenging things of “adulting” is making that transition into work life. You’d see most elders keep telling young adults to find that work/life balance, to just do it somehow, and while we nod our heads listening to their advice, thinking that it makes sense. But how are you supposed to find […].

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Marijuana in the workplace – What employers need to know

Insperity

Attitudes toward marijuana are shifting, and for multi-state employers, different state marijuana laws can make it challenging to enforce a company’s drug policy across an entire organization. Since 2012, 33 states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have legislated laws legalizing marijuana in some form. Despite the dynamic nature of these laws, no state law forces employers to tolerate use of marijuana in the workplace.

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Do you have a winning right culture to succeed?

HR Digest

As Peter Drucker famously said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” In today’s world of work where change happens fast, the first question analysts are most likely to ask a CEO is: “Do you have the right culture to succeed?”. In a recent Bain & Company survey, 81% of executives from large global companies felt that a company without winning culture was doomed to mediocrity.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Management Development Programs Today Need to Add This Topic

HR Bartender

Forgive me for the cryptic title on today’s post. I won’t keep you in suspense. The answer is, management development should include “virtual” management of remote workers. My guess is that managers are being asked to supervise an increasing number of remote or virtual employees. Even if they only do it on a part-time or sporadic basis. A great case in point – – the news headlines last winter that said, “ 75 percent of the population will suffer below-freezing temps this week ”.

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Part 1: How To Boost Productivity Through Intrinsic Motivation

15Five

In life and in business, motivation bleeds into everything we do and it helps us choose where to focus in our busy lives. We have certain motivations for why we’re in relationships, listen to certain podcasts, choose which books to read, and even navigate how we work. Where we derive our motivation is connected to how we expend our energy both short-term and long.

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This Isn’t Feedback: Four Things You Think Are Feedback, But Actually Aren’t

Achievers

For many of us, “feedback” is a dirty word that we associate with painful conversations, bias, politics, resentment, and self-doubt. Feedback certainly has a branding problem — a negative reputation we’ve collectively built one lousy experience at a time. It isn’t that we all set out with bad intentions; some of the worst experiences frequently arise out of a genuine desire to do the right thing by providing honest feedback to improve performance.

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9 Easy Ways To Boost Your Salary Potential

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The job market is a competitive place, taking up to a minimum of a moth to land a job, even with a college degree. Not to mention, competitive benefits like work from home privileges, dog-friendly offices, and having a full-blown coffee bar to give you energy on those late nights in the office. Companies have […].

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4-Week Roadmap for New Hires

Nearly one-quarter of employees (23%) admit they’ve cried within the first week! Give new hires a positive start with this four-week onboarding roadmap. This schedule outlines all the turns, detours, and speedbumps new hires can expect in their first month. We’ve included suggestions for each week to help you make your new employees’ highway to success an easy road.

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Why people are your greatest asset

Insperity

“People are your greatest asset.”. You’ve probably heard this at some point, but what does it really mean? Is it just a recruiting slogan, or is it a viable approach to building a stronger business? And how can you tell when a company is serious about valuing employees and when it’s just window dressing? And most importantly, why should valuing employees matter to a business owner?

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Standing Ovation: Recognizing Exceptional Employees | Kevin Mikusch

WEX Inc.

Employee Recognition Program. benefitexpress is proud to be a company that honors exceptional performance. That's why we created the Standing Ovation Award - an award given to several employees each quarter to honor and recognize their efforts of going above and beyond to fulfill our Community Pillars. Nominations are submitted by fellow peers, and are tallied, read and carefully considered before being awarded at our company-wide 'Town Hall' meetings each quarter.

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Do you feel the Monday blues often? Here’s why

HR Digest

WHY DO WE HATE MONDAYS? A study noted that workers are most unhappy at precisely 11:17 a.m. on Monday morning. It’s common to feel stressed and frustrated when the weekend ends. There’s plenty of reasons why “Mondays are the worst” and here’s just a few: We all feel the Monday blues, but why? You hate your job. Let’s cut to the chase. According to a Gallup poll, 72 percent of coworkers are completely disengaged from their job.

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The Secret to Improving Cross-Functional Collaboration

15Five

Even if you’re not an Elton John fan, no doubt you’ve heard many of his songs. In fact, I dare you to listen to the song “Bennie and the Jets” and not sing every word to the chorus. An impossible task, indeed. But did you know that Elton John doesn’t write those famous lyrics (and that Daniel isn’t Elton’s brother?). For more than half a century, the legendary singer has relied on poet and lyricist, Bernie Taupin to write his words.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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Mental Health at Work: Lean Into It

Achievers

We live in an era of shattered stereotypes and new frontiers. Monumental demographic shifts, the evolving women’s movement, heightened cultural sensitivities and, of course, the ubiquity of new technologies have fundamentally altered our culture. More specifically these sweeping changes in a short amount of time have changed the places that we work.

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The Daily Rituals Of Famous Women

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Eat, sleep, win, repeat: This chart reveals the daily routines of 36 mega-successful women. Some of us work best when they freestyle through their day, answering when inspiration calls. But many of us function nest with a sense of routine: daily plans and rituals to help us work, rest and socialize. In fact, most successful […].

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6 Trending Voluntary Benefits Your Employees Want

Corporate Synergies

These 6 trending voluntary benefits could reshape your core plan. The post 6 Trending Voluntary Benefits Your Employees Want appeared first on Corporate Synergies.

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Standing Ovation: Recognizing Exceptional Employees | Matt Wrona

WEX Inc.

Employee Recognition Program. Benefitexpress is proud to be a company that honors exceptional performance. So, we decided to create the Standing Ovation Award - an award that's given to several employees each quarter to honor and recognize their efforts of going above and beyond to fulfill our Community Pillars. Nominations are submitted by fellow peers, and are tallied, read and carefully considered before being awarded at our company-wide 'Town Hall' meetings each quarter.

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The Diversity Reckoning: Can HR Survive Without New Perspectives?

Speaker: Jeremy York

2024 has tested every organization, and 2025 promises no less - the warning signs are everywhere. If you’re relying on superficial approaches to diversity, you might find yourself scrambling to catch up. Thought diversity - the fuel for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and disruptive innovation - is more than a buzzword. It's a survival strategy. And if you’re not building it into your workplace culture right now , you’re heading for trouble.

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Six HR strategies for improving employee engagement

cipHR

Disengagement can cause real damage to an organisation’s productivity and profitability – giving HR teams an opportunity to spark significant positive change. Low employee engagement remains a persistent problem for organisations of all sizes around the world: in 2017, a global Gallup study found that just 15% of adults in full-time employment are ‘engaged’ at work – defined by the research company as being “highly involved in and enthusiastic about their work and workplace”.

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Taking Care Of Every Employee So They Bring Their Whole Self To Work

15Five

When one area of an employee’s life feels neglected, it has a tendency to become the only thing that person can focus on. Because of this, there has been a push for organizations to make sure employees are fully taken care of in their personal lives as well as their professional lives. Of course, there are appropriate and reasonable boundaries, but there are many ways your company can ensure each employee is bringing their whole self to work.

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Achievers CARES: Celebrating We Care Week

Achievers

Change the way the world works. The Achievers mission statement resonates deeply with all its employees and has been the foundation of our corporate culture since its inception. It’s a statement that is proudly displayed above the lunch tables at our flagship office in Toronto, and is a statement that employees humbly walk by – and live by ­­­– every single day.

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Slot Or Casino Games: Which Is Best?

Take It Personel-ly

Punters tend to fall in between two categories when it comes to playing in a casino. They either love the exhilarating and immersive experience of slots or prefer the strategic and heart stopping thrill of table games. There’s nothing wrong with sticking to what you know and of course everyone is allowed to have a […].

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Testing Innovations in Cancer: How to evaluate and use new technologies

Amidst rising cancer prevalence and soaring costs, new cancer technologies and innovations are emerging to support the early detection, treatment, and surveillance of cancer. Read this guide to understand how to evaluate these solutions for your employees and members – and to learn more about the current state of coverage, clinical and cost effectiveness, and impact on quality and outcomes.