June, 2020

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Reframe: Strategic Thinking When You Need It Most by Nick Noyes

Take It Personel-ly

Strategic thinking is always important; it’s a critical foundation skill for effective leaders. But in crucible leadership moments like the present, it has outsized importance. When rapid change is happening all around us, even the immediate future is wildly uncertain, and the potential range of outcomes is vast, this is when strategic thinking is most needed.

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5 Tips for Recruiting Remote Workers

Achievers

The dominos are starting to fall as companies across the world are making the announcement : remote work is here to stay. With giants like Twitter, Square, Facebook, and Microsoft leading the way, distributed teams could be 100 percent virtual and (if it happens at all) it could take months for people to meet in person for the first time. With this change happening so fast, it’s time to consider how attracting and recruiting top talent changes, and what we can do about it.

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"Lawrence of Arabia": Sheer cinematic perfection

Ahmed's Universe

PARIS The 7 Academy Award winner has never looked so good Steven Spielberg was in his mid teens when Lawrence of Arabia opened and he saw it for the first time. Until then he had planned to go to medical school. After watching the movie and becoming "pulverized" by it as he said in this video , Spielberg decided to embrace a movie career. Watching David Lean's masterpiece for probably the 10th time last weekend on a giant screen at the Grand Rex in Paris, an Art deco marvel of a movie palace, ju

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Organizations are Focused on Using People Analytics As a Competitive Advantage

HR Bartender

As organizations spend more time trying to recover from the business impact of COVID-19 , they will turn to data to help them. It makes total sense. Organizations have been using data to help them grow their businesses for years. This will be no different. What may be different is the type of data that organizations collect and how they analyze and make decisions from the data.

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Future-Proof Your Talent Pipeline

Get ready for the future of business. As HR navigates an ongoing labor shortage, leaders need stronger, more adaptable recruiting strategies. Do you have the tools you need to build a talent pipeline that drives sustainable business growth?

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Employee Retention - The Real Cost of Losing an Employee

PeopleKeep

For businesses to thrive in today’s economy, finding and retaining the best employees is important. This is especially true for small businesses and nonprofits competing with larger businesses, and larger budgets, for top talent. Benefits play a large role in employee retention, and employees want benefits personalized to their needs. Learn how to calculate retention rates.

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Improving Security During the COVID-19 Crisis: 5 Things You Need to Know

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It’s no secret that small companies have seen massive changes due to the coronavirus. Many continue to lose business as they stay closed, while others prepare to gear up for when their state decides to reopen. In any case, we can all agree that no one was ready for this virus – especially from a […].

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How to Create Your Employee Experience Design in Uncertain Times

Achievers

If there ever was a VUCA era, this is it. Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity are being felt by people and organizations everywhere. Employee experience design has become more important than ever in supporting employee wellness and nurturing workforce performance. When faced with change, individuals experience a variety of emotional stages , ranging from anxiety and fear to complacency and moving forward.

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How To Have Clearing Conversations At Work

15Five

Tough conversations are a constant—and necessary—aspect of building a strong, connected, and diverse workforce. When you bring together different backgrounds, opinions, and priorities in the workplace, friction sometimes can’t be avoided. In a global study by CCP , more than 85% of employees cited experiencing conflict at work. So if disconnection is inevitable, how do we work towards clear and consistent conflict resolution?

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Career Development: 5 Activities You Can Do Today

HR Bartender

Right now, many of us are concerned about our career. Maybe you’ve been furloughed or laid off. Maybe you’re still working but are starting to hear rumors. Or maybe you’ve been thinking about making a career change for several months. Regardless of your situation, you should be thinking about your career and how to position yourself for opportunities.

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Understanding Group Medicare for an Aging Workforce: Key Considerations for HR Leaders

Speaker: Shawnequa Albert

As our workforce evolves, so must the way we support it. With more employees choosing to work beyond age 65, HR leaders are increasingly being called upon to guide aging employees through one of the most complex transitions in their professional lives - from employer sponsored plans to Group Medicare. Without clear guidance, confusion around eligibility, coverage options, and cost implications can lead to uncertainty and missed opportunities for optimized benefits.

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How to Calculate a Full-time Equivalent Employee for the PPP Loan, ERC, & More

Patriot Software

As an employer, at some point or another, you may have stumbled across the term “full-time equivalent employee.” Maybe you noticed it while researching information about the Paycheck Protection Program loan. Or, maybe you came across it while looking into COBRA. Whatever the case may be, you should know how to calculate a full-time equivalent […].

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How to handle compensation during uncertain times

Insperity

When businesses go through a crisis resulting in abnormal (or interrupted) operations and significant economic challenges, many companies look to their compensation budgets as an obvious means of cutting costs. The delicate balance is: How do you handle compensation during uncertain times to protect the financial health of your business but without losing valued employees?

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How to Improve Your Outdoor Seating: 6 Tips for Restaurateurs

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When the weather starts to warm up, it’s a good idea to invest in your outdoor space and move your business outside for some fresh air. That said, alfresco dining involves more than tossing some tables and chairs on your deck and calling it a day. Good outdoor seating comes as a result of effective […].

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What is Employee Voice and Why Is It Important? 

Achievers

Do your employees believe they have a voice in the workplace? The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) publishes an annual list of?top 10 workplace trends and “capturing the voice of the employee” was on the list. It shared, “Employees’ voices will become more important to organizations as they focus on collecting employee feedback more frequently, utilizing innovations for capturing that feedback, and taking action to drive engagement based on those results.&#

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Ready to Save Time With AI? Try 14 ChatGPT Prompts for HR

ChatGPT is a powerful tool that can help you quickly brainstorm, draft, and refine tasks on your to-do list. But it can take a bit of strategy and practice to get generative AI to give you the time-saving results you’re looking for. Try these 14 detailed prompts to unlock the power of ChatGPT. You'll discover ways to streamline tasks for hiring, employee engagement, and performance management.

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Your Team Needs 1-on-1s, Now More Than Ever

15Five

Friends, we are in unprecedented times. If I’d written this post in March, when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the U.S. hard and many companies suddenly pivoted to having employees work from home, that statement would have been true. If I’d said this in April when we first started seeing the toll businesses and employees faced in bankruptcies and historic unemployment, it would have been true.

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Top 30 Inspirational Work From Home Quotes

Vantage Circle

If you are here, searching for work from home quotes, chances are that you are feeling just as demotivated as me. And that’s okay. The world has changed dramatically in the fast few months and feeling lethargic, stressed out, or uninspired is very common. The pandemic has forced maximum forms of work to shift its base to a work from home arrangement.

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Managing Remote Workers: 9 Things You Must Know & Do

Genesis HR Solutions

Managing employees in a “normal” office environment isn’t easy—but throw in a pandemic, civil unrest, and temporary (maybe?) work-from-home arrangements, and the question of how to be a remote manager gets a lot more difficult. But don’t freak out yet! Managing remote workers effectively, even under the challenging conditions described above, is possible.

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How to manage stress and fear at work

Insperity

Tight deadlines, massive workloads, micromanagement and uncertainty – all realities that make your employees want to cringe. Why? Because they all lead to stress. And if excessive enough, they could even cause your employees to become fearful about their jobs and their future with your company. Those emotions can be a slow poison to any business, not only affecting employee health but also their levels of production.

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The Great Disruption: Leveraging AI To Better Your Benefits Strategy

Speaker: Joana Ardelean, MSHRM, PHR, SHRM-CP, CC

The benefits landscape is shifting rapidly, and AI is at the center of this transformation. From optimizing health and wellness programs to predicting future benefits needs, AI is empowering HR and total rewards leaders to make smarter, more proactive decisions. The challenge? Understanding where AI fits in your strategy and how to leverage it effectively while keeping employee well-being at the forefront.

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5 Ways to Fit Exercise Into a Busy Schedule

Take It Personel-ly

Let’s face it, if you’re a mom, your life is busy. Your days are full whether you stay at home, work from home, own a business, or have a regular job in addition to your parenting responsibilities. While you might think working out is off the table with your complicated schedule, caring for yourself is […].

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Meijer Leverages Recognition to Strengthen Key Business Metrics

Achievers

Grocery stores make up a large sector of the retail industry and there are more than 38,000 supermarkets in the U.S. alone. How are major grocery retailers engaging their hundreds to thousands of employees on a daily basis? Let’s learn top tips and best practices from Meijer , a family-owned superstore based out of the U.S. Midwest. Meijer is able to effectively engage and motivate their workforce of 70,000 team members and strengthen key business metrics through the power of recognition.

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Creating An Inclusive Company Culture Begins With Psychological Safety

15Five

Since the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, people across the nation, and the globe, have been experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions. We’re heartbroken over the death of an innocent man fallen victim to police brutality once again, enraged over the deep systemic racism that has been put under the spotlight, and shameful that these injustices are not new, but are only now beginning to receive the attention they’ve deserved all along.

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Fun At Work: 6 Tips For Managers

Vantage Circle

The word fun is rarely ( if ever ) associated with a working environment. The idea behind it is that a workplace is a serious place where things get done. Nobody has got the time to have a little fun at work. It’s unprofessional, unproductive, and disruptive. Right? Well, not quite. For employees, having a fun work environment is an important variable that contributes to a great place to work.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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How Do You Stay Connected with Coworkers While Working From Home?

Best Money Moves

How do you stay connected with coworkers while working from home? Effective communication while working from home is key to keeping the team on track. Over 60 percent of employees have spent less time socializing with coworkers since they began working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research by Clutch. It’s a problem because close work friendships can increase job satisfaction by 50 percent and encourage more creative, collaborative and innovative teamwork. .

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Why HR is critical to putting people first in times of crisis

Ascender

It is a tough time to be in Human Resources right now. A little over three months into the COVID-19 pandemic and almost six months since the first outbreak in China, and things are still changing day by day. The health crisis is still leaving an enormous impact on the global economy and has also introduced a psychological crisis. Social isolation, grief over the loss of loved ones, fear of getting infected themselves, lack of financial and job security are just some of the concerns that have tak

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6 Common Finance Mistakes to Avoid for Small Businesses

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Did you know that around 20 percent of small businesses fail within the first year? And, that about 50 percent of small businesses fail within five years? While there are a variety of reasons that small businesses fail, a lot of times, it comes down to finances. To keep your small business afloat, you need to make […].

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The Recognition Program Mistake 64% of Organizations are Making

Achievers

When it comes to your company’s recognition program, are you properly training your staff? Just one-third of organizations are training employees in how, when, and why to recognize their peers. . That’s the finding of Achievers Workforce Institute’s 2020 State of Recognition report , released today. With few organizations training employees on important aspects of recognition such as quality of content or frequency, it’s likely that individuals aren’t making the most of the recognition pro

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Where You Can and Absolutely Cannot Cut Costs Corners in Benefits Administration

Managing benefits administration is costly, and cutting corners in the wrong places can lead to disengaged workforces and the risk of non-compliance. This eBook from Selerix highlights areas where you can save without compromising the value of benefits. Proactively Thinking: Make decisions for the long run. Discover ways to be proactive in your decision-making to save money in the future, not just temporarily.