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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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How to Shift the Employee Engagement Conversation

Achievers

I was taking in a keynote at an HR conference last year and I was so motivated and excited by messages that were exactly aligned with my beliefs on employee engagement (I do work for an engagement company after all so that’s a relief). Statements such as, “Put employees first” and “Bring humanity back to the workplace” were being thrown out. I was eating it all up.

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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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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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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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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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6 ways to combat workplace incivility

Insperity

Have you considered the potential cost of workplace incivility at your business? If you’re like most business leaders, you spend a great deal of time worrying about receivables, employee turnover and inventory – and other hard costs that may be more obvious business expenses. But what about the costs associated with incivility? Workplace incivility has been defined as “low intensity” behavior that may be demonstrated through actions such as being mildly but consistently rude, discourteous or imp

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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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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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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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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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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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Your employee handbook: A free template

Genesis HR Solutions

Most employers know that having streamlined policies and procedures in place is a must for operating a successful business. Unfortunately, many companies are not organized when it comes to physically compiling their documentation in one central location —and as a result, their policies and procedures are ignored or not even known to their entire team.

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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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‘HR teams must help workforces reinvent themselves’

cipHR

With digital and cognitive technologies poised to revolutionise work as we know it, HR needs to reimagine its purpose and processes, said IBM’s Andy Britt at a recent ThisIsHR event. Organisations of the future will be “talent centric and AI-powered”, said Andy Britt, vice president, talent and engagement leader for Europe, at IBM Global Business Services, at ThisIsHR’s June event hosted by IBM and sponsored by CIPHR.

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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 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.