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Leaders as Thoughtful Facilitators: Here’s Why and How to Get Started

Achievers

As we evolve into our new virtual world and become reliant on communications technology to host our meetings of all shapes and sizes, I’ve been wondering how we will position our many fantastic leaders. As I’ve watched them perform, I’ve realized that we need facilitators now more than ever before—not speakers, experts, trainers, nor managers. In other words, right now, businesses and teams need thoughtful facilitation.

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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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7 Simple Ways to Attract the Best Candidate for Your Job Opening

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Whether you’re an entrepreneur with a growing business approaching the staffing process for the first time or you’re a seasoned hiring manager, recruiting the “best-fit” candidate for your job opening is tricky. But it doesn’t have to be a painful or time-consuming process. Below, we will explore seven tips that will simplify and streamline your […].

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5 Employee Engagement Trends In The Era of Coronavirus

15Five

The term “employee engagement,” isn’t a new one. But since its original concept in 1990 and now, the way we view engagement in the workplace has shifted dramatically. The emphasis is no longer on the employee to be happy, but rather, on the employer to ensure each employee feels fulfilled in their role, supported by their manager and leaders, and connected to the company’s purpose.

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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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From Response to Resilience: Helping Your Workforce Find a New Normal

Achievers

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and new global challenges erupt around the world, such as the police brutality protests, your workforce needs unique support. We are settling in to a “new normal”, which has some organizations looking forward to a Recovery stage. However, our research suggests that we cannot consider ourselves in a recovery stage with the pandemic still in full play.

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5 Work-From-Home Marketing Jobs to Consider During Corona Times

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At the moment, the COVID-19 pandemic is rampaging across the world, due to which most companies transfer their employees to remote work or send them on vacation. But there are professions for which remote work outside the office is a very convenient and natural option. Most likely, when you are thinking about the essence of […].

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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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What Coronavirus Questions Can You Ask Your Employees? | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

While the global pandemic has completely upended the economic landscape in the U.S., local employers are finding it increasingly difficult to toe the line between keeping their workers safe and remaining compliant with ever-changing guidelines. Find out what you can and can’t ask your employees during the coronavirus pandemic.

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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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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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10 ways to save time at work

cipHR

It can often feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. Reclaim your precious time by working smarter, not for longer, with these helpful time-saving tips. UK workers are under more time pressure than ever; according to a 2017 survey by TotalJobs , two-thirds (68%) of UK workers skip their lunch breaks because they have too much to do or have to deal with unexpected, urgent tasks.

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Self-Care Like The Stars

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Work-life balance has never been an easy feat, especially now that everyone’s office is right in their home. From insomnia, lack of motivation, to stress and anxiety, many employees are feeling the negative impacts of working during a crisis. But where to turn when cabin fever and work-burnout are setting in? Why not look to […].

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Distance learning: How to lead continuing education for remote workers

Insperity

How do you train your people when no one’s in the office? Setting up effective continuing education for remote workers can be a challenge, even for trainers with years of experience leading in-person sessions. Here are some best practices for planning, designing and running your organization’s distance learning programs, whether you’re orienting new hires, cross-training your existing staff or introducing new procedures and tools.

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30 Hr Quotes to Uplift and Motivate HR Professionals

Vantage Circle

We all need our regular doses of motivation to keep us get going. Like Zig Ziglar rightly quoted, " People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That is why we recommend it daily. " We live in a world where there is an ample amount of motivation that you can consume from podcasts, motivational videos, or blogs. It is upto you which medium you are comfortable in to get your daily motivation.

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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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10 common onboarding mistakes that deflate new hires

Business Management Daily

Want to increase the odds of your new hires sticking around and making valuable contributions to the organization for years to come? Pay greater attention to their first 90 days by onboarding with intention rather than “winging it” and later suffering for errors. New hires who participate in structured onboarding programs are 69 percent more likely to remain with the company after three years than those who do not.

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Flimp Featured: CPO Heather Smith’s Thoughts for Forbes on Crisis Communications

Flimp Communications

Our Chief People Officer, Heather Smith , helps to share her experience and insight as a member of the Forbes Human Resources Council. Initially writing about the chaos of the pandemic, her recent article “Four Pillars of Communication in Times of Chaos” published by Forbes on May 29th includes advice that applies to other recent events as well. When uncertainty in the world begins to affect the workplace, employees turn to HR for reassurance and guidance.

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IRS releases HSA limits for 2021

BerniePortal

The IRS has released the 2021 cost-of-living adjusted limits for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs).

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Eco-Friendly Business Ideas

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Gone are the days of businesses being exempt from taking responsibility for their environmental impact. As the climate change crisis mounts and consumers are becoming more conscious than ever of their spending power, companies that can actively fly their ecofriendly colours will always come out on top. Luckily, going green isn’t difficult and doesn’t have […].

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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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How To Maintain Employee Engagement During A Crisis

15Five

As we step into the “ new normal ,” HR departments across the world are being asked to ramp up employee engagement efforts as a new frontier emerges in the state of work. The pandemic and the state of the economy has shaken many organizations to their core, revealing both incredible humanity and resiliency, along with some deep fissures that need our attention.

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Employee Recognition: Five Ways to Show Worker Appreciation During COVID-19

Flimp Communications

While we continue to work through these challenging times – many of us, from the safety of home – it’s important to feel appreciated and recognized for our hard work. Unfortunately, Gallup has found that employees don’t feel adequately recognized. In 2004 , Gallup’s polls showed 65% of employees received no recognition. Twelve years later , they found that only one in three workers feel they’ve received recognition or praise for a job well done – which translates to 67% w

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How to Address and Stop Discrimination in the Workplace | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With a greater focus on inclusivity and fighting discrimination than in recent memory, HR professionals can utilize tools, resources, and training to help make their workplaces safer for everyone.

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Surviving College: Eight Tips to Make College Life Easier

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If you think surviving college is easy, think again. College is much harder on most people than they’re willing to admit, and the first year or two is usually the most difficult. While you’re running around buying dorm supplies and researching the best essay writing service, you should take some time out and read up […].

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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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Let the benefits renewal process begin

PeopleStrategy

With the unanticipated challenges facing HR professionals today, starting the employee benefits renewal process is probably not at the top of the to do list. But the reality is, deciding what benefits you will offer employees for the 2021 plan year is perhaps more critical than ever. So even though Open Enrollment is still a couple of month away, there are steps you can take now to make your renewal easier while also ensuring the plans and programs you select meet the needs of your employees, th

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#HRSummerSchool: Time for Extra Credit!

UpstartHR

Two weeks ago we ran a live, virtual event that has already been seen by tens of thousands of HR professionals, talent leaders, students, and more. One of the sessions gave us technical issues, so we are running what we are lovingly calling an “extra credit” session and I would love to have you attend! If you didn’t attend HR Summer School, you missed an epic experience.

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2020 Tax Returns, 2019 HSA Contributions Due July 15 | BerniePortal

BerniePortal

With many companies and organizations scrambling to keep their operations afloat during the pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) postponed the tax return deadline until July 15. Likewise, the IRS also announced the same date as the extension deadline for 2019 HSA contributions. Here’s what you need to know.

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5 Ways the Coronavirus Has Affected Small Businesses

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It’s no secret that COVID-19 has changed the world. This pandemic has altered the way we live our lives – from how we work to how we socialize. As a result, small businesses have had to transform themselves, and they’ll continue to do so for the foreseeable future. So what can we expect to see […].

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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.