Recognize This! – HR priorities are many. Solving one can be the solution to many others. Concluding my week-long series on the Top 5 Critical HR Priorities for 2011 from the Corporate Leadership Council HR global agenda poll, is a tie! Priority 5 for HR in 2011: A Tie! — Improving Employee Performance, Workforce Planning, […]
Posted on March 10th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – Employees are regaining control of their value in the workplace. Where does employee retention fall in your priorities for 2011 list? Too many are still complacent, believing the poor job market will keep workers in place. But hiring is steadily ticking up and unemployment steadily falling. How at risk are you? According […]
Posted on March 10th, 2012 by admin
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Here we go again: It’s March Madness, when sixty-odd college basketball teams vie for the national title — and employers vie for the attention of workers who keep sneaking peeks on the Internet to see how the alma mater is faring. So the question becomes: What’s HR’s recommendation on how to handle this annual workplace […]
Posted on March 10th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – The power of “thank you” can dramatically change your workplace, too. John Kralik certainly thinks so. After watching everything in his life, personally and professionally go from bad to worse (and complaining about it all the way), John tried the opposite approach – looking for something to be grateful and writing a […]
Posted on March 9th, 2012 by admin
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One organization is trying to sell employers in New York City on the idea of mandatory paid sick days for workers. Its reasoning? Requiring companies to give employees access to paid sick days would: Improve employees’ health Decrease the likelihood that employees will delay medical care for themselves or their family members, and Reduce the […]
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Recognize This! – Employees will follow your lead on what you truly value based on what you recognize and reward. Frequent readers of my blog know how I feel about company values and their influence on the culture of the organization. Ann Rhoades, president of PeopleInk and a founding executive of JetBlue (whose values are […]
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Recognize This! – Behaviors drive values drive culture. You cannot change the culture unless you address the underlying behaviors.As the employee engagement discussion has grown, so has the discussion about the importance of company culture. After all, what is it you’re hoping employees engage with? As the importance of culture has surged, so has the […]
Posted on March 8th, 2012 by admin
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Corporate learning is entering a new era of social, collaborative, and employee-driven learning. Today’s workers still need formal training but they also need a complete “learning environment” that provides support and the ability to collaborate to solve problems. Learning organizations must go beyond the disciplines of building content for use in the classroom or online. […]
Posted on March 8th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – Reinforcing behaviors in a timely way will always be at the top of my recognition best practices list. Ascent Group recently came out with their annual Reward & Recognition Program Profiles & Best Practices. The report is well worth the investment. Highlighting just a few of the key findings: “Reinforce behaviors and […]
Posted on March 8th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – Always make room for your people to grow their individual talents while making room for others to join in the fun! I’m excited the time has come for me to expand this blog and launch it separately from the Globoforce corporate website. I’m taking this approach now for two key reasons: 1) […]
Posted on March 7th, 2012 by admin
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