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A Collection of HR Thoughts, Trends & Tips

Future of Work: Remote & Hybrid Series (Part 2)

By |February 16, 2024|

4 Must-Have People Practices for Remote Teams: Welcome back! Let’s quickly recap Part 1 of our series on the Future of Work. The clash between employee demands and employer needs, viewed through the lenses of different generations, has given rise to ‘The Great Compromise1.' Employee expectations of employer support are growing. At the same time, new 2023 research shows that productivity is high for companies with a remote component – and highest of all for businesses that are primarily remote. Yet some leaders still think a full return to the office must happen for businesses to be successful. What’s a company to do? We’re here with answers! Let’s dive into the most important, effective, and achievable practices that set you up for even greater success this new year. Nurture Authentic Connections Connection points matter now more than ever. We have now learned that formerly spontaneous office interactions now need to [...]

1403, 2019
#1 Getting your “Agile Culture on” Defining how to engage employees and enable human factors for success in 2019

By |Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|

The “Agile Culture” or “Agile Organization” has been the buzz word for a while now. It started with product development and progressed to an organization style. But are organizations ready? Do we even know what it requires? In an Agile culture, we shift the focus from the process to the outcome. The main question to answer, at each point, is “What does the customer want?” This model essentially empowers teams to do what it takes [...]

2401, 2019
5 Key Ways to Motivate and Engage Creatives

By |Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Management|

HR gurus have researched motivation for decades, and all the books and theories could fill the largest library in the world. And yet, every organization struggles with keeping its people motivated. The reason being that motivation and engagement is a balancing act between the individual them self and the organization’s connection with the individual, and this can vary person-to-person and day-to-day. […]

301, 2019
Stop Screening Candidates: What We Can Learn from Designers

By |Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|

Screening candidates isn’t helping you. In technology, user experience design is very close to our hearts. We are constantly trying to make it easier for our prospective customers to gain value from our products and services. We try to make the experience as welcoming as possible and take them on a journey. When it comes to our prospective team members, perversely, we seem to take the opposite approach. When people express an interest in joining [...]

2911, 2018
AI Making Talent Acquisition So Much Better

By |Blogs, Talent Search & Recruitment|

At the last SHRM event in Chicago, the most popular vendor had to be Careerbuilder’s interactive booth. HR pros lined up like kids waiting for a Disneyland ride. Sure, we had to spin a wheel for a give-away, but what really held our attention was the video of a mobile experience that leverages AI, augmented reality, gamification and hyper-localized search to revolutionize recruiting. […]

111, 2018
Hacking Trends in Creative Recruiting

By |Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|

The creative industry has long been thought of as “fun”; you get to work in music, entertainment, design, marketing, advertising, technology and branding to name a few. The creative space is our market and we see how our clients are innovators not just in their products but also in the way they recruit their next team member. Much like selling a product, the concept of hiring the best means they want to gain competitive edge [...]

2607, 2018
10 Hot Tips To Impact Diversity and Innovation in Your Hiring!

By |Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Search & Recruitment|

I have worked on talent teams in many companies over the years and noticed that on the whole, most employees are successful and driven. Yet, the differentiator driving one company to succeed over the other is innovation. Innovation comes from diversity. Diversity is including employees with new ideas and different ways of thinking. A recent EY report confirms that diverse companies are 35% more likely to have financial returns above the national medians for their [...]

1807, 2018
Here’s What Industry Insiders are Saying about Out-with-Performance-Management, In-with-Feedback-Management

By |Blogs, Frontpage Articles, Talent Management|

As an HR professional, one gets multiple requests from salespeople of HR technology companies to choose their platform over competitors when it comes to Performance Management. Performance management is a process that provides the employee feedback and promotes their effectiveness. Michael Armstrong, in his Handbook of Performance Management, 2009 described it as “the continuous process of improving performance by setting individual and team goals which are aligned to the strategic goals of the organization, planning [...]

1906, 2018
Candidate Experience (CX) – Stay Focused on Empathy and Relationships

By |Blogs, Frontpage Articles, HR Advisory & Facilitation|

A Forbes article named 2018 as the year of employee experience, or EX: “Anything that sets employees up for success or improves our culture should be a part of EX.” Forbes. The focus on employee experience (and, as future employees, the candidate experience) is not new and has been described and analyzed by countless industry publications and thought leaders. “The longer I write about recruiting and hiring, the more I believe that the candidate experience needs [...]

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