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Employee feedback, compliance, government forms, leave policies, recruiting: the list of tasks that an HR professional have to perform is nearly endless. Just as important as any one task is how professionals put them all together into a united front. Welcome to the Strategic HR topic.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) became a popular discussion topic over the last decade. According to The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), CSR is a “management concept in which companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and interactions with their stakeholders.” This list of stakeholders can range from consumers to investors, and […]
Work has changed and with that comes a need for a change in performance management.
Despite considerable gains in the last few decades toward greater equality in the workplace in terms of pay and opportunities, women still lag behind men at the top levels of organizations. For example, according to the Center for American Progress, even though women make up 44% of the overall S&P 500 workforce and 36% of […]
We’ve probably all had the experience of seeing a meeting invitation on our work calendars with a vague title and no additional information. We’re left wondering what the meeting is about and what it has to do with us. As a meeting organizer, adding a few bullet points to meeting invitations to set an agenda […]
Employee engagement can sometimes be seen as a fluffy concept, but savvy businesses recognize it as a key factor in overall company success. According to a Harvard Business Review study, 71% of surveyed business leaders identified employee engagement as one of the factors most likely to bring success to their business. Engagement ranked third, after […]
We all tend to do our best at work when we experience encouragement from our superiors. Direct managers or supervisors are usually the most influential in this regard. However, many small businesses don’t have the benefit of larger department structures. So, the owner of the business and the manager are one in the same. It’s a […]
Have you seen the news articles lately touting the success of a 4-day work week for a New Zealand company? They took a test group of employees and allowed them to work four standard work days, without increasing the length of the work day and without decreasing total compensation. They found that not only were […]
Do you employ workers with hidden disabilities, like autism? If not, you’re missing out on a bunch of benefits these workers bring to the table.
Recent research conducted by iCIMS shows that workers stay with an employer for 2 to 3 years on average. Additionally, up to 70% of employees leave a company for better pay, and 53% claim that they leave because they don’t think that their employers care about them as individuals. In other words, retaining employees should […]
Companies train for a wide range of situations. From fire drills to sales demos, training is an important part of getting things right when real-world situations arise.