Category: Talent

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.

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Employee Awards—High Benefit, Low Cost

Receiving an award can be a very fulfilling experience for individuals. An award is not a prize won randomly or through pure luck. Instead, it’s a sign of recognition for an accomplishment won through skill, effort, or both. Many companies use awards to recognize quality work, and there are many benefits for those companies that […]

Share the Work, Share the Credit

Many managers and leaders have been there. The praise is pouring down for a job well done, the accolades pile up and opportunities for advancement mount. But a leader or a manager doesn’t do it all alone. One of the gravest mistakes a leader can make is hoarding credit for success. It takes a team […]

4 Ways to Boost the Customer-Employee Bond

In part one of this article discussed how the level of connectedness between your employees and customers plays a growing role in your organization’s customer-retention success. Today we examine some employee-centric client strategy.

Things We Can Learn About Leadership Development from Successful CEOs (Part 1)

Everyone inside the enterprise business world has thought about what it would be like to be a successful CEO, at least once or twice. CEOs are well-revered leaders across the globe and can offer valuable insight into leadership. Here’s what research and real-life CEOs have to say about leadership development. According to research conducted by […]

6 Leadership Trends That Are Changing the Workplace

A new worldwide study of 25,000 business leaders finds the biggest worry on executives’ minds isn’t recession, global competition or labor relations. It’s not even cybersecurity.

To Enable Success, HR Technology Should Retain the Human Touch

How many remotes does it take to change a TV channel? That’s not a trick question. Instead of simplifying life, technology often makes things more complicated. Many fitness trackers come with instructions that can take weeks to decipher—and features that few people use. Security protocols demand new passwords and user questions every few months. WiFi […]