Which Three Fictional Characters Best Describe You?
This week’s Oswald Letter is a guest post from Elizabeth Petersen, Simplify Compliance’s executive vice president of strategy and revenue.
Tag: communication
Which three fictional characters best describe you?
This week’s Oswald Letter is a guest post from Elizabeth Petersen, Simplify Compliance’s executive vice president of strategy and revenue. by Elizabeth Petersen Dan Oswald has graciously allowed me to take over his blog again, and I thought we’d kick off our week by playing a game that’s been making the rounds on social media: […]
Top Hiring Tips: From HR Professionals, For HR Professionals
Picture this: you’re looking for a new job, hear about a new opening at a fantastic company, and submit your application. You have a great interview, receive an offer, and accept it in a heartbeat.
President Trump’s communication style offers valuable lessons for managers
by Dan Oswald Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny that Donald Trump has communicated differently than any other U.S. presidential candidate, president-elect, and now president. And his communication style has been analyzed, criticized, and commended. Everyone seems to have an opinion about his approach to communication, but there certainly isn’t agreement on […]
DOL Fiduciary Rule 101
Did you know that under existing laws, the person or organization who manages your company’s 401(k) is not legally obligated to provide advice that is in the best interest of the investor? If that seems crazy to you, then it perhaps will come as no surprise that this is about to be changed with the […]
HR Communication Tips
As HR professionals, a large component of the job revolves around communicating across all levels of the organization. There’s communications about policies, benefits, legal matters, disciplinary matters, conflicts, payroll, and more. It never ends! With communication being such a critical part of HR, it’s no surprise that there are a lot of tips that can […]
Second DOL FAQ on Fiduciary Rule Addresses Questions About Fiduciary Communications
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released the second set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for retirement plan professionals on the agency’s complex new fiduciary rule just days before the end of the Obama administration in an effort to answer plan practitioners’ questions about how the rule draws lines between fiduciary and nonfiduciary communications, education, and advice.
Simplify Compliance executives share their leadership resolutions for 2017
by Dan Oswald Last month, BLR was involved in a merger that resulted in a new company with four business units being established. The combined company, Simplify Compliance, serves HR, safety, and environmental professionals as well as the healthcare, telecommunications, and financial services industries. As we start 2017 with a newly constituted executive team, I […]
Teach Workers to Celebrate Diversity on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. According to BLR’s 2015 Holiday Practices Survey, 32.6% of employers provide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday. According to the survey, this percentage has grown slightly over the past few years (30.1% of employers offered it as a paid holiday in the 2012 survey).
Handling challenges to diversity in era of divisiveness
It may seem there’s no escaping political divisiveness. All manner of news and social media sources carry angry, frequently hurtful, and often untrue communication. And the workplace is not immune from the damage of those messages. Presidential campaigns have been heated before, but the 2016 contest seemed especially rife with venom. Since the campaign was […]