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It may be hard to believe, but the now popular concept of “emotional intelligence” (EQ) has actually been around for quite some time. In fact, it was first put forth back in 1990—40+ years ago—by researchers Peter Salavoy and John Mayer and was later popularized by Dan Goleman in his book of the same name. […]
Here at HR Daily Advisor, our week-long virtual celebration of learning and development is well underway – and it doesn’t stop with our latest Faces profile, which features Sandra Humbles, Chief Learning Officer at Johnson & Johnson (J&J). At J&J, learning and development is both central and critical to its employees’ journeys, Humbles shared. As […]
In-house and outsourced talent both have advantages, and a successful company will inevitably use a little of both. You’ll want full-time, in-house employees you can rely on for these elements that you’ve built your brand around. However, your team may not be experts in many aspects of your business, such as back-office accounting, IT, or […]
It’s a typical Monday, 6 a.m. You turn off your alarm clock and reach for your phone to see what’s on the calendar for the day ahead. Meetings. So many meetings. You already feel drained just at the thought of all these meetings, and your workday hasn’t even started. According to research conducted by Zippia, […]
With National Learning and Development Month well underway, it’s important that HR leaders and organizations strive to create a culture that encourages learning and development. As organizations continue to struggle with employee retention and turnover rates, learning, development, and upskilling opportunities can be essential in engaging and investing in employees. In fact, a recent Gallup […]
What is Presenteeism? There has been a lot of talk about the Great Resignation, but there are other issues affecting workers in the workforce, such as presenteeism, quiet quitting, and productivity theater, that should be addressed and relate to employee performance, engagement, and effort. Presenteeism is when employees work but not at their fullest capacity […]
In 2007, Nokia was the leading manufacturer of mobile phone devices; its annual revenue was $75.83 billion, and its market share was 49.4%. But in 2008, when Steve Jobs walked onto a stage and pulled an iPhone out of his pocket, Nokia’s market share plummeted. The era of smartphones requires managers to lead processes and […]
Content marketing has become a buzzword in recent years, but it’s actually a very simple concept: using content to do your marketing. Instead of hard selling, content marketing focuses on being creative and attracting the right people. By creating pieces (blog posts, videos, Instagram posts, white pages, etc.) about what it’s like to work with […]
As the world slowly emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new but related workplace challenge arose: Older workers who were relatively close to their target retirement age began leaving the workforce in record numbers. Some were driven to early retirement by the unfavorable prospect of returning to a workplace full of new health and safety […]
It is that time of year again—time to plan for and implement annual open enrollment processes. At least it is that time for the typical group health plans that operate on a calendar-year basis. For most plans, this means it is time to reprint plan-related material such as enrollment forms (electronic or otherwise), summary plan […]