Today, over 37 million workers in over 3.5 million offices across the country are taking part in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Founded by Gloria Steinem, the program was originally created in response to research that found many girls lacked confidence and were dropping out of school by the eighth grade.
We are facing a productivity crisis. Global economic indicators suggest that people in westernized countries are working more hours and producing less. This should be of concern to every human resource professional.
A couple of months ago, the Society for Human Resource Management published Repurposing HR: From a Cost Center to a Business Accelerator by Carol E. M. Anderson, SHRM-SCP. She is the founder and principal of Anderson Perfomance Partners in St. Augustine, Fla.
Q: I’m at a loss on how to deal with a recent hire. He’s very eager to prove himself and do well, but instead of learning his job –which involves very specific functions, procedures and deadlines– he spends time trying to find efficiencies in other areas and coming up with improvement ideas unrelated to the job. Consequently, he’s not up to speed.
The terminology Employee Engagement has been over-used to the point that the inspiration behind the phrase has become a commodity. All those stupid studies that say only 10% of the workforce are engaged are total bullshit!
Really.... 1 in 10 people enjoy their job?
Really.... 9 out of 10 people would rather work somewhere else?
Tacit Knowledge Helps to Differentiate the Brightest Organizations
We can know more than we can tell - Michael Polanyi
The rise of the internet, advances in mobile technologies, online communications and collaboration tools have revolutionized the way we work, who we work with, and the way we serve our customers.
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Stop the Madness? Or Accommodate It?
NCAA basketball tournament tests workplace boundaries on betting, game-watching
By Dana Wilkie 3/11/2015
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Employers’ Brief for Same-Sex Marriage Cites Benefits Burden
Tax ‘gross ups’ among the added costs of separate treatment for same-sex spouse benefits
By Stephen Miller, CEBS 3/10/2015
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HIPAA Action Items After a Data Breach
The cyber attack on Anthem should spur employers to know their obligations
By Stephen A. Riga, Timothy G. Verrall and Danielle Vanderzanden © Ogletree Deakins 2/9/2015
Performance is undermined when employees don’t understand the incentive plan or its metrics
Finding the right mix of incentives necessary to maximize employee performance can be a challenge. However, as employers continue to rely more heavily on variable pay to supplement flat salary-increase budgets, relevant, actionable and easily understandable performance metrics become an even more important element of effective incentive programs.
Now that all the Year in Review and Year in Pictures articles have concluded, it’s time to move on to the predictions for the coming year. I’m by no means an “official” prognosticator. Yet I see a trend that has been building over the last several months – a renewed emphasis on performance management in relation to talent management and people management – that leads me to believe that 2015 might be the year of performance management.
On December 10, SHRM @weknownext chatted with Eric B. Meyer (@Eric_B_Meyer) about HR's 2014 Performance Review.
In case you missed it, here are all the great tweets from the chat:
For the past two years we’ve hosted a December #Nextchat titled “HR’s Performance Review” with special guest Eric B. Meyer, and it has been so popular that we’ve decided to make it an annual tradition.
In 2014, the HR profession continued to keep up with changes in employment law, technology and social communication.
Transformation can inspire. Hear how Steve Browne, SPHR inspires through his work in HR. Visit annual.shrm.org to register for the SHRM 2014 Annual Conference & Exposition. #SHRM14 #HR
What’s your definition of a high-performance culture?
In his blog titled “Crafting a High-Performance Culture,” SmartRecruiters CEO Jerome Ternynck outlines the ten ingredients that make a high performance culture and says,
