Month: November 2016

How to Increase Employee Engagement and Retention with ‘Stay’ Interviews

By Erin Pappo, client services director, Camden Consulting Group As most HR professionals understand too well, turnover hurts a company’s bottom line, and it also ruins morale for the employees left behind. Workers in the U.S. have an average job tenure of approximately 4.6 years and 45% of employers now expect new college grads to […]

How HR Professionals Can Create a Culture Where Innovation Thrives

By Dr. Amantha Imber, founder of Inventium Does your company have a culture in which innovation thrives? Are people challenging the status quo and being encouraged by leaders to take risks in pursuit of innovation? Or is the opposite true, whereby managers don’t take the time to listen to new ideas and suggestions to make […]

Make Training Count Across Generations

By Brian Winterstein In a workplace made up of multiple generations, it can be difficult to ensure that your training speaks to all employees. However, there are still ways you can make training count. Brian Winterstein, vice president of human resources for Liberty Tax Service, explains how.

Don’t Let Them Hit Send Without These Tips

With e-mail as a nearly omnipresent part of our lives today, organizational e-mail etiquette is something that can have a big impact on how an organization is perceived, both internally and externally.

5 Recruiting Mistakes to Avoid

Getting the right person in the right role is a big task. It takes a lot of time and effort to get right, so it pays to not let the entire process be undermined through avoidable mistakes. Here’s a list some common hiring and recruiting mistakes to avoid!

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Report: Is Your Workforce Utilizing HR Technology?

Automated HR functions are a great way to free up HR professionals to focus on the human aspect of Human Resources, but are these functions benefiting your workforce? A new report, released by Paychex, highlights just how important your HR technology is to your workforce.

Understand the whistleblower (and prevent retaliation claims)

by Ken Broda-Bahm and Brad Cave With retaliation claims again topping the list of charges filed most frequently with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and whistleblower claims on the rise, employers can learn a great deal by better understanding the psychology of a whistleblower.  Retaliation is all about perception In its 2015 enforcement and […]

Too Few Women on the Path to Leadership

A new study addresses women in the workplace and their opportunities to assume leadership roles … And the results demonstrate a need for change. Women in the Workplace 2016, a comprehensive annual study of the state of women in corporate America by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org, finds that women fall behind early and face […]