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by Dan Oswald In a recent conversation with an organizational psychologist, I was asked, “What are the top three things you look for in the members of your management team?” That’s a big and important question. Yet I was able to answer it quickly and easily: “Trustworthiness, compatibility, and talent.” The next sentence I uttered […]
Much has been said about health care workforce shortages when it comes to physicians, nurses, and other providers. But equally important are the shortages the non-clinical and shared services staff face. Compensation leaders support the optimization of labor resources so clinicians, the organization, and its leaders can run at peak performance. In partnership with HR […]
A good mentorship program has many benefits. It keeps employees engaged and makes them willing to stay with the company for a longer period of time. It’s a benefit many Millennials are hoping to experience as they make their way through their professional careers. In fact, a 2016 Gallup study, How Millennials Want to Work and Live, found 87% of Millennials believe professional development is important within a job.
A majority (69 percent) of Americans would not take a job with a company that had a bad reputation, even if they were unemployed, according to recent survey findings. CR Magazine commissioned the poll, which gathered responses from over 1,000 employed and unemployed Americans to gain insights into how both corporate reputation and transparency can […]
Every trainer would like to know whether he or she is delivering the best learning experience possible. Today we’re taking a look at a few things to consider.
Winning the war for talent requires a variety of methods to attract jobseekers to your company. One way to attract top talent is through your company’s benefit package. But does your benefits package stand up against the competition?
By Susan Prince, JD, MSL, Legal Editor at BLR Sometimes, HR has to deal with joint employment. Do you know what you need to create and maintain a legal joint employment relationship? Today we’ll hear what Susan Prince, JD, MSL, and legal editor at BLR®, has to say about it. A joint employment relationship and […]
What do employment branding, product branding, a great employee experience, and HR strategy have in common? According to Tammy Perkins, Chief People Officer at PMI Worldwide, they are all connected. When HR treats the employee and candidate experience with the dedication and care often given to customer-facing branding, the organization grows.
We often think of coaching and training initiatives as something that should be targeted at new hires or junior staff. But executive coaching is a prominent activity among big businesses. And that makes sense. After all, no leader starts out as a leader. At some point, they’ve all had to learn what it means to […]
March Madness is back and we’ve had a bit more madness this year. We saw the first 16 seed topple a 1 seed when UMBC shocked Virginia. Virginia’s early exit seemed to turn the South Region upside down, with upsets coming fast and furious. Eventually, upstart 11-seed Loyola University of Chicago stepped from the carnage, […]