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Work Toward Ensuring Workplace Harmony

Yesterday’s Advisor featured steps from coach Akshay Nanavati on how to end the cycle of conflict in your workplace and foster workplace harmony. Today, Nanavati shares more tips for conflict resolution.

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How to Fix 5 Common Problems with Training Videos

For employees, few terms may elicit a sense of impending boredom than “training video.” For many, the idea of a training video elicits images of outdated and hokey content filmed using terrible “actors.”

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Long-term success requires looking beyond just the results

by Dan Oswald There’s an old story that goes like this: A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. Instead, the bartender pulls out a shotgun and fires a shot, just missing the man. Satisfied, the man places a nice tip on the bar, turns, and walks out. […]

Reeling from recordkeeping? Sound strategy makes the task manageable

A seemingly vast array of laws requires employers to create and store an equally vast array of records, and keeping up with the task is enough to make anyone’s head spin. The chore is less daunting, though, with some advice and a plan. Ryan A. Olson, an attorney with the Felhaber Larson law firm in […]

How Can You Boost the ROI of Your Training?

With continuous pressure from management to demonstrate the ROI for corporate training, trainers need to deliver programs that give the company the most bang for its buck. One way to accomplish that goal is to tailor sessions to the audience by considering their: Learning styles and learners’ experience, Knowledge, and Personal characteristics. Accommodate Different Learning […]

Purpose is Crucial to Employment Branding

In yesterday’s Advisor, Bob Kelleher, author/speaker at the SHRM 2016 Annual Conference & Exposition discussed engagement and hiring. Today we’ll hear what he has to say about employment branding and developing brand ambassadors.

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Why You Want to Hire People Who Are Curious

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it has built many a great company. Those who dare ask “why” have the potential to influence everything from day-to-day operations to product development and more.

Contact Management: Pathway to Litigation?

Contact management seems like a no-brainer—maintain contact with promising candidates for whom you have no current opening—but there’s a legal line you don’t want to cross, says Peopleclick’s Lisa D. Grant Harpe. Harpe, an industrial psychologist and senior consultant at the Peopleclick® Research Institute, is the author of Peopleclick’s e-book, Using Contact Management in Compliance […]