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Should You Shift to Electronic Recordkeeping? (Hint: You Already Have)

By HR Daily Advisor Staff May 31, 2012 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: May 31, 2012

  E-mail Spreadsheets Website E-documents Presentations Voice mail Payroll And just look at what else is potentially keeping an electronic record: Telephone extension detail Computer/network system log-on, log-off times Scantron® security system details Outlook calendars, notes, to-do lists Private files/journals Papers E-mail Microsoft® Word WordPerfect® Excel® PowerPoint® .pdf files Voice Mail Video clips Photographs .wav […]

How to Bring the Best Ideas Forward

By Jeff George, VP, Americas R&D, Campbell Soup Company Oct 22, 2018 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Oct 22, 2018

You might think the individual leading a company’s innovation program needs to be an “ideas person”—but I disagree. The real skill is in uncovering and advancing ideas from others across the business.

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Pros and Cons of Virtual Mentorship

By Kelly Creighton Aug 24, 2018 Learning & Development

Updated: Aug 24, 2018

More organizations are beginning to offer remote and flexible work options as employees demand more mentorship opportunities. So, virtual mentorship is becoming a viable option. Or, is it? Keep reading to learn more.

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3 Ways Small Businesses Can Provide Employee Child Care

By Sydney Wess, Content & Editorial Associate, Clutch Sep 26, 2019 Benefits and Compensation

Updated: Sep 26, 2019

At the start of an individual’s career, child care most likely is not at the center of his or her employee benefits concerns. But, as people venture further into their careers, the chances increase that they’ll need to find a childcare provider to be able to progress in their jobs, which is not necessarily an […]

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The Manager’s Role in the Promotion of Subordinates

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor Mar 26, 2021 Learning & Development

Updated: Mar 26, 2021

In most organizations, managers wear many hats; of course, they need to manage their teams, but many also have nonmanagerial duties, such as working on projects or championing company initiatives. It’s becoming increasingly expected that managers also serve as coaches for their teams. Although the manager-as-coach paradigm is relatively new, interest in that role has […]

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Do It Like Google: Guidelines on Workplace Behavior

By Lauren E.M. Russell, Attorney, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Dec 19, 2019 Diversity & Inclusion

Updated: Dec 19, 2019

Here in Delaware, most employers are in the midst of a mad dash to get all employees trained on sexual harassment prevention—consistent with House Bill 360—before the deadline for compliance on December 31, 2019. One of the best lessons to incorporate in that training is what topics are and are not appropriate for the workplace. […]

God’s Favorite Idiot (in the Workplace?)

By Kristin Starnes Gray, FordHarrison Aug 24, 2022 EntertainHR

Updated: Aug 25, 2022

In God’s Favorite Idiot, Netflix puts a new spin on the workplace comedy. The show begins with a seemingly normal midlevel tech employee, Clark (Ben Falcone), getting struck by lightning while searching for his cat. Clark is surprisingly OK and blissfully unaware that strange things are happening around him—stop lights are turning green for him, […]

Everything I Need to Know About HR I Learned from NCIS

By Jo Ellen Whitney, Attorney, Davis Brown Law Firm Feb 5, 2019 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Feb 8, 2019

NCIS is a popular TV show that has run for 16 seasons. One of the show’s running conceits is the set of rules promulgated by lead investigator Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon). The rules are referenced scattershot throughout the episodes. Sometimes they’re self-fulfilling prophecies and at other times contradictory for the plot as […]

How to Scale Culture Without Losing What Makes It Work

By Lin Grensing-Pophal, Contributing Editor May 2, 2025 Learning & Development

Updated: May 2, 2025

It’s one thing to build a strong culture—it’s another to scale it. As organizations grow—whether through rapid hiring, geographic expansion, or acquisitions—company culture can get diluted or distorted.  New people come in, processes shift, and what used to feel natural now requires intention. The risk? Losing the very culture that made workplace growth possible in […]

HR Merger and Acquisition Playbook

By Guest Columnist Apr 11, 2016 Talent

Updated: Apr 11, 2016

By Barbara Mitchell Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) were at an all-time high in 2015. There is some indication that they will slow down in 2016 because it is an election year, but probably not by much. However, just because there are a lot of mergers does not mean that they are successful. In fact, at […]