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Crisis Management: Be Proactive

In part 1 of this article we began to explore why meeting a crisis head-on is the best approach. Today we’ll look at what general strategies you can use to meet the challenge.

Three Steps to Utilizing Data Analytics to Inform HR Strategy and Shape Culture

HR leaders have access to a mountain of impactful data-driven insights and according to the Paychex Pulse of HR Survey, most (83%) rely on such analytics to make more informed decisions. However, having access to data is very different than leveraging it to gain meaningful insights to formulate a competitive HR strategy. Developing and executing […]

‘I Can’t Live on What You’re Paying Me’ Conversations

Today’s tips are again from a recent BLR webinar featuring Teresa Murphy and David Wudyka. Murphy is the principal consultant for HR Partner Advantage, an HR advisory firm based in Raleigh, N.C. Wudyka, SPHR, MBA, BSIE, is the founder and managing principal of Westminster Associates, a Massachusetts-based human resource and compensation firm. Complaint:  “I can’t […]

The 9 Compensation Tasks You Must Do

Missouri. (He also handles compensation.) His remarks came at the recent SHRM Annual Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas. Here are his top 9 tasks for compensation: 1. Create a Total Rewards Philosophy or at least some “guidelines” Why do you need this? To share with external applicants & associates To create internal leadership alignment […]

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Can Emoji Help Improve Workplace Engagement?

The popularity of emoji is widespread, with 92% of the online population using these characters in daily conversation. Businesses are catching on and have begun to incorporate emoji into their marketing efforts to better reach their audience. In fact, Appboy’s analytics shows that the number of emoji used in social campaigns has increased 777% year-over-year […]

Faces of HR: Kim Kane Talks the Importance of Leading with Your Authentic Self

Kim Kane has been involved in the human resources industry for more than a decade. For our latest Faces of HR profile, we sat down with Kim to discuss how she got her start in the industry, her biggest influence, as well as her thoughts on trends and best practices for the HR industry, including […]

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The Causes and Outcomes of the Great Resignation for Employees

For the past several months, you have likely been hearing much about the Great Resignation. Last November, 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs—the highest number since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started tracking this metric. Another 4.2 million quit in October and 4.4 million in September, indicating the trend will continue for the foreseeable future. […]

Working as a Team—Tough … but Essential

The other day my 19-year-old daughter told me, “It takes teamwork to make the dream work.” I’m sure she didn’t come up with that on her own, but it was new to me. Dan Oswald, CEO of BLR®, offered his thoughts on teamwork in a recent edition of The Oswald Letter. Teamwork is defined as […]