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4 More Performance Metrics to Drive L&D Initiatives

Adding to yesterday’s post, here are four more performance metrics you should weigh if you want to develop and drive strategic and effective L&D initiatives that will continue to help your organization outpace its competition for years to come.

Turning Frequent Mistakes into Real-Life Training Opportunities

It can be tremendously frustrating to encounter the same mistake or oversight over and over again at work. Maybe it’s something as relatively benign as multiple employees forgetting to include certain information in their e-mail signatures, or maybe it’s something more serious, like repeated instances of employees downloading malicious applications or failing to follow data […]

How to Turn Managers into Inclusive Leaders

Inclusion isn’t a trend that goes in and out of style. Nor is it a buzzword, a catchphrase, or something to put on your company’s Careers page to check a box. Inclusion is an important pillar of a healthy, productive company culture. Businesses that prioritize inclusivity are more likely to attract top talent, foster creativity, […]

Compensation and Benefits Trends: Fad or Forever?

My dictionary defines ‘fad‘ as a temporary fashion, manner, or conduct followed enthusiastically by a group. My life experience tells me that fads come and go—and some fads come back. Not convinced? Remember skinny-leg jeans? They’re back. Actually, they’ve been back for quite a while. Some would say they never went out of fashion but […]

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Creative Ways to Boost Productivity

Productivity concerns affect the entire organization. If the employer needs more productivity, either the existing employees must make that happen through productivity gains, or more employees must be hired. Either way, Human Resources (HR) is involved, directly or indirectly, through communications, training, hiring, or implementing new programs.

Interesting COBRA Implications, and Silver Lining, Are in New W-2 Reporting Guidance

New guidance on a group health coverage reporting requirement raises some important issues regarding COBRA coverage and provides a silver lining for employers, who should be able to use their current COBRA premiums to determine the reportable cost of health coverage — making the new burden of this requirement a little easier to bear, according […]

Faces of HR: Holly Grogan Talks Building Empowered Teams, Positive Workspaces & Leading with Empathy

For more than 20 years, Holly Grogan has worked in a myriad of Human Resources (HR) roles with the goal of driving growth and profitability through strategic employee initiatives. While her first job out of undergrad was in recruiting, Grogan has spent majority of her career specializing in creating and building HR and talent strategies […]

First Step in Fixing a Problem is Admitting You Have One

It’s the evening of September 11, 2016, as I write this, the 15th anniversary of the attacks on our country that resulted in 2,996 deaths. If you’re like me, you remember both the horrific and the heroic from that day. I’ll never forget the scenes of destruction that resulted from the cowardly attacks on our […]

That’s a Wrap on HR Technology Week!

As HR Technology Week comes to a close, we want to take a look back at all the offerings and events that transpired throughout this exciting event!

Learning How to Engage in Small Talk

Some people seem to have a natural ability to strike up a conversation with just about anyone. But others try and fail to be engaging conversationalists or avoid small talk altogether, either because they see it as a waste of time or because of their introversion and social anxiety. The Value of Small Talk Small […]