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Remember the old days of dozing off during slide after slide in a stuffy conference room? Those days are fading fast. Now, businesses are getting smart about how we learn at work, bringing in video and interactive training to spice things up. It’s not just a new way to learn—it’s turning the whole learning game […]
Finally, the votes are being counted.
Companies often default to financial strategies to drive desired employee behaviors, whether those behaviors are increased engagement, ownership and initiative, or simply better employee retention. For instance, a manager might promise a promotion and accompanying raise to an employee who succeeds in completing a challenging project. Or an organization might motivate staff through a quarterly […]
Anytime there’s a new presidential administration there’s potential for a shake-up in the laws and regulations that impact businesses and their employment practices. New presidents bring in new teams and pursue new priorities. That’s particularly true when the incoming administration is from a different political party than the outgoing administration. HR Braces for New Labor […]
This week, the HR Daily Advisor’s editorial staff is attending SHRM’s 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition at the Earnest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Today I attended a session by Mykkah Herner, the Compensation Evangelist at Payscale, entitled Effective Incentive Plan Design. The focus of his talk was on variable pay plans and […]
According to McKinsey & Company, women made up only 20% of the tech workforce just before the pandemic. And that number looks to be ticking downward. A year into the pandemic, as many as 2.5 million women, versus 1.8 million men, were lost from the U.S. workforce. This turn of events could potentially set back […]
With the unemployment rate at a record high, it should come as no surprise that many are considering a change of career. With many workers being laid off or furloughed in industries hit hard by the pandemic, changing careers is a no-brainer, but this could have a major impact on employers trying to retain workers […]
People often get hung up on titles. I must admit that they’ve never meant much to me. I really don’t care what name you want to attach to what you do, so I’ve been pretty liberal over the years about giving people the titles that they want. But in many companies, titles bring with them […]
Do you have a mentoring program in your organization? Have you found that employees naturally integrate technology into their interactions?
The traditional 8-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule, and Washington, D.C. is paving the way for change. According to new CareerBuilder research, 73% of workers in the nation’s capital think the traditional 9-to-5 workday is a thing of the past.