Human Performance Deserves More Than a Review
We know that people are happier and healthier when they know their work matters — and performance reviews can be a powerful tool to help us all know how we’re doing at work. But the performance management process in many organizations is broken. I think it’s time for...
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How Knowledge Workers Really Spend Their Time
Despite the lip service organizations give to reducing productivity-killing emails and unnecessary meetings to help workers focus on what matters, the problem of workplace distraction may be getting worse. U.S. workers say they spend only 40 percent of their workday...
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How to Manage a Remote Team
The age of everyone physically commuting to work is slowly coming to a close. Instead, employees are now assuming that remote work will constitute at least some of their workdays. But what about teams made up solely of remote workers? Studies have shown that remote...
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Thinking Like an Engineer in HR
Engineers and product teams have been using the agile method for decades to efficiently develop and deliver the best possible products. Most commonly used by software developers, this method helps cross-functional teams organize, continuously iterate and deliver...
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3 Ways to Harness the Power of Technology and Ace Campus Recruiting
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The Future of Work Is Global: 3 Tips for Hiring a Global Team
As they look for solutions to the talent crunch, U.S. employers increasingly are turning to international labor pools to fill critical workforce needs — even as political uncertainty surrounding immigration continues to grow. A report released last year by immigration...
Buying New HR Tech? Make Candidate and Employee Experiences a Top Priority
As I noted in my previous post, 2019 is going to be an amazing and challenging year for HR tech buyers, thanks to the growing wealth of platforms, solutions and services we have to understand and choose from. Understanding our options is a big part of our challenge —...
The Journey of Boomerang Clients
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” —Arthur C. Clarke No business likes losing clients, but it happens from time to time, and sometimes the reasons are unknown to us. Some clients will be forthright and give a reason while others...
Why Colleges Aren’t Preparing Students for Work – and What Employers Should Do About It
Danny Iny dropped out of school at 15 to start a business. He also got an MBA at a top business school in Canada. Guess which decision he considers the mistake? “My own experience was that quitting school was a great choice. I had a ton of opportunities, experimented...
