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5 Essential Elements of Effective Performance Management
Recent surveys have found less than 50% of employees feel their performance evaluations are fair or transparent. Old-school approaches to performance management, such as annual performance reviews, are often criticized for their lack of effectiveness in motivating employees. These methods can be demotivating. They often focus on the past and make employees feel unrecognized or undervalued.…
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Boost Your Employer Brand with these 8 Affordable Activities
Two critical elements of your company’s brand are your product or service’s value proposition and your reputation. Your employer brand plays a substantial role in your overall brand reputation. Is your company a coveted place to work? Do you treat employees fairly? Do you provide a space for employees to learn and develop? What is…
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How Learning Management Software Impacts Business
Training and career development are essential strategies for attracting, engaging, and retaining talent. In fact, according to Lorman, retention rates rise 30-50% for companies with strong learning cultures, and 70% of employees would likely leave their current job to work for an organization that invests in employee development and learning. Additionally, continual learning benefits your organization…
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8 Soft Skills to Look for in Your Next Hire
Your clients or customers come to know your employees as the face and voice of your business. It’s imperative they communicate, interact, and build rapport with your customers. Doing so in a personable way is a coveted soft skill set. Not only do those skills impact external customers but also your internal culture. Employees understanding…
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Small Business Staff Shortages – Strategies to Cope
It’s no secret that the United States is facing staff shortages. Between the pandemic forcing different ways to work and, at times, instilling a fear of in-person working, coupled with an increasing number of early retirements and lower immigration rates, we have unprecedented numbers of job openings chasing scarce talent. The competitive labor market has…
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7 Ways to Build Work Team Trust
Trust is the confidence that others around you will do what they say, when they say they will, to the best of their ability. Trust is crucial in all areas of life, but work team trust is essential to a thriving team environment. It builds strong and effective teams. Work team trust also brings many other…
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7 Employee Benefits Trends
… That Small Business Owners Should Know The employee benefits landscape has changed over the past few years, driven by several factors. Between changes in the workforce’s needs, the COVID-19 pandemic, a greater focus on mental health, and a rise in healthcare costs, we’ve seen a couple of shifts in employee benefits trends. The competition…
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Employee Data Compliance Best Practices
to Avoid Lawsuits and Fines Organizations many times need or have access to personal employee data. They also must protect that data. Many have moved away from paper data collection, easily kept in a locked file cabinet. Technology allows us to store employee data in a much more accessible way. While it’s great to have…
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Top 6 Reasons Good Employees Leave:
And What You Can Do About It. You did it! You finally hired and trained the last open position. After silently rejoicing over how everyone is working together and achieving key goals, someone submits their resignation. The cycle starts all over again and it’s so disappointing. Likewise, the trickle-down effect is hard to control. And,…
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How Do You Manage Employee Performance Remotely?
Even before COVID-19, employers were offering diverse work arrangements to attract and retain key talent. It was still relatively rare, however, to have companies with a 100% remote employee base. Clearly, that changed with stay-at-home orders. This forced companies to reevaluate how they manage employee performance and keep their team connected when remote. As social…
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