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Leading through change
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Leading through change
Explore the latest insights.
Reinventing Performance Management
How one company is rethinking peer feedback and the annual review, and trying to design a system to fuel improvement
4 Areas the EEOC is Watching in 2022
From left to right: Samantha Grant, a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, moderates the conversation between EEOC Vice Chair Jocelyn Samuels and Commissioner Andrea Lucas at SHRM’s Workplace Policy Conference 2022.Caroline [...]
HCM and a People-First Employee Development Strategy
While the concept of a people-first employee strategy is nothing new—the Wharton School of Business called it “the single most important strategy to pursue” way back in 2010—the pandemic and the Great Resignation have brought Human Capital Management strategies and technologies roaring to the forefront.
Top Five Ways to Stay Positive in a Negative World
In a Top Five event with Greater Des Moines Partnership, Michele Matt, CSP, CVP discussed the benefits of a positive attitude during the interactive session. The event focuses on communication techniques, analyzing attitudes and more. Michele is a Senior Consultant with JER HR Group.
Building a Safe and Equitable Workplace for All Employees
Providing robust safety training to underrepresented groups is essential. Employees must have the resources and training to protect themselves on the job, not only from COVID-19 and other illnesses but also accidents, injuries, confrontation with disgruntled customers, and even mental health challenges that arise from being placed in these stressful situations.
How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams
Companies spend millions on antibias training each year. The goal is to create workforces that are more inclusive, and thereby more innovative and more effective. Studies show that well-managed diverse groups outperform homogeneous ones and are more committed, have higher collective intelligence, and are better at making decisions and solving problems. But research also shows that bias prevention programs rarely deliver.
Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
Although there are many models of emotional intelligence, they are often lumped together as “EQ” in the popular vernacular. An alternative term is “EI,” which comprises four domains: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
5 Things Employees Wish Their Managers Understood about Online Learning
Creating a culture of continuous learning has become a top priority for most organizations. But despite $92 billion being spent on workforce training, it seems many programs are still falling short. Only 1 in 5 employees say they would recommend their company’s learning opportunities, while over 40% are dissatisfied with or indifferent about the programs their company offers.
6 Ways Your eLearning Tools Can Foster Diversity And Inclusion
By delivering consistent training to everyone and measuring individual and collective impact, eLearning tools can help change attitudes and behaviors, both essential ingredients to turning DEI strategies and policies into a reality.
How to Use Off-the-Shelf Training Content to Your Advantage
Training leaders understand that content is king when it comes to employee engagement and knowledge retention. If employees don’t remember what they’ve learned when it’s time to act on a situation or information, or worse yet, didn’t complete the training, no one benefits — not the employee, the manager, the company or the customers.
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