Maintaining a Healthy and Happy Office

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How can business owners make a clean office a top priority? All too often, maintaining a clean office is seen as something that’s undeniably nice, but not quite a necessity compared to all the other pressing business issues. As a result, a clean office can fall off of that priority list, becoming overlooked especially when […]

Can a Virtual Assistant Solve Your HR Headaches?

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What HR Tasks Could You Outsource to a Virtual Assistant? As your business grows, you will find more tasks that need your attention. At the same time, you may not have the budget to get an internal team to handle all the HR tasks. This is where a virtual assistant comes in.  Most virtual assistants […]

HRchat Interview with Lucinda Carney: Employee Appraisals

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In HRchat episode 454, we focus on employee appraisals and I’m joined by Lucinda Carney, Founder and CEO of Actus Performance Management Software which was launched in 2009 and has over 70,000 users across the globe. Questions For Lucinda Include: Why are appraisals so unpopular? Are appraisals relevant still necessary? What are the alternatives to […]

Five Things NOT to Do When Giving Employees Feedback

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Giving employees feedback is an important way to keep communication open, but when given the wrong way, it may end up causing more harm than good. The wrong approach can make employees feel underappreciated and uninterested in striving to do a better job. Here are 5 things NOT to do when giving employees feedback. Provide […]

The Role of HR Departments in Combatting Employee Mental Illness

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Is Employee Mental Health an Issue Handled by HR? HR pros are faced with many tough situations during their careers. One of these challenges involves learning the signs and mannerisms that could suggest an employee is struggling with mental illness. If an HR professional isn’t trained in this topic, they may accidentally turn a neutral […]

How to Shift Your Employee Engagement Mindset

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5-Star Careers Create 5-Star Companies Over the last 18 months, employees across industries demonstrated self-motivation and reliability when called upon to manage and execute their work remotely.  They felt a new kind of empowerment and they liked it. As a result, how millions of employees think about work has changed and ways of working has […]

Fidello Launches New Podcast and Webinar Series

New Podcast and Webinar Content to Help You Get to Grips With Every Stage of Workforce Planning I’m pleased to share that Fidello is entering the wonderful world of podcasting!  Launched today, the new People and Performance Podcast will offer insights on the strategic competencies, behaviors, and results needed to increase the performance of employees. […]

A Healthy and Productive Workforce Requires the Right Digital Infrastructure

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COVID-19 has a far-reaching organizational impact, especially for human resources teams and employee and occupational health specialists. Marketing teams even scrambled to pivot as well, including our own. Needs changed constantly for our customers as their responsibilities for maintaining the health and safety of their workforces seemed to shift every single day.

5 Common Mistakes by Sales Managers and How To Correct Them

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Mistakes commonly happen at this ‘transition’ stage of a manager getting his feet wet in management. Fortunately, with the help of a little foresight, they can all be prevented from ever happening. Below are five of the most common mistakes made by sales managers and how to avoid or correct them.