News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
Do you feel that this is the time to put your entrepreneurial side to the test? Well, self-employment as you very well know may include being an entrepreneur as mentioned, a small business owner, a sub-contractor or even a freelancer. Being employed may not be your thing really, or you may feel that you need […]
New employees are usually filled with enthusiasm to contribute to a company’s success. Onboarding is one of the most important things for them. Though it doesn’t seem like a big deal, as an HR professional it is your responsibility to make sure that your new hire feels comfortable at the workplace.
To create a conducive working environment, employees need to feel appreciated and valued by their employers. While most bosses think that the monthly salaries or wages issued seem reasonable enough, taking time to offer non-monetary incentives to staffs who have made tremendous efforts toward the achievement of business goals makes them develop a sense of […]
Let’s be honest here – hiring the right staff isn’t the easiest of tasks. For small and medium-sized businesses, finding qualified talent is particularly challenging due to limited resources and tight budgets. Recruiting and hiring the right employees for your business can be the difference between survival or failure. Hiring is a huge investment for […]
Four Ways to Get Staff Onboard with Workplace Safety Procedures One of the biggest problems with safety procedures lies in the fact that they’re quite hard to practice due to the lack of motivation. After all, when everyone knows it’s a drill, it all seems less like an exercise designed to save your life and […]
In the digital age, rapid communication has become easier than ever before. As a result, however, we are often bombarded on every side with requests for communication. Perhaps in an attempt to accommodate this rise in request for our attention, we have developed a sort of commonly accepted shorthand in the form of acronyms, abbreviations […]
The number of virtual teams of employees – those who work from their home or another non-traditional location, and those who work closely with team members in other locations – has increased substantially over the last two decades, with a 2016 study by RW3 CultureWizard finding that 85% of respondents worked on virtual teams and […]
Business Transformation Tips For change to be successful, it must engage those that will live the change. The number of individuals that need to be engaged varies from project to project. In all cases, this engagement requires great facilitation skills. If you asked any other consultants at organization design firm, ON THE MARK, I think […]
It makes no difference whether you’re just a simple entrepreneur with a small startup company or a corporate executive with hundreds (if not thousands) of employees, when it comes to the value of our company, a lot of it stems from the happiness of your employees and the abilities of those in your HR department. […]
5 Psychological Ways to Improve Efficiency in the Workplace For most businesses, increased efficiency in the workplace leads to increased productivity with the eventual outcome being increased revenue. This is why most business owners and managers see the value of improving efficiency in the workplace, yet a diverse set of factors can prevent this from […]