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Staff outsourcing and working with contractors is at an all-time high. Some companies look for a workforce across the globe, and some prefer to stay local. Both, however, work virtually, with no need for a physical office. As numbers keep rising, many outsourcing trends are flooding the market. Outsourcing remains popular, but it is certainly […]
Aches and pains are often the main complaints we have when we come home from a long week at work. Unfortunately if we do not take care to ensure that we always maintain a good posture, or follow health and safety rules laid out by our employers, we place ourselves at risk of sustaining some […]
Employee disengagement can strike at any time. Like how employee engagement is boosted by several outside variables, the same goes for disengagement too.
In the latest episode of the HRchat show, Matt Burns interviews three-time Canadian cycling champion turned marketing consultant Tegan Cochrane about her experiences of the moving from athletics to business. Now a creative and marketing consultant, Tegan offers her take on work-life balance and how lessons from a sports career have shaped her approach to business success. Tegan combines formal […]
Sustainability in the workplace is about achieving energy efficiency or, in other words, using the minimum amount of energy to perform everyday tasks and to create a comfortable, healthy environment for employees. Even small steps towards a ‘green’ office can improve the health and productivity of the workforce which, in turn, translates into tangible financial […]
Tips to Increase Your HR Department’s Productivity HR is at the heart of every company. So much of a company’s success weighs heavily on the human resource department. For this reason, having an effective HR team is critical to keeping things running smoothly. Consider these three suggestions to boost productivity in your HR department. Organization […]
Feedback is a good tool. It motivates people to take action immediately. It provides transparency to those who seek it, and of course, it opens a channel of communication between a manager and a direct report or vice versa. However, there’s one form of feedback that might create more trouble than it is worth. Anonymous […]
How Biological Prime Time Can Help You Boost Productivity Working on your most important tasks first thing in the morning is all the rage nowadays – probably because most articles say mornings are the best time for productivity. But, as you stumble out of bed, drowsy, and begging for coffee, you may curse your fate […]
Human resource functions in any organization are essential for policy enforcement and administrative work. Some of the tasks involved require the regular use of emails, forms and making calls. HR staff has to repeat similar tasks when handling different requests or procedure involving several employees. Automating some of these tasks is helpful in improving the […]
One of the biggest problems in the business world is declining employee engagement – and Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter present a provocative alternative solution in their newest book, The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement (For Millennials, Boomers, and Everyone Else). Their third book together, out January 31, debunks a common misconception about the role of employee satisfaction and happiness, uncovers a critical mindshift for understanding engagement differently, and delivers a concrete roadmap for improving this important metric of organizational health—one that has barely moved in the past decade, despite literally billions being spent by organizations trying to improve it.