A common misunderstanding in the performance discourse is that the relationship between skill and performance is directly proportional. For instance, one basic misconception is the idea that if an employee has higher skills, then they can achieve better performance than someone with lower skills. But, the reality as we will examine is much more complicated. […]
How To Maximize Productivity at Workplace Using The Right Technology
Between 2007 and 2016, productivity has drastically declined at the workplace. This has been associated with advancement in technology such as the prevalence of the smartphones which can take way too much of our time away from tings we should be focusing on while at work. Obviously, with this notion, most employees think that mitigating technology […]
How Employee Self-Evaluation Can Help Your Company
The best companies are adopting self-evaluation. Why? because self-evaluation is beneficial for both the employee and the employer. Let’s investigate… What is self-evaluation? Self-evaluation is a process of defining goals by employees, achieving goals by employees, and evaluating results by employees, all by himself. It is a process which allows employees to set his goals, […]
Why Is HR So Slow to Adopt People Analytics?
People Analytics: What is in Store For the Future of HR? Advanced analytics has always been a tough tactic to adopt for HR pros looking to improve processes. HR teams are constantly being ladened with conventional data management and administrative work such that its’ true potential is being concealed; even though HR holds tremendous capabilities […]
HRchat Podcast Interview: Improving the Candidate Experience with Kevin W. Grossman
Listen to this HRchat show with Bill Banham and guest Kevin W. Grossman as they discuss ways to better understand and improve the candidate experience, the WorkingTech show, and the InnovateWork event series. About Our HRchat Guest Kevin W. Grossman is the Talent Board President of Global CandE Programs responsible for all aspects of the […]
How Technology is Making a Difference to Human Resource Management
Human resource management is a complex field, and technology today plays a huge role in reducing this complexity and making it easier for HR professionals and practitioners to improve the way they manage their tasks. In this article, we will go into the specifics and see where technology is actually making a difference: Streamlined recruitment […]
How to Avoid Training Getting Lost in Translation
Designing and running training courses across international locations has become a lot more prevalent in today’s globalized marketplace. Not only are training companies exporting their content and courses, but within companies themselves, HR departments are becoming increasingly responsible for the development of training solutions that must be rolled out internationally. The centralisation of training content […]
Improving the Performance of Long-Term Employees
HR professionals talk a lot about what it takes to recruit and retain new employees, but what’s discussed less, is how to keep the long-term stalwarts of our companies engaged beyond the 2, 5, and 10 year mark. Focusing on newbie recruits alone can create a workplace where managers rarely acknowledge long-term employees who, in […]
How to Become a Workplace Health and Safety Officer
While passion for a certain area of work is very important, one of the factors that influence the most on one’s decision about a career path is the demand for that position. And what do employers search the most for these days? Well, they want to fill the positions that will save them the most […]
Who Owns the Incentive Compensation Plan?
Most organizations have implemented some sort of incentive compensation program in the past decade in an effort to influence the behavior or performance of employees. While some have been spectacular in creating the type of focus and results driven orientation that they were intended to foster, most have had at best, modest success, with many […]