News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
Nutrition is one of the single most important, yet undervalued, aspects of workplace productivity and employee engagement. A large number of corporate wellness programs focus on fitness, but hardly touch on nutrition education or providing healthy food choices in the office. In this episode of the HRchat show, host Bill Banham speaks with Ree Dolnick, President at […]
In this episode of the HRchat show, Bill Banham talks with Mark Franklin, Co-Founder and President at OneLifeTools, Practice Leader and President at CareerCycles, Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto, and Career Buzz radio host. Mark Franklin, M.Ed., P.Eng.,CMF, is practice leader of CareerCycles, a career management social enterprise with 3500+ clients across Canada. Mark […]
Are you wondering how you can build a successful team? If so, you are in luck because successful teamwork and collaboration can be taught through the right approaches to leadership. There are many components involved in creating a successful team and it is not something that can happen overnight. If you are committed to nurturing […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]