Are you waiting for your annual employee engagement survey to “tackle” your employee engagement problems? Or maybe you’re so over it after hearing about how important it is, without anything actually improving year-over-year? Regardless of which end of the spectrum you fall on, or anywhere in between, employee disengagement doesn’t...
Read MoreEvery year, HR pushes to be more digital – to enhance our employee’s experience with our various programs, products and offerings. What was once done manually (and painfully!), has mostly moved to an online interactive experience. But with an increased focused on delivering better benefits, better HRIS systems, better payroll,...
Read MoreThere is a lot of buzz and movement towards thinking about the employee experience. Most of the HR professionals I chat with – and there are many! – are either confused about where to start with examining/defining/creating the employee experience or think they are already doing a great job because...
Read MoreAs the Human Resources profession continues to grow, evolve and become more solution-focused, we are transitioning the way that we have historically delivered employee engagement into something more meaningful. Recently Josh Bersin called our next transition, “Employee Engagement 3.0 – from Feedback to Action.” But as we move to be...
Read MoreFor the past five to 10 years, incorporating the idea of being a “people-first” culture spread like a wild fire throughout company mission statements and values. Do any of these sound familiar? We put our people first. We care about our employees. We are committed to providing a good company...
Read MoreOne of the most overlooked realities when it comes to HR metrics, is the importance of the story around the number you share. This is why so many of our HR dashboards and metrics updates, live a very quick death never to be looked at or referred to as useful...
Read MoreI know, I know – you want to get started with HR metrics, but then you realize that choosing the right metrics and figuring out to track them, is just the first step. Because your metrics have absolutely no value, if you can’t tell the right story with them. You’re...
Read MoreManaging employee’s performance is a practice that HR professionals tend to be a part of throughout their career. Have an under-performing employee? Call HR. Need someone to improve? Call HR. But when an HR leader needs to be performance managed himself, what happens? It’s a worse-case scenario that we’ve all...
Read MoreIt’s true that all HR metrics are not created equal. Just like any other type of statistic or measurement, the numbers only matter if they are helping you determine the right solution. For example, if your company tracks your employee turnover rate – without carving out voluntary, key talent, and...
Read MoreThe foundation of delivering great, value-driven HR, starts with knowing how effective your current HR program is – through HR metrics. For most of us, thinking about adding more math and calculations to our life seems… overwhelming, to say the least. Or maybe you aren’t quite sure where to start....
Read MoreWhen you work in HR, you get bombarded with ways you can increase employee engagement; decrease turnover; find better talent; and so on. Lots of solutions, technology options, best practices, and wonky “advice” is thrown around. Because we all want to deliver better HR. Elevate the department from the dreaded...
Read MoreA big mistake I see so many HR professionals make, is you don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities, campaigns, programs, resources, etc. that you deliver. It makes sense – you’re busy year-round with one activity or fire after another. So much so, that the down-time or quiet...
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