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• 9 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement and Productivity at Work

  Employee engagement is the extent to which employees are invested in and committed to their work, their organization and its goals. It measures the emotional and psychological connection people have with their work, their colleagues and the workplace. This article explains why engagement matters and gives nine strategies to improve …

• Embracing LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Workplace: Fostering an Inclusive and Vibrant Work Environment

  Pride Month is a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and reflect on progress toward acceptance. Society has come a long way, but there is still work to do, especially on workplace inclusion. This article explains why LGBTQ+ inclusion in the workplace matters and sets out practical ways to build …

• Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

  Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is getting more attention in the business world, and companies are adopting D&I policies at every level of their workforce. Building a diverse and inclusive company goes well beyond doing the right thing. This article explains what diversity and inclusion in the workplace mean and how …

• 5 Tactical Tips to Effectively Manage Toxic People in the Workplace

  A workplace suffers when it has people who constantly nitpick, nag and cause trouble for others. They may spread gossip or keep finding reasons to avoid work. This article gives five tips on how to deal with toxic people at work, so you can handle them, limit their effect and …

• Behavioral vs. Traditional Interviews: Which Suits Your Organization?

  The quality of your organization’s productivity and revenue starts with how you select employees. Interviews play a major part in that process, from the day a candidate is shortlisted to the day they become a permanent member of staff. This article compares behavioral and traditional interviews and gives example questions …

• How to Build a Competitive Work Culture to Foster Workplace Productivity

  In many workplaces, company culture comes second to deadlines. These organizations miss out on a culture that drives productivity, efficiency and collaboration across a multigenerational workforce. This article explains how to build a competitive work culture that keeps competition healthy and productive.Use competitions to build teamsMany successful companies run in-house …

• Human Resources for Startups: Know the HR trends for small businesses

  Every organization, large or small, has to manage employee costs, overhead and risk. In established companies, the human resources department looks after policies and practices, but many startups have no HR team at all. This article explains why HR still matters for startups and small businesses and which practices help …

• Virtual Onboarding: Proactive Approaches to its Rightful Conduct

  Onboarding is how recruiting and HR teams settle new hires once they have officially joined. It matters because it is when new employees learn about the organization and the job they were hired to do. This article explains how virtual onboarding differs and gives a practical virtual onboarding checklist.How is …

• Succession Planning: Your Usher to Talent Management

  Managing talent is hard for every workplace, and succession planning is often ignored or not taken seriously. Organizations that skip it usually don’t know how to carry it out well. This article explains why succession planning matters for talent management and the steps to put it into practice. Which roles …

• How to Manage Your Remote Team Amidst the Pandemic

  Managing employees who work from home is harder than managing a team in one office. The pandemic pushed many teams into remote work almost overnight, and the lessons still apply to any remote or hybrid team. This article covers simple, practical ways to manage a remote team and keep everyone …

• Coronavirus at the Workplace: Were U.S. Employers Prepared?

  This article was written in March 2020, during the early spread of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19, when U.S. employers were taking precautions to protect their employees. It covers the origin of the disease, the situation in the U.S. at that time, and the steps the Centers for Disease …

• An HR’s Guide to Employee Onboarding

  Running a successful employee onboarding process can feel routine. But what about the duties that come after the first day? From hiring the right candidate to helping her settle in, there is more to onboarding than many HR teams plan for. This guide walks through the stages HR handles when …

• California Employment Law: Key Compliance Changes for Employers

  California is known for employment laws that go further than federal law in protecting workers, from rules on cannabis use to equal treatment of LGBTQ employees. For employers, keeping up with California employment law means tracking changes that often take effect at the start of each year. This article covers …

• Using Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

  Emotional intelligence may not seem important when you have to make tough decisions at work. Yet whatever situation we face, our decisions are shaped by unconscious bias as well as analysis, and many people wonder whether to acknowledge the emotions that surface when an important decision is due. This article …

• How to Address Gender Inequality in the Workplace

  Gender discrimination in the workplace is too widespread to ignore. Workplaces and their cultures keep changing, yet serious problems such as gender discrimination, harassment and discrimination based on color still appear. Left unaddressed, they damage an organization’s value, productivity and efficiency. This article explains four steps employers can take to …

• Form I-9: A Compliance Overview for Every U.S. Worker

  Form I-9 is the form every U.S. employer must complete to verify that each new hire is eligible to work in the country. This overview explains why the form exists, which documents employees can present, what happens when employers get it wrong, and which version of the form to use.The …

• Transitioning to an Ennobled Leader: Battling Challenges while Moving Up the Employee Ladder

  Many employees hope to move from peer to boss and take on more important, more visible work. A promotion is exciting, but it can also be daunting, because a leader faces new pressures and has to make harder calls. This article covers the main challenges of managing former peers after …

• How Legal is Marijuana Consumption at Work?

  As marijuana laws in the US change, many employers have written their own rules on employee marijuana use. California, home to Silicon Valley, has seen a major shift in how employers approach workers who use it. Medical research describes two kinds of use: as a medicine to treat a condition, …

• The Embodiment of LGBTQ Equality at the Workplace

  In many workplaces, employees who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) report being treated as outsiders or facing discrimination again and again. At its worst, that treatment can become dangerous. This article looks at the main reasons LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace persists and what has been …

• Eliminating Gossip and Rumors: A Compliance Duty for Every Employee

  Every organization has its weak spots, but gossip and rumors do more damage than most. Imagine working somewhere a baseless rumor never dies down. In some workplaces, people struggle from their first day to stop gossip they have to live with. This article explains practical ways to stop gossip and …

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