Posts Tagged Productivity
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#NextChat: Why You Can No Longer Say “No” to #Workflex
As the 2012 National Study of Employers (NSE) suggests, workplace flexibility is replacing the one-size-fits-all, 9-to-5 way of working in a growing number of organizations. What’s motivating companies to consider new ways of making work “work?” And what impact does giving employees more choice…
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More motion is just that!
We (Americans) live in a “take action” culture, a culture of the “yankee work ethic” in which incremental effort and pressing the nose harder to the grindstone supposedly leads to success and rewards. We are also a culture of immediate gratification the “I-want-it-now-quick-fix-diet-pill-plastic-surgery-100% LTV loan…
April 20, 2012 | in Workplace
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Telecommuting and BYOD Hottest Workplace Technology Trends
It’s no secret that technology as well as social media are changing the way we work and live. Thankfully, corporate America and the U.S. Government are finally getting the clue, learning that technology offers an opportunity to provide more employees flexibility while cutting overhead costs…
April 12, 2012 | in Trends
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Let’s Talk Social Media @ Work
Social media keeps changing. It’s not just Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Orkut, Bebo, Ning, Tumblr, Meetup, and Foursquare anymore. Now there’s Pinterest, Google+, Quora, Imgur, GetGlue, and Letterboxd. Tomorrow there’ll likely be some sparkly new network to drag your friends…
March 14, 2012 | in Trends
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March Madness: Ball Is in the Employer’s Court
Check your calendar. Synchronize watches. Draw up the brackets. March Madness is here. The 67 games of the annual NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament begin March 13 and conclude April 2, 2012. Fans can—and likely will—follow along on their computer, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and select smart phones…
March 14, 2012
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You Better Be Good
I opened my eyes 5 minutes before the alarm clock sounded. 5:25 a.m. Atlanta. Still half-asleep. I was into the third day of a 3 city, 3 keynote speeches on 3 different topics stretch. Time to help a national sales organization kick of their annual Sales Summit. We finished our sound check around 7:30. Attendees…
March 7, 2012 | in Workforce
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Are Your Employees Comfortable Disclosing Disability?
Americans with disabilities are most likely to disclose their disability when they need an accommodation or have a supportive supervisor and are least likely to do so if they fear they will lose a job, or fail to gain one, by doing so. But lack of disclosure could impact the…
February 7, 2012
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The 2011 Execution Round-Up: Six Organizations That Couldn’t “Get It Done” This Year
It’s that time of year when business owners and senior executives take stock of the past twelve months. What did 2011 look like for you and your company? The questions you could ask during your year-end assessment are endless. But there’s only one that really matters: …
February 3, 2012 | in Workforce
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Five Reasons Performance Reviews Suck
Every performance review I ever had was a colossal waste of time. The dust laying on yours indicates it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on. Performance reviews are like Santa Clause, they don’t really deliver. Yet, organizations are filled with true…
January 25, 2012 | in Workforce
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CEOs Need More Than Naysayers
At the recent annual conference of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, one message came through loud and clear. Repeated by multiple speakers, the concept was uttered best by Jon Love, former president of Pitney Bowes Government Solutions. “I don’t need the HR…
December 15, 2011 | in Workforce
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Workplace Visions: Employee Job Satisfaction: The External Forces Influencing Employee Attitudes
According to the SHRM 2011 Employee Job Satisfaction Survey Report to be released this month, employee job satisfaction in the U.S. reached its peak in 2009—possibly because employees were especially grateful for their jobs at the height of the recession—but since then has been dropping slightly…
December 8, 2011
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Influential Leadership & my SHRM Conference Keynote
Late November, I had the privilege of delivering the luncheon keynote address to the 1,000 volunteer leaders gathering in Washington, D.C., for the annual Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Leadership Conference. It was a fitting conclusion to my conference keynote schedule for the year and marked my 12th engagement…
December 2, 2011 | in Workforce
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Misperceptions Hinder Flexibility, FWI-SHRM Report Shows
Research finds ties between workplace flexibility and positive business results Workplace flexibility programs benefit employers of all sizes and industries, resulting in increased employee job satisfaction, lower turnover and lower insurance costs, according to a new report, Workplace Flexibility in the United States: A…
November 29, 2011
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Telecommuters Working Longer Hours
Is working from home an efficient alternative to the traditional office job or a productivity killer? The results of a CareerBuilder survey on telecommuting might bolster the arguments for both sides. While nearly one in five (17 percent) of Americans who telecommute at least part of the time spend one…
November 25, 2011
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Poll: Many Workers Opt for Desktop Dining
The workplace lunch break isn’t much of a break for more than one-third of workers, according to a new survey that suggests that performance and productivity pressures are prompting those employees to eat at their desk. The findings are from an online poll from Right Management, a subsidiary…
November 22, 2011
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Businesses Face an Engagement Crisis
As the global economy recovers from the worst recession in decades, low employee engagement has hit epidemic proportions, according to Kevin Kruse, president and founder of Krū Research and co-author of the book We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement (John Wiley &…
November 17, 2011
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Four Generations of Workers in the 21st Century (Part 1)
Note: This series is based on the paper My Generation. Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. - George Orwell For perhaps the first time in recorded history,…
November 17, 2011 | in Workforce
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Experts: Telework Still a Hard Sell for Managers
Supervisors find creative ways to engage remote employees What’s the biggest obstacle to telework? It’s not technology. It’s management. So some human resource professionals say they’ve begun to tie management acceptance of telework directly to managers…
November 10, 2011
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SHRM Jobs Outlook Survey Report
This survey examines hiring and recruiting trends across a six-month spectrum. The results for the fourth quarter of 2011 show that while jobs are being created at some companies, the pace will slacken as the end of the year approaches, and some employers are still struggling to find workers with skills…
November 2, 2011
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Time Management in Three Words
Everything you need to know about getting a grip on time is contained in three words. Eliminate … Delegate … Accelerate Eliminate: Stop unnecessary or low priority tasks. Delegate: Give tasks to others. Accelerate: Become more efficient. All time management tips and…
October 28, 2011 | in Workforce
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SHRM Poll: Intergenerational Conflict in the Workplace
Is intergenerational conflict a problem in organizations? About one-quarter of HR professionals reported substantial levels of intergenerational conflict within their organizations, whereas the same proportion reported that intergenerational conflict was not at all a problem. The top concerns raised by people managers about younger workers were inappropriate dress (55%) and poor…
September 27, 2011
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Eldercare: The New Childcare?
The U.S. is getting older. Americans are living longer, and there are more seniors in the workforce. That means more care-giving responsibilities for everyone. SHRM’s research shows that members feel two key demographic trends are the growth in the number of workers with eldercare responsibilities, and…
September 27, 2011 | in Workforce
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What Gen Y Women Want: Autonomy and Self-Direction
Generation Y women (born 1978-1994) are concerned about the impact that family and child care decisions will have on their long-term careers, according to a report by the Business and Professional Women's (BPW) Foundation, Gen Y Women in the Workplace. “In order for businesses to engage successfully with…
September 22, 2011
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Survey: Noncash Rewards Boost Performance and Morale
Noncash incentive rewards programs, through which employees earn gifts and merchandise for meeting performance-based milestones, help bolster performance and morale, according to a survey of U.S. office workers completed in July 2011. The survey by Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc., queried incentive reward program participants and employees…
September 16, 2011
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‘Best Companies’ Take Collaborative Approach to Benefits
Over the past decade, the "best" U.S. companies have adapted their benefits offerings to meet changing employee needs, according to The Principal Financial Group's annual 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security competition. The program honors growing companies (with five to 1,000 employees) for their commitment to outstanding benefits. The 2011…
September 9, 2011
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Use HR Analytics to Drive Change
Most HR professionals are stuck in second gear in their use of human capital metrics. They need to rev up their use of numbers to analyze not just what the organization has done but also what it should do to improve. That is the message that seminar presenter Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie…
September 6, 2011
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Prepare for Impact
Linking employee engagement to crucial business metrics shows leaders how to improve the bottom line. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., a hotel and leisure company with 145,000 employees at its globally owned and managed properties, has been regularly measuring the impact of employee engagement for five years,…
August 23, 2011
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Salary Budgets Lag Behind US Rate of Inflation
For the first time since 1980, the U.S. rate of inflation is higher than the average total salary budget increase. During the 12-month period ending April 2011, inflation, as measured by the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 3.2 percent. That compared to a total salary budget increase of 2.8 percent for…
August 16, 2011
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Higher Productivity, Higher Skills: Preparing for a New Hiring Cycle
As the economy revives, there is a growing realization that in order to continue to benefit from higher productivity levels, it is critical for the workforce—especially a smaller, leaner workforce—to maintain and improve skills. In the United States, this realization, along with the…
August 9, 2011
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3M: In the Company We Trust
Follow the lead of 3M’s HR managers and strive to strengthen employees’ trust. It need not be an elusive quality. What do innovation, employee engagement and trust have in common? If you are a 3M executive, everything. The company’s record…
August 8, 2011
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Report: Social Media Can Disorient Employees
Many employees are caught in a communications vortex as they struggle to keep up with their e-mail and monitor social media, according to a new report, The New New Inbox—How E-mail and Social Media Changed Our Lives. The effect of all these channels of communication&mdash…
July 29, 2011
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Working Mothers Working Harder, Longer, Survey Finds
Some working mothers are feeling increased pressure to provide for their households and are therefore spending more time at work, according to a recent survey by the career site CareerBuilder. The economy is partially to blame. Thirty percent of working moms whose companies have had layoffs in the past 12 months…
May 19, 2011
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Survey: Done Right, Telework Ups Productivity, Job Satisfaction
A sound telecommuting strategy increases productivity, job satisfaction and work/life flexibility significantly, according to a recent survey conducted by a global Internet solutions company among its workforce. Conducted in late 2008 with 1,992 employees, Cisco Systems Inc. looked at commuting patterns, technology barriers, environmental impacts, work quality, productivity, employee satisfaction and…
February 7, 2011
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Telework Experts Say Employers Can Manage Sight Unseen
They called it Snowmageddon. In February of 2010, in Washington, D.C., snow fell for nearly a week, crippling the nation’s capital and its surrounding suburbs. Roads were impassable. Schools were closed. Many were snowed in. But work—particularly for some in the federal government—continued uninterrupted;…
January 19, 2011
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Survey: Telework Ups Productivity, Job Satisfaction
A sound telecommuting strategy increases productivity, job satisfaction and work/life flexibility significantly, according to a recent survey conducted by a global Internet solutions company among its workforce. Conducted in late 2008 with 1,992 employees, Cisco Systems Inc. looked at commuting patterns, technology barriers, environmental impacts, work quality, productivity, employee satisfaction and…
October 19, 2010
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At Work in a Virtual World
Summer, 2010 As employers look for ways to boost productivity and keep costs down, many are exploring the potential benefits of virtual working for employees. According to Transitioning to a Virtual Organization, a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) poll report, more than half of the 383 members who responded…
June 18, 2010
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Raising Engagement
A vast majority of employees say they are disengaged or not engaged, creating an unproductive—or, worse, toxic—work environment. The August 2009 Gallup Employee Engagement Index reported that only 33 percent of workers are engaged in their jobs, 49 percent are not engaged, and 18 percent are actively disengaged. The Gallup…
June 18, 2010
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