Tag Archives: Human resources
The Importance Of Having A Good Work Life Balance
http://www.officevibe.com/blog/achieving-work-life-balance?utm_content=bufferb2402&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Too many of us don’t understand the importance of balancing workand our personal lives. Too many of us focus way too much on work, and neglect our personal lives, ruining relationships with family and friends. This is actually having … Continue reading
Give Your Organization a Work-Life Vision
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/09/give-your-organization-a-work-life-vision/?utm_source=Socialflow&utm_medium=Tweet&utm_campaign=Socialflow Overwork is especially hard to fight when the rationale offered is “current business demands.” You know the refrain: “In this market, we’ve all got to work harder.” In other words, work-life integration and well-being are luxuries we can only … Continue reading
Three Ways to Actually Engage Employees
Three Ways to Actually Engage Employees Talk about your company’s impact, not its financial results. Reward inspirational leadership as much as effective task management. Cultivate employee advocacy, not employee satisfaction.
With Flextime, Bosses Prefer Early Birds to Night Owls
With Flextime, Bosses Prefer Early Birds to Night Owls Research shows that in general, flexible work practices lead to increased productivity, higher job satisfaction, and decreased turnover intentions. Yet the question lingers of whether employees who take advantage of flexible work policies … Continue reading
Customers Are Key, But Employees Are the Most Important Value Proposition
Customers Are Key, But Employees Are the Most Important Value Proposition “Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customers. I think you build one with your employees first.” That statement was from Angela Ahrendts, former CEO of Burberrys and now headed … Continue reading
Four Ways to Adapt to an Aging Workforce
Four Ways to Adapt to an Aging Workforce 1. Flexible, half-retirement. 2. Prioritizing older-worker skills in hiring and promotions. 3. Creating new positions or adapting old ones. 4. Changing workplace ergonomics.
Google’s Scientific Approach to Work-Life Balance
Google’s Scientific Approach to Work-Life Balance What do we hope to learn? In the short-term, how to improve wellbeing, how to cultivate better leaders, how to keep Googlers engaged for longer periods of time, how happiness impacts work and how work … Continue reading
What if a Company Maximized Jobs Over Profits?
What if a Company Maximized Jobs Over Profits? All over Silicon Valley, venture capitalists are asking entrepreneurs “How scalable is your business model?” What they really mean is, “Can you grow without having to hire people?”
Big Data in Human Resources: A World of Haves And Have-Nots
Big Data in Human Resources: A World of Haves And Have-Nots While more than 60% of companies are now investing in BigData and analytics tools to help make their HR departments more data-driven, there is a huge chasm between the … Continue reading
The Datafication of Human Resources
The Datafication of Human Resources Think about it this way: Facebook FB -0.28% has “datafied” our friend network. Google GOOG -0.73% has “datafied” our search and information retrieval. LinkedIn has “datafied” our professional connections. Twitter is “datafying” news and real time information. Waze is “datafying” our driving. GE is … Continue reading
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