Employee Motivation

Exploring the infinite - dumping a PhD to head sales and marketing

Life is not as you always plan out to be, but opportunities come by, recognize the opportunity and with peopleHum, I feel like it's a fit. A fit where I am comfortable at the same time on my toes and excited since I am learning something new every minute.

Aishwarya Jain

7

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Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity, equity, inclusion and the bottom line

This is the time for human capital and business leaders to drive positive organizational change, increase DEI, and create more effective ways of working across differences. Read more to know on how to capitalize this and improve workplace

Cynthia Trivella

3

min read

Essential Series

New research indicates desire for recognition, feedback

Managers and employees are talking regularly about ongoing work and projects, but employees still aren’t receiving the coaching that they desire.erformance management technology, including feedback prompts and 1:1 tools,can help drive productive coaching conversations.

Cynthia Trivella

4

min read

Employee Motivation

Don’t sacrifice talent to survive a crisis

It’s a scary time, but rife with opportunity for companies that respond with foresight. We can do as we have done for decades before and continue the hire/fire binge, or we can step back and be more strategic and thoughtful in addressing the current crisis

Cynthia Trivella

4

min read

Innovation

6 tips to improve your video presence

Video is more important than ever for the vast majority of businesses trying to stay open during the pandemic. You can easily improve your on-camera presence by putting the following tips into practice. Read now to know more.

Cynthia Trivella

3

min read

The journey of boomerang clients

No business likes losing clients, but it happens from time to time, and sometimes the reasons are unknown to us. Read on to know on how to develop enduring partnerships and relationships with strong lines of communication

Cynthia Trivella

3

min read

Evolution of workplaces

Choosing the perfect SaaS partnership: A checklist

There are a multitude of factors that can influence your decision to partner with a SaaS product or not. Here is a comprehensive checklist of what you should look for in a SaaS partner program and how it will benefit you!

Anushka Rajesh

5

min read

4 Ways to rewrite your recruitment playbook for more diverse candidates

The world has changed, and our approach to building a workplace culture, especially with regard to hiring practices, must change along with it. Here is 4 ways to rewrite your recruitment playbook. Read now to know more.

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Recruitment and Hiring

The 3 C’s of a great global hiring strategy

What exactly does a great global hiring strategy consist of? Find out in this blog article as it explores the 3 C's of efficient and consistent hiring that prove beneficial to both organizations and employees!

Anushka Rajesh

5

min read

Talent Management

How to build a talent pipeline to keep your company moving forward

One of the only ways to keep your company moving forward is to build a talent pipeline. How is this done in an effective way? Find out in this blog article. Read to know more!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

HR

There’s a smarter way to do job descriptions

Could there be a smarter way to do job descriptions? Turns out there is! Find out how to craft the most apt job descriptions with this quick blog read. Skim through the article to know more!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

HR

HR still needs to solve its resume problem

Even today, HR faces a huge challenge as they need to solve the resume problem in organizations around the world. How can this be solved for good? Find out in this blog article!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Candidate Sourcing and Engagement

How to optimize the candidate journey to hire the best talent

Wonder what the first step is in hiring the best talent? Well, it undoubtedly is to optimize the candidate experience. Find out from this blog article how this can be achieved in order to hire right!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

HR

5 small-business tips for attracting and hiring top talent

We bring to you 5 small-business tips for attracting and hiring top talent in a consistent way. Wonder what these secret recipes are? Read this blog article to know more!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Recruitment and Hiring

Why automation won’t fix recruitment inefficiency

Artificial intelligence and automation is not the quick fix for all things human. Read this article to know why machines won't fix the recruitment inefficiency and it is solely the human touch at work which will do so!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Recruitment and Hiring

Better people decisions make hiring more efficient

What forms the foundation of efficient hiring practices? Turns out it is when employers make better candidate and employee decisions for execution that hiring is made better. Read this article to know more!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Artificial Intelligence

7 reasons AI will take over HR — and 1 reason it won’t

What exactly is the evolution of HR? Would the 'human' in Human Resources be replaced by Artificial Intelligence? Get your dose of AI in HR with this blog article. Read to know more!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

HR Technology

4 ways leaders can use tech to create a better employee experience

Tech has an increasingly major role to play in employee engagement and motivation. How does this work and how can employers leverage technology for optimum employee output? Find out in this blog!

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Artificial Intelligence

The role of artificial intelligence in the hiring process

Ai has considerably shifted the landscape of the hiring process, thereby considerably improving HR's capabilities. Read on to find out the key roles of AI during the crucial process.

Cynthia Trivella

6

min read

Artificial Intelligence

The age of the super recruiter

Sanjoe Jose, CEO & Cofounder of Talview, in conversation with Cynthia Trivella, speaks about innovations in recruitment technology, remote hiring, and the benefits of recruitment platforms.

Cynthia Trivella

8

min read

Employee Motivation

How to work productively during Covid-19

Due to pandemic-induced restrictions, working from home has become the norm in most parts of the world. Here are a few timely tips to help increase your productivity while you work remotely.

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Future of work

After Covid-19 : Improving your employee wellness program

Life after Covid-19 warrants improvements in employee well-being, specifically for employee wellness programs. Read on to learn about popular wellness programs that offer the strongest return on investment.

Cynthia Trivella

7

min read

Organizational Cultures

Encouraging civility among employees : 7 strategies

Thoughtfulness for one's fellow coworkers can do a world of good, especially during these times of turmoil. Read on to know more about the strategies for maintaining civility among employees and building healthy relationships.

Cynthia Trivella

7

min read

Talent Aquisition

4 lessons talent acquisition teams can steal from marketers

In a competitive talent market, talent acquisition teams must rework their strategy to attract and retain suitable candidates. Here's a few lessons they could pick from the marketer's playbook.

Cynthia Trivella

8

min read

Leadership Development

Building your social capital

Cultivating your social capital is a constant process of maintaining old relationships and building new ones. These timely tools can help you tend to them and stay on the right track.

Alisa Cohn

7

min read

Change Management

Earning the right to drive change

As change is now a constant, the ability to drive it has become one of the most critical factors of modern leadership. So how do you earn the right to drive change?

Vanessa

5

min read

Employee Empowerment

Increasing your visibility at work

Being good at your job isn't the only requisite for climbing the career ladder. It's not only what you know that matters– it's who you know, too. Here are some tips to improve your visibility at work

Alisa Cohn

6

min read

Change Management

Small changes drive big results

You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Just think of the smallest shift that will get the ball rolling. Small changes in a complex system can equal results that are virtually impossible to predict.

Alisa Cohn

4

min read

Future of work

Building relationships to influence better

The best relationships are not built on the backs of others, but rather they are built by helping others succeed. Here are 3 ways leaders can start building influence by focusing on relationships.

Alisa Cohn

3

min read

Modern HR

Power is more important than job performance

Power evokes strong emotions. Some people crave it, seek it out like a drug, and ultimately self-destruct. Others shy away from it, which costs them many opportunities to move up. Which one are you?

Emily Grace

5

min read

Employee Empowerment

Improving your executive presence

Executive presence can be learned. You don't have to be born with it, but you must work at it. But what is it really? Read more for a detailed explanation

Alisa Cohn

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Leadership Development

Getting out of your comfort zone

Getting out of your comfort zone is hard because humans are wired to expect the worst-case scenario. It’s easy to get stuck in a rut. Here's why you should push yourself and get uncomfortable.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Employee Empowerment

Strategic conversations

Ambiguity, changes, stress are happening all around you, every day, with no time outs. To get better at influencing what happens around you, get better at strategic conversations.

Alisa Cohn

4

min read

Employee Well-being

Neutralizing A Gossip

Destructive gossip may or may not come up in your career, but if it does, these dos and donts will help you fight it. Read more to learn how to handle that without screwing up your own reputation.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

HR Analytics

Training your workforce for Data-Driven decision-making

Leaders are starving for actionable insights to drive decisions. It will be up to the workforce of the future to provide them the information they need to help them with data-driven decision-making

Cynthia Trivella

4

min read

Essential Series

The power of check-ins: 7 proven strategies

Check ins need to be conducted not as check-ups, but as two-way interactions focused on trust as well as growth. Hers are 7 proven strategies on how checkins elevate employee experience. Read now to know more

Cynthia Trivella

5

min read

Employee Motivation

#WorkTrends: Building Trust In Uncertain Times

It’s safe to say uncertainty is universal these days. But how do we get past it and stay engaged in our work? That is where building trust especially in uncertain times like now is a major need. Read on to learn more

Cynthia Trivella

2

min read

Artificial Intelligence

Recruiting in the Age of AI

AI is changing work across the board, and it has certainly turbocharged recruiting and staffing among those who choose to leverage it; and for those who don’t, it may be time to rethink that strategy. Read on to know how

Cynthia Trivella

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Evolution of workplaces

Speaking Emoji: The New Language of Working

Emojis are both a language and a technology, it offers context to a message by bridging understanding with a reaction. Read on to know how has the emoji's elevated the workforce and how has the effect of usage of emoji been.

Cynthia Trivella

2

min read

Performance Management

The ultimate guide to the OKR framework - Part 1

Wonder what the difference is between OKRs and KPIs? We bring to you the ultimate guide to the OKR framework in this elaborate blog article. Read to know more!

Anushka Rajesh

10

min read

Essential Series

It’s not about being nice!

Mastering the art of being direct and diplomatic (not nice!) will help you in everything you do. Read on to know how to tackle situations by being practical and not just being nice!

Alisa Cohn

2

min read

Essential Series

Do you have the right leaders?

Leadership is an area of functional expertise and there are certain qualities necessary for a leader to manage more and more people. Do you have that in your leader? Have you set your expectations right? Read on to learn more.

Alisa Cohn

4

min read

Leadership Development

Leaders infuse energy 2.0

How exactly do leaders constantly motivate their employees to do better and excel with each passing day? Read this well-curated blog article to know the secret recipe of how leaders infuse energy onto employees for long-term organizational goal achievement!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Employee Experience

Getting out of your head

Both leaders and employees need to blow off some steam at work with issues that bother them. Getting out of your head sometimes proves beneficial to tackle this. Read this blog article to know how to achieve this!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Leadership Development

What to do now that you’re the boss

There are undoubtedly certain must-haves and must-dos if and when you become a boss. But what are some of the traits, qualities and roles that are to be assumed and that are non-negotiable if you're the boss? Find out in this detailed blog article!

Alisa Cohn

7

min read

Performance Management

Please stop using the feedback sandwich

What is the feedback sandwich method? What is so wrong with it that successful organizational around the world are moving away from this technique. Your one stop response to all questions is here in this elaborate blog article!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Change Management

Amp up your personal change agility

How can you amp up your personal change agility and be resilient to crisis of any sort? Here's your must-read blog article that offers enlightening insights on adaptability and flexibility. Read to know more!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Leadership Development

Three small habits that will yield big results

Successful people often have a set regime that they follow which assures their continuous success. Here is the blog article on three small habits that will definitely yield big results. Read to know more!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Employee Centricity

The most common energizers and drainers

Frequent energizers and drainers accompany professional life. While they can differ in various cultural contexts, their foundation remains the same. Find out what some of the most common energizers and drainers are with this blog article!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Employee Centricity

Success in your new role

Are you a new leader who is wondering how to be successful? Read this well-crafted blog article, which guarantees success in your new role. Check it out to know more!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Performance Management

Feedback

How can organizations procure feedback and implement changes among employees and in the company? Find out in this blog article which is the A to Z of feedback. Read to know more!

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Employee Motivation

Bouncing back quickly

Setbacks happen to everyone, but it's important to focus on bouncing back and learning from your past. Read on to know how to practice resilience in the face of adversity.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Leadership Development

Reframing helps you lead better

Whether you're in a position of leadership or stuck in a mundane activity, reframing your perspective can help you significantly in deriving better outcomes from situations. Read on to know how.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Leadership Development

The three R’s of influence

One of the important lessons in leadership is to develop and exercise influence to upscale your team and work processes. The three R'son influence can set you on the right path.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Leadership Development

Now you’re the boss!

The transition from peer to manager is one of the most daunting transitions during your professional life. Learn to navigate uncharted waters with the help of these thoughtful tips.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Performance Management

Performance appraisals that aren’t terrible

Performance appraisal season may get leaders feeling stuck in a rut. However, breaking them down into manageable components can set then up for a fulfilling process.

Alisa Cohn

6

min read

Leadership Development

Scaling your organization

Learning to scale your organisation can optimise your people processes and utilise human capital and creativity to solve harder problems. All you need are the crucial keys of scaling.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Change Management

3 keys to driving change

Driving change within your team will always be a challenge unless you learn how to address people's views towards it constructively. Read more to learn about the keys to driving change effectively.

Alisa Cohn

5

min read

Leadership Development

Creating your leadership manifesto

Manifestoes communicate a leader's expectations to their team, heralding as a guide book that inspires growth, engagement, and productivity. Read on to know some great ways to create one.

Alisa Cohn

2

min read

Leadership Development

WANTED: Hungry leaders

Leaders who are hungry to see their company succeed know that in order to dominate in the industry, the critical thing they have to get right is the work culture. This blog is for leaders with a vision and an appetite.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Leadership Development

Where art thou, leaders?

Taking up the mantle of leadership is daunting for those beaten down by low self-confidence and courage. But the world's in need of good leadership; and the way to break the vicious cycle of doubt? Read ahead to find out.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Organizational Cultures

Can you be too transparent, senior leaders?

A simple four-step process that you can implement, senior leaders and Human Resources professionals, to create a culture where people soar, so you company soars. Read now to know more

Jill Christensen

2

min read

Employee Motivation

How engaged are you? Take the assessment.

Anyone who is setting out to improve their business’ culture must be engaged, as they are a role model for the work. To gauge your engagement level at work, answer each question Yes or No.

Jill Christensen

2

min read

Performance Management

Delivering Appraisals through GRACE

One of the key challenges organizations will face in the coming months is around managing annual performance appraisals for employees. The framework of GRACE provides some guidance in dealing with the performance management process. Read on to know more.

Harsh Johari

3

min read

Leadership Development

Embracing the future of leadership and coaching

The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order. Read on to learn on how is the leadership and coaching is navigating in the future and how do leaders embrace it.

Alisa Cohn

3

min read

Employee Motivation

A broken clock is right twice a day: how to work with a coworker who always has to be right

Ever worked with a coworker who consistently needed to be right? Even when shown clear evidence to the contrary. Instead of letting yourself get pulled into an argument, try these 4 surefire strategies to successfully work with these know-it-alls

Jill Christensen

2

min read

Leadership Development

Excellent leaders know when to wave the white flag

Regardless of what leadership says, employees always know when they are being lied to and misrepresented. When all is lost, leaders should know when to call quits and concede.

Jill Christensen

2

min read

Employee Engagement

Got engagement? Southwest Airlines does

How can one say that an organization has got engagement? What are the qualities and traits that reflect from such efficient engagement strategies? Find out from this blog article as it explores how Southwest Airlines has aced employee engagement!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Future of work

Drum roll please. The professions with the most egomaniacs are

Which are some of the professions where egomaniacs are bountiful? Find out in this blog article which also provides strategies on how to let go of the ego and enrich workplace experiences!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Millennials

Millennials sound off in latest Gallup poll

The findings from the latest Gallup poll revealed that millennials are increasingly dissatisfied with their work since they don't find meaning in their professional life. Read this blog to know how this situation can be reversed for the better in future Gallup polls!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Engagement

Office dog = Happy employees. Trust in leadership = Engaged employees

It is often said that pets, especially dogs in the workplace engages employees more in their professional life. This also leads them in trusting the leader. How does this chain of events occur? Find out in this blog article!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Engagement

Paying off a mortgage and employee engagement have more in common than you think

What are the commonalities between paying off a mortgage and employee Engagement at the workplace? Find out in this well-crafted blog article. Read to know more!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Engagement

Do you want employees to date you or get engaged to you?

How can we ensure employee retention and sustainability? Would you want workers to date you as a company or get engaged to you? Read this blog to know what successful organizations want and strive to achieve by engaging their employees!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Engagement

Office furniture drives employee engagement. Yes, you heard me right.

Turns out the atmosphere of your workplace plays a major role and is a driving factor in employee engagement. How are the two connected? Find out in this blog article. Read to know more!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Millennials

How to create a millennial friendly culture

Here's a quick blog post on how to create a millennial friendly culture. Read this article to incorporate some of these points in your organization for ensuring better employee engagement!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Organizational Cultures

When all else fails, blame the culture

Organizational cultures are tough to build, sustain and reproduce. How can this be less prone to error and blame by employees? Find out in this elaborate blog article. Read to know more!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Leadership Development

Bad to the bone

It is the need of the hour to put an end to everything bad and negative happening in your organization. Find out from this well-crafted blog article how this can be done. Read to know more!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Diversity and Inclusion

The glass ceiling barrier? Fable. Fantasy. Fiction.

Believing that the glass ceiling doesn't exist is the first step a woman should take on the journey of discovering her confidence and taking charge of her life.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Organizational Cultures

How to be more courageous. Yes, really.

Following your convictions requires having the courage to make the right choices. Fear often keeps you shackled down. Learn how you can uplift your courage with this short article.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Leadership Development

Leaders own culture … not HR

The thought that HR runs the company culture is a false belief. Culture is experiences and emulated by employees, but is created and shaped by company leaders.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Organizational Cultures

Amazon.com and employee engagement

Amazon's surveillance strategies may discourage stealing, but does nothing to improve miserable working conditions. Leaders must regain the trust of their employees to be able to re-engage them into their work. Learn how here.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

HR

How HR can get leaders to own employee engagement

Contrary to popular belief, employee engagement is not the sole responsibility of the HR department - the onus is meant to be shared by leaders, too. If you want to get leaders to improve employee engagement, you have to show them the numbers.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Leadership Development

Culture eats strategy for breakfast : Communicate, leaders!

Leaders are not lone rangers and work better as a team. To build a successful enterprise, it is imperative to have a healthy work culture, and that can only be fostered through open communication and engagement

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Performance Management

Do you want your team satisfied, happy, or engaged?

Happiness, like most sensations, are fleeting. Leaders must strive for something more concrete from their team - Engagement. Read more to learn why an emotional commitment to one's job is so crucial.

Jill Christensen

4

min read

Leadership Development

Employee engagement report card : F

Employee engagement isn't a travelling circus - here one day and gone the next. A cultural shift of such scale requires courageous leadership. But do leaders have the strength to make the right decisions?

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Hit a holiday home run : Effective year-end recognition ideas

Reward a successful year of stellar employee engagement with these thoughtful holiday-themed employee recognition and appreciation ideas. Show how much you value every teammate.

Jill Christensen

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Millennials

Millennials 'fess up' about their development areas

Millennials live in a reality where lives are led moment to moment, without a second's breath to get deeper into their work. But like a trick of the mind, this, too, can be overcome. Read on to find how.

Jill Christensen

3

min read

Essential Series

I Yearn for the Day When Leaders are Devastated That Employees are Disengaged

As business executives and business owners, you chose to be a leader – a dealer in hope. So what’s it gonna be? Do you have the conviction to put your piece of the puzzle in place and lead an employee engagement revolution in your company? Read on and share your thoughts with us

Jill Christensen

2

min read

Performance Management

Annual performance reviews? Not!

Checking progress toward goals once a year will not help create an engaged workforce and ensure employees are on track to meet or exceed objectives. Show people that their contributions matter. 

Jill Christensen

2

min read

Essential Series

What people really want at work

Creating a meaningful, engaging culture is the most important thing you can do to ensure the long-term success of your business. Commit to it today.

Jill Christensen

2

min read

What you say, do and think speaks volumes

If you want the best from your people, always speak well of them. Create a positive, productive and fun culture by honoring your company’s most valuable asset: each and every one of its employees. Remember, what you say, do and think speaks volumes!

2

min read

Essential Series

I know you want to win, but are you willing to prepare to win?

Choose to have the will to prepare, wether a weekly staff meeting, a customer presentation, or a performance appraisal. If you dedicate time, effort, and hard work to your meetings, projects, presentations, team, relationship, and most importantly, to yourself, you will stand out

Jill Christensen

2

min read

Employee Engagement

What does the tilting millennium tower have in common with employee engagement? A lot.

The tilting millennium tower of San Francisco has a lot in common with employee engagement methods employed by leaders in the workplace. Find out what these are in this blog article. Read to know more!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Leadership Development

The three critical leadership lessons we can learn from super bowl 51

Super bowl 51 has a lot to offer even for leaders in the way in which they mold themselves for the better. Here is a blog on the three critical leadership lessons learned from Super Bowl 51. Read to know more!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Centricity

The one skill you need in employees in order for your organization to soar

Here's a blog on employee skill management, especially the one skill that is non-negotiable in professional life. This in turn leads the organization to soar. What exactly is this? Find out in this blog article!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Centricity

Mistakes happen. Follow these tips to recover fast.

It is human to make mistakes but what makes us different from others is to correct it, not repeat it the next time and recover fast. Read this blog article to explore the remedial strategies to adopt when mistakes happen!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Centricity

Put employees first and your customers effectively come first by default

Employees determine the success of an organization since they interact with customers. Read this blog which highlights the importance of investing in your company's employees before your customers for achieving success in the long term!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Empowerment

What employees need most is a runway to soar

Employee motivation and empowerment should be a must-have in every organization should success be on the latter's agenda. Here's a quick blog read on why leaders should offer employees a runway to soar reach their fullest potential. Read to know more!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Employee Centricity

What do workers want most out of their job and company? This.

Here's a well-crafted blog article on what employees want and seek the most out of their job and professional experience. Read to know if you're actually addressing their needs and concerns!

Jill Christensen

5

min read

Future of work

How to ensure your company doesn’t flounder like retail

Here's a must-read blog for every leader on how to ensure the organization doesn't flounder like retail. Read this elaborate article to know more about what can be adopted as remedial strategies!

Jill Christensen

5

min read