Communication

How to master the art of effective delegating

07/01/2008

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Create wall calendars to remind staff of key HR dates

07/01/2008

Here’s a way for HR to stay top-of-mind with employees all year: Give each employee a calendar that highlights important dates during the year, such as open enrollment or when certain forms must be completed …

Google it! 7 hiring and retention tips from Silicon Valley’s best

06/24/2008

When you google “best places to work,” you’re sure to find a link to Google itself. The search engine giant—91 million lookups per day—is a perpetual contender for the No. 1 spot on lists that rank great employers. Google’s VP for "people operations" tells how the company stays on top with innovative hiring, retention and collaboration strategies.

HR Specialist Editors Bring You the Best from SHRM Chicago

06/24/2008

For a week each year, the Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference becomes the center of the HR world. HR Specialist editors have joined 13,000 of our peers in Chicago this week for four days of professional development covering HR’s hottest topics and presented by the profession’s leading experts. Here’s some of the best from the world’s biggest HR conference.

The New Rules on Hiring – The Legal Way to Handle I-9s and No-Match Letters – Audio Conference

06/12/2008

Are you prepared for the coming crackdown? Have you taken the necessary steps to stay in compliance?

Wellness Rx: Help Employees Spend Less on Prescriptions

06/10/2008

Prescription drug costs account for a huge chunk of employer-provided health care insurance premiums—and those costs are rising fast. Don’t run the risk that your workers won’t fill needed prescriptions because they can’t afford to. They’ll stay healthier if you teach them how to hunt for bargains on prescribed drugs.

9 steps to negotiating any workplace conflict

06/04/2008

Conflict happens in all corners of the workplace. But if issues aren’t settled, bad things can happen: Good people quit, morale can plummet and, sometimes, violence can erupt. But you don’t need to become a certified mediator to settle disputes. Here are nine tips for understanding human behavior and resolving conflicts with co-workers, employees and even customers.

Keep employees by defanging a bully

06/01/2008

The turnover rate is high at your company. You’re even conducting exit interviews with every departing employee to find out what’s going on, but nobody talks. Chances are you’ve got some bad bosses. Maybe even some bullies. Only recently have scientists started looking at why cruel bosses thrive.

Do Men and Women Speak Different Languages at Work?

05/28/2008

Women have 11% more neurons in their brains for emotion, feelings and communication. So when it comes to communicating at work, women prefer to build rapport and tell a story. Men prefer the headline and to report. How to bridge the gap?

Are workers fully engaged? Ask right questions to find out

05/22/2008

Many organizations conduct periodic employee engagement surveys to check the pulse of their work forces. Surveys can accurately measure engagement, but only if they include the right questions. If you’re creating your own survey, use some of the following 17 questions that go to the heart of the issue …