As HR leaders and professionals continue to fight for (and maintain) their seat at the table, it’s important to move beyond just being an expert into a role of being a trusted advisor to the organization.
How to Re-Engage Employees Who Are Ready to Leave
Do you currently have an employee who has one foot out the door? There are endless reasons for voluntary turnover, and data from ERC’s 2018 NorthCoast 99 Top Performer Survey specifically identifies four of the most commonly cited sources of disengagement.
Helping Employees Succeed: Managing Below-Average Performance
Whether you work for a Fortune 500 company or a small mom-and-pop machine shop, chances are performance reviews aren’t very high up on the list of your employee’s favorite things to do at work. Whatever the shortfalls, perceived or real, of the performance management process at your organization, the angst around reviews is only magnified when working through the process with employees who receive less than stellar ratings.
How to Improve the Emotional Intelligence of Your Leaders
Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is also an important indicator when it comes to performance prediction. EQ is responsible for 58% of your performance (Travis Bradberry).
13 New Year’s Resolutions for HR Professionals
A new year brings New Year’s Resolutions. The most common personal resolutions are to be more health conscious, work out more, and spend more time with friends and family. But what about your professional life?
5 Skills Middle Managers Need to Become Better Leaders
We’ve all heard and likely executed, the notion that the example and company culture starts at the top with senior leadership. While it is tremendously important for those in senior leadership positions to embrace, embody, and champion organizational changes and organizational culture, middle managers play a crucial part in implementing and executing organizational strategies and cultural changes.
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The Ultimate Guide to Training Your Supervisors and Managers
Learn how training your supervisors and managers will help them overcome challenges, motivate those around them, and be more effective in their roles.
Tis the Season for 5 Holiday HR Issues
Tis the season for several HR and compliance issues associated with the holidays. Here are five (5) holiday HR issues that you should revisit as the holidays ensue.
ERC Wins SHRM When Work Works Award
ERC’s client service team accepted the company’s When Work Works Award from Cleveland SHRM at Corporate College East. Left to right: melissa koren, annie dohnal, sam marx, and Hayley McQuate
4 Signs Your Company Needs Cohesive Team Building
Cohesive team building is not an easy feat. It takes time, energy, and commitment of the team members to truly achieve the desired results. It also takes awareness to realize you need to put the teams at your organization through a cohesive team building program.
What Organizations Can Do to Stop Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
With TIME Magazine’s declaration that the “Silence Breakers” (i.e., women who have come forward to report their personal experiences as victims of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace) as their “Person of the Year”, there is clearly a desire to see sexual harassment stamped out in the workplace. In addition to this public pressure for change, we’ve already established that sexual harassment in the workplace is expensive and damaging to employers and employees alike.
11 Ways to Improve Employee Recognition
According to research by OfficeVibe, “65% of employees feel like they don’t get enough praise” and “82% of employees think it’s better to give someone praise than a gift.” This is the key difference between rewards and recognition. Rewarding an employee with a gift as a means of recognition is great but sometimes all employees want to hear is “job well done.”
Employers Take Proactive Steps On Amazon Minimum Wage Increase
The announcement from e-commerce behemoth Amazon that the company would be raising its minimum wage for all U.S.-based employees as of November 1, 2018 captured headlines across the country, especially in the world of HR.
