HR managers often worry about achieving credibility and relevance. A key pitfall is focusing on processes over business alignment, exemplified by an HR department halting a manager's simple, culture-building initiative—the collection of employee birthdays and contacts—due to an internal complaint....
The NBA's free agency parallels a job layoff, forcing professionals to become "free agents." Develop your social capital, master social media, and network actively to create your next opportunity....
Performance management is an ongoing process between a supervisor and an employee that includes establishing clear goals, offering continual feedback, and improving employee abilities to align individual performance with organizational objectives....
An HR generalist is a human resources professional who oversees a wide range of HR responsibilities across the Employee life cycle, such as recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, benefits administration, performance management, and legal compliance....
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic approach to managing an organization's personnel, or "human capital," to meet its business goals by recruiting, hiring, training, rewarding, and maintaining a productive and contented workforce....
Somewhere along the road, society convinced us that only huge achievements were important. We go through highlight reels online and begin comparing our mundane days to someone else's finest moments. But life does not operate that way....
Slowing down allows you to gain perspective, strengthen connections, and discover greater joy in everyday life by purposefully reducing pace and increasing presence....
Gratitude shifts the focus away from what is missing and onto what is present. It elevates regular moments to meaningful experiences and helps us appreciate the small things in life....
Slowing down does not imply being lazy or unproductive. It's about finding equilibrium in a world that always demands more. Slowing down allows you to see the beauty in the small things....
A multinational company faces issues with vacation and compliance, causing staff shortages and disrupted workflows. Inconsistencies in vacation policies across departments and locations, along with varying labor laws, further complicate matters, reducing employee productivity and morale....
Many HR managers are good listeners. For those who work in a people-centered position, this is second nature. But when it comes to developing the soft skills of listening, important strategic components can fall by the wayside....