Organizations are often siloed by function – separate departments handle human resources, IT, facilities and the other services on which employees have … Read more
How Much Easier Things Would Be With an HR Siri
When is the last time you had to go searching for something — a file, or a document perhaps — in order to do your job? How long did it take you? What could … Read more
How to Choose and Visualize the Right KPIs
From hiring to payroll, human resources departments have a lot to manage, and the volume of data they track and report is always growing. That’s why HR … Read more
Do I Have Too Many Slides?
This common question sounds like, “How much money will I need for retirement?” It’s not uncommon for presenters to walk into a conference room for a … Read more
Add a ‘Human Touch’ to Make HR Communication More Effective
One important way for a company to engage their workers is by listening to them. Effectively communicating with your employees, however, involves more than … Read more
Engagement Woes? Try Improving How You Communicate With Workers
It’s time to stop focusing on employee engagement. With employee engagement rates remaining stagnant, you likely want to do anything but. Especially when … Read more
The Productivity Advice HR Professionals Should Ignore
Google “productivity advice,” and you’ll see thousands of articles offering tips on how to get more done in a day at the office. Almost every single one of … Read more
It’s Time to Rebrand the HDHP and Here’s How
As a marketing professional, I am highly aware that presentation is everything. In my opinion, there are several marketing hacks that the health care … Read more
Your HR Communication Needs Disrupting
Elon Musk doesn’t believe in employee communication. Well, at least not in the traditional sense of the term. In an email to his employees at Tesla, the … Read more
What HR Must Do In Case of Bankruptcy
Probably the worst thing that could happen at work, even worse than your bagels being stolen from the communal fridge, is the news that your employer has … Read more
Show Your HR Value With ‘Pain Point’ Metrics
One of the trickiest parts of providing HR services is that the better you do your job, the less visible your work is. When everyone on a team is happy, … Read more
How Ready Are You For Europe’s Tough New Privacy Rules Coming This Month?
With Europe’s new rules on privacy scheduled to take effect May 25, companies have only a few weeks left to comply with the sweeping requirements … Read more
Are You Communicating Or Just Sending Stuff Out?
The April Cincinnati HR Roundtable dared to delve into the topic of communication in organizations. When you ask what one factor could be improved in a … Read more
Here’s How to Conquer the Hard Conversations You’d Rather Avoid
Hard conversations may be a fact of business life but that doesn’t mean we look forward to them. Just the opposite. We avoid them to avoid causing … Read more
How to Turn an Employee Survey Into a Conversation
Let’s face it — people don’t like filling out surveys. At least, I never have. And if I’m being honest, clicking through 50 similarly formatted questions … Read more
Why It’s a Mistake to Rely On Your Intranet to Communicate
If you could get more employees to engage with your company right now, would you do it? Or, would you hold off for however long while you wait for a new … Read more
10 Communication Habits That Ruin Relationships
Few people admit to bad communication habits—much less habits that can cost them a job or a contract. Yet, we all see some of the following habits in … Read more
6 Ways Real Leaders Turn Insincerity Into Inspiration
The biggest barrier between leaders and followers is distrust. And the window dressing for distrust is insincerity. People put up with a lot of quirks in … Read more
HR Roundtable: Successful Networking Takes Work, Honesty
The HR Cincinnati Roundtable for February revisited a topic that we’ve done on a regular basis because it honestly never grows old! Also, we cover this … Read more
The Next Big Thing in HR – A Post-Text World Dominated by Voice and Video
Among the buzz about new HR technologies, most miss what may literally become the most important shift — the death of narrative text. Yes, every … Read more