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Coronavirus in the Workplace: Key HR Issues
The spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has gone from a handwashing and elbow-bumping conversation to the most significant workplace issue we have ever seen. Employers are confronting dilemmas that change every day. Questions regarding how to handle emergency leave, workplace safety and health, furloughs, layoffs and mandated closing of businesses…
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Crisis Management Planning
As companies take steps to mitigate Coronavirus impacts, it is a good time to pause and assess your current approach to crisis management and planning. Here are some factors to consider as you evaluate and adjust. Communicate! In the face of fear and uncertainty, more than anything else, people crave…
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Tips for Managing Remote Employees: Jumpstarting and Sustaining
As we write this, Coronavirus is appearing in different workplaces across the country and around the world. Organizations are quickly evaluating their ability to have a large part of the workforce working remotely. Some organizations have been doing telework and remote work for years; others are just getting started. Here…
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Microlearning Course Design
When considering how to integrate new approaches—like microlearning—into your overall employee development efforts, it can be useful to get back to basics. In this article, we place microlearning within a broader training development structure. Let’s start at the broadest levels of training development: learning paths, curricula and courses. These learning…
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Microlearning Best Practices and Challenges
Microlearning is ready-made for the millennial generation: short segments of engagement—often online—that teach knowledge and advance skills. Here are some best practices and challenges for designing microlearning courses in your organization. Microlearning Best Practices If you are just starting microlearning in your organization, here are some best practices for course…
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Rediscovering Your Desk: Tips for Organization at Work
As you read this article, think about your desk. Many of us sit at it for hours in a day, but when was the last time you really thought about what’s on and in it? Many tend to think of the desk as primarily a workspace, but often, that’s…
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Attacking the Day with Apps: Tips for Better Organization
There are many benefits of being better organized at work. With today’s technology, there are many apps to help you do it. Rather than recommend specific apps, this article helps you think through the criteria for picking the apps that will best work for you. First, do you really want…
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Five Tips for Employee Engagement in 2020
As we enter the New Year, many of us optimistically create resolutions for the 12 months ahead. At the same time, many managers face the task of developing action plans to respond to employee engagement survey results. Here are five tips for blending New Year’s resolutions and engagement change management:…
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Employee Engagement: A Case Study
In this article, we share a case study about an organization that dramatically improved its employee engagement scores related to performance management. The organization received feedback that high performance was not sufficiently differentiated and acknowledged in the organization, and rewards were not well aligned with performance. First, the management team…
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Time Management for the Holiday Season – Starting with WHO
Many time management techniques, tools and tips start with your calendar and priorities – the goal is to schedule your top priorities, rather than having your calendar drive you. For most of the year, this works well – we have concrete goals to achieve, and limited time to achieve them…
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