Top HR Books to Read This Year
Whether you’re working to improve yourself and your approach to HR, looking for ideas to implement into HR practices in your organization, or want to learn more about your industry, reading is an excellent way to do it. Human Resources is an incredibly popular subject, with thousands of books published year on using data and analytics to manage people, on best practices for people and team management or setup, on emotional intelligence and leadership development, [...]
Why Emotional Intelligence Components Are Vital In HR Assessments
This is a guest post from Melisa Marzett. Melisa is a freelance writer currently working for a thesis writing service. Emotional intelligence (EI) is one of the most critical indicators affecting the success of an employee's career in many positions. Every HR manager should know what it is. Different levels of emotional intelligence play a role in various areas of life and can be assessed using different tests. Intellect is a person's ability to think [...]
5 Steps to Classify a New Role During Restructure
Restructuring is a time of upheaval and change, and often one in which many old roles will be removed. At the same time, it’s a period of growth, a time for new things, and an opportunity to introduce new roles, merge old ones, and create new opportunities. Doing so during a period of restructuring can be difficult, especially if those roles are completely new, with no existing grounds to base them on. Taking these 5 [...]
Empowering Employees in the Age of Digital Transformation
Digital transformation offers the opportunity to optimize, expand, and streamline processes, but for employees, it often means taking on risk. Employees switching to new tools, new work processes, and even new roles will experience skills gaps and job insecurity, which can lead to resistance, even in the face of positive change. Taking the steps to communicate changes to your workforce, educate employees to avoid skills gaps, and empower your employees throughout the digital transformation process [...]
Are Competencies Enough to Build Strong Teams?
Employee assessment tactics like behavioral competencies are extremely popular in HR, and often for good reason. Recognizing how and why an individual will react and act in any given situation gives leaders the opportunity to put those people into work environments where they will excel, to offer training to help people excel, and to recognize when people will and will not work together. Behavioral competencies are also more and more often used to find and [...]