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Featured Leading Voice: Mary Schaefer

Lead Change Blog

She specializes in manager/employee interactions with organizations employing engineers, scientists and IT professionals, helping managers/owners successfully coach employees to tap into their own initiative and resourcefulness to deliver results. in Human Resource Management from the University of Charleston.

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Wild Office Holiday Party Statistics | 2022

HR Digest

Here are a few examples: The first recorded office holiday party took place in 1923 at the Engineering Societies Building in New York City. According to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, 85% of US companies hold office holiday parties for their employees. This is up from 3.8 drinks in the previous year.

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Featured Instigator – Chris Edmonds

Lead Change Blog

Chris received his BA from Whittier College, a secondary teaching credential from California Lutheran College, and a Masters of Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of San Francisco. His most recent book, The Culture Engine , helps leaders create workplace inspiration with an organizational constitution.

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Hiring the Best People – You’ve got it all wrong!

HR Digest

During the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC), BCG and the European Association for People Management surveyed 3,400 executives, including 90 senior human resources leaders in more than 30 countries, to see how they were responding. Star performers aren’t like doctors or engineers. They post portfolios instead of resumes.

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10 Companies Offering Work from Home

HR Digest

More evolved thinking, a changing social environment, a sheer need to retain talent, has forced the human resource departments to come up with this solution. From project leaders to software engineer to medical writers; the employment opportunities are diverse. It has 126 work from home jobs listed on its website. Intuit Inc.

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The Three Keys to Employee and Company Fulfillment

Strategy Driven

Now go optimize your talent — it’s the engine that drives strategy execution. He is a thought leader in human resources, employee engagement, and fulfillment and author of Fulfilled! Critical Choices: Work, Home, Life , scheduled to be released October 1, 2016. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business Review

For more than a decade, leading human resource strategists have hit on a recurring theme: You want your star players working in the roles that matter most to the business. This role is common in technology, engineering, and life sciences companies, where domain expertise in narrow and arcane areas can be crucial to market success.