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The Best HR Podcasts of 2023: 9 Recommendations

HR Digest

On any fair day, the balancing act performed by the unsung heroes of a company – the human resources team (HR) , is quite overwhelming. Power-packed with practical tips, HR professionals, and expert interviews, listening to the HR Digest podcast is bound to drive business success. Vantage Circle Everything HR-related?

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Why is it so darn easy to say NO?

Women on Business

What if service people were given incentives for the “yes” answers they gave to customers and were docked pay for their “no” answers? That said, we can’t be a powerful yes unless we’ve got a real consciousness about our no. If the person says “yes” they may have to do something and then take a risk for doing it.

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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

If possible, provide some financial incentive like a small hourly rate or commission for work well-done. Make sure you say in your ad description what they need to be successful with you (eg – a computer with internet access, a nice phone voice, computer skills, etc.). I have used www.internhere.com to post my request.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Human Resources program is active, professional and responsive to the organization. Incentives-rewards-bonus plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. The organization maintains and lives by an ethics statement. Personnel Policies and Procedures are written, and distributed to all employees.

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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

Such exhortations only create adversarial relationships, as the bulk of the causes of low quality and low productivity belong to the system and thus lie beyond the power of the work force. Gipsie Ranney, The Trouble with Incentives: They Work. Slogans are a way to say you care about quality without actually demonstrating you care.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements. Educational and incentive programs should be implemented. This is not something that can be conducted alone by internal human resources departments.

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May the Force — of Inspiring Leadership — Be with You

The Practical Leader

Star Wars is a classic good guys versus bad guys tale based on powerful concepts of mythology identified by Joseph Campbell in his classic book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces ( click here to read my review of his biography and work). Some of the other episodes are good, and some are unwatchable.