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Is your Leadership Development Developing Leaders?

Great Leadership By Dan

Soft skills are increasingly important in creating successful leaders Guest post from Gary S. I managed a national top-forty accounting and consulting firm (SS&G). Several of our initiatives set the industry standard for successful firm management. Inept managers were responsible for losing talent with leadership potential.

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Is Establishing a Remote HR Career Effective?

HR Digest

One needs to accept that the nimble embrace of remote work also comes about because successful HR managers are adaptable, forward thinking, and highly organized. Can HR Managers Work From Home? Can HR Managers Work From Home? What are the pros and cons and how will I manage them? The answer is yes they can.

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How to negotiate a higher salary

HR Digest

It shows how much your organization values your skills and knowledge and appreciates your work. And so, it is a reflection of how your company supports your work-life balance, flextime, opportunities for growth and promotion, perks, and so forth. You may give a value that may be way much higher than expected by the manager.

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Answering “Why did you quit your last job” in an interview

HR Digest

A reference from your last job or company goes a long way in reassuring the interviewer of your performance and skills. I worked with XYZ for three years, and I had the opportunity of working with some of the best managers who taught me a lot about organizational culture and branding. For example: NEED FLEXTIME.

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Interact with Employees and Impact Productivity

Coaching Tip

Gallup also found, in a separate study ( [link] ), that regardless of the number of hours worked, weeks of vacation time or a company''s flextime policy, engaged workers have a higher overall level of well being. The latest findings are consistent with other Right Management workplace polls, noted Morrow. Only 36% said they had not.

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Flextime Is Declining, But “Flex Around the Edges” Is Up

Harvard Business Review

Are such “right to request” laws indicators of a rise in flextime? Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated? New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction.

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How to retain parents after parental leave

HR Digest

In times of demographic change and skilled labor shortage, organizations depend on the skills and the labor that employees who are parents can bring to the table. With clear-cut planning and by specifying an in-house concept for parental leave, you can provide guidance for HR managers and other responsible leaders.