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Looking Ahead: The Biggest HR Trends in 2020

HR Digest

From welcoming flextime in the workplace to understanding how workforce analytics can impact business decisions, these are the biggest HR trends that you’ll see as we move into 2020. Most will lean on the power of data analysis to find the right fit. Flextime Jobs. Recruitment Trends.

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Stop Bribing and Starting Leading

The Practical Leader

Frontline teams have ultimate implementation power. An author writing a book on motivational techniques asked for my thoughts: How do you feel about increased Personal Time Off as an incentive? Job sharing? Work from home? Employer-sponsored socializing (BBQs, bowling, game night, etc.)? Are there any hidden drawbacks to these incentives?

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Creating a Desirable Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

HR Digest

The good news is that 28% of businesses reported raising compensation in order to give bargaining power to talented workers. Some job seekers value flextime, learning, and cool projects. A survey from the National Federation of Independent Businesses found that 52 percent of businesses were unable to fill jobs.

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With Flextime, Bosses Prefer Early Birds to Night Owls

Harvard Business Review

Flextime programs have never been more popular than they are today. make the case that depending on what the manager attributes the flextime use to, the employee may be either rewarded or penalized. make the case that depending on what the manager attributes the flextime use to, the employee may be either rewarded or penalized.

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Give Your Organization a Work-Life Vision

Harvard Business Review

Research shows that an organization’s work-life culture – all the unwritten yet well understood norms and expectations about how people are supposed to work, and what it means to be a good employee – has enormous power over behavior. For a striking example, think back a year to the sad story of Moritz Erhardt.

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Just Because You’re Happy Doesn’t Mean You’re Not Burned Out

Harvard Business Review

Employers don’t necessarily have to institute formal programs to allow for telecommuting or flextime. Both forms of distraction are within management’s power to reduce. Indeed, informal and ad-hoc arrangements often prove to be more effective.

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Microfinance Is Good for Women, but It's Only Part of the Solution

Harvard Business Review

Ellen Kullman (DuPont), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), and Chua Sock Koong (Singapore Telecommunications) lead three of the most powerful companies in the world. Many companies also need to adopt more progressive policies regarding flextime, career stops, job sharing, and other alternative career paths.