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MAY 2, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! » May 02, 2010 The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week There were a lot of great blog posts to hit the blogosphere this week on the topics of human resources, leadership, and talent management.    Enjoy!

Blog 100

Blog Human Resources Talent Management Short-term 100

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

They know if the accounting department is lowering the company’s effective tax rate by using tax credits and incentives. They understand if Human Resources is hiring the right people, nurturing talent, and building an engaged workforce.

Quality 150

Quality Wireless Human Resources Incentives 150

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But each type has a role in the long-term success of an organization. To address these concerns, you need a robust and able Human Resource department. The incentives can include freebies, gift cards, cash backs, product discounts or store credit. A combination of both often signifies that business is thriving.

Organization 88

Organization Brand Word of Mouth Marketing Marketing 88

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Many employers are deciding to increase the use of bonuses, perks, and incentives to recruit and retain employees. Making the workplace more comfortable with benefits can ensure employees stay loyal and stick around in the long term. Wanting the best for your employees will go a long way. Employee Retention.

Insurance 51

Insurance Long-term Incentives Environment 51

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Pleasingly, for those of us who have long been advocating greater employer investment in the workforce, new research from Warwick Business School suggests that those organizations that have done this are likely to be buffered from the worst of the Covid recession.

Short-term 87

Short-term Long-term Survey Leadership Styles 87

Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

There comes a time, however, when an extra hand is needed to get something done and I don’t want to hire someone long-term or for a lot of money. Since they don’t typically end up as long-term employees, you shouldn’t have to spend a lot of time training the person for the job. Enter an intern!

Press Release 160

Press Release Parcell Discount PR 160

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 12, 2017

Taming the Long Tail of Performance. One of the hottest trends in human resources over the past few years is to rethink the performance management process and abandon the forced ranking systems of old. If so, then you may have some work to do to keep your stars with your organization long-term.

Tips 59

Tips Human Resources Motivation Long-term 59

Strategy Driven

JUNE 3, 2019

However, make sure they tick off the requirements in terms of adding value to the company but also that they’ll work well with your current staff. Your staff are probably working in the same place every day for however long they decide to stay within the company. Think about offering incentives or rewards for their hard work.

Productivity 51

Productivity Products Objective Budgeting 51

Chart Your Course

APRIL 20, 2016

Strengthening your team pays off with numerous benefits, which includes a more efficient group synergy and long term organizational growth. One such way to encourage friendly competition is by offering rewards and incentives in each team building activity. The team is the foundation of any organization.

Team Building 100

Team Building Team Efficiency Goal 100

Deming Institute

APRIL 7, 2016

Watch this short video for a great story illustrating this problem in action: There may be cases in which incentives work only as intended, but I suspect they are relatively rare. Gipsie Ranney, The Trouble with Incentives: They Work. Improving the system is by far the most difficult.

Deming 28

Deming System Incentives Short-term 28

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Long-term investments plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Human Resources program is active, professional and responsive to the organization. Incentives-rewards-bonus plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Each product-service is budgeted.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

Most of us are, by nature, “cognitive misers,” a term coined by social psychologists Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor to describe how people have a tendency to preserve cognitive resources and allocate them only to high-priority matters. So what’s the right approach to resolving conflicts at work?

Incentives 13

Incentives Human Resources Short-term Self-aware 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

More often the dilemmas were the result of competing interests, misaligned incentives, clashing cultures. Incentives and pressure to inflate achievement of targets. Is the focus on short-term results or long-term sustainable success ? Work with advisory functions such as legal, compliance or human resources?

Ethics 11

Ethics Company Emotional Intelligence Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

While financial incentive programs are popular, they may not achieve long-term behavior change; instead, they may lead to resentment and even rebellion among workers. This is because many traditional incentive programs are grounded on the assumption that people will behave in certain rational ways if paid to do so.

Planning 8

Planning Incentives ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

Companies can be divided into two types , in terms of how they approach hiring and compensation: organizational oriented and market oriented. The shorter-term orientation discourages employers from bearing risks on behalf of their workers and encourages them to use employment practices that lower direct costs and increase flexibility.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

When we asked the chief human resources officers at a number of major companies whether they had a coherent system in place to evaluate and compensate the CEO’s succession performance, most reported that their firm had none. Why HR Needs to Stop Passing Over the Long-Term Unemployed.

CEO 8

CEO Tips Long-term Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

While this one-way, didactic approach encourages newcomers to be productive and controls what they will do in the short term, Francesca’s and her colleagues’ research shows that it does not produce the most productive, innovative work environment in the long run. Health Human resources Motivation Operations'

Retail 8

Retail Human Resources Outsourcing Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

And it was that lull in departures which allowed the organization to redesign some of its incentives, practices and culture. GEGRC still has a handful of returned retirees, but a condition of rehiring is that they agree to teach and mentor others or otherwise contribute to the long-term capabilities of their successors.

Consultative 8

Consultative Competitive Advantage Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Employers can look out for both their employees’ short and long-term mental health by encouraging participation in free and anonymous online screenings like this one. Employers already readily promote workplace initiatives involving physical health, such as monetary incentives to join a health club or annual, on-site flu shots.

Crisis 8

Crisis Participative Short-term Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

Long-awaited bulk shipments of medical gloves can arrive full of holes, unusable. This is essential to developing services she will use and, longer term, putting into place solutions that will have a lasting impact. In some countries, what passes for an ambulance is a donkey cart.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

They agreed that this period would allow short-term surgical complications to emerge and be addressed within the bundle and that the recovery time would be sufficient to meaningfully measure patient outcomes. The team members wanted to define a cycle of care that corresponded to the medical condition of the patient.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care How To Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2014

Every year, the Manpower Group, a human resources consultancy, conducts a worldwide “Talent Shortage Survey.” This illustrates one source of confusion in the debate over the existence of a skills gap: distinguishing between the short and long term. 39% of employers did.

Skills 8

Skills Short-term Technology Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

While pay-for-performance is an attractive structure because it generally aligns incentives and ensures that resources are allocated efficiently, it may not be a feasible model for all diseases and services. Training programs, pilots, or short-term trials may be available. Ease of use. Regulatory and compliance.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Technology Peer Review 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

At first, this may suss out obvious problems or transgressors, but over the long term you will focus too much on the “what” and not enough on the “why.” Though that may sound like perverse logic, or perhaps a reaction to a poorly thought-out incentive system, research has found they’re not alone.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

For too long, employers have outsourced management of their employees’ health care benefits to those with little incentive to improve value. This arrangement does not address the fundamental cost drivers of unnecessary care and avoidable complications. Purchasers, plans, or providers cannot change the status quo independently.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Company Presenteeism 8

ExactHire - Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The expectations business leaders place upon their human resource departments are increasing. Of course, human resource professionals came into their roles with a higher calling: cultivating the company’s human capital, its employees. The times have caught up with the nobler side of human resources.

Tips 52

Tips Human Resources Software Training 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2018

A common theme in these situations is that there are only a few winning slots — and maybe just one — with massive stakes in terms of money, advancement, and fame. We deliberately kept the monetary incentives close to zero in order to study the effects of evaluation and comparisons instead of money and rewards.

Ethics 15

Ethics Comparison Participative Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Lean staffing with short-hours part-time staff who have unstable schedules can jeopardize customer service in many different ways, most obviously by leading to long check-out lines or situations where customers can’t find someone to help them get a size or style they need.

Retail 8

Retail Productivity Products Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

First, they often outsource design and management of health care services to brokers, consultants, and health plans that have little means or incentive to improve quality or affordability. As long as employers distance themselves from the important work of purchasing health care, up to a third of their spend will convey no value.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

While keeping at-risk employees healthy is critical, the shorter-term workplace-wellness ROI lies with the chronically ill, who suffer from costly conditions like advanced diabetes, heart conditions, and cancer. Incentives have a place, but they can’t single handedly drive long-term lifestyle change.

ROI 8

ROI Health Care Company Competitive Advantage 8

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 30, 2023

The paper utilizes longitudinal administrative data from Germany to shed light on the long-term benefits of apprenticeship training programs for workers entering the labor market after completing secondary school. As such, employers must consider not only monetary incentives but also non-monetary factors when designing job packages.

Career 104

Career Training Rate of Return Education 104

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2018

The “meaningful use” provisions of the HITECH Act of 2009 provided both incentives and penalties for physicians to adopt electronic records, but hospitals and very corporate enterprises had more resources to comply with meaningful-use requirements. Revamp compensation and incentives.

Insurance 8

Insurance Incentives System Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Successfully implementing such a capability could dramatically affect headcount in human resources functions, but also in other functions, such as sales. Greater investment in reskilling has a strong business case and will benefit workers in the form of higher wages and greater long-term career opportunities.

Skills 8

Skills Engineering Telecommunications Incentives 8

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 3, 2016

Studies examining workplace dynamics often analyze how responses differ by age group, and for good reason: Workers from different generations tend to demonstrate different values, needs, communication styles, and long-term goals, so survey results may be misleading if we didn’t take this into account.

Survey 100

Survey Participative Report Sample 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Biologists use the term "runaway" to describe what happens when a single criterion dominates the mating choices of a species to the exclusion of other valuable traits. The lesson: Return on Equity, like peacock tail splendor, is a very poor guide for allocating resources. It fails for two reasons.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12