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International Women's Day 2018

Today is International Women's Day 2018.  The first National Women's Day was observed in the US in 1909 - eleven years before American women would be given the right to vote.  Now, 109 years later, women around the globe are still fighting for equal treatment in the workplace.  The #MeToo movement is the most recent […]
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How Kronos Made the Fortune Great Place to Work List

Kronos made the 2018 FORTUNE great place to work list. Find out how we did it.
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Compensation Failure: How a Singular Focus on Cash Can Kill Culture

John Frehse discusses how compensation means more than cash to employees.
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Capitalizing on the Gift of More Time

Today's post comes to us from board member Chris Mullen. Chris is the Director of Human Resources for Housing & Dining Services at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is also a speaker, trainer, executive coach, consultant and blogger at chrismullen.org. Many companies are innovating and advancing their processes through technology. Mobile optimization, artificial intelligence […]
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The Role of HR in Creating a Culture of Innovation

The following post comes to us courtesy of board member Neil Reichenberg. Neil is the Executive Director of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) , a nonprofit membership organization representing public sector human resource managers and professionals.   The International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) undertook a research study in […]
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Stress and creativity

Stress and Creativity - Research, Results and Resolutions for Today's Workplace

The following guest post on "stress and creativity" is courtesy of our board member, Bruce Daisley. It's very rare that someone at the top of their trade asks to receive no professional recognition. But in 2017 that is exactly what one of France's top chefs requested. Sébastien Bra was the chef at one of the […]
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Super Sick Monday Alert!

Today's post is from Joyce Maroney, Executive Director of the Workforce Institute at Kronos. We're just days away from the Big Game, and whether you are rooting for the Eagles or the Pats, an estimated 110million+ of you will be tuning in to watch them battle (or, perhaps, for the commercials or JT's return to […]
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Onboarding - Critically Important, but Often Not Well Executed

Onboarding is critical to getting new employees off on the right foot, but most HR leaders know their organization doesn't do it well. Here are ideas to change that.
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Choice is the New Competition for Organizations

Sharlyn Lauby, the HR Bartender, says choice is the new competition in the war for talent.
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Employee Engagement When the Going Gets Tough

Merlin HR head Natalie Bickford says employee engagement doesn't need to falter during tough times.
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Time to Lean? Time to Learn.

The following guest post is courtesy of our board member, David Creelman. Ray Kroc, who built McDonald's into a global chain, is famous for saying “If you've time to lean, you've time to clean.” A better slogan for today's front-line workers might be “If you've time to lean, you've time to learn.” Training front-line workers […]
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