Reading list for HR professionals
Do you work in talent acquisition, retention, or evaluation? This reading list for HR professionals will get you up to speed in the latest HR news. First, Break All The Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently By Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman This book goes over the concept of innovative methods to create productive, efficient teams. The book studies various managers across industries and what makes them great, and it goes over smart lessons [...]
The cost of toxic employees
The cost of toxic employees is no small amount. They aren't felt simply in monetary loss, but in the loss of time and morale they cost the entire team. So much thought is put into finding top performers that we don't as consciously avoid the toxic hires as carefully as we should. According to re:Work, one toxic employee can wipe out the gains of two top performers in a company. The cost of toxic employees can [...]
How HR agencies can provide added value to clients
The core service for HR agencies is to handle the hiring, onboarding and management of businesses' top talent. This is an impressive feat in itself, but when you're competing against multiple other HR agencies who provide the same services, it becomes important to provide added value to clients in order to stand out from your competition. Here are 3 ways you can do just that. 1. Provide more information Aside from just hiring their next [...]
5 Things Employees Need to Flourish
A high salary and awesome job title do go a long way to keeping employees happy, but there are more things employees need to flourish. Many of these things are intangible, and don't have a dollar amount attached to them, but they are vital for your employees' success. We've outlined five of the most important things employees need below, but there are many more. Feel free to let us know if we've missed any in [...]
Busy vs. Productive: How to Optimize a Business
It's easy to be busy at work, but it's a whole other animal to be productive. When you're simply busy, you could be working for 8 hours with minimal returns or output. When you're productive, you could be getting tasks done and doing high-quality work in 2 hours. This blog post will go over what it means to be busy vs. productive, and how to make sure you and your team uses time productivity for [...]