Talent Management

The skills needed to succeed in the modern workplace are evolving. This article is part of our skills series, which investigates what different roles and different departments need in order to do their jobs effectively and efficiently. This article goes over the key leadership skills to look for when hiring or promoting someone to management level. We'll discuss leadership types and priorities according to our proven executive leadership report. 6 Key Leadership Skills Innovating Strategic Initiatives [...]

The skills needed to succeed in the modern workplace are evolving. This article is part of our skills series, which investigates what different roles and different departments need in order to do their jobs effectively and efficiently. Today we're looking at the skills needed for someone to be an effective HR professional. We'll be going through why a marketing background could work to your benefit, and the staple skills like communications and employee relations. 6 [...]

When days get busy, you can find yourself low on time and high on stress. Here are some quick ways to recharge at the office when you only have 5 minutes to spare. 5 Ways to recharge in 5 minutes or less Do eye exercises It's good practice to look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes to prevent eye strain from looking at a screen all day. In addition to that, [...]

Finding the ideal balance between work and personal life is a common struggle among many employees, and contributes to employee retention and satisfaction. It's something that concerns your top employees, which means it's something you should be paying attention to as well. Here are 5 popular work-life friendly policies that you should consider adopting in your workplace in order to retain your team members. 5 Work-life friendly policies 1. Offer flexible schedules or job sharing Offering [...]

To manage a team effectively, you need to utilize data to recognize trends, identify best practices, and understand what isn't working. Here are a few HR metrics you should be tracking and what they mean. HR metrics to track Cost per hire How much does it cost your business in time and money to hire one person? This includes the cost of putting job ads out, the time/money cost of all the people who need [...]