Nine To Thrive HR

When your company is packed with purpose, it makes a real difference in the workday, and in employees’ lives after office hours. A purpose-driven organization makes great business decisions, attracts and retains the best people, and provides top service to the customers and communities it serves. Plus, purpose reaches beyond business hours by helping employees and customers alike achieve optimal w...

Performance leadership transformation mean’s a new kind of leader is in town: one who thrives in being purpose-driven, curious and agile. Today’s best performance management leaders start conversations by asking the right questions, and they know that it’s not about having all the answers. It’s about having the best questions that create trust in meaningful communication with employees and team me...

In a tight labor market, innovative organizations are experimenting with new ways to out-recruit the competition. Carol McDaniel of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital shares how her organization is using new technologies and new methods to attract key talent. Learn more about the 2018 Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference: http://www.hci.org/sta-conference/2018

The #MeToo movement is gaining critical momentum, but how should organizations – and the HR function – respond? Employment law attorney Jessica Childress examines some of the legal implications facing organizations today, and redefines expectations so HR can enable better diversity and inclusion policies. Learn more about the 2018 Inclusive Diversity Conference: http://www.hci.org/id-conference/20...

Juliana Stancampiano, CEO of Oxygen shares recommendations on how to work with the business to produce valuable, timely, and relevant learning content.   In this podcast you will learn: Best practices for getting started with learning analytics and business impact evaluation How learning professionals and business leaders can work together to make learning more valuable to its customers About the...

Conferences are great for sharing the latest, most innovative ways to make a difference at your workplace, for your workforce. When it comes to diversity and inclusion, HCI’s Innovation Sprints take big concepts and case studies, and in smaller groups, discuss what new practices can be done immediately to make a real impact at work. Like a Hackathon, the Innovation Sprint team chooses a concept an...

Tough conversations at work, most people would say, are uncomfortable, difficult and scary. What if they damage relationships, put a dent in careers or jeopardize positions within the organization? For a thriving, successful organization, tough conversations are essential for strategy and growth. With the right tools, leaders can remove fear of tough conversations by solving problems and creating...

Almost everyone works with or near an internet connected device, according to a recent HCI webcast, which means we work with almost no constraint on learning, development and productivity. Things like store hours, time zones and geographical locations no longer limit our access to information and while the on-demand nature of learning tools is super convenient and makes life easier, experts are fi...

Compensation has little to do with an employee’s decision to leave a company, suggesting that recognition (or lack thereof) plays a much bigger role in turnover. On exit interviews, 88 percent of employees said they left for reasons other than pay, according to data per Online Rewards CEO Michael Levy. Employees want to know that they’re contributing to company success and making a difference, and...

What do customer behavior and employee performance have in common? They both can be seen through the same lens, and when analyzed, inform organizational management of how things are going when it comes to company culture, employee development, and engagement. From there, companies can design tools to synthesize insights and understand what works, and what doesn’t. Measuring employee sentiment goes...

Today’s workforces are undergoing major transformation thanks to shifts in workforce dynamic, which means the approach to recognizing employee performance must evolve, too. Formal structures and traditional approaches are out the door; they’ve been replaced with more frequent acknowledgement, an increase in requests for feedback and the need for continuous communication about performance. Recognit...

You may have heard that basketball players wear sensors on their clothing that provide data that coaches use to analyze players’ movement, body stresses and other factors of their performance on the court. But you may not know that the arrangement of tables in an organization’s cafeteria can give management information on employees’ communication, interaction and potential to highly perform. It’s...

Linda Reese, PhD shares her experiences and recommendations for building onboarding programs with her clients. In this 15 minute podcast interview, you will learn how to: Recognize the reasons as to why onboarding may be underutilized at your organization Build an effective onboarding program from the ground up with minimal budget allocation Gain stakeholder commitment for your program by understa...

Workforce planning has a remarkable impact on business success, and it’s become quite the priority for organizational leaders today. Workforce planning has wiggled its way into business initiatives, allowing for better decisions, improved retention, accomplishment of goals and more. Some might say ownership of workforce planning remains unclear, but the best answer is that workforce planning is a...

When technology first introduced new devices and new approaches to users everywhere, it didn’t take long at all for boundaries to be pushed, especially with digital capabilities in the workplace. Some technological advances were easily adopted and some were not, but regardless of which tech made the cut, leaders couldn’t seem to build a developed pipeline with the digital literacy skills needed to...

Today’s world is hard to predict and the world at work follows suit. Just when you think you have a plan in place, change instantly does away with that plan and brings about need for a new one. It’s not about coming up with a workforce planning strategy that will work forever; it’s about producing a strategy that can keep up with the environment’s rapidly changing ways. What’s happening in the wor...

Jessica McFeron from KinderCare Education at Work and the HCI research team discuss the actions your organization can take to help employees successfully integrate work and life demands. Learn how supporting your people is about more than just the number of benefits you offer, instead it is about crafting a holistic employee experience. Download the associated research report here: http://www.hci....

The future of work includes teams of talent that are empowered by existing knowledge and make the most of it, says ProFinda’s Director of Customer Success, Ant Cousins. Employees spend about 20 hours per year searching for information, according to ProFinda’s early 2017 report. Instead of wasting time hunting for data, employees can improve efficiency if they have access to what they need. Manager...

Online communication creates relationships through digital interaction. When those online messages are sent in the form of content marketing, your digital awareness and presence are along for quite the ride. In modern HR, content marketing can take your brand and talent acquisition practices to the next level by building talent pipelines, promoting face-to-face interaction and developing your Empl...

Alison Hooker, who is the Former Americas Chief Talent Development Officer for EY, describes the gradual process of building a strong coaching culture at Ernst and Young (EY). One of the largest professional services firm has invested to make coaching a "highly valued asset at the firm". From senior leader support to a focus on individuality and purpose, Alison defines what is important to make th...

If you work for a company that values growth and development so highly that 6,000 hard working employees volunteer their time to make it happen, you’re certainly in a great spot where community and fun flourish. Google’s Googlers-to-Googlers (g2g) program selects an internal volunteer teaching network – dedicated to help peers learn and develop, outside of their core job responsibilities. Voluntee...

The intimidation that comes with talent management can be reduced with the help of new solutions – answers to leaders’ questions about making sure the management strategy works, having the right management systems in place and creating confidence in new ways versus the old ways. Once data is in order, leaders can begin using the information by pairing it with the solution that’s best fit for their...

Candidate experience can make…or break…your organization’s relationships with people, and its ability to attract, engage and retain top performing folks. The notion that candidate experience means treating people exceptionally well simply doesn’t cut it. If you’ve ever applied for a job and received no response from a potential employer, you likely know how it felt to be left hanging, as if your a...

Conformity is a productivity killer. In this podcast, Harvard professor and author of Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life, Francesca Gino, reveals how letting employees rebel is key to creating an authentic, mission-driven organization. And it doesn’t take much – from language to behavior, getting comfortable with discomfort is a critical skill for the future. Learn ab...

Your company will produce the best business results when it’s learning and talent management processes are top notch. Before development of processes begins, you must know where you stand and which strategies are needed to push maturity forward. SumTotal, a Skillsoft Company designed five stages for companies to use while advancing your company’s level of maturity. Skillsoft’s research says that t...