Author: Ben
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Employee HR Portal-How to Build One
I’ve had “create an employee HR portal” on my To Do list for a while now, and this week is the one where I check that little item off as complete. When it first appeared on the list, I honestly wasn’t sure what I was looking for. Besides walking around and asking people what they…
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Managing retention on the front lines
I’m a firm believer in managers and their role as an intermediary between the business and its staff. I have seen that relationship play out with both positive and negative results, but there’s no disputing the relationship between good managers and good employees. On a related note, I did a video a while back on…
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Catch me today on DriveThruHR!
I’ll be talking on DriveThruHR today, and I’d love for you to call in or listen online. The show is at noon central time and runs for a (fairly quick!) thirty minutes. If you miss the show, you can listen to the archive afterward. Click here to visit the DriveThruHR site Click here to add…
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New Supervisor Training
I attended a new supervisor training session a few years ago, and it left me with some strong feelings about how to run a supervisor training program. I think the way it’s traditionally been done is a poor method for teaching managers what they need to know, but I haven’t decided on the right combination…
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Five years ago (HR Carnival)
This week’s HR carnival is going to be going up at EvilHRLady on Wednesday. The theme is “What were you doing five years ago?”, so I thought I would throw in a post to that effect. Nothing enlightening or exciting today, just a chance for me (and you) to reflect back on the amount of changes…
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Subcultures, consistency, and focus
Today is kind of a random collection of ideas. Blog posts usually come from the intersection of two or more ideas, and this one certainly followed that formula. Today I read a post on corporate culture and consistency on the Sanera People Development blog. I urge you to click through and read it, because it…
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Signs That a Person is Lying-Free Guide
What are the signs that a person is lying? The person rubs their forehead or neck Perspiring, trembling and blushing Delayed nodding to support an answer they’ve given All of the above If you’ve been in HR for very long, you have probably run across some employee relations or management issues. Inevitably, someone will end…