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“An HR manager can do whatever they need to do.  We do have a vision, and the vision is that all administrative tasks should be done in less than 15 seconds.” Leila Laidani, Aconso   We’re Only Human — Episode 122   In the last year, companies have shifted much of their work processes to…

“You need to have a competitive pay and benefits offering. When you go to do that, the employer ends up paying for a lot of things that go unused just because there’s too much to communicate. What’s just amazing about the time and space we’re in now is you can really use personalization to surface…

“I had a client that in February of last year had 72 employees, all in Boulder, Colorado. By September of last year, they eliminated their office and went remote. They went from having all their employees in one state to having those same 74 employees, but across 14 different states.” Jordan Conley, President, Obsidian HR…

“Companies can now optimize things like rewards and training and development. HR and the way companies communicate with employees is going to be based on personalization.”  Juan Betancourt, CEO, Humantelligence   We’re Only Human — Episode 119   The “one size fits all” approach is being replaced with the “one size fits one” approach at…

“It all has to link back to practical insights and practical takeaways about how best we can come through the current crisis together.” Bill Banham, Editor, HR Gazette We’re Only Human — Episode 118 One of the fun parts of the last year has been connecting with new people, finding new resources, and building new…

“Listening without solving… Is really important, because the tendency for a lot of people is when somebody comes to you with an issue, the immediate response is to try and find a solution to the problem when in fact that may not be what you need.”  Gordon Simpson, SVP Human Resources, DHL Global Forwarding  …

“There’s a lot of blame going around. Rumors, gossip, people are on their guard.  So this kind of hidden anger and passive aggressiveness that I have seen, [what’s] always an eye-opener with clients is how many people need to be CC’d on any given email. So the more people that are CC’d in anything gives…