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New Webinar: Closing the Skills Gap for Emerging Leaders

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Leadership is in a transition. Baby Boomers are retiring at a record rate, and Gen Y is now the largest generation in the workforce. As the economy stabilizes, organizations are resurrecting their High Potential  programs, but is it too late for the next generation of leaders? Has the skills gap become insurmountable? Learn how leading-edge companies are developing their emerging leaders to overcome the challenges of a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment.We’ll share important, research-based revelations that provide a blueprint for trainers and leaders to develop their workforce for the future. This webcast will include the most significant trends in Emerging Leader Development, the major competency gaps of next generation leaders, and which strategies work most effectively to accelerate development and prepare rising leaders for the challenges ahead. Finally, we’ll explore the latest hot topic in Executive Development- Cognitive Readiness.

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Revisiting 2022 in the HR Space: Tips for Creating a Healthy Workplace

Article | September 22, 2022

Contents 1 Create Psychological Safety 2 Drive Recognition 3 Make Communications Clear Companies cannotafford to take the role of a flourishing workplace lightly. A setting conducive to productivity and creativity can propel overall performance and deliver tangible results that directly impact the bottom line. A discussion about a healthy workplace would be incomplete without addressing the dangers of a toxic one. According to a study by Wiley Edge, 40% of employees leave their jobs due to a toxic work culture. A collaborative study by Workhuman and Gallup on wellbeing in the workplace found that poor wellbeing manifests itself in the workplace in the form of employee burnout, high turnover, and low productivity. This costs organizations more than $322 billion worldwide. One way organizations can build a better workplace environment is with performance management. Here are some areas to focus on in employee performance management. 1. Create Psychological Safety When employees feel mentally and psychologically safe in their workplace, they get an impetus to contribute more, share their ideas, voice their opinions, and participate in more meaningful ways. Organizations must reinforce employee wellbeing by creating a safe environment that makes employees feel seen and heard and fosters a sense of acceptance in the workplace. 2. Drive Recognition Recognizing employees for their workand contribution significantly contributes to emotional wellbeing in the workplace. It signifies that the organization values the employee and it gives them the incentive to not only work better but stay longer. Organizations must make employee recognition and gratitude integral to the DNA of the work culture. It enhances engagement and makes for an enriching employee experience in the workplace. 3. Make Communications Clear Keeping clear lines of communication between employees and their leaders promotes a culture of transparency. A lack of clarity can create undue uncertainty and conflict. When employees get honest feedback and their role is clearly communicated to them, it enables successful completion of projects and a feeling of accomplishment for the employees. At the end of the day, employees should feel incentivized to show up and do their best at work every day. Promoting employee wellbeing is not a one-time activity but something that needs to be consistently done and mapped. This ensures your employees will succeed, which will translate into success for your organization.

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Listen and act: how to get employee experience management right

Article | July 20, 2022

As the science behind employee engagement evolves, it’s become clear just how much businesses can gain from a happy and involved workforce. From improved performance, to reduced attrition, increased revenue and even a better customer experience, employee engagement is at the heart of business growth. Given these benefits, it’s no surprise that the role of HR departments is moving beyond just managing people and towards managing experiences.

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5 Things HR Can Do To Improve Employee Output

Article | July 15, 2022

Employees are companies most valuable asset – Without the talent, knowledge and expertise those employed bring to an organisation, it’s safe to say that the business world would be a very different landscape. Human Resources is often held responsible for owning the employee value strategy, where we’re now embracing tremendous improvements in how the value that employees bring, can be achieved. Here we’ll explore how data analysis, learning & development, employee engagement, 360 feedback and flexibility all offer a significant opportunity to improve employee output within every organisation in 2020.

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6 Reasons To Invest In Employee Onboarding In Your Organization

Article | February 10, 2020

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. This holds particularly true when it comes to employee onboarding. It's a new hire's introduction to the organization and the experience has a significant impact on employee retention. Unfortunately, that's why it's rare to see many employees with years of tenure. Research by Future Workplace found that 91% of Millennials expect to stay in a job for less than 3 years. Companies lose 25% of all new employees within the first year, according to SHRM, but almost 70% of employees are more likely to stay with a company for 3 years if they experienced great onboarding.

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Increasing ROI through Digital Recruitment Marketing

Article | September 22, 2022

Contents 1 Create Psychological Safety 2 Drive Recognition 3 Make Communications Clear Companies cannotafford to take the role of a flourishing workplace lightly. A setting conducive to productivity and creativity can propel overall performance and deliver tangible results that directly impact the bottom line. A discussion about a healthy workplace would be incomplete without addressing the dangers of a toxic one. According to a study by Wiley Edge, 40% of employees leave their jobs due to a toxic work culture. A collaborative study by Workhuman and Gallup on wellbeing in the workplace found that poor wellbeing manifests itself in the workplace in the form of employee burnout, high turnover, and low productivity. This costs organizations more than $322 billion worldwide. One way organizations can build a better workplace environment is with performance management. Here are some areas to focus on in employee performance management. 1. Create Psychological Safety When employees feel mentally and psychologically safe in their workplace, they get an impetus to contribute more, share their ideas, voice their opinions, and participate in more meaningful ways. Organizations must reinforce employee wellbeing by creating a safe environment that makes employees feel seen and heard and fosters a sense of acceptance in the workplace. 2. Drive Recognition Recognizing employees for their workand contribution significantly contributes to emotional wellbeing in the workplace. It signifies that the organization values the employee and it gives them the incentive to not only work better but stay longer. Organizations must make employee recognition and gratitude integral to the DNA of the work culture. It enhances engagement and makes for an enriching employee experience in the workplace. 3. Make Communications Clear Keeping clear lines of communication between employees and their leaders promotes a culture of transparency. A lack of clarity can create undue uncertainty and conflict. When employees get honest feedback and their role is clearly communicated to them, it enables successful completion of projects and a feeling of accomplishment for the employees. At the end of the day, employees should feel incentivized to show up and do their best at work every day. Promoting employee wellbeing is not a one-time activity but something that needs to be consistently done and mapped. This ensures your employees will succeed, which will translate into success for your organization.

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TALENT MANAGEMENT

From Talent Management to Talent Engagement

Article | July 20, 2022

As the science behind employee engagement evolves, it’s become clear just how much businesses can gain from a happy and involved workforce. From improved performance, to reduced attrition, increased revenue and even a better customer experience, employee engagement is at the heart of business growth. Given these benefits, it’s no surprise that the role of HR departments is moving beyond just managing people and towards managing experiences.

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5 Best Practices for Developing an HR Change Management Program

Article | July 15, 2022

Employees are companies most valuable asset – Without the talent, knowledge and expertise those employed bring to an organisation, it’s safe to say that the business world would be a very different landscape. Human Resources is often held responsible for owning the employee value strategy, where we’re now embracing tremendous improvements in how the value that employees bring, can be achieved. Here we’ll explore how data analysis, learning & development, employee engagement, 360 feedback and flexibility all offer a significant opportunity to improve employee output within every organisation in 2020.

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6 Reasons To Invest In Employee Onboarding In Your Organization

Article | February 10, 2020

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. This holds particularly true when it comes to employee onboarding. It's a new hire's introduction to the organization and the experience has a significant impact on employee retention. Unfortunately, that's why it's rare to see many employees with years of tenure. Research by Future Workplace found that 91% of Millennials expect to stay in a job for less than 3 years. Companies lose 25% of all new employees within the first year, according to SHRM, but almost 70% of employees are more likely to stay with a company for 3 years if they experienced great onboarding.

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Enboarder Platform Integrates Equifax Workforce Solutions for Onboarding Enhancement

Enboarder and Equifax Workforce Solutions | January 27, 2023

On January 26, 2023, Enboarder, a leading workflow and employee communication platform, announced its strategic alliance with Equifax Workforce Solutions, to bring I-9 management and Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) management features to its platform. The integration addresses the need of the employees to adhere to federal, state and county regulations as well as for human connection at the time of onboarding. It will also provide personalized onboarding experiences to improve employee engagement. The integration will enable Enboarder’s customers to empower their new hires to fill the USCIS Form I-9 from beginning to end, on any device, nearly from anywhere. Similarly, they can recognize the eligible employees for WOTC and gain more tax credits for their businesses. Brent Pearson, Founder and CEO of Enboarder, said, "The ability to create strong, authentic connections among employees is the foundation of success for any business and it starts with the onboarding journey." He added, "Through our partnership with Equifax, our customers can more easily manage the historically time-consuming and paperwork-heavy side of onboarding, allowing them to focus more on what matters most: helping new hires build relationships and a support network from day one." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) Joe Muchnick, Senior Vice President of Employer Services and Talent Solutions at Equifax Workforce Solutions, said, "People expect their digital interactions to be fast, simple and easy. That's why this partnership is a natural fit: it helps HR leaders more seamlessly deliver an industry-leading I-9 and WOTC experience from Equifax through the Enboarder platform that their companies are already using. That means an enhanced employee experience – and a reduced administrative burden on HR." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) About Enboarder Enboarder is a leading employee communication and work management platforms, which enhances human connections through the entire employee journey for companies of all sizes. The company’s platforms have revolutionized human resource programs and onboarding processes, and inspires employees to engage with the programs, information, and create connections across every stage. It delivers personalized, efficient, and precise content on the chosen communication channel. As a result, it makes connections act at right time. About Equifax Workforce Solutions Equifax is a leading employer services firm providing information, expertise, and HR solutions for the organization's needs. Its verification services and flagship, The Work NumberⓇ database helps to take accurate decisions for national consumers. It helps make Onboarding paperwork easier to finish, including faster I-9 fillings, digital tracking, and employee verification.

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One Model’s People Data Cloud a New Option for People Analytics in Canada

One Model | January 25, 2023

The people analytics software provider One Model recently announced an option for its people analytics software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering hosted for local customers in Canada. The new local data processing capability will help Canadian enterprises, government agencies, academic institutions, and other large organizations to organize their human resources data securely, which delivers analysts and decision makes data-driven people insights. In addition, this new option helps Canadian companies meet important data governance goals because all processing and storage of enterprise people's data happen on Canadian territory. The leader in people analytics celebrated doubling its size in 2022, both in terms of sales and employees. Users and practitioners have mentioned people analytics and praised the company’s People Data CloudTM platform. Additionally, the eight-year-old startup from Austin, Texas, introduced various next-generation machine-learning innovations within its One AI machine-learning technology which is built into all the company's products. One Model's new operational capability in Canada utilizes the Amazon Web Services cloud, which provides a secure, reliable, and high-performance computing infrastructure to meet the demanding business needs of human resources data engineering and advanced analytics applications. "The new option for People Data Cloud in Canada represents a turning point for Canadian HR and people analytics practitioners. It is yet another impressive growth milestone because our infrastructure is truly global, with the ability to go-live anywhere AWS infrastructure exists in a matter of hours," said Matthew Wilton, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at One Model. (Source: Cision) About One Model Founded in 2014, One Model is the people analytics platform that helps flourishing companies make decisions about talent at every level of the organization. The People Data Cloud people analytics platform takes all the heavy lifting out of data extraction, modeling, cleansing, analytics, and reporting of enterprise workforce data. Companies from mid-size to big rapid-growing ones rely on the people analytics platform. HR teams and businesses trust its analytical toolset and accurate reports. In addition, People Data Cloud is a very open platform that helps people make ethical decisions and ensures the highest levels of security and privacy that human resource management requires.

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Paylocity Boosts Third-Party Integrations for Increased Employee Data Usage

Paylocity | January 19, 2023

Paylocity, a technology innovator in the HR industry, recently announced that it has fully integrated Cloudsnap, a flexible, low-code solution for integrating different business applications, into the company’s extensible and open platform. This increases Paylocity’s ability to create new integrations faster, adding more flexibility to the platform. Clients can use this platform to build a single source of employee information that can be used across the organization. The Paylocity’s Marketplace, hundreds of integrations are already available, and many more have recently been added to connect business data and applications for optimizing business agility and efficiencies. Paylocity’s acquisition of Cloudsnap in 2022 and subsequent development of integration capabilities have simplified access to data and allowed for innovative use cases such as: Faster onboarding by automatically importing data from earlier providers, enabling clients to begin using Paylocity quickly and effortlessly Embedding third-party data and services directly within the Paylocity user interface so employees can increase efficiency by accessing more information and functionality from one place rather than switching between multiple systems Flexible Platform make Businesses HR-centric Paylocity’s modern architecture enables a single employee record system to support the entire employee lifecycle, connecting HR data with other business services and solutions to achieve greater overall efficiency and consistency. For most companies, the biggest asset and cost center is their workforce, so efficient sharing of precise, real-time employee data is essential for better decision-making and compliance. Across all industries, the capability to automatically sync employee and general ledger data enhances collaboration between HR and Finance teams to improve compliance and automate more ERP processes. Oracle NetSuite and Sage Intacct are Paylocity's most recent ERP integrations Integrating employee data with Point-of-Sale (POS) systems eliminates the need for manually entering data into two separate systems, improving efficiency and regulatory compliance in the retail, restaurant, and hospitality industries. Square and Clover are two of Paylocity's most recent POS integrations Enterprises of all sizes need effective processes and systems to collaborate, communicate, and facilitate ease of decision-making. Modern HR technology that goes beyond streamlining HR processes can help HR teams bridge those gaps and become a hub for the entire organization hub. Paylocity helps HR teams achieve better business results through a single employee record system by accelerating their ability to integrate with critical applications and processes. About Paylocity Based in Schaumburg, Illinois, Paylocity is an award-winning cloud-based HR and payroll software provider. The company provides clients with comprehensive support and easy-to-use, innovative solutions. Paylocity delivers an intuitive, user-friendly product suite that assists businesses in automating and streamlining HR and payroll processes, attracting and retaining talent, develop a winning culture and connections with their employees.

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Enboarder Platform Integrates Equifax Workforce Solutions for Onboarding Enhancement

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On January 26, 2023, Enboarder, a leading workflow and employee communication platform, announced its strategic alliance with Equifax Workforce Solutions, to bring I-9 management and Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) management features to its platform. The integration addresses the need of the employees to adhere to federal, state and county regulations as well as for human connection at the time of onboarding. It will also provide personalized onboarding experiences to improve employee engagement. The integration will enable Enboarder’s customers to empower their new hires to fill the USCIS Form I-9 from beginning to end, on any device, nearly from anywhere. Similarly, they can recognize the eligible employees for WOTC and gain more tax credits for their businesses. Brent Pearson, Founder and CEO of Enboarder, said, "The ability to create strong, authentic connections among employees is the foundation of success for any business and it starts with the onboarding journey." He added, "Through our partnership with Equifax, our customers can more easily manage the historically time-consuming and paperwork-heavy side of onboarding, allowing them to focus more on what matters most: helping new hires build relationships and a support network from day one." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) Joe Muchnick, Senior Vice President of Employer Services and Talent Solutions at Equifax Workforce Solutions, said, "People expect their digital interactions to be fast, simple and easy. That's why this partnership is a natural fit: it helps HR leaders more seamlessly deliver an industry-leading I-9 and WOTC experience from Equifax through the Enboarder platform that their companies are already using. That means an enhanced employee experience – and a reduced administrative burden on HR." (Source – Cision PR Newswire) About Enboarder Enboarder is a leading employee communication and work management platforms, which enhances human connections through the entire employee journey for companies of all sizes. The company’s platforms have revolutionized human resource programs and onboarding processes, and inspires employees to engage with the programs, information, and create connections across every stage. It delivers personalized, efficient, and precise content on the chosen communication channel. As a result, it makes connections act at right time. About Equifax Workforce Solutions Equifax is a leading employer services firm providing information, expertise, and HR solutions for the organization's needs. Its verification services and flagship, The Work NumberⓇ database helps to take accurate decisions for national consumers. It helps make Onboarding paperwork easier to finish, including faster I-9 fillings, digital tracking, and employee verification.

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One Model’s People Data Cloud a New Option for People Analytics in Canada

One Model | January 25, 2023

The people analytics software provider One Model recently announced an option for its people analytics software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering hosted for local customers in Canada. The new local data processing capability will help Canadian enterprises, government agencies, academic institutions, and other large organizations to organize their human resources data securely, which delivers analysts and decision makes data-driven people insights. In addition, this new option helps Canadian companies meet important data governance goals because all processing and storage of enterprise people's data happen on Canadian territory. The leader in people analytics celebrated doubling its size in 2022, both in terms of sales and employees. Users and practitioners have mentioned people analytics and praised the company’s People Data CloudTM platform. Additionally, the eight-year-old startup from Austin, Texas, introduced various next-generation machine-learning innovations within its One AI machine-learning technology which is built into all the company's products. One Model's new operational capability in Canada utilizes the Amazon Web Services cloud, which provides a secure, reliable, and high-performance computing infrastructure to meet the demanding business needs of human resources data engineering and advanced analytics applications. "The new option for People Data Cloud in Canada represents a turning point for Canadian HR and people analytics practitioners. It is yet another impressive growth milestone because our infrastructure is truly global, with the ability to go-live anywhere AWS infrastructure exists in a matter of hours," said Matthew Wilton, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at One Model. (Source: Cision) About One Model Founded in 2014, One Model is the people analytics platform that helps flourishing companies make decisions about talent at every level of the organization. The People Data Cloud people analytics platform takes all the heavy lifting out of data extraction, modeling, cleansing, analytics, and reporting of enterprise workforce data. Companies from mid-size to big rapid-growing ones rely on the people analytics platform. HR teams and businesses trust its analytical toolset and accurate reports. In addition, People Data Cloud is a very open platform that helps people make ethical decisions and ensures the highest levels of security and privacy that human resource management requires.

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