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"No matter how strong your value proposition for customers, the primary driver for your business’ long term growth will always be your people. Smart people create great products and provide topnotch service to clients, which can generate strong profits for your company." 🔵What's your best tip for recruiting great talent?
🏥📄"Employers with fewer than 50 full-time employees are not required by law to offer group health insurance coverage for their employees. However, there are strong reasons why small businesses, regardless of size, should offer health insurance to their employees." #BusinessOwners, please take a moment to review the health insurance requirements ⬇️ Feel free to share, and comment on any lessons you've learned.
Recruiters, what's been the most impactful lesson you've learned from interviewing candidates? "As an interviewer, you want to find the right person to fill a position at your company. You also want to make a good impression so that your company will stand out as an appealing place to work. Even in a competitive job market, a negative experience at the interview stage can put people off." Before your next interview today please take a moment to read a great article by Lorraine Kipling ⬇️
Here are four leadership and teamwork topics that will improve your business now and in the future. "let’s focus on strategies to survive the future of Covid-19, Skynet, Planet of the Apes and whatever else is ahead. As business leaders, we’ve all had to face many of the same obstacles to protect workers and keep our businesses going in an uncertain environment. Fortunately, there are some common strategies you can try." 🔵Improve structure ["When leaders provide a safe and predictable structure for work, it enables employees to feel more certain, at ease and more productive"] 🔵Build for the future ["focus on the future, retool your process and set new goals"] 🔵Keep it simple ["What can you make easier in your business? The easier you make things, the more your clients and partners will like it"] 🔵Create more partnerships ["Organizations with good partners are equipped to do better than those without. Partners have your back"]
🔵How does your organization handle #WorkPlaceGossip? "When light conversation and idle chitchat elevates to negative, inflammatory and embarrassing to the person being spoken of, you've ventured into gossip terrain, which, in HR speak, is a form of attack and workplace violence" 👉🏾How can you tell? - Does the chitchat rejoice in the misfortune of others? Yep, gossip. - Does it have a negative emotional charge or seem to perpetuate conflict or negativity? Gossip again. - Does it hurt or damage the one being spoken of? Would you say it in front of this person's face? - Is it an unsubstantiated rumor about another employee's work situation (a promotion or demotion)? Uh-huh, gossip. Please take a moment and read this great article, and feel free to implement the 9 suggestions to eliminate #gossip
"We are social animals and our instinct is to find strength in numbers. We appreciate a small circle of people, but need larger circles as well. Our health and happiness are inextricably linked with our connections"
Let's start Monday off with a #QOTD How often do you join a call because it is on your calendar, without really knowing the purpose or your role? "People's motivation is highest when they experience forward momentum or progress toward a meaningful goal. By intentionally designing your meetings, you can help your team shift from viewing meetings as obstacles to viewing them as engaging conversations in which progress accelerates because they are working toward a defined goal with the right people, in a productive way, with the information they need to do it well."
"While digitalization brings significant advantages for organizations, it has amplified workplace stress for individuals by enabling 24/7 accessibility, blurring work-life boundaries and creating an “instant response” culture with the expectation that messages received demand an immediate acknowledgement or response. As a result, workplace stress is costing US and European businesses around $300 billion per year, and has helped to generate a corporate wellness industry worth $57.2 billion." What type of well-being programs does your organization provide?
"Your employees can be your most dedicated brand advocates, but only if you create the right environment in your business. Having employees who help to spread the word about your business is valuable whether you're a local brick-and-mortar business or a global company" How does your company create great brand advocates? Here are great tips the article provides: 📌Keep employees informed and included in important discussions. 📌Emphasize your company culture and core values. Discuss your target audience, which may vary for different products and services.
📚After reading “The Crane Wife” by CJ Hauser The JPI Group’s Timothy Humes expressed how much it moved him. The story is filled with metaphors for many of our core values. Were you able to spot any examples of our core values in the story? 📌JPI Core Values #Candor #Prioritization #Hunger #Attitude #Communication #Consistency #Competence #Innovation
