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Team Culture vs. Company Culture: Does team culture matter more to a company than company culture itself?
Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times surveyed the execs of 24 companies and found only 5 could recognize their own company values. Of those 5, 3 of them had actually written their company values themselves. From memory, do you know what your company values are? While “Company Culture” gets a lot of lip services and is indeed important to always …
What is an HRIS? (AKA a Human Resource Information System)
Introduction to HRIS Picture this: You’re running an HR department and juggling tasks like employee data management, recruitment, payroll, and benefits administration. Sounds exhausting, right? Well, there’s a lifesaver that can help you streamline these tasks: a Human Resource Information System, or HRIS. What is HRIS? HRIS stands for Human Resource Information System. It’s essentially a software or online platform …
Why Do You Keep Hiring the Wrong People?
At some point in your professional journey, you’ve looked around and thought, “How did this person get hired?” Or even more personally, “How did I hire this person?” It’s an age-old question for managers and owners of small and medium-sized businesses: why do we sometimes end up with the wrong fit for our team? 37.9% of employees leave their organization …
Losing your employees? High turnover? Here are 15 retention tips to keep your best employees for the long term.
Retaining your top talent in a competitive ‘war for talent’ world is more critical now than ever. The cost, both monetary and in terms of company culture, of losing a key player is massive. We’ve all lost key team members, and we know how much it can hurt and set us back. Here are 15 ways to ensure your star …
When Should Your Small Business Should Invest in HR Software?
Have you found yourself forgetting the total number of staff you have, when and who is on vacation, and details about their contracts and roles, and responsibilities? It may be time to transition from manual human resources (HR) processes to a more sophisticated HR software. HR Software may seem like an unnecessary expense initially, but there comes a point when …
Striking a Balance: When Does the Workplace End and Personal Life Begin?
“Work to live or live to work?” is a question that has reverberated through the ages. However, some individuals fail to discern the boundary between their professional life and personal existence. These work-life integrators enthusiastically promote their dedication to the #hustleharder or #riseandgrind ethos, waking up each day ready to clock in 18 hours for the ‘American Dream’. While such …
