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Workplace Investigation: When Someone Lies
The HR HubOctober 27, 202600:18:13

Workplace Investigation: When Someone Lies

False allegations in workplace investigations are somewhat rare. Or are they? HR professionals need to know how to recognize and handle a bad faith complaint when one comes up. Bob Stenhouse, founder and CEO of Veritas Solutions and a former police investigator and undercover officer, explains the d...

How to Run Effective Stay Interviews
The HR HubOctober 13, 202600:20:45

How to Run Effective Stay Interviews

Stay interviews are not just to keep employees who are thinking about leaving. They help HR and leaders gather employee insights to build a better organization. Juli Prizant, founder and president of OptiPeople Resources, explains how stay interviews compare to exit interviews and engagement surveys...

Compensation Systems - A Complete Guide
The HR HubOctober 11, 202600:28:17

Compensation Systems - A Complete Guide

Building an effective compensation framework is essential for creating fair compensation systems, having something defensible and sustainable, meeting pay transparency requirements, attracting top talent and, importantly, defusing pay disatisfaction! Shawn Raible, founder of GamePlan Total Rewards, ...

Systems Thinking in HR
The HR HubOctober 06, 202600:24:10

Systems Thinking in HR

HR has a a lot of processes. Together they make systems. Each program must connect directly back to core business goals and the business strategy. Former VP of HR Jim Utley explains why standalone performance reviews and disconnected processes create organizational friction instead of performance. L...

Organizational Conflict: You Don't Have to Terminate or Performance Manage
The HR HubSeptember 22, 202600:23:31

Organizational Conflict: You Don't Have to Terminate or Performance Manage

Conflict resolution is the option most organizations skip when two employees stop being able to work together. Chartered mediator Michelle Phaneuf explains how facilitated conversations resolve workplace conflict, what the process looks like from first call to solution, and why letting someone go of...

Contractor or Employee? Explaining the Difference
The HR HubSeptember 15, 202600:16:00

Contractor or Employee? Explaining the Difference

Independent contractors are easier than employees right? Flexibility, less risk. So many employers create that contract AND unknowingly create legal, financial, and tax liabilities for themselves. Employment lawyer Brady Farmer, partner with Mathew Dinsdale Clarke, explains so much about this and wh...

How to create an HR Strategy that will actually work
The HR HubSeptember 08, 202600:14:10

How to create an HR Strategy that will actually work

Most HR strategy fails because HR confuses their programs with actual business impact. In this conversation, Ranya Nehmeh, founder of Elevare HR Advisory and former HR leader at the OPEC Fund and European Central Bank, breaks down how to build a people plan that will make HR indispensable. We explor...

Job Analysis for the AI Era
The HR HubSeptember 01, 202600:26:22

Job Analysis for the AI Era

Job analysis provides the foundational framework needed for many activities of HR. It also will help you understand work and adapt your workforce as artificial intelligence reshapes daily tasks and organizational roles. Dr. Edie Goldberg joins the conversation to explain the critical difference betw...

Communicate Well - Even When You Feel Like a Fraud
The HR HubAugust 25, 202600:32:57

Communicate Well - Even When You Feel Like a Fraud

Going into a presentation and feeling terrible? Watch this. You can do it AND do a good job. Building workplace confidence and executive communication skills is essential for driving career growth and establishing credibility in leadership. Dr. Andrea Wojnicki, an executive communication coach with ...

5 Plays for Psychological Safety
The HR HubAugust 18, 202600:29:53

5 Plays for Psychological Safety

There are specific and tangible ways to build psychological safety on teams and help your clients do it too. Leadership consultants Karolin Helbig and Minette Norman share five practical plays from their psychological playbook series to help human resources professionals and business executives tran...