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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IS LIKE GETTING A SMOKER TO QUIT: IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, IT WON'T HAPPEN?
Employee engagement levels have been dramatically low for years. Research from Gallup shows that last year in the US the annual employee engagement rate was 32%. Globally it was even lower, namely...
Andreas
Irmer
(
Cegid
,
Director HR International
)
Teske
Schröder
(
Planon
,
HR Integrations Director
)
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THE GREAT UNRETIREMENT: IT'S TIME TO LET GO OF RETIREMENT ALTOGETHER?
People who near their retirement age or are already retired increasingly "unretire". Meaning they continue to be active in the work life in some shape or form. Something that isn't spoken about...
Andreas
Irmer
(
Cegid
,
Director HR International
)
Teske
Schröder
(
Planon
,
HR Integrations Director
)
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ONSITE WORKING: ALL BETS ARE OFF WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING PEOPLE BACK IN THE OFFICE?
The Covid pandemic has created a massive shift from in-office to remote work. Now that the pandemic is over, we see a lot of companies that are trying to get people back in the office again....
Andreas
Irmer
(
Cegid
,
Director HR International
)
Teske
Schröder
(
Planon
,
HR Integrations Director
)
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EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY: TIME FOR THE 4-HOUR WORKDAY?
Slack's 2023 State of Work Report found that, for instance in the UK, 30% of an average worker's day is lost to activities merely meant to appear productive. When the internet became mainstream...
Linnea
Bywall
(
Alva Labs
,
Head of People
)
Elena
Spiliotopoulou
(
Medline
,
Senior Director HR
)
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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY?
Many organizations, if not all of them, are spending large amounts of money on the development of their leadership teams. And understandably so. In today's fast-moving world of work, we expect more...
Linnea
Bywall
(
Alva Labs
,
Head of People
)
Elena
Spiliotopoulou
(
Medline
,
Senior Director HR
)
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CV'S: HIRING HURDLE OR CONVERSATION STARTER?
The relevance or not of CVs has been a topic in the world of work for years. For some, CVs are an outdated tool and a thing of the past, while for others, they remain an important instrument in...
Linnea
Bywall
(
Alva Labs
,
Head of People
)
Elena
Spiliotopoulou
(
Medline
,
Senior Director HR
)
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ARE WE READY FOR THE PAY TRANSPARENCY ERA?
In an effort to ‘strengthen the principle of equal pay for equal work between men and women through new EU rules on pay transparency’ the European Council has adopted new rules on pay transparency...
Suzanne
Lucas
(
Evil HR Lady
,
Human Resources Consultant
)
Virgile
Raingeard
(
Figures
,
CEO
)
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2024 WILL MARK THE END OF BS JOBS?
As 2024 is just around the corner, HR trends articles are starting to pop up again. One of the trends identified for next year by the Academy to Innovate HR is the end of BS jobs. This is a term...
Suzanne
Lucas
(
Evil HR Lady
,
Human Resources Consultant
)
Virgile
Raingeard
(
Figures
,
CEO
)
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DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE: IT'S NOT ABOUT BENEFITS. CASH IS STILL KING FOR EMPLOYEES.
Cash is king is an often-heard and much talked about phrase when we talk about employee compensation. And in an economy that has seen consistently high inflation for almost two years now, a...
Suzanne
Lucas
(
Evil HR Lady
,
Human Resources Consultant
)
Virgile
Raingeard
(
Figures
,
CEO
)
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MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES: Waste of Time When People Don't Admit They Need Help?
According to Forbes, poor mental health is sky-rocketing with 70% of the C-suite reportedly considering quitting their job to search for a job that better supports their mental health and...
Lothar
de Keyne
(
Bevoy
,
Co-founder
)
Carla
Serra
(
Futturwork
,
Director, HR Consultant
)
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SHOULD BE CUSTOMIZABLE. PERIOD.
Employee benefits have been a hot topic over the past years. Companies come up with the most creative benefits to attract candidates and retain their current employees. In a way, one could even go...
Lothar
de Keyne
(
Bevoy
,
Co-founder
)
Carla
Serra
(
Futturwork
,
Director, HR Consultant
)
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PROVING ROI CRUCIAL FOR HR TRANSFORMATION?
HR technology investments have been growing consistently for the past years. Between 2021 and 2022, for example, business investments in HR tech have risen 57% according to Forbes, with strong...
Lothar
de Keyne
(
Bevoy
,
Co-founder
)
Carla
Serra
(
Futturwork
,
Director, HR Consultant
)
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HR BUZZWORD FRENZY: HR Need a Course to Navigate the Terms
In 2020, LinkedIn was tracking over 45.000 HRtech & HR Service vendors on its platform. On average, according to the same LinkedIn article, every employer has around 15+ HR tech vendor solutions X...
Erik
Haugen
(
ConnectMyApps
,
CEO
)
Nicolas
Zavala
(
BusinessWith
,
CEO & Co-founder
)
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FEEDBACK FAIL: Don't Ask for It, Before Teaching People How to Deal with It.
Feedback is a popular word these days and has been for quite some time now. For every process HR teams want to implement, it's recommended to ask employees and stakeholders for feedback where...
Erik
Haugen
(
ConnectMyApps
,
CEO
)
Nicolas
Zavala
(
BusinessWith
,
CEO & Co-founder
)
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MARKET OUTLOOK: Top Trends & Focus Areas for HR Moving into 2024
Since we had the pleasure of having an all Nordic panel in this episode, namely Nicolas from Sweden and Erik from Norway, we wanted to pick their brain on what there are seeing happen in those 2...
Erik
Haugen
(
ConnectMyApps
,
CEO
)
Nicolas
Zavala
(
BusinessWith
,
CEO & Co-founder
)
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ONBOARDING: The Make-or-Break for Recruitment Success!
Earlier this year, Fortune reported that 80% of new hires who receive poor onboarding plan to quit, especially if they are remote workers. But it turns out that getting your onboarding right isn't...
Daniela
Mertens
(
HAHN Group
,
Global Director People & Culture
)
Dr Dieter
Veldsman
(
AIHR | Academy to Innovate HR
,
HR Chief Scientist
)
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HR IMPACT: In 2024, HR finally starts to lean in!
It's not a secret that historically the perceptions that both people in the organization and HR practitioners itself often had of HR haven't always been that great. According to a report by Sage,...
Daniela
Mertens
(
HAHN Group
,
Global Director People & Culture
)
Dr Dieter
Veldsman
(
AIHR | Academy to Innovate HR
,
HR Chief Scientist
)
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RTO: Forget culture and productivity, it’s all about avoiding a real estate value drop.
Since the start of Covid in 2020, the way many of us work has changed dramatically. While certain people love the fact that they are able to work from the comfort of their homes, others don’t. So...
Paul
LaLonde
(
CEDA
,
Vice President of People & Culture
)
Tracie
Sponenberg
(
Tracie Sponenberg LLC
,
Founder, Chief People Officer
)
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EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION: Time to say thank you a lot more (and mean it).
According to Miriam Connaughton, Chief People Officer at Simppler, retention will become a bigger priority in 2024 as anxiety about current and future economic conditions continues to linger and...
Paul
LaLonde
(
CEDA
,
Vice President of People & Culture
)
Tracie
Sponenberg
(
Tracie Sponenberg LLC
,
Founder, Chief People Officer
)
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HR FOR HR: Working in HR in today’s world simply is too much work
Those of us working in HR know that it’s tough. And while it always has been tough, it probably has become even tougher over the past three years starting (of course) when Covid hit. Almost...
Paul
LaLonde
(
CEDA
,
Vice President of People & Culture
)
Tracie
Sponenberg
(
Tracie Sponenberg LLC
,
Founder, Chief People Officer
)
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4-DAY WORKWEEK: from radical to routine in 2024
Early January, Gartner published their 9 Future of Work Trends for 2024. Among those, there was one prediction in particular that caught my eye. Let me elaborate :-) According to their own...
Alexandre
Hernandez
(
Jobgether
,
Co-founder
)
Vanessa
Monsequeira
(
Philips Innovation Services
,
Sustainability Strategist
)
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COMPANY CULTURE cannot be maintained in a Remote Work environment
Company culture, also known as organizational culture, refers to the shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours that characterise an organisation and shape how people interact and work...
Alexandre
Hernandez
(
Jobgether
,
Co-founder
)
Vanessa
Monsequeira
(
Philips Innovation Services
,
Sustainability Strategist
)
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REMOTE WORK is the future; offices are obsolete
According to a 2023 article by Fortune, work from home is stabilizing at around 25% of days - with is five times more than what it was five years ago, in 2019. In a different 2023 article by...
Alexandre
Hernandez
(
Jobgether
,
Co-founder
)
Vanessa
Monsequeira
(
Philips Innovation Services
,
Sustainability Strategist
)
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UNLIMITED PTO: wellbeing improvement or cause for burnout?
Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) is, as the term suggests, a vacation policy that allows employees to take as much free time as they want as long as it does not interfere with their ability to complete...
Griet
Deca
(
Tryangle
,
Chief Happiness Officer
)
Marie
Richter
(
Marie Richter HR Consulting
,
Fractional Head of HR
)
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UNBIASED HIRING: veto power for HR over hiring managers
According to an article by HBR, a vast body of research shows that the hiring process is often biased and unfair. Unconscious racism, ageism and sexism play a big role in who gets hired. ...
Griet
Deca
(
Tryangle
,
Chief Happiness Officer
)
Marie
Richter
(
Marie Richter HR Consulting
,
Fractional Head of HR
)
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BONUSES: missing their mark?
In a previous life, Neelie Verlinden worked for a large investment bank. Once a year, her manager would call her and her team members each in his office to tell them what their bonus would be for...
Griet
Deca
(
Tryangle
,
Chief Happiness Officer
)
Marie
Richter
(
Marie Richter HR Consulting
,
Fractional Head of HR
)
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ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T OFFBOARD WILL BE LEFT BEHIND
Our last debate is inspired by a LinkedIn post by one of today’s guests, namely Alexandre. Here’s what he said: "You know what I’m tired of - companies that don’t think about off-boarding as...
Alexandre
Seiler
(
Chief People Officer, Start Up Advisor
)
Tim
Whitley
(
Oklahoma State University
,
Director of HR Technology
)
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HR SHOULD HAVE MANDATORY ROTATIONS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS
We cannot even recount how many times we’ve heard the phrase ‘HR need to know the business,’ either from HR practitioners themselves or from people outside the HR field. And it’s something that...
Alexandre
Seiler
(
Chief People Officer, Start Up Advisor
)
Tim
Whitley
(
Oklahoma State University
,
Director of HR Technology
)
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GAMIFICATION HAS NO PLACE IN SERIOUS HR PROCESSES
Gamification is the integration of games or game-like elements into business processes to boost employee participation and engagement. Gamification in HR is often used to: · Streamline the...
Alexandre
Seiler
(
Chief People Officer, Start Up Advisor
)
Tim
Whitley
(
Oklahoma State University
,
Director of HR Technology
)
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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS ARE FLAWED
Employee engagement remains a difficult thing to tackle for a lot of organizations. In their quest for higher engagement levels, and for lack of a better alternative perhaps, many of them turn to...
Barry
Flack
(
BF Consultancy LTD
,
Fractional HR Executive
)
Laura
Tejada
(
SkyBounders
,
People and Scale-up Consultant
)
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