Welcome to our video series, Secret Sauce, brought to you by the awesome team at OutMatch! Each month, our host, R.J. Morris, will chat with a featured guest on ways you can apply predictive analytics and data to the people function of your business. This month on Secret Sauce, R.J. talks to Kris Dunn, CHRO at Kinetix, on simple and smart ways to use assessment …
Welcome? 3 (More) Challenges For the FNG
Back in June, I wrote a post describing some of the initial pain points of re-entering the corporate world after years in a role as a consultant. Much of the challenge is acclimating to the new physical environment – dress codes, standard work hours, staff meetings and the like. All of the brick & mortar adaptations that initially shock our …
You Just Lost Your Latest New Hire To… The Accounting Department?
Amazon continues to be (IMHO), America’s most interesting company. From the sheer range of businesses in which they operate to their single-minded focus on dominating their categories and increasing their willingness, (almost at a Google-like level) to experiment with brand new and innovative products and services… Amazon is always fascinating. And this willingness to experiment seems to sometimes extend to …
The Customer Boundary Is Where EVERY Employee Should Start
A big part of employee engagement is connecting the “why” of the company to the “why” of the individual. The better a company does that, the better the individual will engage and succeed. And, not coincidentally, the better the company will do as well. When you’re connected to the company and its mission, it’s easier to put up with minor …
VIDEO: No Scrubs with Laurie Ruettimann – Does Your C-Suite Care About Onboarding?
On this episode of “No Scrubs,” two of my personal favorite HR personalities are talking shop related to the undying passion your C-Suite has for your company’s onboarding process… or not. Dawn Burke follows up with HR writer, speaker and strategist, Laurie Ruettimann, to hash out the topic of her latest post here on how—even if your C-Suite really doesn’t think onboarding is as important as other mission-critical objectives in …
5 Signs Your New Hire Is Using You As A Rebound Job
Okay, how many of you out there have ever been in a rebound relationship? And by rebound I mean someone else was using you as their rebound. Come on, raise your hand! There’s nothing to be ashamed of here! It happened to me—25 years ago in high school and earlier this year at work. When I was in high school …
Your C-Suite Doesn’t Care About Onboarding
(But I’m still gonna give you tips on how to onboard properly; it’s coming a little later) Onboaring is important, but not as important to your CEO as you might think. Face it, it’s not mission critical. Companies have been surviving for years without 3-to-6-month integration programs, 4-week trainings before setting foot in a cubical, “scavenger hunts” to meet peers, …
The Only Metric You Need To Gauge Onboarding Success
No one has ever accused me of adding complexity to a situation. Small words work best with us Midwest folk. Unfortunately, we sometimes allow our desire to provide structure—especially metrics and processes—to actually complicate our simple goals. Take onboarding. At its most basic, onboarding is simple, right? Deliver on the promises you made during the recruiting process, Skippy. Early in …
WEBINAR: Bootstrap Your Training Function: 5 Ways To Make Learning Matter In Your Company
It’s true. You know the true power of learning and development, known to the laypeople in your company by the pedestrian term “Training.” A revamp of your approach to learning and development has been on your project list for no less than two years—but day-to-day HR and workforce management duties has kept it in the “someday” bucket. We feel …
Don’t Hide Your Crazy
“Go and fix your makeup, well, it’s just a break up, Run and hide your crazy and start actin’ like a lady…” Miranda Lambert sings about it, there are t-shirts galore made in honor of it… and yet it’s a concept not readily exposed by corporate HR. Hide your crazy. Exposed? Why would HR want to bare their (collectively speaking) crazy? …