About 25% of employees returned to offices across 10 major US cities last week, with New York experiencing the lowest rate at 13.1%, according to an analysis by Kastle Systems International. The top three cities for getting workers back into offices were Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles. Full Story: Bloomberg (tiered subscription model) (11/11)
5 Must-Know Culture Trends for 2021 As companies enter 2021, how can organizations prepare for the new normal? Read O.C. Tanner's 5 Culture Trends for 2021 to see how you can be prepared to help your employees thrive, no matter what new challenges may come their way.
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Recruiting & Retention
The value of positive reinforcement Managers must be careful when delivering criticism to employees because of potential damage to morale. Building up trust by delivering positive reinforcement can help. Full Story: CNBC (11/11)
Bringing People and Business Together AI-based scheduling has the power to bring people and businesses closer together more than ever before. It can help increase employee engagement and eliminate key challenges such as compliance issues, inequitable schedules, poor visibility into operations, and poor experiences for part-time workers. Join the Nov. 17th webinar to find out how intelligent scheduling can maximize productivity and efficiency. Register Now
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Survey explores willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine Sixty-four percent of people would get vaccinated if it would lower their risk of developing COVID-19 by 75%, according to a study by STAT and The Harris Poll. The poll also found that 81% of Americans consider COVID-19 a somewhat serious or serious public health threat, with a greater proportion of respondents age 65 and older considering it a very serious threat. Full Story: STAT (tiered subscription model) (11/10)
Technology
Follow agile practices to improve learning programs Many learning and development programs face issues of effectiveness, efficiency and alignment, and this is where agile approaches can help, Josh Bersin writes. Agile learning organizations have 15 identifiable practices including design thinking, personalization and flexible capacities that allow their learning strategies to stay relevant and have impact. Full Story: Josh Bersin blog (11/6)
The HR Leader
Are you using leadership or management "speak"? The idea of managing focuses on how processes and systems affect the bottom line, while "leadership speak" seeks to coach and empower employees, argues Peter Arthur-Smith. "During these difficult COVID-19 times, it is very clear that those with a management speak mindset laid off many of their people very quickly; whereas those operating with leadership speak hung on to their people as long as possible," he writes. Full Story: The CEO Refresher (11/9)
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