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Crisis Communications – What to Do When a Crisis Hits Your Company
Read more: Crisis Communications – What to Do When a Crisis Hits Your CompanyIn today’s world, the crisis that hits your company is going to be something you have no idea is coming. It’s going to come on a random Tuesday. And it’s going to be something you have to react to. With this in mind, how can companies and organizations get ahead of crises (e.g., a network…
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impactHR Expands Again – Welcome Shannon, Jen and Maya!
Read more: impactHR Expands Again – Welcome Shannon, Jen and Maya!At impactHR, we believe great teams drive great businesses. As we continue to grow, we’re thrilled to welcome three outstanding professionals to our team: Shannon Rogers, Jen Vogel and Maya Hoover. Their expertise and passion for HR and marketing will further strengthen our commitment to providing best-in-class HR consulting, outsourcing and training services to help…
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Letter from Kelly Mitchell: Looking Ahead to 2025
Read more: Letter from Kelly Mitchell: Looking Ahead to 2025As the holiday season wraps us in its spirit, I hope this message finds you reflecting on a year filled with accomplishments, good health and meaningful growth. On behalf of all of us with the impactHR team, I want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the privilege of partnering with you. Supporting your HR and…
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Workplace: Consider Using Anonymous Survey Tools to Provide Employee Feedback to Managers
Read more: Workplace: Consider Using Anonymous Survey Tools to Provide Employee Feedback to ManagersEmployees often hesitate to give feedback about their managers due to fears of workplace tension or retaliation, uncertainty about what to say, or doubts that their input will lead to change. These concerns can be addressed by implementing a few key practices to make the feedback process more comfortable and effective. First, use an anonymous…
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Optimizing Your Workplace Culture Via Employee Surveys
Read more: Optimizing Your Workplace Culture Via Employee SurveysWith the upending of the workplace over In one example, a recent Deloitte survey of millennials shows job loyalty increases when employers address specific employee workplace preferences, such as diversity and inclusion, sustainability and re-skilling programs. As part of this, organization leaders and managers should ask: “how can I re-recruit and re-engage my employees and,…
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Building Your Employment Brand to Optimize Recruiting
Read more: Building Your Employment Brand to Optimize RecruitingThere’s no doubt the employment market is strong with nonfarm payrolls increasing by 275,000 workers last month, according to the US Department of Labor. Yet, in the NFIB’s monthly jobs survey for March 2024, of those hiring or trying to hire (56%), 91% reported few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying…
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Consider an Audit of Your HR Function for the Year Ahead
Read more: Consider an Audit of Your HR Function for the Year AheadWith 2024 still in its early stages, it may be a good time to take a renewed look at how you manage your organization’s people and HR practices, processes and compliance. This is where an HR audit can be helpful. An HR audit is an effective tool to assess your present status on a number…
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Your End-of-Year HR Checklist: Getting Ready for 2024
Read more: Your End-of-Year HR Checklist: Getting Ready for 2024With fall here, it’s not too early to begin evaluating and refreshing the components of your company or organization’s HR function to prepare for optimum efficiency at the start of 2024. Here is a quick checklist of tasks and processes to consider reviewing to help you and your team get ready for January 1 (because…
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The Alternative Board’s Denise O’Neill & impactHR’s Kelly Mitchell Lead Networking Event on “Strategies for Growth”
Read more: The Alternative Board’s Denise O’Neill & impactHR’s Kelly Mitchell Lead Networking Event on “Strategies for Growth”In the quest for business growth in this current era, companies should stay focused on their people, processes and customers, said Denise O’Neill (CEO, The Alternative Board/Baltimore Washington) at impactHR’s “impact Your Business: Strategies for Growth” event held last month at the impactHR Conference Center. Co-presenting at this event, Kelly Mitchell (Principal with impactHR) said…
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Navigating Cannabis Law in the Workplace with New Maryland Policy in Effect July 1, 2023
Read more: Navigating Cannabis Law in the Workplace with New Maryland Policy in Effect July 1, 2023Few issues today appear more complicated than the thicket of employment-related policies around cannabis use in the workplace. As it stands, 46 states plus Washington, DC, allow marijuana use in some form, either medicinally or recreationally. Twenty-three states (including DC, Maryland and Virginia) have laws prohibiting employers from discriminating against job applicants or employees who…