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HR Tips to Retain and Engage Employees Working From the Office or Home
Hundreds of human resource professionals gathered in-person and virtually for the Annual Arizona SHRM State Conference on August 24-27, 2021. Dozens of visitors contributed ideas to the Fahrenheit Advisors' engagement board, which asked attendees three timely questions about employee retention, engagement, and remote work. Their answers follow, providing insight that the broader HR community may find helpful as the profession…Read More -
Invest in Personality Assessments Like HOGAN to Boost Team Productivity
Ever pass a coworker in the hall who doesn’t acknowledge you? Ever have a misunderstanding with a coworker during a seemingly simple conversation? Different personality types, communication styles, and motivation techniques can bring out the best in us and sometimes lead to unnecessary conflict within a team.
Thankfully, personality assessments can be the first step in identifying differences, mitigating conflict,…Read More -
What Marijuana Legalization Means for Multi-State Employers
On July 1, 2021, marijuana became legal for adults (21 or older) in Virginia to use and possess, albeit with some important restrictions. In total, 18 states, 2 territories and the District of Columbia have legalized small amounts of marijuana for adult recreational use.
I recently wrote an article, Employers: Ready or Not, Marijuana Legalization is Here, geared toward Virginia…Read More -
What to Do When Your Best Employee Quits: Rich Reinecke Discusses with Fast Company
Rich Reinecke, Co-Managing Partner at Fahrenheit Advisors spoke with Fast Company about a question executives are asking more frequently amid the "Great Resignation."
What do you do when your best employee quits?
"It can be very emotional, initially," Reinecke says. "Sometimes you’re angry. Sometimes you’re scared.”
And what happens next can have serious repercussions on the business.
Read the article…Read More -
5 Common HR Mistakes Made by Small Businesses
Sometimes small firms have the best intentions but don’t always know the HR mistakes they make. Here are five of the common HR mistakes small companies make and the risks associated with them.
If you do not have an employee handbook, it’s time to put one in place. Having a handbook will document company procedures and benefits for employees…Read More -
Employers: Ready or Not, Marijuana Legalization is Here
On July 1, 2021, marijuana becomes legal for adults (21 or older) in Virginia to use and possess, albeit with some important restrictions. The new rules also make Virginia the 13th state to extend employment protections to medical marijuana cardholders.
Virginia employers will have to address what they can do if an employee is suspected of being impaired at…Read More -
Go Beyond a Job Description to Attract Top Talent
The red-hot job market puts job seekers in the driver’s seat, a sudden role reversal that has whiplashed employers into a new reality.
Gone are the days when a sunny job description was enough to bring top candidates into the hiring process. Today, with tier one talent often evaluating several offers, employers need to show more of their cards up…Read More -
Why Your Talent Strategy Should Embrace Remote Working
The first digital nomad I met was outside of Phuket, Thailand, in 2016.
I had never heard the term but fell in love with the concept and fervently wished it had been around earlier in my career. To be a digital nomad, all you needed was a laptop and a decent network connection. In more than 15 developing countries that…Read More -
How to Succeed as a One-Person HR Department
Being an HR department of one comes with a lot of responsibility and a lot of different, sometimes conflicting, priorities. Manual processes and paper documentation can mean simply keeping up with the day-to-day and can take up all your time and energy.
Here are 3 ways to improve your day-to-day while continuing to move the company forward at the same…Read More -
How to Create An Impactful Employee Handbook
Creating and maintaining a legally compliant Employee Handbook can be a daunting task for any employer. Have you considered what your Employee Handbook says about your company?
Employee Handbooks tend to be cumbersome to read filled with legal jargon. Though they are a vital repository of information, many employees don’t take the time to read them. They may only dig…Read More -
Attract and Retain a Robust Talent Pool With Workplace Flexibility
The Wall Street Journal’s recent article “The Job Market Is Tighter Than You Think” didn't break any news to HR executives.
Employers find themselves in a vastly different hiring climate than they did even a few short months ago. The past paradigm of many candidates being available for a single job opportunity has now completely shifted to one in which…Read More -
How to Retain Your Talent Post-Pandemic
In the course of human history, there have been few events which have collectively impacted the entire world. The COVID-19 global pandemic is one of those few. One of the interesting outputs of the pandemic is akin to the common phenomena after a near-death experience: the epiphany that clarifies that which is most important to us.
For many people, their…Read More