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Are You Surface Acting At Work?

While most of us aren’t professional actors, managing the emotions that we express to other people at work is par for the course. It can also be exhausting. What kind of toll does such emotion regulation take on well-being? How does it impact team functioning and culture?

Surface acting at work is a topic Sarah Rose Cavanagh, associate professor of psychology at Assumption College, will be discussing at WorkHuman next month. Her research is focused on how emotion regulation impacts quality o...

DEADLINE EXTENSION: WorkHuman 2016 Essay Contest

Attention graduate and undergraduate students! You still have time to enter to win a free trip to Orlando next month!

We have extended the deadline to submit entries for our WorkHuman Fellowship Essay Contest to this Friday, April 8th! See the original post with contest details below.

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WorkHuman 2016is fast approaching and so is the end of the semester for many college and university students. Do you know a college or graduate student in the U.S. or Canada who is passionate about HR, leader...

6 Surprising Data Points About Recognition

Every two years, WorldatWork publishes a report on trends in employee recognition. Last year’s report confirmed that recognition is still an important HR tool, with 89% of organizations having a program in place. Organizations are also recognizing employees more frequently. The response, “more recognition than 12 months ago” rose 9% from 2013 to 2015.

Interestingly, the report notes that a goal of increasing retention and decreasing turnover through recognition rose to 51% last year. We foun...

“If You Don’t Work Human, You Work Selfishly.”

In this week’s edition of HR influencer Q&As, we chat with Laurie Ruettimann. You may know her by her blogs, The Cynical Girl and Punk Rock HR, which was named a top 100 website for women by Forbes. Laurie is a well-known speaker and a consultant, and writes regularly on her blog at laurieruettimann.com. She’s also co-hosted a couple of webinars with Globoforce over the years, including How to Get Buy In for Recognition and The Power of Thanks Roundtable Discussion.

Read the full Q&A below...

9 (Proven) Ways To Influence Work Culture

In a recent post on how to elevate the role of HR, I mentioned that culture and engagement ranked as the number one trend in Deloitte University Press’ 2015 Global Human Capital Trends report. The 2016 report was just released, and interestingly, executives were asked about culture and engagement separately this year (though both rank as top trends). The reason for the separate rankings, the report explains, is because “they are different concepts…Culture describes ‘the way things work aroun...

The Antidote to Always-On Work Culture

As life and work gets busier and more distracting, companies like Google, Target, and General Mills are all investing in mindfulness to improve productivity and corporate culture. Even Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll encouraged players to meditate daily before their Super Bowl win.

Could mindfulness help your work culture? What are some simple tips for bringing mindfulness into daily life? Where has it worked? There are a few questions we asked WorkHuman2016 speaker Rasmus Hougaard— writ...

3 Ways to Build Meaning Into Your Workplace

Forward-thinking HR and business leaders are focusing more on metrics related to employee well-being and happiness, in addition to traditional satisfaction or engagement. But how do we define happiness and well-being? Are they related?

WorkHuman speaker Shawn Achor defines happiness as “the joy you feel striving toward your potential.” He outlines four main qualities that sustain happiness:

Optimism – believing that our behavior will eventually matter Social connection – the breadth and dep...

True Grit: Q+A with Caroline Adams Miller

What makes someone “gritty”? Is it possible to build more grit into our workplace? And how can we raise performance standards while building compassionate, human-focused work environments?

These are some of the questions we asked WorkHuman speaker Caroline Adams Miller, a positive psychology coach who’s worked with senior executives, professional athletes, and politicians. Caroline shares tips for giving effective praise, the opposite of grit, and the most damaging kind of feedback.

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[QUIZ] What’s Your Turnover Risk?

Unwanted turnover is a costly liability and pervasive business issue. 3.1 million American workers voluntarily left their jobs in December—which is more than in December 2007, the first month of the recession. And a recent Towers Watson survey showed 50% of all organizations globally reported difficulty retaining their high-potential and top performers. In fact, according to the most recent SHRM/Globoforce report, retention is the #1 challenge faced by HR organizations—topping the list for t...

Why You Can’t Afford To Ignore Your Employer Brand

According to Randstad, U.S. businesses spend more than $110 billion on talent acquisition. That’s more than $3,000 per hire. Just looking at the numbers alone, there is not a company in the U.S.—and I would argue the world—who can afford to ignore their employer brand.

For one, job seekers are more informed than ever before. Consider the fact that nearly half (46%) of Glassdoor members read company reviews when they first start their job search, even before speaking with a recruiter. And nea...