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Peer Recognition Reinforced Online to Boost Productivity & Morale

Written by Martie Carpenter HR Consultant, HRBOOST® LLC.   With appreciation trumping recognition in building brand ambassadors these days, I’d like to share some important insights from my experience that may help your company as you look forward. I have been working with a retained client for four years. This client had an internal peer…

HRBOOST® is Blooming with New Talent! We Welcome Katie Cummins.

HRBOOST® is truly blooming with talent! We are delighted to welcome another highly accomplished HR professional to our team. Meet Katie Cummins who has joined us as an HR Consultant. Katie’s special areas of expertise include Strategic HR Planning, Talent Acquisition & Management, and Award-Winning Wellness Programs, to mention just a few. Katie brings much…

Non-Profit or For Profit – It’s all Business!

Both small and large companies need to attract talent then develop and retain the best talent for their organizations. Both non-profits and for-profit businesses must comply with the ever-changing maze of the regulatory environment. When it comes to talent however, non-profit businesses have a hidden competitive advantage. They lead with heart. Nearly every non-profit has…

Life Lessons: A Journey from Drop Out to PhD Candidate

by Jarod Leonard, HRBOOST® Newsletter Contributor The student, the person, the player—these are all roles I have learned to play along the way on this journey called life. The most important lesson I have learned is that there are no guarantees or handouts. I had to learn those lessons the hard way. As the top-ranked basketball…

Ever Consider…Should I Expense Reimburse That or Not?

  If so, then you would have enjoyed being a fly on the wall during my recent exchange with Walker Lawrence, Attorney with Levin Ginsburg. I always enjoy our conversations and no doubt our most recent one raised a brow given many employers may not know yet. Beginning January 1, 2019 Illinois Employers that have…

Care in the Workplace

by Nicole Martin, CEO, HRBOOST®, LLC. For years employers have elected to have Employee Assistance Programs, commonly known as EAPs to support employees and their families. Such benefits are recommended and typically offer 24/7 support, but many employers have trouble feeling fulfilled with the utilization. It can often take much internal management support and proactive…

Private: Built for Performance Management or Performance Achievement?

Employee/Management Check-Ins: How are things going? For nearly a century, performance management was shaped to “manage” performance and often the topic of performance management can bring dread to managers and employees alike. It is, in fact, the process whereby managers are asked to review an individual’s contribution against stated goals and objectives. Often, this undertaking…

Practical Steps to End Workplace Bullying

by Jodi Eisenstadt, JD, SPHR, President of Eisen Alliance Have you been receiving complaints about an employee’s abrasive conduct? When the employee is new or a low performer, it is easy to give feedback, and terminate, if necessary. The challenge surfaces when the employee with bad behavior is viewed as a high performer. Here are…

If Not DATA…Then What?

To quote the Walrus, the time has come to talk of many things, but perhaps the most important one for your business is how DATA can unlock the potential of human capital, affording extraordinary advantages through dramatic advances in talent management and workforce planning. This sounds exciting but you have heard such things before, so…

A Booster Shot from HRBOOST® (Feb 2019): Benefits of Arbitration

Happy February from all of us at HRBOOST®! We are excited to be facilitating Team Engineering Retreats and Culture Team Kickoff initiatives with a number of our clients in the past 4 weeks. In fact, I have done so much talking, I have Laryngitis. A deep challenge for the vocal over doer in me. Time…