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Neuroscience – Is it Working? In NewtoHR
The study of neurosciences has come leaps and bounds in the recent years. With constantly improving technology and increasing specialists dedicating themselves to the field, neuroscience is becoming much more influential. The study of the brain and its nervous system can unlock a lot of questions about how the mind works, along with debunking certain myths surrounding it…
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Engaging your employees is good, but don’t stop there, by Erica Gaton and Michael C. Mankins in Harvard Business Review
Genius, as Thomas A. Edison famously declared, may be 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. But building a company employees truly love reverses the equation: it’s almost all inspiration, and sweat has only a little to do with it. This is the unexpected conclusion of new research from Bain & Company, conducted in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit…
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What Does Fast Track Hiring Mean For Candidates?, by Jim Schreier in Careerealism.com
Some organizations, attempting to deal with shortages of candidates and much needed skills, are implementing “fast track” hiring.From my perspective, it’s come about 15 years too late. It has been needed for a long time. But because it’s now an emerging trend, it’s important to examine the implications for candidates…
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The Evolution Of The Employee, by Jacob Morgan in Forbes.com
One of the things I have been writing about and have tried to make clear over the past few months is that work as we know it is dead and that the only way forward is to challenge convention around how we work, how we lead, and how we build our companies. Employees which were once thought of expendable cogs are the most valuable asset that any organization has. However, the employee from a decade ago isn’t the same as the employee who we are starting to see today. To help show that I wanted to share an image from my upcoming book which depicts how employees are evolving. It’s an easy way to see the past vs the future…
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The First Steps To Transforming Work Culture, by Megan M.Biro in TalentCulture.com
Changing workplace culture is never a revolution—at least, not if you want change that lasts. So if you’re focused on transforming your work culture as we move into the coming year, it’s important to know that it’s a process, not an overnight transformation. That’s an idea that makes many leaders uncomfortable; we like to think of ourselves as disruptive and courageous, able to flip a switch and inspire change. The reality is, particularly in a large organization, sudden changes often do more damage than good. It’s exceedingly difficult, and often a mistake, to aim for wholesale culture shifts overnight…