HR professionals aspire to be strategic partners who contribute to the success of their organizations. Many HR professionals have responsibilities that extend beyond traditional HR functions, serving as business partners to their organizations as they can help with...
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Connections with business leaders and HR professionals; tips and ideas for becoming an award-winning workplace.
Building an Award-Winning Workplace: Small HR Teams’ Guide to Attracting Top Talent
One of the biggest challenges for companies is to attract and retain top talent. This is particularly true in times of economic uncertainty when the job market is tight. Whether it’s in a time of a recession or the after-effects of a pandemic, you name it, we often...
6 Action Steps to Take After Getting Your Employee Engagement Survey Results
Employee engagement surveys are a powerful way to gauge how your employees feel about working for your organization. You can gain insights into key factors that help you make decisions on areas impacting your business and people operations, and learn where to...
Know your WHY: A guide to applying for workplace culture awards
Organizations are constantly working to stay ahead of the competition when it comes to finding and keeping great talent. You may have heard of some of these companies who consistently stay on the lists of organizations that are considered a ‘best workplace’, a ‘top...
The surprising myth about workplace culture awards
Organizations earn workplace awards for their great cultures. These organizations know that it helps with recruiting new talent, keeping their great employees, and reducing turnover. This may surprise you. When it comes to earning an award for your workplace culture,...
End of Year Tips and Ideas for HR and Leaders
My friends in HR and leadership, you have been through a lot the past couple years. When the pandemic hit, you were asked to do more work with less resources than ever before. And then, you were required to do more reporting and preventive control than you most...
#1 Best Places to Work for 4 consecutive years with Carrie Divens
Carrie Divens, Benefit Advisor at JA Benefits, shares how they intentionally focus on employee engagement, they live their values daily, and how they have cracked the code with staying atop the Best Places to Work in Indiana list. JA Benefits has remained #1 in the...
This recruiting strategy filled 40% of positions with Anne Wiseman
Anne Wiseman, VP of Human Resources at FORUM Credit Union, shares the key trait they are looking for when hiring, what surprises her about their employee engagement, and how they stay on the Best Places to Work in Indiana list. Anne Wiseman is the VP of Human...
Recruiting talent just got a lot easier for this first-time winner with Courtney Scott
Courtney Scott, Director of People and Culture at INCOG BioPharma Services, shares what they do to engage their employees and why they do not look for candidates to fit in with their culture. Courtney Scott, is the Director of People and Culture at INCOG BioPharma...
How people strategy leads to a Top Workplace with Amy Estep
Amy Estep, HR Manager at Meyer Najem Construction, shares recruitment strategies, how interns have played a role in their hiring and why being a Top Workplace is so important to their hiring success. Amy Estep is the HR Manager for Meyer Najem Construction,...

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