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Bring more meaning to the New Year 2018 at work

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“New Year, new me” is one of those sayings that everyone tries to incorporate into their new year, be it in an individual level or as a team at work. This saying brings in more meaning than just a mere New Year’s resolution, but rather giving more meaning to the year ahead. The New Year opens a window to new possibilities of improving or changing last year’s ways, and it could be as grand or petite as you wish. This holds greater meaning in a team perspective as it does in an individual sense to identify the improvements and additions that needs to be made in order to better the year to come. 365 days presented in front of you to find and adjust the old ways that proved itself ineffective or insufficient, and make a positive change for the better. Those 12 months may speed on by much like the year before if you don’t start right away, and here are a few ways to help you out!

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Three ways to help you embrace the digital transformations of 2018

Another year gone, a new year begun, and the world continues to change with the rapid changes in the digital atmosphere. It seems as if there is something new to look forward to every moment of every day. Change however has always been a difficult aspect in life, in whatever form it comes in. Be it technological or otherwise, we humans find it hard to embrace change right off the bat. With the New Year hype going around still, this becomes the perfect opportunity to swing by the digital restructurings for the New Year on everyone. Making them the New Year’s resolutions of the organisation and its employees. Let the New Year spirit strengthen the changes to come and help everyone embrace it positively.

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Food for productivity! – Encourage healthy food to boost workplace productivity

Eating habits and food that we take in to our bodies makes all the difference in the day to day activities that we become a part of everyday. Food has the ability to influence behavior and moods of people, while having effect on the overall performance of an individual within the span of a day. It becomes an important element to maintain healthy eating habits, ranging from the meal times, potions to the ingredients used to prepare them. The impact a single day’s meal spread has on a person’s system and mental state is of important consideration when it comes to the activities of a workplace. Productivity and performance comes from many attributes, one of them being the nutrients that is taken into a person’s body. Taking good care of the most valuable assets of the organisation involves paying close attention to the health of the employees as well. The meals that are taken on a daily basis adds to the overall health of an employee and promoting a healthy balanced meal enables them to be more productive and active the work place. This may also mean that you will have a healthy and dependable workforce within the organisation in the future with only a few changes made to the way you communicate this to them.

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Say ‘Yes’ to the future of employee empowerment

It is no secret that we as human beings really enjoy receiving what we like from time to time. Be it a gift or a verbal praise the satisfaction that comes from it, often stands beyond words. Unlike the comfort of receiving in a more personal context, the professional atmosphere entails a rather large portion of giving that empowers employees in many ways. In this process, the word ‘Yes’ has a significant impact, when it hails down from an employer to an employee. Much like the work ‘No’ packs quite the punch, the word ‘Yes’ has its fair share of merits when used in the appropriate context. Of course, both should be well thought out and carefully used as the wrong timing could bring in more trouble than ever. So here are a few ways to use the positive powers of the word ‘Yes’ in employee empowerment.

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All aboard the business express – Onboarding tips for all organisations!

The first few days of walking into a brand new office to a completely new department and job role is a bit of an awkward period. With very little acquaintances let alone friends, it’s mostly a lot of awkward smiles, hellos and nods that take place with a bit of conversation that is usually a sharing of few words. This is inevitably a part of the journey until things slowly fall into place. Be it a trained professional or a fresh new graduate, everyone struggles with getting on with the flow of work during the first few days or even weeks until the process syncs in. Which is when a little help in this area could make things much easier and faster. Onboarding comes into effect right after the orientation process when the new joiner has been introduced to the team including the work process of the department and job role he/she belongs to. Although many organisations tend to skip the onboarding process completely, it has is fair share of merits in helping get the best out of the new recruit without losing much time. Essentially this will provide a formal introduction to the work involved along with a training that will make the work flow much easier and faster, without any mishaps along the way. Here’ are a few ways to get the new employees onboard, just right.

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#Metoo - work addition

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The recent developments surrounding the popular film producer Harvey Weinstein took the world by a storm as allegation of serious misconduct came into light. Completely changing the way that many saw and associated Mr. Weinstein. There were three sides to this story, the one that came out with a blast from the many victims that spared no details of their experiences, the people who knew about these incidents yet held back their concerns, and finally the man responsible that denies of allegations of all non-consensual conduct. All media channels, especially the internet was filled with articles discussing the story at length with follow-ups of every recent update and finding. This was the start that marked the beginning of a #metoo campaign where people posted their encounters to stand against the actions that continued to happen every day to many all around the world. This was the gist of the incidents surrounding the campaign that created a tidal wave of posts that shook the world to its very core. Does this really happen around us without knowing? Are you a victim? Do I know people who have been through this? Should I talk about my experiences? Became thundering questions that kept popping up in our minds and in conversations. Putting a spot light on the hidden monsters that lurked around in the shadows, all around the universe for many decades. This does not just mean that it happens on our personal time, this is an experience that can be encountered even in a work environment. A dark and twisted area that many would not want to visit or talk about in a work context. Let’s dive in to the back alleys to see how things would be if #metoo was to be expressed at work.

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Social changes that has shaped the future of work

Taking a trip down memory lane makes the world seem a lot older and larger than we have ever imagined. Defining the different phases of development, the gradual transition of change brings in more flare to the ordinary day to day. Looking closely at the workplace, many of those changes seem much like giant leaps from the black and white screens to full HD images. Varying from the way we work to the people, atmosphere and the techniques used, each change signifies a milestone all marked in the pursuit towards what we now call the future of work. Take a look at all that’s happened and are taking place as we make our way to what’s yet to come.

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Discover the right HR technology for your organisation

From the beginning, human resources has been a people’s game, revolving and igniting in the many areas associated with people management, as the name itself suggests. Although with the dawn of technology, every field gets a new light upon them, with the many features and benefits that tag along with it. HR technology has the capability of assisting the human element do things better and with higher efficiency and reliability. Taking it up from where we leave off and automating the functions that otherwise burn off a lot of energy and time. Be it multinational, medium or small scale organisations, the technological touch escalates things to the next level. Dive in to see where it all comes together to fit your organisation.

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PeoplesHR Wins Two HR Software Recognitions from FinancesOnline

PeoplesHR was recently granted two industry recognitions by a leading B2B review site, FinancesOnline. Upon conducting a thorough review of our solution they found our solution robust in features and appealing in user-friendliness. For which, PeoplesHR was recognized with the 2017 Great User Experience Award and 2017 Rising Star Award.

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Navigating future leadership roles – Tips for Mentors and Mentees!

An organisation’s talent pool takes similarity to that of a royal kingdom. When the right time comes for one ruler to step down, the next in command is usually groomed and ready to take the place. In the context of a work environment, when a management level member is getting closer to a retirement age, or decides to leave they encourage that they pursue and mentor a potential leadership role take over the position when the time comes. Now the organisational norm is much different to that of a kingdom, where the next in line is air to the throne and groomed from childhood, whereas at an organisational level, it involves mostly the performance levels that determines ones suitability to reach the next level. When you look at it from a distance mentoring simply feels like a ‘follow me around’, where the chosen employee simply gets to know the details involved in the role. Well there’s more to it than just a look into the life of a manager, during the process, the individual goes through extensive grooming to learn the responsibilities and challenges that comes with the job. Then comes the hardest part of guiding one’s own self to find the leader within. Here is a guide for the mentor and mentee.