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When it comes to hiring, democratic decisions lead to better outcomes. There is wisdom in crowds when it comes to spotting talent. When Google tracked the performance of recent hires against their interview ratings, the company found that averaging the ratings of a group of interviewers was by far a more accurate predictor of success than the rating of a single interviewer, even if that … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Atta Tarki | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Human Resources

If your company is like most, you’re likely struggling with workplace discrimination, even if you don’t know it. Equity gaps remain a pernicious problem in the U.S., particularly for women and people of color, who, on average, earn less and are under-promoted compared to their white or male counterparts. And though federal law has prohibited workplace discrimination for more than fifty years, those gaps don’t … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Elizabeth C. Tippett | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Diversity, Human Resources, Women in Business

With critical thinking ranking among the most in-demand skills for job candidates, you would think that educational institutions would prepare candidates well to be exceptional thinkers, and employers would be adept at developing such skills in existing employees. Unfortunately, both are largely untrue.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

To demystify what critical thinking is and how it is developed, our team at Zarvana turned … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Matt Plummer | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, Personal Development, Training & Development

Three key pay and performance metrics can help define and influence an organization’s values.

Content: Article | Authors: Adam Bryant, David Reimer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Compensation, Human Resources

Algorithms have taken a lot of heat recently for producing biased decisions. Should we be outraged by bias reflected in algorithmic output? Yes. But the way organizations respond to their algorithms determines whether they make strides in debiasing their decisions or further perpetuate their biased decision making.

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer M. Logg | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Human Resources, IT / Technology / E-Business

Onboarding is so much more than the standard-issue IT set-up and friendly pointers for working the coffee machine. To help break down the essential ingredients of an excellent onboarding process, we gathered perspectives on onboarding from the Review’s most seasoned operators to help you maximize the impact of those decisive first interactions.

Their tactical advice spans a template for the ideal Day One timeline, to how … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: First Round Review | Subject: Human Resources

Bringing advanced computing power and analytics capabilities to bear on people decisions in an organization is crucial to driving lasting and effective change.

Content: Multimedia Content | Authors: Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, Simon London | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Human Resources

Peter Cappelli, professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and director of its Center for Human Resources, says managers at companies large and small are doing hiring all wrong. A confluence of changes, from the onslaught of online tools to a rise in recruitment outsourcing, have promised more efficiency but actually made us less effective at finding the best candidates. Cappelli says … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Author: Peter Cappelli | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Human Resources

Given the high-stakes nature of every hire, interviewing chops are always in need of sharpening. And that means our hunt for a crazy-good interview question is never over. We’re endlessly fascinated by the go-to inquiry in everyone’s back pocket, the kind that makes you want to steal it for your own hiring toolkit. To that end, we’ve spent the past few months reaching out to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: First Round Review | Subject: Human Resources

Professor Jochen Menges on the ways companies can develop well-being initiatives that genuinely make people feel better.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Jochen Menges, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that.

Content: Quotation | Author: Herb Kelleher | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

One piece of feedback that the executives I coach receive over and over again from their direct reports is: “She doesn’t give enough helpful feedback.”

When I ask these direct reports about the impact this has on them, I find that, in the absence of understanding why they’re getting so little feedback, they often make up their own explanations.

Here are three of the most common stories … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Deborah Grayson Riegel | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Communication, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Employee recognition is the timely informal or formal acknowledgement of a person’s or team’s behavior, effort or business result that supports the organization’s goals and values. It is a known fact that appreciation is one of the top motivators for employees to work harder and to be more committed to their companies. Even cost-efficient forms of appreciation show employees that they are valued. Therefore, here … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Martin Luenendonk | Source: Cleverism | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Many companies support resource groups that bring people together, but stop short of assessing their value.

Content: Article | Author: Maya Townsend | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Diversity, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Compensation is culture, period. It’s how you pay your people and it’s where the rubber hits the road. It’s the metric you can’t cheat. It’s naive to think that you’re just going to give people money and they’re not going to feel everything that’s attached to it. Pay is incredibly personal and emotionally charged. It directly affects how we live our lives and how we … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Bethanye McKinney Blount | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Compensation, Culture, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

When you start talking about pay transparency, the first thing everyone thinks is “I’m going to know how much everybody makes.” I think a better way to frame it is “I’m going to understand why I’m paid what I’m paid and how I can increase my comp.” It’s about making sure employees understand their current reality and see a career development path in front of … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Bethanye McKinney Blount | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Compensation, Human Resources

We found through our research […] what drives perceived fairness in the performance-management process. One of the drivers of fairness is that you understand how what you’re working on fits in the bigger picture. […] The second driver of fairness is that there’s an ongoing component. “My manager has an ongoing conversation with me about how I’m doing, so I’m not surprised. I know what … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

There are strong arguments that diversity promotes effectiveness. But I think that has implications that people haven’t really thought through. What about situations where some people believe diversity produces ineffectiveness? That’s not a hypothetical — this has long been the argument against diversity in the military. But there’s a counter-argument rooted in social justice. Do I want to live in a world where people’s outcomes … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Ken Shotts | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Four steps to build a culture that attracts the best of the best.

Content: Article | Author: Jeff Hyman | Source: Kellogg Insight | Subject: Human Resources

Finding great new workers is hard. A little bit of empiricism can help.

Content: Article | Author: Derek Thompson | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subject: Human Resources