Initiatives to support refugees with schooling, work training | Get ready for the Gen Z workforce | How to prepare HR for 2020's business needs
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December 17, 2019
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Initiatives to support refugees with schooling, work training
Some companies, including Lego and Ikea, are pledging $250 million toward education and job training for refugees to help them become self-sufficient. The financial commitment coincides with the Global Refugee Forum, convening this week, to discuss ideas for providing aid to refugees and their host countries.
Thomson Reuters Foundation (12/16) 
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Strategies and ROI Tools to Help Reduce Employee Turnover
According to the Work Institute 2019 Retention Report, more than three in four employees could have been retained by employers. For strategies to improve retention and easy tools to measure costs and ROI, download the Incentive & Engagement Solutions Providers' (IESP) white paper now.
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Recruiting & Retention
Get ready for the Gen Z workforce
Get ready for the Gen Z workforce
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Gen Z is expected to make up 24% of the world's workforce by 2020, according to research from ManpowerGroup, so employers should be ready for how they differ from millennials. The younger generation is full of competitive, college-educated multi-taskers who prefer face-to-face communication, newer social media, flexible schedules and meaningful work.
Inc. online (12/14) 
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Executive remuneration and ESG
Are companies incorporating ESG factors into executive remuneration? FTI & CGLytics have conducted an analysis to determine whether ESG and executive remuneration are increasingly converging. Read the full report here.
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Leadership & Development
Bring Your Team to Workhuman Live!
There's a power in the shared experiences of this event – uniting people through gratitude and positivity. Register your team today for top speakers, new relationships, self-care, and special events. See you there, with all your other humans!
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How to coach your teams to success
Effective leaders build high-performing teams that make a positive effect on their organization's goals and revenue, writes John Wright, president of leadership development and learning events at Eagle's Flight. Wright outlines seven ways leaders can better coach their teams, such as by delivering information with honesty and tact.
Training magazine (12/10) 
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Benefits & Compensation
Gartner: The cost of luring talent from competitors is dropping
Employers offered 13% pay increases to lure talent from competitors during the third quarter, a decline from the average of 15%, according to a report from Gartner. The same report shows that one-third of employees in the US are seeking new work.
HR Dive (12/16) 
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The HR Leader
Report calls for employee's right to ignore IMs, emails
Research firm Forrester is arguing employees should have the right to ignore distractions such as emails and instant messages to promote psychological safety. The constant starting and stopping of work because of distractions is detrimental to employee wellness and productivity, the report finds.
HR Dive (12/16) 
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If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.
Herschel Walker,
professional American football player
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