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The Best HR Podcasts of 2023: 9 Recommendations

HR Digest

On any fair day, the balancing act performed by the unsung heroes of a company – the human resources team (HR) , is quite overwhelming. It is hosted by multiple industry professionals and experts. myHRFuture David Green hosts myHRFuture which aims at future progressive people leaders in a weekly podcast and video series format.

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Why is it so darn easy to say NO?

Women on Business

What if service people were given incentives for the “yes” answers they gave to customers and were docked pay for their “no” answers? If the person says “yes” they may have to do something and then take a risk for doing it. And frankly, it seems that some service people don’t feel like they are being paid to say “yes.”

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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

If possible, provide some financial incentive like a small hourly rate or commission for work well-done. Make sure you say in your ad description what they need to be successful with you (eg – a computer with internet access, a nice phone voice, computer skills, etc.). I have used www.internhere.com to post my request.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

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Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations and Targets

Deming Institute

Watch this short video for a great story illustrating this problem in action: There may be cases in which incentives work only as intended, but I suspect they are relatively rare. Gipsie Ranney, The Trouble with Incentives: They Work. Improving the system is by far the most difficult.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Human Resources program is active, professional and responsive to the organization. Incentives-rewards-bonus plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. The organization maintains and lives by an ethics statement. Personnel Policies and Procedures are written, and distributed to all employees.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements. Educational and incentive programs should be implemented. This is not something that can be conducted alone by internal human resources departments.

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