Financial Sustainability part 1: Productivity
Healthcare industry is labor-intensive. Productivity gains are critical. 2012 WEF report is revisited to examine its application to HR today.
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2020 Healthcare Recognition Dates
The mostly unabridged list of 2020 dates for recognition of healthcare workers and health awareness events. Start planning your celebrations and recognition events now!
Holiday Gifts, Year-end Awards and Taxes
Holiday gifts, year-end awards, profit-sharing. What is taxable and what is not? Its a good time to review how these are viewed by the IRS.
Three Things You Must Ask Before Hiring
Job skills and experience are not enough to insure that the candidate will be successful. What are the three questions that are critical to the manager?
5 Critical Factors of Successful Suggestion Programs
Suggestion programs that actually work are not an accident. It is because they are designed to succeed. 5 factors that are critical to success.
Are you listening? 4 ways to strengthen upward communication!
Its not enough to communicate information TO employees. 4 strategies to insure that employees are communicating TO management.
Trying Harder doesn’t Work
When dealing with poor performance, the response often is “I’ll try harder”. Why this accomplishes nothing and what the manager should ask for instead.
Financial Literacy: Test your knowledge of Productivity Measurement
How knowledgeable are you in how productivity is measured in a healthcare organization? 12 questions
Will HR Departments Disappear?
Outside firms are slicing off many of the typical HR services. Will internal HR departments disappear? How can HR departments make themselves essential?
HR and the Basic Business Building Blocks
HR needs to consider the 3 basic business building blocks in its own programs and processes.