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Rethinking Staff Development Through Appreciative Inquiry
Have you ever asked anyone this question: "If there was one thing that would really develop your teaching, what would it be?" I decided a few years ago that we needed to change our approach to staff development and so I introduced Class Visits. I had read about "Appreciative Inquiry", and the power of positive questioning to move people in a positive direction, and I found that answers to the question above provided great opportunities to dialogue with teachers and help them move forwards.
How better leadership comms drives change management in higher education
Home | On Campus | How better leadership comms drives change management in higher education By: Michael Hartland in On Campus, Top Stories November 4, 2019 Higher education is in the midst of a revolution. Mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and digital transformations are dramatically reshaping the industry. Please login below to view content or register for a 4 week FREE Trial.
Androids In The Office - Improving Workplace Culture In A Digital World
Digital tools and virtual teams have made improving company culture harder. But business success demands positive culture. Knowing the tricks to fix this in your workplace is essential for your staff to say “I’ll be back” Imagine arriving at work to find robots sitting at every desk, tapping away at keyboards. Sounds like the plot of a movie. In fact, it is. It’s the world in I, Robot. Fortunately, workplaces today don’t have androids in the office yet.
Beau Dietl & Associates’ New Platform for Reporting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Why HR Should Care
The new platform for reporting sexual harassment in the workplace will protect victims of crime, harassment or abuse from fear of retribution, while providing HR departments new due diligence resources and avenues for investigating claims. We explore how this affects HR and why you need it. Sexual harassment allegations against media mogul, Harvey Weinstein, sparked off a global #MeToo movement that, in turn, led to a deluge of complaints to human resource teams across the board.
How Rumors Undermine Staff Trust — and 6 Ways to Quell Them
By Michael Hartland Psssssst. Want to hear something juicy? Workplace gossip could be undermining your organization. Rumors—regardless of how outlandish or inaccurate they are—can damage morale, foment cynicism and lower productivity. Rumors circulate amid organizational change, new leadership, mergers and acquisitions, media attention and more. Once they take root, they can be difficult to remove.
5 Ways Blockchain Technology Can Revolutionize Human Resource Management
There are clearly many ways in which blockchain technology is and will continue to impact the HR niche. This piece will outline the key ways in which HR pros approach many of their daily tasks. If you google ‘blockchain technology’, you could spend hours perusing the results, never finding anything related to HR. That’s a shame because blockchain absolutely has the power to create disruption in the HR space.
How rumors undermine staff trust—and 6 ways to quell them - Ragan Communications
Watercooler talk isn’t always about the big game, the Oscars or the next holiday weekend. Too often, gossip is the hot topic. Here’s how to keep destructive speculation to a minimum. We are rerunning the most-viewed articles of 2019. This was one of the top five most-popular employee engagement articles of the year. Psssssst. Want to hear something juicy? Workplace gossip could be undermining your organization.
5 Intranet Security Tips in the Era of Data Breaches
An organization's intranet can be a gateway for hackers to HR-level data. By doing five things, you can keep your company’s intranet safe and secure. You see articles with these headlines seemingly constantly now: “How I hacked hundreds of companies through their help desk” or “How I hacked 40 websites in 7 minutes.” A common theme of the modern digital world: Hackers can easily access a company’s resources and begin wreaking havoc.
Ideagen Announces Launch of Q-Pulse 7 beta Program
Ideagen announced it is to mark the latest development milestone for Q-Pulse 7 with the launch of an exciting beta programme for selected users of the software. The UK-based, global software firm, has been developing the latest version of the company’s flagship quality management solution ahead of the release this year. Q-Pulse 7 marks the latest evolution of the popular risk-based quality and compliance solution used by thousands of organizations globally.
Clearlake Capital-Backed symplr To Acquire API Healthcare
symplr, a healthcare governance, risk and compliance ("GRC") software-as-a-service ("SaaS") platform, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire API Healthcare ("API"), a provider of healthcare human capital management ("HCM") software solutions, from Veritas Capital ("Veritas"). Financial terms were not disclosed.
Disaster! Are your People Safe?
When a terrorist incident or natural disaster occurs the biggest headache for HR is to rapidly discover if any employees are in the vicinity and in need of help. New technology can help without negatively impacting personal privacy. The recent Nairobi hotel terrorist attack reminds us again of the threats to workers in major centers around the world, and the challenge for their employers to discharge their ‘duty of care’.
5 Tools for Employee Compliance and Cybersecurity
This article gives you 5 practical tools to use to maintain employee compliance and cybersecurity. It will help you to avoid any unexpected issues. When you try to develop stronger cybersecurity policies, it’s important to get all employees on board. Here are 5 tips on how to achieve employee compliance with your company’s safety standards. Whenever someone uses the Internet to subscribe to a service or purchase something, they have to share their data.
5 Tools for Employee Compliance and Cybersecurity
This article gives you 5 practical tools to use to maintain employee compliance and cybersecurity. It will help you to avoid any unexpected issues. When you try to develop stronger cybersecurity policies, it’s important to get all employees on board. Here are 5 tips on how to achieve employee compliance with your company’s safety standards. Whenever someone uses the Internet to subscribe to a service or purchase something, they have to share their data.
Top 5 Reasons You Don’t Need Internal Communications (And Why They’re Rubbish)
Ask any IC professional and they'll tell you. Selling the value of internal communications to senior management is difficult. Maybe it's easy to understand why. They're big-picture thinkers, future-focused, bewitched by the bottom line. So when you're outlining a new internal communication initiative, they're ready and willing to challenge it. To counter this, IC professionals need to be equally ready.
ComplyWorks Acquires EHS Solutions Provider Ariscu
ComplyWorks Ltd. is proud to announce that it has acquired its long-standing partner in a business, Ariscu – formerly Green Gain Consulting. Ariscu is a global environment, health, and safety (EHS) solutions provider that helps businesses manage daily operational EHS and legal compliance requirements. ComplyWorks purchased Ariscu to expand on its field-level capabilities, further adding to its current governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) platform.
Preventing Cyber-Attacks by Equipping HR teams
Increasingly, cybersecurity-related responsibilities are falling into the domain of the HR professional. In a world where cyber-attacks constantly threaten businesses, how can HR help to ensure that employee data is secure? Securing enterprise infrastructure is partly the domain of human resources professionals since they, with their IT counterparts, influence security policy and its enforcement.
Ten inexpensive ways to vanquish cyber spies in higher education
Ten inexpensive ways to vanquish cyber spies in higher education By: Michael Hartland in Opinion, Policy & Reform, Technology, Top Stories October 24, 2018 0 Just a few short years ago, cyber attacks were a barely recognized threat. They felt intangible, unlikely, a concern for the future perpetrated by bored yet technically gifted teenagers. Please login below to view content or register for a 4 week FREE Trial.
5 Intranet Security Tips in the Era of Data Breaches
An organization's intranet can be a gateway for hackers to HR-level data. By doing five things, you can keep your company’s intranet safe and secure. You see articles with these headlines seemingly constantly now: “How I hacked hundreds of companies through their help desk” or “How I hacked 40 websites in 7 minutes.” A common theme of the modern digital world: Hackers can easily access a company’s resources and begin wreaking havoc.
5 Ways Blockchain Technology Can Revolutionize Human Resource Management
There are clearly many ways in which blockchain technology is and will continue to impact the HR niche. This piece will outline the key ways in which HR pros approach many of their daily tasks. If you google ‘blockchain technology’, you could spend hours perusing the results, never finding anything related to HR. That’s a shame because blockchain absolutely has the power to create disruption in the HR space.
Therapeutic effects of aerobic and resistance exercises for cancer survivors: a systematic review of meta-analyses of clinical trials
Objective To systematically appraise and summarise meta-analyses investigating the effect of exercise compared with a control condition on health outcomes in cancer survivors. Data sources Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and MEDLINE databases were searched using a predefined search strategy. Eligibility criteria Eligible meta-analyses compared health outcomes between cancer survivors participating in an exercise intervention and a control condition.
Internal communications in healthcare - Understanding the domino effect
When a hospital or clinic’s internal communications are failing, it’s certain that a number of other areas will be too. Communication, high-performing clinics, engaged staff, satisfied patients – all are linked, and like a set of dominos, if one falls, so do all the others. Research clearly shows how effective communication in healthcare institutions improves the quality of staff relationships, increases efficiency and profoundly impacts patient safety.
5 Overlooked Steps in Your Performance Strategy
Mid-year reviews are an essential element of any performance strategy. They’re a valuable gauge of business health, providing insights into performance at an organizational, departmental, or individual level. But many reviews focus only on hard data: How much money was made? How much was spent? What does cashflow look like? They rarely consider less tangible, though equally influential, indicators: trends, staff, and the wider marketplace.
Five ways internal comms can help reduce violence in hospitals
Healthcare workers are at increased risk of workplace violence. A recent WHO report shows that between 8% and 38% of healthcare workers suffer physical violence at some point in their careers. However, the risk isn’t just physical. Threats, verbal abuse, harassment and similar aggressive behavior can cause psychological trauma and stress, as well as escalate to physical violence. Sadly, the threat of workplace violence appears disproportionately high in the healthcare industry.
What employers can do to reduce workplace stress for the good of their teams
If your organisation is affected by stress-related problems, there’s a strong chance that employee wellbeing and business performance might be affected. A recent UK study found that 12.5 million business days were lost because of work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016-17. Getting on top of this is an important – albeit challenging – mission; taking steps to reduce stress will result in a happier workforce, fewer working days lost to illness and improved overall performance.
How healthcare IT Teams can deter an Orangeworm cyber breach
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are increasingly the targets of cyber security attacks. In the first quarter of 2018, the sector has been hit with 77 breaches, affecting the records of more than one million patients. The most recent of these attacks comes from a group of hackers called Orangeworm, who are responsible for targeting healthcare computer systems on around 30 instances.
Therapeutic effects of aerobic and resistance exercises for cancer survivors: a systematic review of meta-analyses of clinical trials
Objective To systematically appraise and summarise meta-analyses investigating the effect of exercise compared with a control condition on health outcomes in cancer survivors. Data sources Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and MEDLINE databases were searched using a predefined search strategy. Eligibility criteria Eligible meta-analyses compared health outcomes between cancer survivors participating in an exercise intervention and a control condition.
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