This informative and visually engaging infographic is designed to empower employers and HR professionals by presenting a practical guide to building an attractive workplace culture in just six crucial steps.
The training cycle isn't complete without an evaluation of training's effectiveness, which leads to decision-making and planning for future training. This guide provides several methods and tools to help evaluation a program's success.
Counterpart International needed a streamlined way to quickly locate state-specific employment laws and requirements. Read how BLR was able to make searching through various state laws and policies go from being a long process to one that can be done in minutes.
Having people from varied backgrounds with different ideas and perspectives can give a business an edge over competitors. Plus, morale flourishes when people feel included and appreciated.
Many employees can get burnt out quickly if they don't feel taken care of. Read five simple ways employers can prioritize wellbeing, resulting in happier employees.
This story emphasizes the critical need for a centralized resource that addresses the complexities of HR laws and policies across states. With organizations growing and hiring nationwide, the task of managing and complying with diverse regulations becomes overwhelming for HR professionals. The...
Meetings are meant to be a way to connect with a team, increase productivity, and inspire, but are often instead seen as draining and a waste of time because of how they are managed and lead. So, how can leaders identify and eliminate unnecessary meetings, and turn important ones into productive...
According to a survey by PwC, nearly 60% of survey respondents reported that they would like feedback on a daily or weekly basis! Additionally, more than 75% of respondents believe that feedback is valuable.
Although it’s not always easy, feedback helps your team members grow and develop by...
Developing motivating and engaging performance reviews can truly transform your employees. For managers though, performance review conversations are one of the most difficult parts of their job. So, how can managers be better prepared for performance reviews so that they can have successful...
Recruiting top talent while fostering a culture of innovation can be challenging for employers. An organization can’t function without talented people to do the work, and it can’t grow and adapt to the ever-changing HR landscape without innovation.
How can you shore up both recruiting and...
Do you want to implement more coaching into your day-to-day work?
Coaching is a powerful tool centered around helping others tap into their potential and unleash a new level of success. As a leader, manager, or team member, you can master the art of coaching. It's a skill you're able to...
Download this complimentary guide and use it as a resource as you explore the opportunities for reselling HR services. Gain insight into the need-to-know key points, takeaways, and considerations you’ll want to keep top of mind before you dive into this new territory.
Do you know which of your employees are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime pay requirement? For many employers and HR professionals. the challenge they face when it comes to compliance with the FLSA is typically employee job classification. This guide that will look at the...
There is a big difference between being a manager and being a leader, and the first 90 days of taking on a new role can make or break their experience with the team and organization overall. Setting your managers up to succeed in a few key areas will boost their confidence, and can have a huge...
Employers must understand whether they need to pay their interns and how much to pay them. Our Intern Wage Compliance Guide is a free resource to prevent misclassification risks and ensure compliance with the law. Employers can download our guide to learn about the guidelines and regulations...
The reason behind excessive turnover can be nuanced and complex, but there's a lot that employers can do to improve employee retention. Read on for ten actionable strategies you can incorporate to improve retention in your workplace.
An impactful workshop inspires participants to take meaningful action and creates long-lasting change. With so many options on the market, it’s important to invest in a workshop that is not only inspirational and impactful but also encompasses several researched core design principles.
BLR's HR Hero Employee offer checklist emphasizes the importance of transparency and clear communication in attracting top talent. A well-crafted job offer letter can be used to effectively recruit top talent and protect the company from potential misrepresentation claims.
On the surface, employee handbooks fill a basic need, whether for sustenance or guidelines. But, with just the right recipe, they can also bring people together, build trust and morale, set expectations, foster communication, and show your people that you care. This special how-to guide is...
Prioritize the well-being of your employees by focusing on the things that matter most to them: professional growth, flexibility, diversity, equity and inclusion, and the opportunity to make an impact.
Action learning is a powerful leadership development process in which participants work on specifically designed project teams, receive feedback on their performance, reflect on their experiences and seek to incorporate the lessons learned into their day-to-day leadership activities.
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Employment authorization and compliance with Form I-9 can be tricky, but we’ve created this 9 page guide to help you map out a plan to stay ahead of the curve by using three simple goals as a framework.
In this new infographic, we share why these employment laws are crucial to know as a supervisor. In order to avoid a lawsuit, it's important that supervisors keep up to date with all the various employment laws and regulations.
Communication is the heart of leadership and permeates everything a leader does. Leaders at all organizational levels can significantly increase their communication effectiveness by adopting the universal, powerful practices that have been employed by great leaders in organizations of all...
It’s no secret that trends such as remote work, a hybrid work schedule, virtual events, upskilling and more, have changed dramatically over the last two years. Regardless of these shifts in trends, employee well-being always remains a top priority. In this new infographic, we explain why these...
When we think about leadership communication, we usually focus on presentations and formal written material, however, the real impact comes from the routine conversations we have every day. The quality of these conversations often determines the effectiveness of leadership. Download this...
This 4-page informational piece titled 'Employment Law for Supervisors: What You Should and Shouldn't Do' includes a list of do's and don'ts as it relates to compliance and a training exercise for trainees to complete and discuss.
This TrainingToday article dives into a handful of different and useful training techniques that you can implement into your current training processes.
TrainingToday’s DEI in the Workplace Library’s objective is for employees to be able to
demonstrate respectful workplace behavior and apply given techniques for improving relationships with coworkers who are different, have a foundation for respectful discussion of LGBTQIA+ concepts, avoid...
Emotions are a powerful force in our lives. Have you wondered how you can channel your emotions to increase self-awareness? Or, how you can utilize emotions to cultivate more meaningful relationships? Improving these areas starts with developing higher emotional intelligence.
Download our...
Your employee handbook is the backbone of your organization. Is yours fully compliant? Use this checklist as a tool to guide you. The more questions to which you answer “yes,” on this checklist, the more extensive your employee handbook.
The consequences of not having top leaders on board with safety include insufficient budgets,
lack of assistance from other functional areas, conflicting priorities, and unnecessary obstacles.
One solution is developing an internal marketing strategy to help sell your program.
Download our guide to learn common coaching mistakes and helpful tips to avoiding repeating them, such as:
- Coaching system pitfalls
- Handling difficult conversations
- Downfalls of giving advice
- Owning the outcomes from conversations
- And More!
Learn how to start sowing the seeds of safety into your company culture and make safety an integral part of your daily routine through these six essential areas.
In this special report, we outline the best strategies for implementing and improving safety training, incentives and discipline, and safety leadership to improve safety culture. It will provide the baseline knowledge you need to limit your liability, comply with federal regulations, and drive...
The first step in creating a safe and inclusive workplace is making all employees aware of the issues, what is – and what is not – acceptable. BLR’s blended, comprehensive approach to workforce training helps organizations comply with new regulations, as well as ensure their employees are aware...
The Amalgamated Sugar Company (TASCO) was looking for an EHS solution that worked across sites and addressed compliance regulations nationwide. EHS Hero was the customizable solution they were looking for.
