Ponder these 3 questions before every performance review | Want motivated teams? Put down the carrot and stick | Use HR tech to create a better human experience
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Ponder these 3 questions before every performance review Before going into a performance evaluation, identify how you want your direct report to think about their actions, how you want them to feel about their performance and what you want them to do to improve, writes Scott Eblin. "Help your team member understand the impact of their actions, whether they're positive, negative, or somewhere in between," Eblin writes. Full Story: Eblin Group (3/22)
Instead of a carrot-and-stick approach to motivation, Susan Fowler, CEO of Mojo Moments, recommends that leaders appeal to employees' values, purpose and joy in their work, which will ultimately enhance both productivity and a company's bottom line. "When you master motivational leadership you ensure that people flourish as they help you deliver the business results you're being held accountable for achieving," Fowler writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (3/22)
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Use HR tech to create a better human experience If used properly and with due diligence, AI can create a better candidate recruitment process for both the company and applicant, writes Alfons Staerk of BCG. "A high-tech, high-touch approach that uses AI can help to automate specific heavy-lift repetitive processes, such as resume screening, which allows more time for the human element of candidate identification, like getting to know candidates personally, building relationships and getting insights," Staerk writes. Full Story: Spiceworks (3/22)
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The Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum in Orangeburg has received a $250,000 gift from the South Carolina General Assembly and a further $700,000 from the federal government. The federal grant will be used to fund the museum's planned relocation to the historic Railroad Corner, while $250,000 will be used for general operating costs. Why this matters: Cecil Williams started photographing the civil rights movement as a 14-year-old and has continued to document the movement to this day. According to his Wiki, he photographed Harvey Gantt's desegregation of Clemson University in 1963, the 1969 Charleston hospital workers' strike, and the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre. I have heard him speak several times, and his work is an essential part of the state's history. -- Janet Connor Kahler, editor of Your Career Full Story: WACH-TV (Columbia, S.C.) (3/20)
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