Sharlyn Lauby

Talent management is the most evergreen of HR topics because finding and keeping the best talent is a constant business imperative. But talent management moves quickly, and you have to stay ahead of the trends to be successful at hiring, engaging, coaching, and retaining top talent. The SHRM Essential Guide to Talent Management is your professional desk reference and go-to guide, full of practical solutions, expert insights, and best practices to help you get unstuck when you’re faced with any… Show more

Talent management is the most evergreen of HR topics because finding and keeping the best talent is a constant business imperative. But talent management moves quickly, and you have to stay ahead of the trends to be successful at hiring, engaging, coaching, and retaining top talent. The SHRM Essential Guide to Talent Management is your professional desk reference and go-to guide, full of practical solutions, expert insights, and best practices to help you get unstuck when you’re faced with any talent management challenge. Show less

Although organizations likely have management development programs, they typically take place when employees are identified as high potentials and promoted into management later or when they are promoted, fail, and are assigned management development. In “Orient Managers for Career Success,” we explain why new manager orientation is critical for bridging the gap between when employees join management and when they receive development. Your takeaways include:

- management orientation and… Show more

Although organizations likely have management development programs, they typically take place when employees are identified as high potentials and promoted into management later or when they are promoted, fail, and are assigned management development. In “Orient Managers for Career Success,” we explain why new manager orientation is critical for bridging the gap between when employees join management and when they receive development. Your takeaways include:

- management orientation and how it differs from other management development programs
- why a manager-specific program is needed
- ways to gain buy-in and support for these programs
- how to design and evaluate successful programs. Show less

This fourth book from The Workforce Institute at Kronos, Being Present: A Practical Guide for Transforming the Employee Experience of Your Frontline Workforce, is a rich collection of guiding ideas, advice, and best practices focused on improving peoples lives at work specifically the lives of frontline workers. These are the individuals who must be present every day to do their jobs, and who make up the majority of todays global workforce yet they are not as frequently considered in… Show more

This fourth book from The Workforce Institute at Kronos, Being Present: A Practical Guide for Transforming the Employee Experience of Your Frontline Workforce, is a rich collection of guiding ideas, advice, and best practices focused on improving peoples lives at work specifically the lives of frontline workers. These are the individuals who must be present every day to do their jobs, and who make up the majority of todays global workforce yet they are not as frequently considered in discussions about work-life balance, career growth, employee experience, and creative benefits. Challenging yesterdays mindset while strategically looking at the future of work, this book offers eye-opening insights on the positive outcomes for employers who invest in their workers experience. Written by some of todays most respected leaders and practitioners in human resources, workplace technology, and the future of work, the reader learns new ways to create and build frontline workplace capability, productivity, performance, empowerment, and trust. Show less

Few organizations have manager onboarding programs, but they are key to equipping managers with the tools they need to be successful from day one. In “A Road Map for Onboarding Managers,” we detail how proper onboarding prepares managers to start their role confident, engaged, and better able to serve as an employee coach and mentor—both of which are critical to an organization’s bottom line. This issue of TD at Work:

- identifies why managers need their own onboarding program
-… Show more

Few organizations have manager onboarding programs, but they are key to equipping managers with the tools they need to be successful from day one. In “A Road Map for Onboarding Managers,” we detail how proper onboarding prepares managers to start their role confident, engaged, and better able to serve as an employee coach and mentor—both of which are critical to an organization’s bottom line. This issue of TD at Work:

- identifies why managers need their own onboarding program
- outlines a step-by-step process for developing a manager onboarding program
- offers a checklist for a new manager buddy program
- provides a template for developing a new manager onboarding program. Show less

The Recruiter’s Handbook provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide into the recruiting process -- from employer branding and the candidate experience to recruitment ethics and the changing legal landscape, from social media sourcing and reference checking to onboarding and succession planning.

With insights, tips, and tools from dozens of recruiting experts and real-world case studies The Recruiter’s Handbook provides a tried, true, and tested toolkit to not only help shorten… Show more

The Recruiter’s Handbook provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide into the recruiting process -- from employer branding and the candidate experience to recruitment ethics and the changing legal landscape, from social media sourcing and reference checking to onboarding and succession planning.

With insights, tips, and tools from dozens of recruiting experts and real-world case studies The Recruiter’s Handbook provides a tried, true, and tested toolkit to not only help shorten learning curves and avoid legal pitfalls, but also build trust in new hire relationships.

Along the way it shows how to drive cultural change by raising awareness of your organization’s TA function; how to develop offers guidelines for your veteran, disabled, or even ex-offender recruiting efforts, how to build strong apprenticeship, mentoring, or internship programs, what style of interview works best, how do you effectively employ resources and tools like candidate assessments, reference checks, background checks without inadvertently violating the law, and much more.

You’ll make this your talent acquisition bible, use its tools and templates as roadmaps to your own success and the success of your team,

Also, at the end of each chapter, the book offers guidance and best practices from human resources, recruiting, and business professionals on how you can take your recruiting game to the next level.

At the end of each section, we’ll recap the top takeaways so you can stay focused on implementing your recruiting strategy as well as a list of actionable, practical tips, and resources to make your job easier. Show less

It’s time for organizations to give managers the same foundation for success that we give new hire employees. "Manager Onboarding" will walk HR managers and business leaders through the process of creating a manager onboarding program. While onboarding has many touchpoints in a manager’s career, this book focuses on the new hire or newly promoted phase.

In the workplace, understanding the technology landscape is important because it helps you choose the best technology tools to support employee engagement, communication, and motivation. “Motivating Employees in the Digital Age” explains how to use social media, gamification, and mLearning to motivate workers, and provides tips on avoiding some common mistakes.

This book focuses on the actionable best practices for developing and retaining a competitive 21st-century workforce. Through characters Bob and Bobbie, the reader is cleverly introduced to an insightful anthology of practical ideas and innovative leadership practices that create organizational success by focusing on investment in employees. Written by some of today's most respected leaders in workforce planning, HR, and HCM, the book is a how-to guide to creating that virtuous cycle in your… Show more

This book focuses on the actionable best practices for developing and retaining a competitive 21st-century workforce. Through characters Bob and Bobbie, the reader is cleverly introduced to an insightful anthology of practical ideas and innovative leadership practices that create organizational success by focusing on investment in employees. Written by some of today's most respected leaders in workforce planning, HR, and HCM, the book is a how-to guide to creating that virtuous cycle in your workplace for everybody from the frontline workforce to the CEO. Show less

Effective meetings made easy.

It’s clear that having a diverse workforce and creating an inclusionary culture yield huge rewards for companies. The challenge is clearly defining what that means for your unique corporate culture, designing efforts that align with the business goals and constantly measuring and evaluating results.

Successful organizations understand that inclusion is not optional – it’s a business imperative that gives them a competitive advantage with stakeholders at every level: customers, suppliers,… Show more

It’s clear that having a diverse workforce and creating an inclusionary culture yield huge rewards for companies. The challenge is clearly defining what that means for your unique corporate culture, designing efforts that align with the business goals and constantly measuring and evaluating results.

Successful organizations understand that inclusion is not optional – it’s a business imperative that gives them a competitive advantage with stakeholders at every level: customers, suppliers, partners and employees. Diversity and inclusion are no longer programs within an organization. They are infused within the culture of the company and drive business outcomes. Show less

The ASTD Management Development Handbook provides insightful thinking from modern management professionals who are in touch with the issues, challenges, opportunities, and dynamics present in contemporary corporate culture. While writing in a range of styles and on a variety of management- and leadership-related topics, these contributors have in common a great deal of real-world managerial experience, passion for their area of expertise, and a desire to share their cutting-edge thinking on… Show more

The ASTD Management Development Handbook provides insightful thinking from modern management professionals who are in touch with the issues, challenges, opportunities, and dynamics present in contemporary corporate culture. While writing in a range of styles and on a variety of management- and leadership-related topics, these contributors have in common a great deal of real-world managerial experience, passion for their area of expertise, and a desire to share their cutting-edge thinking on best management practices. Show less

Knowing how to motivate employees is critical for an organization’s ability to get results. When employees are not motivated properly, their productivity drops and key milestones and deadlines are missed. Motivation determines the direction of an employee’s behavior (that is, what the employee chooses to do), the level of effort an employee puts into his or her work, and the level of persistence that an employee has when faced with obstacles. This Infoline will help managers and trainers who… Show more

Knowing how to motivate employees is critical for an organization’s ability to get results. When employees are not motivated properly, their productivity drops and key milestones and deadlines are missed. Motivation determines the direction of an employee’s behavior (that is, what the employee chooses to do), the level of effort an employee puts into his or her work, and the level of persistence that an employee has when faced with obstacles. This Infoline will help managers and trainers who train managers to understand and master this important piece of the organizational productivity puzzle. Show less