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Creating a Workplace where Gen Z Talent Thrives

Want to create a workplace that appeals to Gen Z? Learn how to foster an environment that balances their love for streaming movies with opportunities for growth

Performance Management

5 Tips for Mastering the Performance Appraisal Conversation

A performance appraisal conversation is a must-do if you want to improve the performance of your employees, here are 5 tips you can use to make it more fruitful.

Dear Santa: A letter from HR

Dear Santa: All I want for Christmas are solutions to HR challenges, check out what letters HR professionals have been sending to Santa, and maybe you can send your own

Which HR Reindeer are you? : Take the Quiz to find out!

With the holiday season around the corner, it’s the most wonderful chaotic time of the year for HR. Take our quiz to find out which HR reindeer you are!

Moonlighting: A Blessing or Curse?

Moonlighting happens when an employee has several jobs. Is this practice ethical and what are its implications on a business? Here’s a handy guide for you.

Hiring and Recruitment

Why Recruitment Automation isn't Scary at All

Automated tools save time and effort that leave more time in the hands of recruiters. They can use this time to build a human-centric hiring process. Read peopleHum's blog on Why Recruitment Automation isn't Scary at All

HR Insights & Analytics

How to choose the Best HR software for your business in 2023

How to choose an HR software for your business at a time when the market is bursting with options? Today's your lucky day because we've got answers.

Hiring and Recruitment

How Social Media Can Help You Find and Hire the Right Candidate

Hiring via social media is much bigger than just using LinkedIn and see how you can create a winning strategy for finding and hiring the best talent via social media

Top 6 HR Software in Zambia

As an effort to aid organisations in selecting a well-suited HR software, here's our handpicked version of the top HR software in Zambia you should be considering.

How marketing and HR can and should work together ?

When marketing and HR join hands, they can take your organization to great heights. Here are 5 ways these two departments can collaborate to help you grow.

Top 7 HR Software in New Zealand in 2022

As an effort to aid organisations in selecting a well-suited HR software, here's our handpicked version of the top HR software in New Zealand you should be considering.

Hiring and Recruitment

Recruitment: A Modern Day Dating Game

Recruiting is so similar to dating that sometimes, it’s hard to tell the difference. Here are a few notable ways that the two run parallels with one another

The Future of HR - What Does 2030 Hold for People Managers?

The future of HR is exciting and focuses on employee satisfaction. Here’s how your team should prepare to evolve such that it fits in well into this future

Top 6 HR Management Software in Turkey in 2023

As an effort to aid organisations in selecting a well-suited HR software, here's our handpicked version of the top HR software in Turkey you should be considering

Top 6 HR Trends to watch for in Turkey in 2023

Take a look at the top 6 HR trends Turkey should watch in 2023 driven by automation, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies

Hiring and Recruitment

20 Hilarious Recruiter and Candidate memes of 2023

There’s nothing like the pressures of recruitment to bring out the most awkward and silly behaviors in all of us

One powerful way you can stand out

Feedback gives us a snapshot of where we are, and where we need to be, and it measures our progress along the way. Top Executive Coach Marshall Goldsmith provides a foolproof method of securing it

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith

Antifragile Businesses: Transforming Uncertainty and Change into Competitive Advantage

The resilient firm overcomes the unexpected, the anti-fragile firm improves thanks to the unexpected. What are the main characteristics that distinguish anti-fragile firms from others?

Top 6 HR Software in Lebanon

Businesses in Lebanon are gearing up to improve talent attraction, and they’ll need a hand in upscaling. In order to get them started, here are the Top 6 HR Software for the Lebanese workplace in 2022.

Top 10 HR trends to watch for in Lebanon in 2022

After the events that rocked Lebanon, businesses and HR are gearing up to transform the way they operate. These are the HR trends to watch for in Lebanon in 2022.

Six steps to ensure alignment

Dr Marshall Goldsmith’s six steps to enlightenment can help organizational leaders create two-way dialogues which will result in clarifying priorities, ensuring enlightenment, and promoting mutual understanding. Discover each step in this read.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith

Employee Wrongboarding: Mistakes to avoid while onboarding & offboarding employees

Employee onboarding and offboarding mark the beginning and end of an employee's life cycle. Avoid these mistakes while onboarding and offboarding employees

The Great Resistance: Rethinking return to office perspectives

With the dawn of “The Great Resistance,” people have a thing or two to say about it. Here are the notable and diverse perspectives about rethinking return to office resistance.

Organizational Cultures

Culture of responsibility for the well-being of people and organizations

Read more on the culture of responsibility for workplace wellbeing in this article to foster well-being within organizations

peopleHum's HR Analytics Newsletter - August 2022

Our freshest blogs, a collection of great reads, podcasts, videos and more, freshly picked and curated for you. Catch up with what’s been happening in the world of HR and People Analytics, with peopleHum’s August 2022 newsletter.

The Dark Side of High Employee Engagement: Is it creating Unrealistic Expectations?

HRs today struggle with the dark side of high employee engagement. Watch out for these six adverse effects that your organization should address right away.

Leadership Development

The lost art of asking for help

Marshall Goldsmith reveals the secret to getting more of what you want from your colleagues and peers. Find out more!

Organizational Network Analysis: Tap into the power of employee networks

Understanding where and how the informal and critical connections in your organization exist - or rather should exist - is essential for the creation of effective organizational design. Here’s what you must know about Organizational Network Analysis.

Leadership Development

The notion of feedforward

Read Leadership Thought Leader Marshall Goldsmith’s succinct article on the notion of feedforward.

Theming in SASS: CSS variables

Sass is a CSS preprocessor and an extension to CSS. So whatever we define in the Sass file, on the browser level gets converted to CSS. Read now to know more about it.

Top 8 HR software in Singapore in 2023

We are here to recommend the 8 Best HR management software in Singapore in 2023! In this article, we’ll tell you why they stand out from the rest, read more

50 HR Leaders Redefining Workplaces in the Financial Sector

These HR leaders across the world are pioneering a people-first culture and foregoing traditional HR processes. Here are the ones redefining workplaces in the financial sector.

How to Transition from Traditional HR to People Operations Effectively

Many companies are transitioning from traditional HR practices to modern People Operations, so we’ll provide tips on how to transition from traditional HR

Organizational Cultures

Multicultural management: the new frontier of talent management

The way to promote multicultural management isn’t the responsibility of HR alone, here’s how companies can promote multicultural management

Organizational Cultures

Workplace Survivor Syndrome: What it is and How to Face the Challenges

The workplace survivor syndrome is seen as a consequence of organizational restructuring and denotes the adverse effects on those who ‘survive’ it. How, then, can organizations and employees face these challenges?

Post-pandemic Workplace Romances are on the Upswing: Here's Why?

Post-pandemic workplace romances have been increasing, and employees are not to blame. Read on to find out the pandemic’s role in the increased office romances.

Attendance Management Software: The smart way to track employee attendance

In this feature highlight on attendance management software, we discuss peopleHum's smart approach to managing and tracking employee attendance

Top 8 HR Challenges in the Retail Sector – and How to Solve Them

For HR professionals in the retail sector, general challenges took a back seat as newer & urgent ones emerged. Here’s an exploration of HR challenges in the Retail sector – and how they can be solved.

The Leadership Team and the One Voice setting

The leadership team is the most important hierarchical level of a company's management and their key role isn’t to make empty accommodations to secure the alignment of organizational vision. Read about the Leadership Team and the One Voice setting in this incredible read by Giuseppe Andò

The right talent cannot shine in the wrong role

You can continue doing what you’re doing for a long time. But if your talent is placed in the wrong role, you’ll never be able to shine and become the person you want to be. Here’s some pertinent talent advice by Marshall Goldsmith.

Top 6 HRIS in The Philippines in 2023

Here are the top 6 HRIS in the Philippines in 2023 to practice holistic people management in the Philippines, click here to know more

How to Choose the Right HRIS - The Ultimate Guide

Choosing the right HRIS system for your organization can be a daunting task. So let our HRIS guide help you figure out the right fit for your needs, read more

Which HR meme best represents you? : Take the Quiz to find out!

We’re all cartoon caricatures even when we’re not trying to be. Let’s have fun with it and analyze some of the different HR memes we encounter at work. For time and memorial, let’s answer the question: What’s your HR meme?

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Organizational Cultures

Challenge Up: A key to organizational integrity

In this article, Marshall Goldsmith suggests organizational guidelines aimed at encouraging upward challenge and preserving corporate integrity.

The great resignation: the reasons for leaving your job

What were the reasons that led people to quit their jobs in large numbers? Read about what led to the shift in priorities in this post

Hiring and Recruitment

12 Creative Ways to Advertise Job Openings

Walk through a few different methods of advertising job openings so that you can make the best decision for your company's requirements.

Organizational Cultures

How The Intern explores age diversity in the workplace

The Intern is your classic Hollywood movie. However, beneath it all are some valuable lessons about age diversity in the workplace. Here’s a fun study on how the movie explores the issue!

Team building without time wasting

A parallel approach to team building has been shown to help leaders build teamwork without wasting time. While the approach sounds simple, it will not be easy. Nevertheless here’s how you can successfully implement it.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith

50 Leaders Shaping the Future of HR in Africa

Meet the talented and experienced HR professionals of Africa who are uncovering challenges and developing workable solutions to improve business and people processes!

Performance Management

"Low performer": prevention and management

The errors that lead to the case of "Low performers" are much higher than imagined, with a relapse for the entire organization. Learn about the fallout from this and the practices to better manage it.

Employee Self Service: How to save your HR team's time

How do you save your HR team’s time? We suggest by turning HR tasks to digital in the form of employee self service. Get all you need to know right here.

40 Top Interview Questions and Answers in 2022

It is time for you to start throwing curveballs and actually give job candidates the opportunity to demonstrate their skills. Here are the 40 top interview questions to refresh your interview arsenal.

Leadership Development

Turning 360 degree feedback into positive change

Creating lasting change from 360 degree feedback is a process. Here are a few guidelines for turning performance feedback into positive change

May 2022 Product Updates: What's New at peopleHum?

Welcome to peopleHum's May version of product updates. Here's a short roundup on the exciting new features, added to our existing people management tools.

Blueprint for a First Time Chief Human Resources Officer

Here's the playbook about getting off to a strong start as a new Chief Human Resources Officer.

Organizational Cultures

Inclusion in the company: The role of the Diversity and Inclusion Manager

While diversity is definitely one of the most important key factor of having a well balanced workplace, Read this blog to know what the role of diversity and inclusion manager exactly is?

6 Best Resume Do’s and Don'ts You Need to Know in 2023

What are the top resume do’s and don'ts? Here are the resume writing tips to help you stand out in the crowd and impress recruiters, read to know more

Top 6 HR Management Software in Indonesia

In this blog, we will discuss some of the best HR software in Indonesia in 2023 that you should consider using, Click to know more

Hiring and Recruitment

The 10 Most Creative Resumes that helped people land their dream jobs

How do you tackle the problem of getting your resume noticed by the right people? Two words - Creative Resumes. Here’s a look at some of what we considered were the most creative resumes out there.

How digitization is disrupting HR in Indonesia

通常由手动流程和lethargic systems, HR in Indonesia has faced many hurdles – but not anymore. This is how digitization is disrupting HR in Indonesia.

Top 10 HR Trends to watch for in Singapore in 2023

HR in Singapore has emerged out of the pandemic learning a great deal from the pressures caused by it so here are the emerging top 10 HR trends to watch for in Singapore in 2023

Top 8 HR Challenges in the Financial Services Industry

Changes are coming to an industry traditionally resistant to change. Check out the top HR challenges in the Financial Services Industry and how they can be tackled with modern HR solutions.

Top 6 Human Resource (HR) Software in Malaysia in 2023

As an effort to aid organisations in selecting a well-suited HR software, we’ve handpicked top HR software in Malaysia 2023 which you should be considering

How can Malaysian SMEs overcome their HR challenges

SMEs often undergo constant evolution to keep up with ever-changing industry demands, and it’s no different is Malaysia. Read to know how they can overcome it

Customer success stories

How Blibli simplifies HR technology for 6000+ employees with peopleHum

Gie Kian Siauw shares his experience on his favorite of the lot with peopleHum. Thank you for the stellar review, Gie!

10 Hebat HR Trends in Malaysia

2022年,人力资源管理最佳实践已经进化,new normal calling for a refreshed look at human capital. These are the 10 Hebat HR trends in Malaysia.

What is the role of the only HR person in a startup?

Startups usually start their people management journey with an HR team of one. Let’s help you truly determine the role of the only HR person in a startup. Here are five lessons to follow.

The Ultimate Employee Engagement Guide for 2023

It’s 2023 so let’s refresh and revamp what we know about employee engagement. Here the Ultimate Employee Engagement Guide for 2023

The useless problem of the work-life balance

The rational leader doesn’t go in search of a balance between work and life. They learn to optimize their time and teaches other to work on their productive capacity. Read this insightful blog by Giuseppe Ando on the myth of the work-life balance.

Top 11 kahanga-hanga HR trends in the Philippines in 2023

HR in the Philippines has acted in the true spirit of Bayanihan - by working together to achieve a common goal in this time of crisis. The end product is elaborated beautifully in the Top kahanga-hanga HR trends in the Philippines.

45 HR Leaders in Philippines Reimagining the Future of Workplaces

Here are the 45 Philippines HR leaders reimagining the future of workplaces, Follow them for their insights pertaining to every key component of the HR field

HR challenges in Philippines: the Role of HR vs a Roll of Lumpia

这个博客将密切关注独特Lumpiathat are the HR challenges in Philippines, read more to find out the Role of HR vs a Roll of Lumpia

April 2022 Product Updates: What's New at peopleHum

Welcome to peopleHum's April version of product updates. Here's a short roundup on the exciting new features, added to our existing people management tools.

10 Ways to Annoy Your HR Manager

Do you want to know how to annoy your HR manager? Here are the top ten behaviours and actions that will guarantee to aggravate even the nicest HR professionals.

Hiring and Recruitment

Hiring Manager vs Recruiter: What’s the big difference?

There are two key parties who are responsible for bringing talent in through the door. But, what does it mean to be responsible for the hiring process?

Do You Have an Exit Strategy?

Leadership Thinker, Marshall Goldsmith gets into a compelling conversation with the World’s #1 CEO Coach, Mark Thompson, on the principle of an exit strategy

Leader - Autonomous or Heteronomous

To what extent can leaders go to modify their motivations, behaviours, and actions? Go in-depth in this interesting read by Giuseppe Ando.

Hiring and Recruitment

Top 10 Recruiting Myths We'd Like to Bust

Here's a rundown of some of the top 10 most common recruiting myths, with reasons why we'd like to dispel them, click here to read more

8 steps to choosing an employee engagement software

如何选择正确的员工敬业度ftware for your business? Read this blog to find your best employee engagement software that fits your needs

Leadership Development

Questions That Make A Difference: The Daily Question Process

Here's Marshall Goldsmith's Daily Question Process. What is it? How does it set a confrontational challenge? And what makes it work so well? Read this blog to uncover it all.

Organizational Cultures

How to Boost Your Business Culture?

Nobody wants a culture of low performance and ineffectiveness to become a process inhibitor that works against organizational goals. Here’s Oleg Konovalov on how organizations can boost their business culture.

Leadership Development

Does Your Boss Squash Your Enthusiasm?

Marshall Goldsmith talks about the #2 bad habit of many leaders, "Adding Too Much Value." Learn how to avoid dampening the enthusiasm of idea-generators with this blog

Top 9 Dynamic HR Trends in Saudi Arabia in 2022

Case of HR in the Saudi Arabian Kingdom is fascinating. But what will the HR function look like for the country in 2030? Watch out for these dynamic and evolving HR trends in Saudi Arabia.

Leadership Development

Hey HR, Can You Really Be Effective Internal Coaches?

In order for HR to really be effective internal coaches, there are four unique challenges they will have to undergo to lead to extraordinary success. Here’s Marshall Goldsmith on the success of internal HR coaching.

HR Insights & Analytics

Top 50 Human Resources Statistics [2023]

HR statistics are a great place to start when enhancing HR procedures, here are top 50 Human resources statistics to set a foundation for all your decisions

40 HR Leaders and Innovators in Nigeria to Follow in 2022

peopleHum recognizes the HR Leaders and Innovators in Nigeria who are transforming the workplace, and uplifting the role of HR!

Top 10 HR software in UAE, Middle East

When it comes to acquiring and retaining top talent in UAE, using flexible, high-quality HR software in UAE can make all the difference. Find out the 7 best HR software in the UAE and other Middle East regions!

peopleHum vs BambooHR - Which HR software is better?

Looking for an HCM solution to replace your legacy HR system? Here's why customers choose peopleHum over BambooHR.

Performance Management

The Power of Pay for Performance

How would your work change if your pay was based on your performance? read this blog by Marshall Goldsmith to know more

Redefining purpose to meet your mission

John Baldoni shares his account on redefining one’s purpose to meet their mission. Here’s the read to his interesting brief.

Hiring and Recruitment

How to calculate the ROI of an ATS?

在这里,我们列出了ATS的ROI,告诉你u how much you’re spending on your recruitment v/s how much you can actually save with an ATS

The Biggest Mistake Made in Employee Engagement

Here is the biggest mistake made in employee engagement. If you haven’t figured it out yet, here’s a read that presents Marshall Goldsmith's views

Organizational Cultures

How HR should deal with Oscars-style chaos at work

Will Smith's Oscar slap has found HR in a unique position. The incident throws light upon workplace violence that is sometimes the targets of employee rage, and it must now be addressed.

March 2022 Product Updates: What's New at peopleHum

Welcome to peopleHum's March version of product updates. Here's a short roundup on the exciting new features, added to our existing people management tools.

Hiring and Recruitment

The Real Cost of Hiring an Employee in 2023

The cost of hiring an employee is one of the most expensive decisions of a business. Discover the true cost of this crucial business mechanism and how you can optimise it.

Do You Love Where You Work?

People may stay in their positions with no passion for what they do, unhappy, disengaged, and unmotivated, but there is a way to shortcut this unhappy journey. Raad this blog by Marshall Goldsmith to know how

Top 5 HR Challenges in the Education Sector — and How to Address Them

Teacher shortage, top educator retention, communication barriers, etc. are some HR challenges in the education sector, learn how HR software can help

30 GIFs that perfectly describe the life of an HR manager

Ever wondered what a typical day looked like in the life of an HR manager? Here are some GIFs that perfectly capture its essence.

Scaling a business by scaling people

Cultural differences obscure enormous opportunities for development and growth. Explore them thoroughly instead of worrying about them.

Leadership Development

Gratitude For Growth, Appreciation For Success

What can be more satisfying than seeing yourself making a difference in people’s lives? Read this blog by Dr. Oleg Konovalov on gratitude for growth, appreciation for success.