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Employee Mental Health: How Managers Can Help

Our brains like to plan for the future and use past experiences to help, but we can’t formulate a response when the present and future are unlike anything we have known before. This uncertainty increases stress and anxiety. A variety of circumstances contribute to the current apprehensiveness, including COVID-19. Employee mental health has declined during this crisis. Read about ways managers can help, and follow links to articles with more information.

Putting People First

People who feel respected and valued are more enagaged at work. The most successful companies know that taking care of employees first impacts everything from customer service to the bottom line. Read about being "people-centric" and follow links to learn more about the concept and companies that have embraced it.

Are You a Manager? A Coach? Be Both!

Studies show that 79% of Millennials prefer a coach or mentor to a traditional boss and they are becoming the organizational leaders. Along with annual and quarterly reviews in a comprehensive performance management process, coaching contributes to an increase in employees’ sense of participating in a larger team effort. Read about why coaching is an important function of managers and how managers can become better at it.

Why HR Departments Are Going Paperless

What is driving companies to move their HR departments to paperless forms and workflow? Saved time. Immediate access. Lowered costs. Monitored compliance. To name a few advantages. A more efficient HR is a more productive HR. Bringing the department into an increasingly paperless environment frees staff to contribute their expertise and become more involved in strategic business conversations. Follow links for more information and to learn how your company can begin making the move.

Employee Recognition: What It Is and Why It Matters

Feedback and employee recognition can be accomplished in many ways including "homegrown" programs as well as full-blown rewards programs. No matter how you deliver it, employee recognition has broad effects not only for the individual employee, but also for the organization. Read about positive feedback and why it affects your bottom line.

4 Ways Managers Can Provide Employee Feedback

Managers play an important role in deepening employee engagement. From a sense of trust, informal feedback, and active listening, their ability to foster good relationships with their direct reports is vital to employee commitment. Read this post and find links to relevant reports as well as types of manager feedback that can positively impact employees' experience of the workplace.

New Plugin: Multi-rater Feedback for Sage HRMS HR Actions

Having difficulty collecting the information you need for an employee evaluation? Multi-rater Feedback for Sage HRMS HR Actions provides an efficient way to obtain feedback about an employee from people outside the usual appraisal chain. While you know your employees, others can offer insights and observations from different perspectives.

Earth Day: Paper Use Facts to Consider [Infographic]

Paperless HR makes good business sense, but on Earth Day, it's good to remember that it makes sense for the environment, too. Paper manufacturing and use contribute to ecological stress on our planet. Finding ways to reduce dependence on paper-heavy processes can help.