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HR – To Debate or Arbitrate
In this season of presidential debates, one thing is not debatable: the undeniable importance and value of your workforce to the organization’s success. The political players debate each other, they debate the other party, and occasionally (through calculated flip-flopping) they actually debate themselves. Not to mention the debater’s best friend — spin doctoring. In the…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Custom Software Development
Packaged (off-the-shelf) software vs. a custom software solution — that is the question. Actually it’s not that simple a question anymore. Today there are many hybrid software alternatives, which start with a packaged solution that can be quickly modified to meet the customer’s exacting business requirements. In the “old days” — remember PC DOS and…
Read MoreHow to Engage Your Remote Workforce
Many of today’s businesses have multiple sites around the country and around the world, and telecommuting employees are less uncommon than before. Technology designed to bring employees together despite their geography isn’t new; however, the growing trend towards employing remote staff members has organizations looking at this technology in a new way. Tools that were…
Read MoreThe Risks and Rewards of Utilizing Offshore Technology Services
The availability, skillset, and quality of Information Technology (IT) resources varies greatly from organization to organization. Regardless of company size, IT resources may be readily accessible when needed, or not. And frequently not. Whether HR has a large application development project to manage or merely needs a special one-off data analysis report, more often than…
Read MoreImplementing Preventative Measures to Minimize Data Breaches
Much has been said (here and in many other articles) about cyber security risks, and the measures LBi Software and other companies are taking to prevent system data breaches. We talk about data encryption at rest, filed level encryption, VPN tunnels, malware/virus protection, intrusion detection services, two factor authentication, secure coding principles and more, but…
Read MoreTo Purge or Not to Purge (HR Help Desk Data)
One of the most frequent questions from LBi’s HR Help Desk clients is when to purge and archive older help desk records. Our answer is simple and straight forward — never. Each employee’s complete case history reveals a lot about that employee’s disposition in the company. Changes in productivity, temperament, company loyalty, and more can…
Read MoreThe Client / Vendor Business Relationship
Top 10 things that matter, or should matter, in the vendor/client relationship.
Read MoreLBi HR HelpDesk Tips and Tricks – Extracting Data From Reports
All good Help Desk report writing tools offer multiple data sorting and filtering options, providing the user with the specific view they require for a specific report. But what if the resulting report presents some extraneous data, or possibly is missing desired data points that may not be included in that particular report template? Novice…
Read MoreIs electronic communication reducing quality employee interaction?
We all know pervasive texting among young people has the potential to negatively impact their ability to communicate effectively as adults, right? Kids growing up using emojis, acronyms, short-hand, and plain old poor spelling to converse with their peers will certainly challenge their skills as they “mature”. What happened to face to face interactions? Or…
Read MoreAre Company Dress Codes Beneficial for Peak Performance?
A long time ago (ok, the early 1980’s) the typical dress code for technology sales professionals (my career path) was a 3-piece business suit (the “uniform”) for men (dark blue or gray preferred, plus power tie, please) and blue or black business suite for women. IBM was #1 and their culture set the trend for…
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