Part of the eSHR Strategy Guide, Insights into Strategic Human Resources is a compilation brief ideas about managing HR effectively in your company. If you’re looking to improve your organization’s success at recruitment, retention, or succession, you can turn to the eSHR Strategy Guide for information about how real people have addressed their HR challenges.

We’ve used a simple numbering system to organize our Insights into a categories. For more information about this system, most menus and directory pages have explanations of the system as part of their navigation, but you can also read about it on our How Insights Are Categorized page.

Recruitment 0001 - Hire for Attitude 0002 - Hiring For Diversity 0003 - Hiring For Specific Qualities 0004 - To Hire or Not To Hire? 0030 - Know Your Gaps 0033 - Recruitment Bonuses 0034 - Company Blog 0060 - Lack of Training Programs 0077 - Recruitment and Turnover in a Struggling Economy 0077 - Recruitment Through Community 0087 - Recruitment and Turnover in a Thriving Economy

Labour Supply 0100 - Labour Supply Demographic Changes 0110 - Hiring Team Players 0141 - Unchecked Growth 0142 - Business in a Remote Location 0160 - Hiring High-Demand Occupations 0161 - Challenges with Temporary Workers 0173 - Connecting to the Community 0174 - Temporary Workers 0175 - Outsourcing Within Borders 0179 - Engage the Consumer 0180 - Aging Workforce 0181 - Young Generations: Job Surfing 0182 - Young Generations: Reneging on a Job Acceptance Commitment

Placement 0200 - Employees Who Move On 0210 - Clear Job Descriptions 0212 - Clearly Dilineated Advancement Track 0220 - Delayed Retirements Block Advancement 0228 - Changing Job Titles 0229 - Poorly Written Job Descriptions 0230 - Reassigning Aging Employees 0231 - Costing Turnover 0232 - Young Generations: Placement Through Job Surfing 0242 - Wrong Fit: Interests 0243 - Old and New Employee Groups 0244 - Underperforming Employees 0283 - Lingering Allegiances

Compensation 0310 - Flexible Scheduling 0330 - Salary 0332 - Benefits 0335 - Health, Wellness, and Active Living Allowance 0336 - The 90/10 Rule 0337 - Profit Sharing as an Incentive 0338 - Referral Bonus Programs 0340 - Salary 0345 - Profit Sharing and Expected Duties 0346 - Unintended Consequences 0350 - Work-Life Balance: Time 0386 - Attraction of Employees to Compensation

Technology 0400 - Finding a Technology Fit - Tracking 0410 - Embracing Technological Efficiency 0421 - Becoming Too Technical 0429 - Falling for the Trap of Aritificial Scarcity 0431 - Mechanization of Simple Tasks 0440 - Resistance to Change and Technology 0470 - Access to Media 0471 - Social Networking 0472 - Contacting Clients 0473 - Visual Training 0480 - The Cost of Technology

Training 0500 - Personal Development Training 0501 - Informal Training 0502 - Formal Training 0520 - High Barrier to Entry 0521 - Unclear Skill Requirements 0530 - Employee-Led Seminars 0540 - Training Family Members 0550 - Training Temporary Workers 0560 - Proximity to Training Opportunities 0561 - Unclear Perception of Job Skills 0572 - Encouraging Volunteering 0576 - Leadership Peer Groups

Workplace 0601 - Adapting to Change 0602 - Complementary Non-Work Activities 0616 - Company Goals 0617 - Company Mission 0623 - Cutting Social Events 0630 - Employee Engagement 0631 - Learning about Other Cultures 0632 - Documentation for Employee Benefit 0633 - Work/Life Balance For Employees 0634 - Measuring Productivity 0635 - Social Events 0644 - Restructuring 0645 - Work/Life Balance: Setting Boundaries 0670 - Hiring Consultants 0671 - Finding Ways To Reuse Waste 0680 - Regulations: Safety 0685 - Consulting, Respecting Boundaries

Relationships 0700 - Understanding Body Language: Feet 0715 - Understanding Your Clients’ Needs 0718 - Employee / Supervisor Respect 0720 - Hiring For Skills Alone 0733 - Values, Learning How the Company Thinks 0734 - Values, Learning How the Employees Think 0740 - Communication for Change 0742 - Micromanagers 0748 - Barriers to Communication 0750 - Commonalities Between Generations 0760 - Family Businesses at the Dinner Table 0780 - Generations in the Workplace 0781 - Too Much Family First 0782 - Hostile Customers 0787 - Balancing Cultural Integration and Accomodation 0788 - Cultural Isolation

HR Management 0800 - Communication: Tone 0801 - When to Hire an HR Expert? 0802 - Confidentiality 0811 - Developing the Role of HR 0812 - Documentation 0817 - The Blend of HR and Marketing 0820 - Undervaluing HR 0830 - Record Your Successes 0831 - HR as a Voice for Employees 0834 - The Stay Interview

Succession 0900 - Defining Leadership 0911 - Redundancy in Staff During Succession 0912 - Processes and Systems on Paper 0920 - Poorly Documented Systems and Processes 0921 - Family Businesses Promoting Internally 0930 - The Exit Interview 0931 - Business Plans 0934 - Looking For Leaders 0940 - The High Cost of Turnover 0941 - Promoting to Keep Staff 0942 - Preparing for Unexpected Succession