C1C Year in Review – A Look Back at Our 2018 Posts!
Did you know that C1C offers up free advice to organizations and their leaders every month? In celebration of the new year, I want to take a look back at our posts from 2018. We covered a wide range of topics from survey creation, distribution, and fatigue to common HR misperceptions to managing conflict in the workplace and many more. Click on the links below to check them out!
We covered a wide range of topics from survey creation, distribution, and fatigue to common HR misperceptions to managing conflict in the workplace and many more.
January: C1C Year in Review – Celebrating our 2017 wins!
Goal setting theory tells us that it’s just as important to follow-up on goals as it is to set them. This post does just that and shares C1C’s wins throughout 2017.
February: Not another survey! Survey fatigue and how to avoid it
Surveys can be a great way of gaining information, but they can also consume a lot of time. This post contains 4 tips for how to avoid survey fatigue and continue getting responses.
March: Results you can act on! Writing actionable survey items
Surveys need to be actionable. That is, based off the results you should know exactly what to do next to make improvements. This post includes five questions to ask during survey development to help ensure your survey leads to action.
April: April Fool’s Edition: How to NOT do HR
In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, this post contains some of the most common misperceptions related to people practices in organizations including open offices, millennials, remote work, and more!
May: 5 data collection techniques to find out exactly what you want to know
The best data collection technique depends on the complexity and depth of information you want to collect and the number of perspectives you need to gather. This post describes five major data collection techniques, discusses their best uses, advantages, drawbacks, and then some examples.
June: Hiring a new employee? Four tips to avoid some common mistakes
Hiring a new employee can often be an overwhelming task. Without a solid plan, you may negatively impact not only the current hiring process but also future recruitment efforts, sales, and even your brand. This post contains helpful tips to avoid some common mistakes that can have damaging effects.
July: Survey Distribution: Four things to consider
Surveys have become a popular way to gain insights into a variety of topics. To be effective, each component of a survey should be planned and purposeful – including distribution. This post describes four things to consider when sending your next survey.
August: Strategic Data Use: Focusing on the metrics that matter
Small organizations, just like larger organizations, want to be data-driven. However, they may not be able to make significant investments in collecting, storing, and analyzing data. This post contains a few simple steps for developing a scaled-down, yet effective, strategy for data use that will allow your organization, no matter its size, to focus on the metrics that matter.
September: Don’t go overboard when onboarding
Onboarding new hires is the first step in developing successful employees, promoting long-term retention, and expanding your workforce capacity. But is your onboarding process helping newcomers to sink or to swim? This post describes four tips to avoid going overboard with onboarding!
October: Sampling Methods: Size actually does matter
Sample size matters in research but determining the right sample size isn’t as simple as one may think. Sampling can be confusing and difficult to understand. This post defines sampling and provides a few steps that can be used to determine an appropriate sample.
November: Three critical things your small business or nonprofit might not have that it should
It can be a great challenge for organizations to ensure employees communicate well and are on the same page about how work gets done. To help with these challenges, it’s important to put some structures in place to help guide work behavior. This post outlines a few things that C1C believes organizations should have in place to operate effectively.
December: When Conflict Arises - Five tips to help you more effectively handle conflict
Interpersonal conflict is inevitable when dealing with teams of people of various opinions, backgrounds, and personalities. If conflict goes unaddressed, it often grows and becomes even more difficult to handle. This post contains five critical tips to help address conflict in a constructive, effective, and positive manner.
We hope our 2018 posts help your organization in the new year! If you’d like additional support regarding any of the topics above (or anything workplace related), feel free to reach out!