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🤝 What HR Managers Can Learn from Trade Negotiations
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đź›’ Ravix Group Expands HR Services With Latest Acquisition
Ravix Group, via its parent Kingsway Financial Services, has acquired The HR Team, a Maryland-based outsourcing firm. This acquisition broadens Ravix’s HR compliance, organizational development, and outsourced support offerings. While the financial details remain under wraps, the move positions Ravix to serve a wider client base across sectors like tech, construction, and nonprofits. It also signals growing demand for HR-as-a-service models embedded in broader finance or operations platforms. Read more.
🎧 HR Insights - What HR Managers Can Learn from Trade Negotiations
Watching trade negotiations offers profound lessons for HR professionals. Just as diplomats must balance win-lose outcomes and preserve long-term relationships, HR must navigate conflicts—salary discussions, grievance handling, or team restructuring—with the same nuance. HR can adapt strategies like integrative negotiation: exploring solutions where both parties gain value. Understanding BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement) also prepares HR for fallback options. These practices transform conflict into collaboration, improving outcomes in talent and labor relationships.
đź’ˇ HR Tips & Tricks
Tip of the Day: Install “policy suggestion bins” in digital and physical spaces. Encourage employees to submit ideas for improving existing policies. Reviewing submissions quarterly uncovers friction areas that formal surveys might miss.
Trick of the Day: Implement “email-free Fridays” where HR teams only use internal messaging or calls for communication. This encourages direct interaction, builds presence, and reduces over-reliance on written communications.
đź§ľ HR Case Files - How H Properties Made Their Workplace Pet-Friendly
H Properties in Singapore reimagined workplace engagement by allowing pets at work. The company launched a structured “pawing” policy that includes pet behavior training, safe spaces, and pet-health rules. These guidelines helped ensure work environments remained professional while improving employee morale. Pet-inclusive days quickly became a highlight, with staff reporting lower stress and greater happiness. The innovation positioned H Properties as a more empathetic employer and boosted engagement among pet-owning employees.
Key Takeaways
Defining safety and behavior protocols allows unconventional benefits without compromising professionalism.
Pet-friendly policies can reduce stress and increase satisfaction, especially in urban office settings.
HR’s proactive approach to wellbeing can evolve culture in tangible ways.
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Resource of the Day
McKinsey’s HR Monitor 2025 report reveals a persistent gap between what modern organizations expect from HR and what HR departments deliver. While improving employee experience is seen as fundamental, about 36% of employees across Europe and the U.S. remain dissatisfied with their employers. Most HR teams are still lagging in adopting tools like generative AI at scale. The report calls for urgency in leveraging digital capabilities to close this growing performance gap.
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