eBulletin - Week of May 29, 2006

• Benefits
  Most Workers Content with Compensation Package, Yet Many Yearn for Flexible Schedules
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  Hudson survey of 10,000 reveals trends in pay, health & retirement plans, and non-traditional benefits.
  
  Read Jeff Chad's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Compensation
  How SOX Affects Payroll Professionals
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  SOX is a processes, which has sub-processes, which has objectives, which has risks, which has controls, which has tests, which has results. Curt Finch describes how this affects you.
  
  
• Human Resources Management
  Road to Inclusivity
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  Finally, the Human Resources arena is being refined. Grace Tallar notes it will take creativity to attract talent, and the quest extends to all levels of an organization.
  
  Read Debbie McGrath's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Labor Relations
  Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: The Toxic Workplace
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  I am employed in a toxic workplace. Virtually everyone is in it for themselves, and there is a distinct separation between "management" and "workers."
  
  
• Legal
  Accrued Sick Leave and FMLA
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  In a recent 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decision, the Court held that an employer did not improperly terminate an employee at the end of the 12-week FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) period, despite additional sick leave available to the employee. From Kathleen Bray.
  
  
• Organizational Development
  Mapping Behaviors
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  Markku Kauppinen points to his experience with changing business culture: No one stopped to ask a couple of important questions: Are we ready to let go of the past? What do we need from our employees? Do we know what we need them to do?
  
  Read Sylvia Henderson's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Performance Management
  Business "Best Practices" Applied to the Home: A Case Study
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  With over 20 years on the job, Kenny Moore found himself wondering: if corporate life benefits from implementing Best Practices, might this be true for our home life as well?
  
  Read Aileen MacMillan's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Executive Coaching
  Financial Executives Need BOTH Strategic and Communication Skills to Lead Effectively
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  MRGs Leadership 360 study focuses on CFOs--often judged predominantly on technical skills-- now putting people skills near the top in importance.
  
  Read Merry Marcus' Latest Blog.
  
  
• Leadership
  Thought Leader: Patrick Lencioni on How to Deal With Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars That Can Turn Colleagues into Competitors
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  InfoTech Research Group: Preparing a cogent ROI for training initiatives can help ensure that training dollars are directed towards high-value areas within the enterprise.
  
  Read Karen Elmhirst's Latest Blog.
  
  
• HR Measurements and Metrics
  Prove the Value of Training Initiatives
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  InfoTech Research Group: Preparing a cogent ROI for training initiatives can help ensure that training dollars are directed towards high-value areas within the enterprise.
  
  Read Claude Balthazard's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Staffing and Recruitment
  International Assignments Increasing
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  Multinational companies are significantly increasing the number of international assignments, but the effectiveness of their expatriate policies varies, according to a new survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
  
  Read Michael Moretti's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Workforce Acquisition
  Accelerating the Hiring Process
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  After much time and effort the perfect candidate has been found. You call the candidate to offer her the job only to find out she accepted another position last week. Roberta Chinsky Matuson has some tips for the employer.
  
  Read Mark McAuliffe's Latest Blog.
  
  
• HR Outsourcing
  Despite Access to Advanced HR Technologies, HR Continues to Execute Rote Transactions
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  Towers Perrin suvey finds employee self service Is growing rapidly and reaping rewards, but manager self service iIs slower to take off.
  
  Read Zachary Meyer's Latest Blog.
  
  
• HRIS/ERP
  Despite Access to Advanced HR Technologies, HR Continues to Execute Rote Transactions
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  Towers Perrin suvey finds employee self service Is growing rapidly and reaping rewards, but manager self service iIs slower to take off.
  
  
• Training and Development
  On Becoming a Wise System: The Dynamics of Individual Imagination and Organizational Innovation
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  Imaginative and innovative individuals as well as complex and "smart" systems thrive on openness. Mark Gorkin notes such entities have a strong need for exploration and a high tolerance for error.

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