Human Resources: eBulletin Week of February 5, 2007

Week of February 5, 2007

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Dealing With Illness: Coping
One of the hardest things in life is coping with illness and pain. How do you handle it in the workplace? Vivien Bergl has advice.

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Compensation

Creating High Performance Pay
How do you really engage a workforce and make them stakeholders in your company's success? As Jay R. Schuster and Patricia K. Zingheim explain, most leaders know paying for performance makes good business sense, but they have difficulty implementing a plan.

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Human Resources Management

Creating Successful Managers
Is it accurate to declare that "Half of managers are above average and half are below average?" Find out more in this article by Don Phin.

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Labor Relations

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Demotion
A new General Manager makes accusations against payroll procedures. What to do? Joan Lloyd has the answer.

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Legal

Social Networking Sites as Recruiting Tools
Social networking in cyberspace; trend-setting youth are doing it. Does the freedom of the net present problems for employers? M. Lee Smith Publishers has more.

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Organizational Development

Giving HR a New Mandate
The competitive forces that we face today and expect in the future demand organizational excellence.

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Performance Management

Addressing the 'Starbucks Effect': Leveraging Beverage Service to Boost Employee Morale
Studies confirm that satisfied workers are more effective workers. But today's employees want more. On-site beverage service can be a simple, cost-efficient way to optimize your workforce.

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Executive Coaching

Skills To Becoming The Most Effective Listener
A good salesperson has learned the art of communicating... but what about listening? Keith Rosen has more on the importance of communicating and listening.

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Leadership

With All My Heart and Soul
A Renaissance of Values Spirit and meaning is a missing link in many lives, teams, and organizations, writes Jim Clemmer.

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HR Measurements and Metrics

Regardless Of Their Ages, Most Workers Lose Enthusiasm For Their Jobs After Six Months
Are there generational differences in what people want from their jobs? Are employees receiving adequate recognition for their performance? Sirota Survey Intelligence has the data.

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Staffing and Recruitment

Networking - Does it still work?
Networking was the way of the 90s, but have times changed? Robin Ryan shares her insight.

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Workforce Acquisition

Why Employees Succeed, Fail and Leave
Why do some employees succeed while others fail, quit, or stay without producing? Markku Kauppinen unravels the mystery.

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HR Outsourcing

Automation Streamlines Benefits Administration
A large health benefits company finds that benefits administration technology gets top marks from employees.

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HRIS/ERP

Executive summary: Measuring Human Capital
The U.S. - and, indeed, the world - is entering a knowledge era, but while capital investments in equipment, buildings and the like are well reported in the economy, investments in intangibles are notably missing.

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Training and Development

Smartest Employees Most Difficult to Manage
Coaching the experts can be the most challenging task for a manager, explains BlessingWhite.

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Payroll Tax Compliance: Outsourcing as a tool for strategic risk reduction
In fiscal 2005, the IRS issued over $22 Billion in penalties for payroll tax non-compliance. With penalties increasing and the regulatory landscape ever-changing, payroll tax compliance has become a major concern for executives. To help them keep complaint and manage the risks of non-compliance, many executives are outsourcing their payroll tax filing processes. We’ll examine the risks of payroll non-compliance, evaluate the three most common methods of filing payroll taxes, and discuss how you can use outsourcing as a strategic tool to dramatically reduce your payroll tax filing compliance risk.

Date: February 6, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Carna Blau and Jerri Langer

Driving Business Results with Integrated On-Demand Talent Management
If your organization is like most, then you probably have several separate systems to support the various talent management needs of your employees. Talent Management solutions should address, from one on-demand and integrated application, all areas of an employee's career lifecycle – on-boarding, classroom and on-line learning, certifications, compliance, performance, succession planning and compensation. Learn how Cornerstone OnDemand's integrated talent management suite can help you drive down costs, increase productivity and improve employee satisfaction, all while supporting your business growth.

Date: February 14 2007
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM ET
Presenter: Kirsten Maas

Best Practices for Preparing For An HR Technology Purchase
As more and more organizations turn to outside vendors to help streamline HR processes and determine best practices to increase efficiency and productivity, there are several steps to keep in mind before venturing out on the search. In this one hour presentation, attendees will learn the five steps to take before seeking a vendor.

Date: February 14 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Greg Strange

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Thought Leaders: Coaching Ourselves
Professionals like engineers, accountants, and marketing analysts receive extensive training in their technical area as a matter of course. But many are at a loss in the difficult area of managing people. Large companies like GE have well developed programs to train, mentor and nurture managers. But many other companies do not have the resources of GE. What can we do instead? Phil Le Nir developed an approach and material to get managers to coach themselves. By David Creelman

Date: February 12, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Phil LeNir And David Creelman

Working With Americans: How to Build Profitable Business Relationships – Summary
Working With Americans is an essential primer that will give global businesses that seek American partners, employees, colleagues, or clients, an understanding of, and appreciation for, the diversity and complexity of the American business environment. Find out more.

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