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~ Deepak Chopra  
 

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More Men Seek Support with Marital and Relationship Issues than Women
Who's trying to save their relationship this Valentine's Day? According to a new report from the Shepell·fgi Research Group, more men are
seeking support for marital and relationship issues than women. Younger employees, between the ages of 20-39 years old, are also more likely to seek support.  More...

Executive Summary: Compensation Trends
With salary budgets forecast to remain slim for 2006, employers can expect to continue facing the dilemma of stretching compensation dollars
to both attract talent and effectively reward top performers.  More...

Creating a Management Team From the Ground Up
Imagine you're in charge of creating a management team for your company from the ground up.  Charles Wonderlic has tips on how to guide your company's future leaders. More...

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Preventing Your Co-Worker From Bullying You.
When a co-worker is bullying you, what can you do?  Joan Lloyd puts the situation in perspective. More...

Congress Amends Health Savings Accounts
M. Lee Smith Publishers has the latest on the U-S Congress' changes to the Health Savings Act.  More...

Confront Behaviors That Harm the Team's Effectiveness
There is no 'I' in team and that becomes very apparent as managers attempt to build a strong team.  As Ram Charan suggests, a team's
effectiveness is harmed by some destructive behaviours.  More...

Thought Leader Interview with Dick Grote: Absenteeism and Bad Attitude
Dick Grote has become an internationally recognized authority on performance management. He has published many books, one of which even caught the eye of Hollywood.  David Creelman sat down with Dick.  More...

Ask the Coach - Issue 31:  Transition into Executive Coaching?
If you are interested in transitioning into a career as a coach, don't miss Executive Coach, Merry Marcus', advice for making a seamless transition. More...

It's Okay to Be the Boss:  The Step-by-step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need
Do you feel you don't have enough time to manage your people?  Do you avoid interacting with some employees because you hate the dreaded confrontations that often follow?  Do you have some great employees you really cannot afford to lose?  Bruce Tulgan has tips on how to become the manager your employees need. More...

Companies Least Prepared For Keeping Employees Engaged In Their Jobs
What do HR professionals have to look forward to over the next three years?  Sirota Survey Intelligence says the challenge of engagement. More...

The Temptation of Temping in HR
You've been trying to break into HR for a while now, so a friend suggests you contact a temporary placement agency about an opportunity in an HR department.   What do you do?  More...


The Successful Executive Interview: 4 Key steps

Many executives report that even though they were hired through a lengthy process they were seldom, if ever, seriously interviewed.  More...

Virtual Job Tryouts Give a Clearer View
When you're hiring in large numbers for openings with a well-defined skill set, online simulations of the job can assess candidates'  qualifications better than conventional techniques. Elaine Gottlieb has more.  More...

Successful Change Is Managed Change
Change is not new. IT leaders understand that enterprises cannot be effectively managed by only replicating yesterday's practices or relying on last year's applications to achieve success. More...

Are You Having Fun Yet?
Fun?  Is that a word most associate with their job?  Probably not, but as Arupa Tesolin discovered, maybe it's time to add fun to the workplace. She spoke with the doctor of fun, Michael Bungay Stanier and shares this
interview with HR.com.  More...

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Essential Engagement Strategies for Succession Planning

Date: March 21, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Bill Kline, Kline Consulting

What is your organization’s engagement strategy for succession planning? Strategic HR consultant Bill Kline takes a unique approach, driving succession planning deep into the organization and focusing on employee dialogue. Join us to learn from Kline’s own experiences as HR executive at GE and Delta Air Lines, and find out how the most successful organizations engage employees to transform succession planning into a strategic engine for talent management. Whether you’re just beginning your succession planning initiative, or you’re looking to maximize results from existing initiatives, this web seminar will provide best practice information that you can apply right away.    More...


Using Assessments to Reduce Unwanted Turnover

Date: March 27, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Wayne Nemeroff, PsyMax Solutions and Shari Fryer, Shari Fryer & Associates

Pre-employment assessments are designed to be not only a screening tool, but also a workforce development solution for employees post-hire. Learn practical and useful information from a hands-on leader in this field.
Dr. Nemeroff will discuss hiring challenges in a tight labor market, how to use assessments to identify the right candidates, and strategies to minimize the financial impact of bad hires on profits.  More...


Diverse Organizations Reap the Benefits

Date: March 29, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Terry Terhark, The RightThing Inc and  Jamie Minier, The RightThing, Inc

Diversity is often thought of as a goal to attain - organizations need so many diverse candidates, so many offers to diverse
individuals and so many diverse hires. But companies are often missing the substantial impact a diverse employee group can have on
the company's bottom line and its productivity. It's all about making a connection - that of the diverse employees with their diverse employer and the diverse buyer with the diverse organization.   More...


-Thought Leaders Webcast:

The No ***hole Rule

Date: March 19, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: David Creelman, Creelman Research  and  Robert Sutton, Stanford University

There is simply no better way to put it, some managers are ***holes. The question is, why do organizations tolerate this behavior? The
good news is that not everyone thinks having mean managers is ok. Many organizations are adopting a 'no ***hole rule'. Dr. Robert (Bob)
Sutton describes how they do it. More...


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Treasure Hunt:  Inside the Mind of the New Global Consumer - Summary

Authors: Michael J. Silverstein with John Butman

Treasure Hunt uncovers is a financially savvy society, well-educated in the business of buying — men, women, and families who know what they want, how to get it, and what they’ll have to do to maximize their purchasing pleasure and power.  Read this review to find out more.

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