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"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

~ Maya Angelou (1928 - ) 
 

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Work Flexibility and Work Life Balance Issues Continue to Challenge Employers
Kelly Watson explores ways to retain valued employees.  More...

Is Pay For Performance an Impossible Dream?

Workforce and leadership involvement is a key to acceptance and success.  More...

7 Strategies for Handling Last Minute Meetings
Have you ever found yourself having to scramble to organize a meeting at the last minute? Wouldn't it be nice that if and when this daunting situation arose, you were well prepared with all necessary information ready at your fingertips?  Susan Friedmann shares her tips. More...

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Handling a Grievance
An informal grievance turns into a mediated meeting.  Joan Lloyd shares her views on how to handle a difficult employee. More...

Independent Contractor or Employee?
There is a fine line between employee and contractor.   While some companies see a contracting as the best method of employment, some laws may disagree.   M. Lee Smith Publishers explains.  More...

Communication Tools for Multicultural Workplaces

Bonnie Gross shares tips on how HR can improve an organization's environment by understanding how cultural nuances can impede
communication.  More...

Performance Management Survey Shows Huge Opportunity for Small & Mid-Sized Businesses
Enjoy this interview with Shelly Davenport, GM, SMB Group, SuccessFactors on how small and mid-sized business are perfoming in the areas of performance and talent management.  More...

Executive Summary: Coaching
Coaching and its close relation, mentoring, have been around in some form ever since humans began aspiring to better lives. In fact, educators acknowledge human exchange as an essential agent for performance enhancement and the transfer of vital knowledge from childhood on. More...

Thought Leader Interview with Howard Guttman: "When Goliaths Clash - Managing Executive Conflict
If you are anywhere near the top of your organization, in most companies, you will see a certain amount of conflict at the executive level, something Howard Guttman knows all too well.  Guttman sat down with David Creelman to discuss how managing executive conflicts will
help build better performing teams. More...

Failure To Deal With Poor Performers May Decrease 'Engagement' of Other Employees
A company's failure to deal effectively with its few workers who are consistently poor performers may decrease the extent to which other employees are engaged in their jobs and their companies, according to a survey by Sirota Survey Intelligence and the authors of "The
Enthusiastic Employee." More...

Moving into Human Resources
Good judgment and a large dose of discretion are both key to succeeding in HR.  More...

Why Acquistion and Retention Strategies Don't Work

Will you know where your talent is in 2008?  Deloitte shares its research series on Talent Management.  More...

Governance Is Critical to Success of HRO
Human resources departments are betting more each year on the outsourcing of functions that they may have performed for decades. Without careful and continuing governance, plenty can go wrong. Elaine Gottlieb explains.  More...

HR App Evolution: On-demand on the Upswing
The market for HR systems is expanding and that means small and mid-sized enterprises need to adapt.  The answer ... more automated support for HR functions. More...

The First Element of Change
Change is fairly predictable - it is going to happen!  Nathan Greeno shares how to recognize and leverage each step.  More...

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Managing your outsourcing vendor for effective unemployment cost control

Date: March 28, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Linda Townzen, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Cheryl Brooks, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and  Dan Tienes, TALX Corp. 

Hear from Wal-Mart about key measures for limiting cost due to unemployment taxes and best practices for getting good results from
an outsourced provider of unemployment cost control services. An Unemployment Tax Manager at Wal-Mart will discuss ways to improve the process of working with an outsourcing provider and concrete steps
Wal-Mart took to get the best possible results from its outsourcing relationship for unemployment cost control.    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...


Best Practices in Executive Selection and Development 

Date: April 3, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Al Schnur, PCI Human Resource Consulting, Inc. and Carolyn Cosco, Select International and Dan Lhota, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and Lynn Lambrecht, Giant Eagle.

Over the past decade, companies have gotten the message that investing in their current and future leaders is critical for long-term viability and success. Organizations are spending more money on assessment and development and senior executives are taking ownership of the professional growth of their successors.  More...

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Developing Better Leaders Faster - Recent Research Findings

Date: March 26, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Karen Elmhirst, HR.com and Rick Lash, HayGroup

Do you need to increase the quality and/or quantity of leaders in your organization? This interview with expert Rick Lash of the HayGroup will offer you some findings based on recent research that can help you improve your strategy for developing leadership talent at your company.  More...


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The Carrot Principle:  How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance - Summary

By  Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton

Numerous organizations employ business leaders who set clear goals, communicate openly, treat people fairly, hold them accountable, and create trusting relationships. However, there's often something critical missing.  The Carrot Principle, authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton demonstrate - through proven research and case studies - how recognition can bring about significant increases in operating results.

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