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300 and going strong!  This is a special HR.com eBulletin… it is our 300th.  That's 300 times we've sent our HR.com members the hottest news and information from the desktops of HR professionals.

 HR.com Celebrates 300 Issues Online

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"There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?"

~ Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930) 
 

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Laying the Groundwork for Your Future
A long-term capital strategy can lay the groundwork for retirement or another venture.  More...

US Pay Increases to Lag China, India and Eastern Europe in 2007

New research from Philadelphia-based Hay Group reveals real pay increases (adjusted for inflation) for workers in the United States will substantially lag those in China, India and Eastern Europe in 2007.  More...

What's an HR Person to Do?
Just what should an HR person focus on in an organization?  Alan Weiss shares his answer. More...

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Dealing with conflict
How do you handle the know-it-all person in the workplace when you return after a substantial absence?  Joan Lloyd shares her advice. More...

Playing at Work and Working at Play
Toys of the trade are needed in the workplace... but are childhood memories a distraction? More...

Flawed Assumptions in Crisis Management: The best laid plans that go astray...

Trying to be prepared, we pull our crisis management notebooks off the shelf that thankfully some of us haven't had to use and dust off the cobwebs.  We have the book...  why didn't things work out accordingly? Tonya Slawinski takes a look.  More...

The Promotion Blues
6 out of 10 employees say their company doesn't provide advancement opportunities.  Bruce Katcher has more on getting through the promotion blues.  More...

Ask the Coach - Issue 32:  Undermining boss?
Does your boss undermine your authority?  If so don't miss Executive Coach, Merry Marcus', insights on clarifying roles and avenues of communication with your boss. More...

Thought Leader Interview with Chip Heath: Increasing Your Influence: How to Make Your Ideas Stick 
Why are urban legends and conspiracy theories are so sticky?  How do you create "curiosity gaps"?  HR.com's Karen Elmhirst spoke with Professor and Author Chip Heath about how to increase your influence through improving the "stickiness" of your ideas. More...

Is March Madness Driving Workers to Distraction?
Nearly Half of U.S. Workers Have Participated in an Office Pool, According to Latest Spherion Survey. More...

From HR Employee to HR Business Owner

When is it time to change from being the HR employee to the HR business owner?  You decide ...  More...

Winning or Losing Depends On Having the Right People

It's all about the right stuff.... do you have the right talent in the right jobs? Greg Smith explains why being right is so important.  More...

European Companies Turning to Finance Shared Services To Drive Cost Savings
Study Shows Use of Offshoring Expected to Expand Significantly; Nearly 40% of European Companies Considering Offshore SSO Options.  More...

Key Performance Indicators for Consultancies

How to Use Per-Project Labor Cost Data to Analyze KPIs for Your Consulting Company. More...

Why Intuition is Gaining New Respect  as a Smart Skill in Business
Business smarts ... what does it really mean?  As Arupa Tesolin explains, it could just a matter of intuition.  More...

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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...


Emera Increases Engagement Scores by 10 Points: how actions speak  louder than words

Date: April 4, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Janice Sutton, Emera and John Wickett, ClearPicture Corporation

When Emera, a large energy and services company with more than 2,000 employees, took action on employee survey feedback, they experienced an increase in engagement scores and a rise in customer satisfaction. Join
Janice Sutton, HR Program Coordinator at Emera, and John Wickett, Senior Consultant at ClearPicture Corporation, to learn how actions build trust, showing employees how they contribute to their organization’s growth. This webinar will provide some best practices around engagement survey  design, action plan development, implementation, and good communication for improved bottom lines and increased shareholder value. .   More...


Ya Gotta Have Style!

Date: April 12, 2007
Time:  11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Presenters: Milt Cotter, Candidate Resources Inc.  and  Mike Speck, Qdoba Mexican Grill.

This is the lst of a series of 8 web casts that will explore techniques utilized by many "Best of Class employers" (Including Toyota, Honeywell,
Texas Instruments, Talx, Universal Computer Systems and scores of other leading companies) to capitalize on Human Resources as a critical element of their success. These Best of Class Employers have "STYLE":  More...


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Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader

Date: April 2, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Karen Elmhirst, HR.com and Craig Runde, Eckerd College and Tim A. Flanagan, Leadership Development Institute, Eckerd College.

Dealing effectively with conflict is difficult for any leader. Some try to avoid it, while others lash out at others in ways they later regret. Poorly managed conflict creates enormous costs to organizations. How can leaders assess how they currently handle conflict and ways to be more skillful when it inevitably occurs?   More...


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Breaking With Tradition: Women and Work, the New Facts of Life - summary

According to Breaking With Tradition, never in the history of this country have the roles of women and men been so close to being shared, and never before have choices been so free of traditional gender restrictions.  Find out more!  Read this review!

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