Human Resources: HR.com Leadership eBulletin for the Week of April 7, 2008

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In this edition, Aileen MacMillan shares the role of HR in Sustainability issues and Patrick Smyth talks about the Power of a Team.

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Employee Engagement Differences Across Generations Relatively Small
'Traditionalists' (Age 63 +) had the highest scores on a recent employee engagement survey. Sirota Survey Intelligence explains their results.
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The Role of HR in Sustainability Initiatives
On March 29, people around the world participated in Earth Hour - one hour during which non-essential lights and appliances are unplugged in an effort to draw attention to environmental issues. For me, this hour acted as a reminder of how many appliances I use unnecessarily. Similarly, some companies are looking at their resource use in an effort to identify waste and cut costs.
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The Power of a Team
Simply knowing that others are supporting you in your endeavor can be a huge motivating and encouraging force. This force will put wind in
your sails that help you to sail right on passed the all of the doubts that come along and challenge your confidence. Challenges like the huge pile of work, the complexity of the job, the breadth and depth of knowledge required, your own inexperience, and on and on.
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This Week's Comic

How to Diagnose and Optimize Your Team's Performance

Date: April 14, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Are you ready to assess-and optimize-the teams in your organization? Teaming and collaboration have become imperative as organizations develop new strategies to compete in today's global, market-driven
environment. In fact, almost all employees work at least part of their day in a team...
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Building a Recognition Culture for the Fast Lane

Date: April 15, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Often in the workplace, recognition is overlooked as schedules become increasingly busier. But working in a culture that does not support recognition can lead to burnout, decreased performance, demotivation and even reduced profitability.
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Learning Trends for Leadership Development

Date: April 21, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

Participants will leave this session with an opportunity to consider several approaches to leadership development which can significantly
reduce the time and expense associated with traditional classroom training, while enhancing learning transfer at the same time.
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Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls - Summary

Judgment offers a three-dimensional framework for evaluating any situation, making the call, and correcting the decision, if necessary, during the execution phase. Using interviews with world-class leaders,
who have thrived or suffered because of their decisions, the authors bring their model to life, demonstrating how to handle the overlapping domains of people, strategy, and crisis management. Find out more. Read this review!

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