Human Resources: HR.com's General eBulletin for the Week of April 16, 2007

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Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Pay-for-Performance
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Ten Principles for Bringing Out the Best in Others
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How to Solve an Attitude Problem
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Executive Coaching Harmed by Common Misconceptions
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Organizational Change: 6 Things You Must Do To Become An Effective Leader In The Midst Of Change
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Practice Post-Survey Feedback, Not Backfeed
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Networking 101 for HR Professionals
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Recruiting Value
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How to Not Be a Victim of Downsizing
Life after a merger ... Info-Tech takes a look at how to remain gainfully employed even after major changes in an organization. More...

A Whole New Mind at Work
Getting in touch with the right side of your brain may just help lead you into the future of work. Arupa Tesolin reflects on Daniel Pink's theory. More...

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Bringing Automated Performance Management to Growing Businesses

Date: April 18, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Charles Coy, Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.

Organizations of all sizes struggle with the challenge of aligning daily activities and employee performance with broad organizational goals and long-range strategy. This is especially true in smaller, growing companies where the impact of employee performance can be felt acutely. Cornerstone Office™ allows organizations with 50-500 employees to redefine and streamline the performance review and goal setting process - from a cumbersome, paper-based chore disliked by both managers and employees to an automated, highly efficient, and cost saving web-based approach that encourages managerial feedback and employee participation in career development. More...

Improve Productivity and Profitability with Absence Management

Date: April 19, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Presenters: Toni Kellam, Kronos Incorporated and Thomas E. Klett, Watson Wyatt & Company

To ensure future success and viability, HR management must focus on showing demonstrated business impact. This change presents tremendous opportunity for HR management to do surgery on legacy benefit plans and create metrics that focus on productivity and ROI. Join Kronos and Watson Wyatt for a webinar titled Improve Productivity and Profitability with Absence Management and learn how you can create and articulate a compelling case for change. More...

The Future of Workforce Planning

Date: April 19, 2007
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM ET

Presenter: Paige Menge, The Infohrm Group

Workforce planning aims to have the right people in the right place at the right time - all the time. Where HR management and strategic planning were once thought mutually exclusive, it is now clear that the "knowledge economy" requires a more disciplined focus on the people factor. An effective HR planning system requires HR managers who are in every sense business managers with an understanding of the overall operations of their organization. Paige Menge will provide an overview of an integrated framework for workforce planning to help participants understand the links between business planning, strategic HR management, and workforce planning. More...

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Breaking Free From the Constraints that Derail Your Success

Date: April 23, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Karen Elmhirst, HR.com and Flip Flippen, The Flippen Group

Flip Flippen suggests that playing to your strengths will only take you so far. "Ignoring your constraints is a blueprint for failure." Come hear from Flip how to identify what is getting in your way and then some powerful actions you can take to eliminate them. More...

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