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Happy New Year! As is our tradition at HR.com, we offer our Best Of 2005 as our first eBulletin of 2006. These are the articles that drew the most response from you, our members, through the year of 2005. We also have a new survey called Q1 2006: What's Up? Please take a few minutes to let us know.
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- Benefits
Top 7 Tips for Selecting a Voluntary Benefits Partner
When your human resources person wears many different hats, it's tough to effectively manage all the activities involved with building and maintaining a benefits program. Consider this advice when selecting a voluntary benefits provider; from Rob Ellis.
Read Jeff Chad's Latest Blog.
- Compensation
Money Talks, but Employees Walk for Other Reasons
Workers still consider a competitive pay and benefits package to be indispensable, but employers need to offer more than that to keep employees satisfied and on the job; from Hudson Employment Index.
- Human Resources Management
Thought Leaders: Marcus Buckingham on The One Thing You Need to Know
Marcus Buckingham recently wrote a new book called The One Thing You Need to Know ... About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success. He recently spoke with Karen Elmhirst about his findings.
- Labor Relations
Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Set Up to Fail
Why does my manager seem to want to get rid of me?
- Legal
Doing the Separation Cha-cha
It's often the small things that matter. And that's especially true when ending the employment relationship with an employee. Here are some developments and some thoughts on how to make your procedures better and stronger; From M. Lee Smith.
- Organizational Development
Thought Leaders: Patrick Lencioni on The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni is the author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. He recently spoke with Karen Elmhirst about his book and his work.
- Performance Management
Reality HR: Nancy Dickson, Corporate Learning and Performance Consultant, BC Pension Corporation
HR.com's Performance Management analyst, Aileen MacMillan, recently spoke with Nancy Dickson of BC Pension Corporation on process design and implementation of performance management.
Read Aileen MacMillan's Latest Blog.
- Executive Coaching
Ask the Coach - Issue 1: Recognition for Special Projects
Many executives fail to receive appropriate financial recognition for successful project work. Should you wait and see? Executive Coach Merry Marcus offers valuable strategies for appropriate self-promotion.
Read Merry Marcus' Latest Blog.
- Leadership
Thought Leaders: Pam Brill on How to Achieve Your Best in any Situation
Pam Brill is the author of The Winner's Way: A Proven Method for Achieving Your Personal Best in Any Situation. She recently spoke with Rich DiGeorgio about her book and her work.
Read Karen Elmhirst's Latest Blog.
- HR Measurements and Metrics
Reality HR: Kathy Dodaro, Director Human Resources, University of Colorado Hospital, on Behavioral Surveys
HR.com recently spoke with Kathy Dodaro on changing culture to include strong customer service using Behavioral Surveys.
Read Claude Balthazard's Latest Blog.
- Staffing and Recruitment
Gen X Women at Work
Laura Shelton & Charlotte Shelton, authors The NeXt Revolution: What Gen X Women Want at Work and How Their Boomer Bosses Can Help Them Get It, comment on what it takes to retain this segment of the workforce.
Read Michael Moretti's Latest Blog.
- Workforce Acquisition
Interview Bloopers And How To Correct Them
How do you avoid bloopers? First you become aware of what some of the pitfalls of interviewing are and then you prepare and practice so that it won't happen to you. Carole Martin has 10 pitfalls to watch for.
Read Mark McAuliffe's Latest Blog.
- HR Outsourcing
Reality HR: Dr. Donald Harris, HR Privacy Solutions on Outsourcing - Friend or Foe of Privacy
Dr. Donald Harris, an HR practitioner for 25 years, has been invited by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce to speak on Privacy issues, as well as advising them on its Safe Harbor program. He recently spoke with Marc Miller, HR.com's former HR Outsourcing analyst, about some of his thoughts on privacy and technology as related to outsourcing.
Read Keith Strodtman's Latest Blog.
- HRIS/ERP
What You Need to Know Before You Buy a HRIS
This is not meant to be an exhaustive monologue on the subject but rather a brief collection of ideas concerns and things to think about as you are involved in the process of finding the right HR system to meet your needs, writes John Enyedy.
- Training and Development
Training Doesn't Work: It's Time We Ask the Right Question
The corporate intelligence business has a great void of definition for the term "Organizational Learning," writes Nathan Greeno.
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Communicating Compensation Policy | January 4, 2006
Compensation experts need to have superb numbers skills but that technical excellence will be wasted if communication is weak. This session talks about issues in communicating compensation.
Creating A Corporate University That Succeeds | January 11, 2006
What are your options for designing and implementing a corporate university? How are other companies using their corporate universities to accelerate learning? Join this webcast to discuss the challenges and the opportunities available for creating a high-performing organization using the corporate university model. Also, find out how the model is changing over time and hear predictions for the future.
Absence and Disability Management | January 17, 2006
Learn how to assess your Absence and Disability Management problems and develop solutions.
Integrated Talent Management or Best of Breed - Determining What is Right for your Organization and How To Make it Work For You | January 18, 2006
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Building a Recognition Culture for the Fast Lane | January 19, 2006
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Will 2006 be the year your organization moves towards building a Culture of Recognition in your workplace? Learn how to implement an employee recognition initiative that fits into the fast lane of business today and can positively impact your bottom line. This webcast will provide you with practical strategies to help you develop a culture of recognition that achieves positive, meaningful results.
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Thought Leaders - Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr, Dean and professor - Will Your Next Mistake Be Fatal? | January 16, 2006
"The greatest challenge in most organizations is not figuring out how to fix a problem, but recognizing there is a problem that needs to be fixed," says Robert E. Mittelstaedt, Jr., author of the new book by Wharton School Publishing, Will Your Next Mistake Be Fatal? Join us to hear more about the 'chain of mistakes' that is common in organizations so that you will be prepared to break the chain early, before the serious damage occurs.
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Part 1 - Predictive Workforce Planning - Creating Strategic Business Solutions based on Information from the Future! | January 10, 2006
How many times in our lives have we mumbled these frustrating words to ourselves, "If only I knew then what I know now"? How awesome would it be if you were empowered with the ability to predict your company's exact workforce changes, precise staffing and training needs years in advance? Unfortunately, we do not have a crystal ball - Right? Wrong!
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