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In this week's edition, essential leadership traits, what HR practices should be practiced more, failure and success, and much more.
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"The best index to a person's character is
(a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and
(b) how he treats people who can't fight back."
~ Abigail van Buren (1918 - )
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- Failure and Success
Anxiety: What is it and what to do about it
"There is nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt said this in his first inaugural address in 1933, speaking of The Depression and the country’s prospect of turning the U.S. economy around.
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HR Practices that should be Practiced More Often
Starting off with the world of Compensation …
I will defer to Ann Bares and her Compforce blog for this first HR Practice, as I don’t think anyone could have said it any better. Regarding the best way for HR/Comp Managers to handle line manager requests for job upgrades, salary adjustments and/or incentive awards …
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The Right Match is Critical for Boomers, Seniors and Retirees Starting Their Own Business
Boomers, seniors and retirees struggling to find employment are fast considering entrepreneurship as a way to develop a critical and satisfying income source. But they’re also struggling with something else – how to determine the right business for their interests, needs and the capital they have to invest.
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Hard Times as Over 14 Million People Look for Work
New layoffs are announced every day and more companies are expected to cut payrolls in the months ahead. Counselors at Consolidated Credit Counseling Services are answering a record number of phone calls from distraught consumers who are looking for help.
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Employer's Suspicions About Employee Misconduct Don't Have to be Right, Just Reasonable
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that if an employer terminates an employee based on a good faith, reasonable belief that an employee engaged in misconduct, which might later prove to be a mistaken belief, this mistake does not demonstrate that the employer’s reason for disciplining the employee was pretextual.
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Harnessing the Energy of Change Champions
"Monomaniacs with a mission" is crucial for success from what I've seen. Sometimes the
champion had a powerful organizational sponsor running interference for the passionate person who was pushing hard for a change or improvement. Other times, he or she was on their own at first and built a strong change coalition or team of change champions.
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"The Undermanagement Epidemic"
There's an undermanagement epidemic throughout the workplace. We've been doing research on the front lines of the workplace for the last thirteen years since 1993 and here's the most overwhelming thing that we've come across: managers don't manage, leaders don't lead, supervisors don't supervise.
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How Loyal Are Your High Performers?
If you are currently employed, how are you feeling about your company today? Perhaps resentful of actions taken during the recession and the impact on you and colleagues? Perhaps guilty about those reaction, you're not alone.
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Driving Hiring Performance Improvement: 8 Steps to Great Contact Center Hiring
Recently we wrote a whitepaper that outlines 8 steps for great contact center hiring. This week we're breaking out Step 6: Create a proactive recruiting and sourcing strategy.
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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm…on Leading at the Speed of Change
One month gone already! Did you blink and miss it? Like me, you’re probably wondering what challenges and opportunities this year – and new decade – will bring to you and your organization. That’s very tough to predict. What’s predictable is that strong personal, team, and organizational leadership will be even more critical...
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> The Impulse Factor - Summary
In The Impulse Factor, Nick Tasler offers insight into what leads people to make decisions by drawing on research in genetics, psychology, politics, and even the animal kingdom. He states that there are two main categories of decision makers: risk managers and potential seekers.
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The ROI of Outsourced Benefits Administration
Justifying the expense to change a HR process or implement a system can be more challenging than the actual implementation of that change. How can change be quantified to the point where you can point to both ...
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Date: February 10, 2010
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Developing Leaders for the Emerging Markets
The post-recession business environment faces the growing challenge of understanding how to expand into the emerging markets at an accelerated pace. As Western businesses try to make sense of the diversity in ...
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Date: February 16, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
Linking Pay & Performance: Strengthening Ties between Performance Management and Pay Delivery Systems
Join our webinar, and obtain expert advice on how to create a pay for performance culture, including how to reconnect the two if perceptions have split them apart. You will learn: - Why you should worry about the ...
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Date: February 18, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
The State of the Employer-Employee Contract
Once upon a time, the psychological contract between employer and employee hinted at lifelong employment. Employees would have the expectation of continued employment as long as they continued at a specific performance ...
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Date: February 23, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
Critical Competencies for Emerging Leaders: What Are They & How Assessments Speed Skill Development
How ready is the next generation of leadership talent? A 2009/2010 leadership trends survey identified the competencies most important for emerging leaders. While given high marks for their operational and technology skills, many ...
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Date: February 23, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
WFM Vendor Selection: Avoiding Pitfalls and Achieving Best Practices
Organizations are continually challenged to improve labor costs and workforce management processes. Today’s WFM software and hardware vendors offer numerous solutions to meet most operational and business needs...
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Date: February 24, 2010
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> Six Essential Leadership Traits for Hard Times
Thriving in the future depends on all company leaders modeling the qualities of good leadership and empowering a leadership team to create a more empowered company culture. I've outlined 6 essential traits to help do this.
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