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In this week’s edition read what industry leaders have to say about time management, managing turnover, and retention. Interested in putting some of your thoughts down on paper, virtual paper of course, check out this weeks featured blog on accepting what you can’t change. For those of you who love a good debate you won’t want to miss the story on the proclaimed demise of HR.
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What's In A Word? Part III
As an EAP Counselor, listening to people talk about their lives, relationships, jobs, etc., I often find myself thinking about this when people seem tentative about what they say they plan to do, and what they actually intend to do. If I say I'll try, at least I'm making an effort I could reason. If it doesn't work out, I can fall back on my rationale that I tried.
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Fat cats face new curbs as shareholders revolt
Bankers' pocketing fortunes while their employers are propped up by the state has rather obscured the issue of boardroom pay over the last couple of years.
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Is the Proclaimed Demise of HR Real or Fiction?
“In the past few years HR's image has received a good deal of negative press from the infamous article, “Why I hate HR,” to the McKenzie leadership report on HR in 2008...
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Safety Engineers, OSHA, Focus on Work Safety During May's N. Am. Occupational Safety & Health Week
Thousands of people and businesses worldwide will again join with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), representing more than 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members, the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Alliance Program.
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Declines Sharply; Index Drops Nearly 11 Points
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in January, declined sharply in February. The Index now stands at 46.0 (1985=100), down from 56.5 in January.
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New Leadership IQ White Paper Reveals Shortcomings of Typical Employee Surveys
Employee surveys ask the wrong questions, not enough questions, and use the wrong scale. Leadership IQ's new white paper offers advice for making employee surveys more effective.
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My Approach to Personal Time Management and Organization
Self-management, like self-improvement is highly personal. What works for one person may be ridiculous to someone else. Over the years I've evolved a personal management system that works for me. I think of it as PODS...
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Managing Turnover & Retention Effectively
A couple of recent articles in Human Resources Executive Online touched on the importance of employee loyalty and retention. Interestingly, the referenced research found that the negative impact of employee turnover on customer service could be mitigated through smaller work teams who were able to more quickly introduce new workers to the company's culture.
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Are Resumes Going out of Style?
With the advent of social media, many employers are checking out job candidates'
profiles online before calling them in for an interview,and some base their
decision on what they find on Google, Facebook, or Twitter.
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Get Onto The Buying Decision Team On The First Call
When I tell sales folks their sales cycle is double what it can be, they assume I'm lying. But I'm not. I'm just using a different sales model than the one they are using. My clients consistently close sales in a minimum of half the time it used to take them. Why? Because Buying Facilitation® can get them onto the Buying Decision Team on the first call.
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Best Practices for Preparing your H-1B FY2011 Application
The April 1 submission date for H-1B FY2011 visa applications is right around the corner. But the rules have changed. The recession has triggered unprecedented government scrutiny as well as significant regulatory ...
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Date: March 4, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
HR Portals That Work – An Interactive Roundtable
You built it, but did they come? Join HR thought leaders Randy Morris, HRIS Manager, State of Montana, Claire St. Louis, HR Director of Talent Acquisition & Development, United Water, and ...
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Date: March 4, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Market Pricing Basics: 10 Steps to Effective Market Pricing
Are you effectively pricing positions in your organization according to your pay strategy? To ensure pay alignment, it is important to market price properly. After attending this session, you should be able to...
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Date: March 4, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Service Awards: Six Missteps Businesses Make and How to Turn them into WOW!s
Could your company's service award program be performing at a higher level and reaping greater returns for your business? Find out if your service recognition program is keeping pace with today's best ...
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Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
Your compliance training budget was cut? Learn how to spend your training dollars wisely
Did your compliance training budget get cut this year? The economy has been significantly affected the size of training budgets of organizations across the board – from small and large. So now your training budget is ...
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Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Getting the Most from Compensation Programs
There is no denying that the past 2 years have been challenging for employees from a career, if not a compensation perspective. There were many of us who lost our jobs, and even some who had their compensation
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Date: March 10, 2010
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Gaining Strategic Advantage through Competency-based Management
Having the right talent in the right place at the right time is one of the key challenges and requirements for success in this fast-paced global economy. This presentation will provide an overview of competency-based ...
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Date: March 11, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Empowering the Healthcare Employee – Self Service in 2010: Benefits, Implications and Pitfalls
In this webinar, we will discuss the trends and benefits of employee self service implementations and the resulting critical need to balance access from home versus limiting liability risks that can ...
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Date: March 17, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
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