Blogs / 2005 / November

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	Onboarding Best Practices

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

	Five Interview Tips for Winning Your First $100K+ Job

	Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	New Survey Indicates Majority Plan to Postpone Retirement

	What do You Mean My Company’s A Stepping Stone?

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash

	Do’s and Don’ts of Offshoring

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Blogs / 2005 / November

I am in the process of reading Thomas L. Friedman´s latest book "THE WORLD IS FLAT" wherein he presents some very interesting and thought provoking information. I thought you might like the highlights to review in your environment. Mr.... More...

One of the biggest concerns of leaders is how to sustain change within their organizations. Most changes fail during implementation; the failures are attributable more often to human causes than technical ones. With the rate of change esc... More...

Longer-term employees are far less positive about several aspects of their work experience compared to colleagues hired within the past two years, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Ominously, the survey finds that the dissati... More...

For years, organizations assumed that departing employees could always be replaced. Some have treated employees like replaceable parts because replacing one worker with another was relatively easy. But this is only true when the supply... More...

With all of the effort you are putting forth to excel in your career, there's nothing worse than wasting a perfectly good referral that was hand delivered to you by a happy customer (associate, friend, family member, and so on). Whether it's due t... More...

On October 7, 2005, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released the final rule regarding the definition of an Internet applicant . Overall, the final definition does not differ substantially from the proposed definition ... More...

IT decision makers acknowledge the importance of aligning IT with the business. Still, over 60% of mid-sized organizations continue to struggle with IT/business alignment issues. Assess the department's current state of alignment and use the five ste... More...

Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you want to really test a man´s character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln There is a lot of time, work and energies today going into leadership training and leadership development. It can be se... More...

I m sure you ve sat through movie or TV "bloopers" at the end of shows and laughed at the mistakes the actors make during the filming of the show. If I could put together a film with bloopers that people make in interviews it might seem funny as well... More...

People have told me that I´m good at networking. When I hear this, I think, "It´s so easy! It´s what I do naturally." In writing this article, I´m dissecting what it is I do naturally and putting words to what comes inst... More...

Are you sure that you´re providing the value your customers bought into? Even if your answer is an emphatic yes, you might want to take a closer look into your customer´s world. In my experience, 50-plus percent of all companies feel that... More...

I love the Fall. For me, it is a time of great reflection, of journeying inward for a look at how the year has progressed and where I sit relative to my heart´s desires. Even though the autumn equinox was back on September 22nd, I´ve jus... More...

Marshall Goldsmith spoke at our annual conference in September. As you probably already know, Marshall is one of the best-known executive coaches in the world. Marshall Goldsmith spoke at our annual conference in September. As you probably already k... More...

Dear Joan: I am a college educated professional in my 40´s. I have worked with supposed "professional" people all my life. I have had this problem with inconsistency and favoritism in the last two jobs and in the current job I have. Without ... More...

Over the past few weeks I have had the privilege of speaking and meeting with human resource consultants who focus primarily on the issue of diversity. Over the past few weeks I have had the privilege of speaking and meeting with human resource cons... More...

A few years ago, I was in a doctor's office dealing with back problems (aggravated by my constant air travel). After running a few tests, the doctor sat me down and rattled off 10 different exercises that I was supposed to do regularly. He spoke very... More...

Little Rock, 14 Nov., 2005 - According to study findings recently release by ISR, 34% of employees surveyed reported the demands of their jobs "seriously interfere with their private lives." Since 1990, the U.S. has ranked as one of the highest... More...

I recently came across an article authored by Jean François Manzoni and Jean-Louis Barsoux from Ivey Management Services. In the article entitled "Managing Smart: Enabling under-performers to become valued contributors," Barsoux and Manzoni di... More...

There are four key components to successfully answering interview questions:advance preparationgiving short, concise, specific answers that never exceed 60 secondsdemonstrating ability to perform the jobexhibiting personality traits that brand you as... More...

"I decided not to say anything." "I didn´t feel my needs were as important as his." "I didn´t want to hurt their feelings." "I was afraid I´d lose my job/relationship/friendship if I said how I really felt." While t... More...

In corporate life we are in serious danger of believing that those who talk the loudest win the day. My 20 years in business have taught me that leaders who can actually keep their mouths shut and ears open have a better chance of being heard, ... More...

Dear Joan: I have experience similar to what you have described in your recent column about favoritism, the twist being I was one of the favorites. I never see a favorite writing in to complain, but I am! I was extremely uncomfortable with this... More...

Mergers are like arranged marriages. Everyone hopes the union will be synergistic, the parents hope they can fall in love, and the newlyweds just hope they can learn to like and respect each other. Unfortunately, most mergers are drafted by lawyers a... More...

Three words often used as synonyms which have subtly - but significantly different meanings are create, invent and innovate. Create means to cause to exist or to bring into being. Invent means to produce or contrive by the use of ingenuit... More...

Leveraging Intangibles: Creating Shared Mindset As we have learned more about the intangibles of business-quality of leadership, the ability to make things happen quickly, a clear growth strategy, strong functional competencies, and brand recogni... More...

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Flat

Do Your Change Initiatives Come Unstuck? Here's Help!

Longest-tenured Workers Feel Slighted by Their Bosses, Organizations

Cultivating an Engaging Workplace

When Good Referrals Turn Bad

Final Rule: the OFCCP's Definition of an Internet Applicant

Five Ways to Improve IT/Business Alignment

Developing Leaders or Character?

Interview Bloopers And How To Correct Them

Networking Naturally

Value Creation-the New Core Competency for Growth-Minded Companies

Engaging in Reflection

Changing Behavior AND Perceptions

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: The Grass Is Never Greener

Key Pillars of a Diversity Sourcing Strategy

Don't Just Check the Box

New Book Offers Solution to Recent Work/Life Balance Research

The Value of Challenge

Answering Key Interview Questions

Letting Go of Anger

Become a Better Communicator by Keeping your Mouth Shut

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: It's No Fun Being the Favorite

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Making Mergers Work

The Innovation Dilemma

Leveraging Intangibles: Creating Shared Mindset