Blogs / 2006 / June

Timesheet software is not just for payroll anymore. Increasingly, project accounting and client billing are becoming important to professional organizations of all sizes. If you´ve outgrown your current paper-based or homegrown timeshe... More...

Too often we assume the future will emulate the past. We assume employees will behave much like their predecessors did, so that the 10 million worker shortfall predicted for2010 will be a problem of increasing productivity, without worrying too much ... More...

Home Depot - Supporting our Military at Home and Abroad Yesterday I had the pleasure of hosting a webcast presented by Teresa Duren, Vice President of Human Resources for Home Depot´s Southern Division, on leveraging partnerships to maximize t... More...

What makes for an effective presentation? Here are ten tips to help you maximize this communication opportunity. Recently I was working with an executive in a large organization to prepare for an upcoming presentation. This leader is highly competen... More...

The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox has announced that small to mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) will not be exempt from key provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This surprise announcement has an impact on all publicl... More...

When payroll executives implement time and attendance systems to automate payroll, they often miss the chance to facilitate greater profitability throughout the entire company. These executives are, of course, payroll experts. They are usually not, h... More...

This is not a new phenomena, however, in the last couple of 100 years we finally gave it a name... we conceptualised it. Many moons ago a young bushman in Africa, named something that sounds like horseshoes on a cobble road said to his dad: "Da... More...

For our daily lives to have meaning and purpose, it´s important to be aware of what our needs are. That sounds so obvious and simple and yet it isn´t at all. It´s often quite difficult to identify our real needs. When w... More...

By now, many HR professionals and team leads are familiar enough with team dynamics to start teams out on the right foot. Teams are kicked into gear with a team formation exercise or chartering session that lets all members know what they´re ex... More...

Lost in Translation - Interviewing Mechanics Even the best interviewers can miss key points made by a job candidate. To help interviewers cope with the abundance of information that needs to be captured during an interview perhaps it migh... More...

QUESTION: How to Position the Need for a Career Change? Dear Merry, I am a group manager and have been for 5 years. I took the job because I am able to manage people. Truth be told, I'm tired and not very energized by th... More...

I recently joined the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations (ICCO). I recently joined the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations (ICCO). "ICCO´s purpose is to maximize the success and effic... More...

Excerpted from Georgia Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Ford & Harrison LLP Blog is short for weblog. It's a Web-based publication that can be the creation of either one individual or a large group. There are million... More...

Two themes related to the topic of Â "Using Your Performance Management Process to Support Pay for Performance" include: Â the importance of ensuring alignment of individual goals with business strategic objectives and gathering information in a wa... More...

Employer dollars contributed to both DB and DC plans provide for the most part equal tax efficiency. Employer dollars contributed to both DB and DC plans provide for the most part equal tax efficiency. Contributions are almost always deductible imme... More...

Attract Them with Gadgets! I was reading my July issue of Business 2.0 last night. The lead story, "The 50 People Who Matter Now" is about the innovators, executives, moguls, entrepreneurs, and assorted others that are impacting our future... More...

10 Tips for Blogging Success If you are looking for a bit of insight on the best methods for promoting your blog - recruitment or otherwise - Guy Kawasaki, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, author, columnist for Forbes.com. and Appl... More...

Raising our 15-year old daughter is a constant challenge. As those her age are prone to do, she has perfected the art of exploiting our weaknesses as a parental team. For example, if my wife says she can't have a sleepover at our house beca... More...

As a counterpoint to the current emphasis on staffing metrics, it is noted that factors other than ´talent´ are probably more important drivers of individual performance. In reviewing material for an upcoming webcast on Mea... More...

Regulations such as the USA PATRIOT Act are forcing both public and private enterprises to address all types of risk - not just financial. Enterprises can avoid non-compliance fines and penalties by establishing an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) fr... More...

Many of you will receive an e-mail outlining our recent performance management survey. Would information related to common practices and what is working when it comes to performance management processes assist you in your work? ... More...

Pension legislation will probably not protect companies that previously enacted cash balance plans According to House Majority Leader John Boehner, pension legislation now being debated and worked out by both members of the House and the Senate, wil... More...

Occasionally, an article appears in the news about how terrible it is that an organization restricts its employees´ self-expression by imposing strict dress and grooming codes. Occasionally, an article appears in the news about how terrible i... More...

I use this blog entry-and perhaps others-to get started and organize my thoughts. (Ain´t blogging great? Public forums for private Post-ItTM notes!) This topic is immediately relevant for me and I will be writing a longer article about this (w... More...

In response to its proposals to put pensions and other post-employment benefits directly on companies´ balance sheets instead of just in footnotes, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has received over 200 letters. In response to i... More...

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News

Critical Characteristics To Demand From Your Timesheet Vendor

Managing the Millennials: How They Will Change the Workplace (Despite Itself)

Home Depot - Supporting our Military at Home and Abroad

Making the Most of A Presentation

SarbOx for SMEs Now an Absolute Certainty

Tracking Employee Time: It's Not Just for Payroll Anymore

THUD!? You´re in, now what?

Knowing What You Need

Surviving the Storm

Lost in Translation - Interviewing Mechanics

Ask the Coach - Issue 14: How to Position the Need for a Career Change?

International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations (ICCO)

Blogging: An Emerging Workplace Issue

Cause and Effect

Employer Spending on Defined Benefit Versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans - Which is More Cost-effective?

Attract Them with Gadgets!

10 Tips for Blogging Success

What Raising a Teenager and Running an Organization Have in Common

There is more to ´human capital metrics´ than ´staffing metrics.´

Enterprise Risk Management Helps Avoid Non-Compliance Fines

Performance Management Survey: Invitation to Participate

Update on Cash Balance Plans

Play-Down Personal Style

Getting Ready to Be Ready (Short Version)

Update on Proposed Changes to Accounting Standards

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