Blogs / 2006 / July

In American English slang, hairstyles are called "dos", short for "hairdos". Not DOS, the computer operating system of old. "Do" plural. Ethnic styles, in particular, are called "dos". (Example: "Girlfriend, your do is looking fine!") With my short h... More...

In January 2006, I blogged about the difference between good work and great work. I found definitions of the two from a coaching colleague, Michael Bungay Stanier, who adapted it from Milton Glaser s book, The Art of Work. Here are the definiti... More...

HR.com's David Whitmarsh was to present this PowerPoint presentation at the HR.com CEO Breakfast Event at SHRM 2006, but the weather got in the way. Please click here to download the full .ppt file (it may take a minute). More...

Trusting Your Intuition? ...A lesson for recruitment professionals In today´s issue (7/31/06) of Harvard Business School´s Working Knowledge, professors Max H. Bazerman and Deepak Malhotra provide readers with a few strategies ... More...

The amount of information that enterprises create and store is growing at an alarming rate. In order to derive business value from this data and gain competitive advantage, decision makers must aggressively manage enterprise information and develop p... More...

In most food processing operations, just getting the right people in the right jobs is difficult enough. In union environments you have all the challenges of crewing and also must honor the constraints of a union contract. Contracts usually include l... More...

Although the economy is fairly buoyant and many businesses are expanding, this will not mean significantly higher base pay increases for most employees this year. According to the 2006/2007 US Compensation Planning Survey from Mercer Human Resource C... More...

Enron´s performance in 2000 was a success by any measure, as we continued to outdistance the competition and solidify our leadership in each of our major businesses. We have robust networks of strategic assets that we own or have contractual ac... More...

Yesterday I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the HR Star conference in Cleveland. http://www.hrstar.com/cleveland/ Yesterday I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the HR Star conference in Cleveland. HR Star Clevelan... More...

Every vendor, and every category of product has a whitepaper that claims ROI for their solution-can this be so? In reviewing material for a webcast on Program Evaluation (Thursday, June 27th, 1:00 pm ET), it struck me that there was nothing that didn... More...

It is tough to be a middle manager. On the one hand, you are pulled by the centripetal force of senior management. This is the force that demands seamless and sometimes unquestioning execution of organizational strategy. It requires you to toe the ... More...

Last week's survey on talent acquisition caused quite a stir in the industry. And what's happening in the world of HRO? Well, last week´s survey created quite a stir in the industry. Of the 105 vendors in the talent acquisition... More...

I met with employees last week who were complaining that their leadership doesn't have enough to do or suffers from organizational ADD. Doesn't matter. The effect is the same. Their bosses had just returned from an annual leadershi... More...

If your organization is a federal contractor or is otherwise seeking to excel on standards of corporate governance and due diligence in managing risk, you need to act now to implement a regular pay review process that is consistent with new federal r... More...

QUESTION: How to Position a Part-Time Schedule? Dear Merry, I am a VP of Human Resources reporting into the Senior VP of HR. I am just back to work after having my second child and I would like to work part time, but nobody at... More...

I´m excited that I may have the opportunity to meet you in person at HR.com´s Employers Of Excellence National Conference 2006. I´m excited that I may have the opportunity to meet you in person at HR.com´s Employers... More...

Last spring, I attended a presentation by Dr. Linda Duxbury, one of the leading experts on generations in the workplace and workplace health. She is a professor with Carleton University and has delivered over 200 talks to private and public sector wo... More...

Dominic, visibly shaken, entered my office. He had called in a panic earlier. He was a big man with a slight Eastern European accent, a brilliant scientist who was now tasked with supervising other scientists on his team. He called ... More...

Executive Opportunity Gets Even Better Private equity fundraising reached record levels in the second quarter of 2006 according to the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Financial. The $11.2 billion raised is the highest leve... More...

Monday´s Wall Street Journal contained an article on Worker Performance Reviews. The article highlights how Whirlpool Corp. has streamlined the performance review process, including establishing a requirement that managers and workers meet at ... More...

Have you ever noticed how much rhetoric exists on company websites? I, for one, have had enough. Let's start getting real about what we solutions we are very good at delivering and which clients we're targeting. It would save us all alot of wasted ti... More...

In April of this year, Karen Elmirst, our Senior Leadership Analyst spoke with Dr. Karen Berman, Founder, President and Co-owner of The Business Literacy Institute. In addition to providing consulting, coaching and speaking on the topic of business ... More...

Understanding Sales - What HR Should Know Hiring the right sales professional can have a dramatic impact on a company´s performance and culture, and the human resources department can facilitate this by taking the time to digest the ... More...

In order to work faster and more efficiently, we need to use our brainpower to overcome some of our human limitations. Much like the technology that surround us, we have hardware (our physical brain) and software (our thinking patterns and ways... More...

Responses have been collected and analyzed from the first round of requests for participation in the HR.com Performance Management survey Responses have been collected and analyzed from the first round of requests for participation in the ... More...

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News

The Don´ts of Dos

Great Work

Hr.com CEO Breakfast Series: SHRM 2006

Trusting Your Intuition? ...A lesson for recruitment professionals

Info Management Key in a Knowledge Economy

Union Rules and Automated Workforce Scheduling

Salary Increases to Remain Modest in 2006 Despite Strong Economy

Idiocy and the Four Traps

Stars in Cleveland

Is there anything that doesn't work?

Middle Management´s Role in Managing Change

Talent Acquisition Survey, the World of HRO and More

Not Another Program!

New Pay Equity Regulations: Challenge and Opportunity for HR

Ask the Coach - Issue 16: How to Position a Part-Time Schedule?

Sign-Up for One-On-One Coaching with Break Through Consulting at HR.com´s Employers Of Excellence National Conference 2006

Making Sense out of HR Data

Be Specific

Executive Opportunity Gets Even Better

Performance Review: An Ongoing Conversation

We're the global leader in everything. That's funny, so are we!

Financial Literacy and Alignment

Understanding Sales - What HR Should Know

The Faster Paradox

Preliminary Survey Results

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

	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

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