Blogs / 2006 / August

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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 / 2006 / August

Not long ago I was in a life and death struggle with a US Air ticketing kiosk in Orlando. I gave up and, in an ornery mood, explained my problem to the nearby ticket agent. He smiled and said, "Dr. Weiss, let me show you why those machines will ne... More...

Dear Joan: My husband has been working in a contract position for a Minnesota telecommunications company for the past year. Due to technical issues not related to my husband´s performance, the completion date for the job has moved out ... More...

In the wake of today's highly anticipated ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway v. White, employers have far less latitude to make transfers or changes to an employee's job duties after filing a discriminati... More...

Despite best team building efforts, many organizations are still operating on low power when it comes to producing desired results. They´ve invested time and dollars in events that supposedly help team members bond and function coherently... More...

What is DCAA? The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), under the authority, direction, and control of the United States under the Secretary of Defense, performs all contract audits for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). DCAA also prov... More...

Companies are investing more in health and productivity management (HPM) programs in an effort to stem rising health care costs, yet have found it difficult to evaluate their economic return, impact on employee health status and overall return on inv... More...

Question: Coaching Program: What to Expect? Dear Merry, I am an OD professional responsible for coaching in my organization. We have never run a coaching program before - what should I expect? Response: Professional &... More...

At the end of this week´s webcast "The Importance of Linking Learning and Performance Management Solutions", we received a few questions about how to measure the business impact of learning and development activities At the end of th... More...

On April 24, 2006, the Japanese government announced plans to close the gap between private sector pension and public servant pension payments. Currently, public pension funds pay much more than private pension funds. The government will ... More...

Fredrik Haren is having fun again. He's giving a lecture on creativity to a group of senior Human Resources professionals at the HRPAO s 2006 (www.hrpao.org) Annual Conference. Haren is the 30-something author of the Ideabook from Sweden.... More...

This is a message for Baby Boomers: Get ready to throw away some of your traditional notions about managing people. Generation Y, your future employees, are graduating from college right now, polishing up their very short resumes, and beating a... More...

Disabled veterans get property tax break Every once in a while I´ll come across an article that gives me a jolt. Either good...like a great cup of java...or bad...like a wet finger in the light socket. While reading the Boston Globe ... More...

How would you feel about a company vision that looks something like this? "Our vision is to become a firm that pays the very lowest wages possible, charges the highest prices the market will bear, and divides the spoils between stockholders and senio... More...

I confess. I am an avid Red Sox fan and spend considerable (probably too much) time every week watching not only the games, but also the pre-game and post-game (only if they win, of course) shows. A side benefit of watching the interviews before and ... More...

Want to know a foolproof formula for keeping your best employees on board? It´s simple. Find and meet your employees´ key motivators. Employers who meet their employees´ key motivators boost profits and keep their best people ... More...

Put simply, HRIS systems keep track of your employees and information about them. HRIS is an abbreviation for Human Resource Information System. HRIS is also known as: HRMS - Human Resource Management System HCMS - Human Capital Manag... More...

The apathy I can definitely understand. I´ve met two kinds of consultants: those who can do it, and those who can not. I´ve had many interesting conversations with people who I´ve meet through work, training classes, and conferenc... More...

In 1978, when I started creating formalized mentor-protege partnerships, I did not know that mentors and preteges needed training. So, I didn't provide any! Nearly all the literature on mentoring at that time described informal mentoring-... More...

Mentoring has been the most time-proven way to develop talent throughtout human history. In fact, it was the only way until books, schooling and workforce training became common place. Today, 76% of the Top 25 Companies to Work For (accor... More...

More and more leaders have to turn to their staff to make recommendations and drive decision-making in order to leverage their ´smarts´ and development. Moreover it´s impossible for any CEO to have the depth of expertise that ... More...

Dr. Carol S. Dweck is one of the world s leading researchers in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research has focused on why people succeed and how to foster success... More...

There are a number of ideas that HR has borrowed from Marketing-from candidate relationship management to employer branding-but is a good thing or a bad thing? There are a number of ideas that HR has borrowed from Marketing-from candidate ... More...

When the Government does it right Seldom are the words efficient and effective and government used in the same sentence. But the U.S. Department of Labor´s Office of Disability Employment Policy website proves there is always the exc... More...

With companies moving aggressively into international markets, there is a growing demand for executives with specialized skills and expertise to oversee operations around the world. This globalization of the talent war challenges human resources chie... More...

Lifelong learning is a concept that many commit themselves to. A recent Harvard Business School Working Knowledge Article provides an excerpt from the book Workforce Crisis Lifelong learning is a concept that many commit themselves to.&n... More...

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The World of Internal Best Practices

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Hello, Goodbye

Opening the Floodgates, High Court Rules Retaliation Claims Must Be Considered

Team Building: Leadership Strategies To Address Today´s Most Common Team Building Problems

DCAA - What is it? How can you comply?

Standards for Measuring Health and Productivity Management Program Efficiency

Ask the Coach - Issue 18: Coaching Program - What to Expect?

Linking Learning and Performance Management - Before and After Training

Japanese Government Closes Pension Gap between Private Company Employees and Government Employees

Put Your Imagination into Business

Tips for Hiring and Managing Gen Y

Disabled veterans get property tax break

Management In Real Life: Visions

Another Management Lesson From Red Sox Nation

Meeting Key Motivators Is Best Retention Strategy

Back to Basics: HRIS defined

Should I try consulting?

Mentoring with the Right Style

Mentoring Program Maturity Model

Should the CEO Lead the Meeting?

Thought Leaders: Dr. Carol S. Dweck on "How Your Mindset Impacts Your Success in Business and in Lif

At the Intersection of HR and Marketing

When the Government does it right

International Markets Globalize the Search for Talent

Lifelong Learning