Blogs / 2008 / April

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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 / 2008 / April

"They don't have a clue." Chances are you've heard this comment at work. Maybe it's managers talking about a group of workers, or employees venting about their leaders, or one department talking dismissively about another. Maybe no one actually say... More...

At the crux of effective performance management is open honest communication between a manager and his or her direct reports. Yet, maintaining this communication – especially when difficult conversations are involved – can be challenging. In her b... More...

Scent of a Workplace: When Noses Collide By Laurie Trousil, MCDC Manager of Resources and Product Development When was the last time that you entered a room and was over-powered by a woman's perfume? Have you ever shook hands with a man who smelled l... More...

The rate of obesity in the United States has doubled in the last 30 years, and those extra pounds weigh on companies' bottom lines, according to a new report from The Conference Board. Today, 34 percent of American adults fit the definition of "obese... More...

Certain health promotion or disease prevention programs offered by a group health plan - commonly known as wellness programs - must comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) wellness program regulations. However, it is n... More...

In today's workplace, many supervisors have to manage people from four different generations, all of which respond to different kinds of carrots, sticks and management styles. The breakdown:" Traditional workers: born before 1946" Baby Boomers: 1946-... More...

Daniel Boone once said, "I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days." Many team and organization transformation and improvement efforts are lost or badly bewildered. Besides riding in smelly cabs, eating rubber chicken (or ... More...

She knew her head was on the chopping block and Jerry was holding the axe. If this meeting didn't produce some results, Gwen knew where the axe would fall& She thought back a month to a scene in the office. "Hey boss, said Gwen, leaning against Jer... More...

"There is no objective reality. We don't see the world as it is, we see the world as we are."Sean was filling out a university questionnaire to help determine roommate compatibility. Beside the questions, "Do you make your bed every day?" and "Do you... More...

Consider this comment from a stranger, "I heard the funniest story yesterday-you won't believe it! You really won't." Your first thought usually is, "Oh, yeah?" And after he or she tells the story, there's always the let-down-the that-wasn't-so-funny... More...

Recently a client of mine asked when she should be using icebreakers. My client was particularly concerned about an upcoming meeting that she has to facilitate with a new group. She wanted to open with an engaging activity that would get attendees ta... More...

Enterprise applications are expensive. Projects like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) involve a formal process to define requirements, shortlist vendors, and conduct due diligence. This process is ultimate... More...

( The Beacon Group - Apr. 8, 2008) Employee engagement means different things to people in different places, according to a new global HR survey... In the UK and US, employees said their engagement was influenced by respect from their managers. I... More...

We find a growing number of companies asking about "short sales" and if they represent a viable solution to increasing concerns of loss-on-sale among relocating employees. So what are short sales? According to the California Association of REALTORS®,... More...

Upon exiting a team training session one executive summarized his experience with one word taken from Maynard G. Krebbs, the eccentric beatnik on the old-time TV show Dobie Gillis"dullsville. Others thought it was more of an endurance test rather ... More...

What does conflict management have to do with comedy? A lot, it turns out. To be funny, to elevate another person (or, say, a large audience) one has to be present and very much in tune with the other. A merging of sorts takes place. A shift from pit... More...

Excerpted from West Virginia Employment Law Letter and written by attorneys at the law firms of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Did you hear what Britney Spears did over the weekend? Do you know what really happened with Reese Witherspoon's marriage? Let'... More...

Deciding to outsource all or a portion of your company's HR services can be a bit like getting married: You elect to give up some of your independence and share responsibilities with someone else. If you are well prepared and well suited for the part... More...

We knew it was coming. I talked about it nearly two years ago, and the human resources experts forecasted it years before that. I'm talking about the talent crisis, which has, in fact, proven itself more menacing than predicted. We're not just short ... More...

A recent report published this year by the Conference Board indicates over half of U.S. workers are dissatisfied with their jobs, and problems have persisted unresolved for at least two decades without improvements on the horizon. Another study this ... More...

No one wants to think about the prospect of a recession, but unfortunately, the term has been tossed around quite a bit recently. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was at 14,000 four months ago, currently hovers at around 12,400, a drop of 11%... More...

Most executives are familiar with the basic concept of risk management. Risks that may seem to be relatively slight when viewed from the perspective of a single individual over a short time frame become virtual certainties when considered in larger g... More...

The Chartered Management Institute predicts in Management Futures The World in 2018 that the workforce of the future will be more diverse and the talent market will be more complex. Global operations, mobile workers and emerging markets all have an... More...

They are tiny, smaller than a pack of gum, yet just one can hold a staggering amount of information. They are innocuous, inexpensive, and unlikely to raise red flags except in the securest of settings. And yet they can be surprisingly resilient, surv... More...

A big factor shaping this year's proxy season is the slowing US economy. Economic stagnation provides the ultimate "stress test for many corporate decisions, including executive compensation programs. And talk about stress; consider the issue from t... More...

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How to Sharpen Your Workforce’s Business Acumen

How Do You Describe Open Communication?

Scent of a Workplace: When Noses Collide by Laurie Trousil

Obesity Costs U.S. Companies as Much as $45 Billion a Year

DOL Checklist Offers Key to the Mysteries of Wellness Program Identification

7 Ways to Get the Most Out of Millennial Employees

Keys to Personal, Team, and Organization Transformation

The Offsite: A Leadership Challenge Fable

Being All That We Can See

You've Got the Same Skeptics Who Watch Network News

The Importance of Breaking the Ice!

Establishing a Selection Committee for Enterprise App Projects

The Different Faces of Employee Engagement

Are "Short Sales" Right for You?

Adding “Oomph” to Group Learning: Four Good Facilitation Activities

Fear of Funny: A Mediator’s Guide to Losing It

What Can You Do About Workplace Gossip?

Taking the Plunge: Are You Ready to Commit to Outsourcing HR?

Employee Overboard!

Four Factors to Resolving Job Dissatisfaction

A Better Way to Cut Costs During a Recession

Disability, Risk Management and Executive Compensation Plans

Performance Management Around The Globe

Gone in a Flash: Small Devices Represent Big Security Risks for Organizations

2008 US Executive Compensation Preview