Blogs / 2008 / May

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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 / May

In a perfect world, mergers and acquisitions are as easy as two good companies coming together to form one bigger, better organization. Unfortunately, the reality is that as many as two-thirds of all mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve the antic... More...

As many organizations are well aware, migrating to a new HR or Human Capital Management system is usually a long, perilous, expensive and frustrating journey. All too often, HR analysis and line managers must sift through thousands of positi... More...

The era of water tight compartments are gone. The present era is of integrated management, therefore all domain areas need to be viewed from that perspective.HR is no exception. Today every activity of HR is correlated with other functions as the amo... More...

The biggest salary increases almost always come from changing jobs and companies. These increases can be 20--30% higher than the old job. Some of my clients have seen 40--50% increases, and a few clients actually doubled their salaries. Even in this ... More...

We have so many relationships in our work lives, both formal and informal. The org chart gives you a clear vision of the formal work relationships. You might chart people based on their financial reporting relationship or by their day-to-day functi... More...

Despite the steady growth of diversity and inclusion training the benefit is often diminished by faulty delivery, according to a study by Novations Group, a global consulting firm based in Boston. When asked about D&I programs provided to their ... More...

"Why do salespeople fail?" A question that managers, as well as their salespeople have asked for decades. And one contributing factor that keeps this question alive and in the forefront of our mind is the fact that there has not been one universally ... More...

By 2012, nearly 10,000 American workers will turn 65 every day. To make the resulting labor shortage worse, fewer potential employees will be entering the workforce with the skills needed to manage and innovate. So, at a time when good employees... More...

Employee engagement is an issue that is at the forefront of every company no matter the industry. Recently I read an article which focused on the issue of employee engagement; employees that always show up on time, happy and ready to work is quickly ... More...

The Competency Connection Let's say you're asked to improve your recipe for hiring success. What ingredients would command your attention? Some of the "master chefs" of the selection business are paying special attention to the new chemistry b... More...

Observable Behavior: The Key to Reliability Want a good feedback instrument? Better make sure that people are able to observe the behavior you are asking about. This may sound obvious, but it is easier said than done. Think about it. When you ... More...

How do you choose the best survey instrument for your purpose? Here is a list of seven criteria we recommend: 1. The Tool Measures What Needs To Be Measured : What do you want the test to do? What types of decisions will it support? Hiring? Develo... More...

Hiring practices are commonly neglected as a key aspect of professional facility maintenance. Too often, personnel are hired as a matter of convenience with the aim of insuring a sufficient quantity of people on hand to perform needed services. The c... More...

Feedback on performance is a critical part of a learning environment and assessment is one of the most important activities in education. It seems like lately a lot of educators have been trying to make quizzes in Moodle, as a part of their online le... More...

"If at first you don't succeed you're running about average."Early in my sales career I was introduced to the Law of Averages. It's been a key concept of direct sales for many decades. The Law of Averages basically teaches salespeople that if you wan... More...

It would be easy, in this long run of important presidential primaries, to be convinced that the problems we have with our health care system can only be resolved through government action and the political process. After all, presidential candidates... More...

Teleworkers need to perform tasks at home with the same efficiency they enjoy in the office. To fulfill this need, a well structured teleworking infrastructure, providing employees with standardized equipment and secure access to all the resources re... More...

Albert Einstein was considered one of the great problem solvers of his generation. His remarks about the universe query scientific and conventional wisdom. Can we discover in his life and innovative beliefs any attitude, aptitude, method or skill sui... More...

Whether leading a meeting, proposing a new ad campaign, or participating in a discussion, we all face the challenge of persuasion. People believe people they like, people who are trustworthy, and people who demonstrate expertise. Consider the follo... More...

Those looking for their first jobs out of university or college also must look out for potential career pitfalls. According to Max Messmer, chairman of Accountemps and author of Job Hunting For Dummies(R), 2nd Edition (John Wiley & Sons, In... More...

If you were to do a criminal search in 2006 on Orenthal James Simpson, Michael Joseph Jackson or Robert Blake, you would not find records for murder, homicide, or child molestation. Why? None of these parties have been found guilty in a criminal c... More...

Many countries celebrated mother’s day this weekend. On Sunday, I took part in a free mother's day yoga class offered at a local lululemon store. The yoga instructor and other store representatives attended with their children and -- as the class pr... More...

A recent "Mercer Global Business Challenges Survey cited globalization of operations as a key business priority, along with continuously improving processes, controlling costs, and managing risk. Indeed, strategic human resources (HR) functions (i.e... More...

In today's fast-moving global organizations, change is the order of the day. Executive transitions happen more frequently than ever, as companies are eager to shore up their "bench of talent and ask their leaders to take on roles in many parts of t... More...

“Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is the one thing above all others; the ability to get and keep enough of the righ... More...

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Doing it Right: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As)

Doing it Right: Organizational Data Transformation (ODT)

Integrated Management and role of HR

Salary Negotiations Strategies to Use

Organizational Chart Relationships

Study Cites Common Flaws in Diversity Training

Why Salespeople Fail: Is it Management's Fault?

Doing it Right: Talent Management

Engaged Employees, Wave of the Future or Old Standard Revisited?

Screening Candidates: Personality Testing with Competency Assessment

Five Design Elements in the Task Cycle® Surveys from the Clark Wilson Group

Seven Qualities of Effective Human Resources Measurement Tools

Hiring Practices That Improve Employee Quality and Reduce Turnover

Building E-Assessment: The Practical Guide to Online Quizzes in Moodle

Innovation and the Law of Averages

In This Political Season, Health Care Reform is a Business Issue

Infrastructure Basics for Teleworking

Einstein’s Tips For Negotiated Solutions In Human Conflicts

Credibility-Got It?

Career Expert Highlights Job Search Pitfalls New Graduates Should Avoid

Civil Searches - What's the Point?

Integrating Personal and Work Goals

Stepping Outside the Box: A New Paradigm for Managing and Administering Global Compensation

Success and Failure in Executive Transitions

AVOID COSTLY MIS-HIRES!