Blogs / 2008 / October

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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 / October

For those of you who have ever walked out of a store due to a lack of sales help, the idea that retailers identify busy times and assign more staff during those times makes sense. In some cases, retailers are using similar technology in other ways. T... More...

Picking holiday gifts for employees can be a frustrating task. From small business owners to the director at a large corporation, managers want to pick the best holiday gifts for employees (within a budget, of course). Of course, each employee has... More...

I recently submitted an enquiry to a web hosting company. The e-mail response that I received was full of spelling errors and incorrect capitalization and punctuation. The owners of the company have over a decade of experience, but the e-mail put so... More...

The quality of the leadership within our institutions affects much of our daily lives. Unfortunately, the credit crisis has shaken confidence in leadership on a number of fronts. On the positive side it has also given leaders the opportunity to demo... More...

My last article, Pruning Thorns from Roses: HR's Role in Managing Disruptive Key Employees,1 explored approaches for managing difficult key employees. Several readers of this article requested that I examine what they felt was a more difficult and pe... More...

In another rare decision on compensation issues, the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld the criminal conviction of an employer who failed to pay wages. In State v. Lynch, 287 Conn. 464 (2008), the court held that an employee's agreement to defer the a... More...

Economic turbulence, demands for increased financial disclosure, changes in financial reporting and increased pension funding requirements are combining to make defined benefit pension plan risks more obvious, and requiring more proactive management ... More...

All leaders who participate in hiring decisions, pay attention! The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by 2010, there will be more members of the Millennial Generation than Baby Boomers in the American workforce. The workforc... More...

I am an administrator for a mid-sized professional services firm in a division of employees under the direction of a director. The director claims that his staff has been empowered to do their jobs. But nowhere in the discussion is there ever a... More...

The unemployment rate jumped to a five year high this August as more employers continue to cut jobs. This comes as no surprise with the weak economy and struggling financial markets. But what does the future job market look like? What careers are t... More...

Today’s economic crisis is hurting more than just American’s bank accounts – it’s hurting their health. As the Fed tries for a second time to pass the $700 billion bailout, Americans are experiencing overwhelming emotions of fear, hopelessness, and ... More...

You play myriad roles in your relationships with others. Professionally, you may simultaneously be one person’s manager, someone else’s employee, and a third person’s mentor. In your personal life, you may find yourself juggling different roles as a ... More...

No matter how brilliant and invaluable your idea, it is worthless unless you can share it with others. For this reason, effective communication is crucial at every level of an organization. However, the ability to communicate effectively does not com... More...

Different people will react to a given situation in different ways, and your reaction determines your behavioral style. These styles depend largely on how people approach a problem. Similarly, the way you interact with people and influence them is al... More...

Decision making plays a significant role in an organization’s success. The ability to synthesize information and make decisions is arguably a good manager’s most important skill. Conversely, procrastination and indecisive management are hazardous for... More...

You need to put a Herculean individual effort to get the same result that a well-knit team could easily achieve. The key to building a successful team is to instill in all the team members a sense of shared responsibility. In addition to sharing the ... More...

Managers have long viewed meetings as a necessary evil. This attitude is understandable but unfortunate, as a good meeting should be an active forum in which colleagues exchange ideas, solve problems, and make decisions. The fact that so many people ... More...

Advances in communication technology since the mid-1990s have made e-learning (sometimes known as “virtual learning” or “distance education”) a feasible educational option. The idea is that a teacher can reach students in remote locations, which enab... More...

Teamwork is necessary for a business or organization to function. In recent years, however, “teams” and “teamwork” have been so overused that they have become yet another (almost) meaningless business buzzword. We now talk about cross-functional team... More...

Risk-sharing group captives lower loss costs and provide superior results Columbus, OH, September 30, 2008 - Small to mid-sized companies are reducing loss costs, lowering risks, and improving premium savings with a unique risk-sharing group capt... More...

It is no secret that there is an incredible diversity of personalities and behaviors among human beings. In the past few years, researchers have discovered a similarly broad diversity of personalities among animal species, suggesting that personality... More...

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Re-building Trust – Managerial Skills Wanted

Best Holiday Gifts for Employees

Improving Written Communication

Succession Planning is a Necessity

Managing a Difficult Boss (Part I)

Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Criminal Conviction for Failure to Pay Wages

More Than One-Fourth of Plan Sponsors Lack a Funding Policy for Their Defined Benefit Plans

Notes From the Next Generation of Leaders

Navigating the Slippery Slope of Accountability

The Future Job Market

Economic Crisis Sparks Sharp Rise in Workforce Counseling

How Different Roles Influence Your Personality

Importance of Effective Communication

The Typical Behavioral Styles that Define an Individual

Decision Making

How to Teamwork Your Way to the Top

How to Manage Group Dynamics

Advantages and Disadvantages of Web-based Learning

How to Manage Cross-Functional Teams

Avizent’s Captive Solutions Improve Returns in Soft Insurance Market

Are Personality Tests Effective?