Blogs / 2008 / December

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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 / December

Worldwide, unemployment numbers are reflecting the need for cutbacks and employee layoffs. Individuals who remain on the job after colleagues have been laid off can experience feelings of anxiety or disengagement. These feelings, in turn, can im... More...

As I was busy finishing a piece of writing project during lunch-time, I went online to my Facebook account and discovered that one of my Facebook contact is a volunteer for a Manila-based Radio Station (I am from Singapore). I decided to send her my ... More...

In the latest December 2008 issue of the Harvard Business Review, an article Finding and Grooming Breakthrough Innovators (Cohn, Katzenbach and Vlak) are quoted . “In the best organizations a mentor is assigned sot that the protégé can test new id... More...

I am sure that in the minds of many people, there is helplessness and sadness of the senseless killings in the recent Mumbai Terror Attacks. As a Singaporean, I especially mourn the killing of a young Singaporean female lawyer who had just passed the... More...

Excerpted from Rhode Island Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Little, Medeiros, Kinder, Bulman & Whitney, P.C. In a major ruling, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that employees who retire and receive lu... More...

In 2007, 31 million Americans quit their jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And while today’s labor market certainly is tighter than last year, this reflects 23 percent of the workforce who recently left their positions for gre... More...

During my 9 year career as in house HR, the term "business acumen" was typically applied to HR in the following ways: "Our HR department needs more business acumen" or "HR has a lack of business acumen". Inevitably, thes... More...

More than 15 years after the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) chose to evaluate and revise regulations that it had promulgated in 1995 during President Clinton’s Administration. For muc... More...

Excerpted from Delaware Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor Hints of the holiday season are tucked away in every corner of the workplace. Cards from customers and vendors are tacked u... More...

According to technology forecasters, corporations spent nearly $64 billion on intranet hardware, software and related services worldwide in 2000, and this number is expected to skyrocket to $200 billion annually by the end of this decade.1 No small f... More...

In the never ending pursuit of finding the right talent, one large group of individuals is often overlooked, misunderstood or sometimes outright ignored. But the 53 million Americans with disabilities are an untapped resource that can easily meet mos... More...

Five years ago we hired a young guy to handle all our Technical I.T. needs. He has a very competitive salary, significant bonuses during the year (as do all employees), and a company vehicle which he drives for both personal and business use. For h... More...

The title of the article alone should have told me the outlook was grim: “Report: Businesses Fail to Develop Next Leaders” by Anita Bruzzese. The article talks about the 2008-2009 Development Dimensions International (DDI) Global Leadership Forec... More...

Here's something I saved a few years back. A friend sent this to me inside of a Christmas card and I felt compelled to keep it and send it to all my friends. I have a list of folks I know All written in a book And every year when Christmas come... More...

Last week, a member asked for tools to use during performance discussions. The contents of Harvey Schachter’s December 1st Morning Manager column contains a relevant suggestion. The ideas in the column are provided by success coach R... More...

Navigator #145 The Navigator is published by Greg Smith, "Lead Navigator & Captain" of Chart Your Course International Inc. View this newsletter on our website:http://www.chartcourse.com/Enav-145.htmlSee the bottom of this newsletter t... More...

In the best of times, even the most successful business teams wish they could have more resources -- more people, time, and money. There never seems to be quite enough to get to that next level of success. In the worst of times -- and we are there... More...

We believe strongly that the number one reason businesses struggle or fail is due to ineffective management. There is little doubt that most businesses do a poor job of hiring and promoting the right people into management and supervisory slots. This... More...

Excerpted from Arizona Employment Law Letter written by attorneys at the law firm of Ford & Harrison LLP In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of age discrimination claims. In fact, according to the Equal Employ... More...

If you are a manager who takes the responsibility of doing performance reviews seriously you are probably frustrated with the process. It’s far from a perfect science but one thing is certain, if promotions and other career decisions are based ... More...

As we enter the holiday season, it makes good sense to talk about survival tools. How do we survive the coming onslaught of family and friends and the accompanying mistakes, failings, and misunderstandings that will inevitably follow in the next thre... More...

Most people want and appreciate a boss or work colleague who is direct and to the point. But it’s about the way that’s conveyed. We’ve all found ourselves resisting someone else not because of what they are saying, but how they are ... More...

In this economy, most organizations will greatly slow down their hiring. They have to be more cautious about extending themselves. Yet the talent crunch is not going to go away. We will recover from the recession, and then we'll face the looming redu... More...

Two of the most critical challenges facing organizations are the attraction and retention of top talent, and increasing workforce productivity through performance management. Noted author and consultant, Robert Greene of Reward Inc., wrote: ... More...

Communication - Collaboration - Conversation - Community What do these terms mean to you? To me they represent the data shift that we have seen over the past few years; it represents the need to share information and the need to touch as many p... More...

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In the Wake of a Layoff

Using SNS In The Workplace

Create A Mentoring Culture

Being A People-Centred Organisation

Retirees Win Right to Sue for Fund Mismanagement

Help Your Bottom Line by Retaining Hourly Workers

Business Acumen

Relief in Sight? DOL Issues Final FMLA Regulations

Productivity Got Run Over by a Reindeer During the Holidays

Migrating to the Next Generation of the Intranet

Searching For The Right Talent – An Overlooked Resource

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Performance Plan May Help Procrastinator

The Incredible Shrinking Leadership

A Beautiful Holiday Sentiment

A Tool for Mid or End-of-Year Reviews

What can we learn from Walt Disney?

All the Way to the Moon and Back

Promote An Employee Only When They Are Qualified

Words That Might Sound Like Age Discrimination

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Calibrate Performance Review Ratings Across Your Management Team

The Key to Surviving the Holidays - Self-Compassion

Tone of Voice: It’s All in How We’re Saying It

Attention to Detail Required

Training Managers to Meet Business Goals Using Work-Life Strategies

Web 2.0, Soical Networking and Building Talent Communities