Blogs / 2009 / 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 / 2009 / December

New story from FT.com published by Mortimer Goth December 11, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Hedge fund rewards set to lure City talent A widely anticipated surge in hedge fund employees’ salaries and bonuses is threatening to p... More...

Don't wait – initiate! That's the deeply embedded belief system of strong leaders. An ancient Chinese proverb teaches that "The person who waits for a roast duck to fly into their mouth must wait a very long time. Regardless of their posit... More...

Our values are what we value. Each of us has a hierarchy of values. This is our sense of what's most through to what's least important. Our values hierarchy is a lengthy one. It includes things like, health, family, security, wealth, cooperation, com... More...

‘Tis the season of the endless cycle of holiday movies on every channel. Flipping past the Dr. Seuss cartoon classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas (about a creature who so hates Christmas he attempts to steal every element of it from a local town) g... More...

“You’re being negative!” Recently I led a team building workshop, and that was a federal government Division Director’s reply to my questioning, “Why the ‘Front Office’ meeting had not been working?” Preceding my operational assessment a number of pe... More...

First of all before you can decide if your company needs a POS system you need to know what POS systems are. POS stands for point of sales system. The best example of where you might have seen a POS system is at a restaurant. They are the comput... More...

In preparation for the 2010 plan year, I wanted to remind everyone of some of the applicable limits for benefit plans. Most of these are unchanged from 2009, but there are some significant changes for health savings accounts: Maximum ... More...

Many managers, HR/Training/Safety and other support professionals, as well as team leaders are struggling with how to help people deal with constant change. More and more people are complaining of “change fatigue” as organizations deal with: • Conti... More...

Earlier this week, Lisa Wangsness of The Botson Globe reported on an unusual meeting on Sunday between President Obama and Senate Democrats. The President made a visit to Capitol Hill in an attempt to resolve disagreements that have arisen concerning... More...

I write and speak often on the importance of fostering a culture of appreciation, creating a work environment in which employees want to engage. An excellent article in Kelly Service's Smart Manager recently offered “10 Ways to Create a Corporate ... More...

We hire for experience and fire for attitude. Why not therefore make attitude the basis of our hiring decisions? Clearly experience is the one thing that we can give any candidate coming in to the business. Attitude is one thing that for sure we can’... More...

I read an interesting article recently in which Ruth Spellman, the Chief Executive of the Chartered Management Institute, highlighted the CMI’s drive to sign up both private and public sector organisations to a Manifesto for a Better Managed Britain.... More...

Industry Week Magazine’s email notification service just announced that India’s economy grew at a 7.9% rate shattering all forecasts while the manufacturing segment of that economy grew at an even greater 9.2% rate. Noting that India is ... More...

These days everyone wants to be creative, to “think out of the box.” But how do you walk the talk? As a workshop leader who often tries to give organizations a “Jolt of CPR: Being Creative, Passionate and Risk-Taking,&rdqu... More...

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Washington Crossing, PA – More employers are planning to use team-based games in the new year to maintain and build on high employee productivity – which is currently at a 6-year peak. The Learning Key Inc. offers guidelines on how companies c... More...

New story from The National published by Daniel Pleasant December 8, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Money alone cannot buy job satisfaction Though companies around the world are cutting back on financial incentive programmes, fe... More...

New story from Personnel Today published by Daniel Pleasant December 8, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Practical tips on how to develop a business case for talent management software In these challenging times a number of people... More...

New story from CNW Group published by Daniel Pleasant December 8, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Compensation outlook improving but Canadians won't make up lost ground from 2009 just yet, says Towers Perrin study Canadian compan... More...

New story from CNW Group published by Mortimer Goth December 8, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Watson Wyatt Data Services Releases 2009/2010 Canadian Survey Report on Executive Compensation Watson Wyatt Data Services, a wholly-o... More...

New story from mjtimes published by Mortimer Goth December 8, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Executive committee votes on remuneration recommendations During Monday's executive committee meeting, the executive committee approve... More...

New story from CityWire published by Mortimer Goth December 8, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. FSA won’t extend new remuneration code to IFAs The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today confirmed it will not extend its new r... More...

After a few technical glitches – which raised our stress and adrenaline levels to heightened excitement – during our practice sessions leading up to the December 3 webcast it finally did come off flawlessly. We had nearly 900 people register for the ... More...

By Dan Hilbert If leadership knew that strategic management of one single, Human Capital metric would largely guarantee market leading success of their organization, do you think business leaders would be interested? What about stock holders? Thi... More...

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Just Go and Do It

Our Values Set Our Priorities

5 Traits of a Recognition Grinch

The Dangers of Being Too “Positive” in a Team Building Process: Or Don’t Just “Have a Nice Day!”

Does Your Company Need a POS System?

2010 Compensation and Benefits Limits: In Case You Forgot

Overcoming Change Fatigue and Building Resilient and Flexible Teams/Organizations

President Obama & Health Insurance

Tips for Creating a Corporate Culture

Why is “attitude” to often overlooked in favour of experience when hiring?

Identifying genuine management talent is key to success

How Smart Companies Make Their Business Work Better

Transforming the Conventional into the Creative

Hawaii Labor Law

Team-Based Games Help Drive Employee Productivity

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