Blogs / 2010 / December

When I lived in Italy, I was fascinated with the lifestyle of the people there. In the mornings on their way to work, they ate their breakfast in the bar, at lunchtime they closed their shops to go home for a nap. They worked late into the evenings, ... More...

You've been looking for a job for the past few months and not seem to be getting anywhere. Here are 5 tips to help speed up your search. 1. Don't sit around waiting for the phone to ring after you have applied to a job post. Follow up by phone a f... More...

Great leaders are the real superheroes By Daniel R. MacDonald Some of my favourite childhood memories include nights sitting in front of the television, watching in awe, as my favourite superheroes courageously defeated bad guys. I devoted many... More...

Holding employees accountable is important but what are the right techniques you can use to do this? In Keeping Employees Accountable for Results: Quick Tips for Busy Managers , Brian Cole Miller offers a number of great ideas. Setting targets, usin... More...

Just came across this post from Vincent Granville on AnalyticBridge. Quite interesting and informative. Am sharing it here, along with a few additions of my own. - The model is more accurate than the data: you try to kill a fly with a nuclear weap... More...

When I was actively working in the Marketing Research domain, I designed and programmed a lot of surveys on employee satisfaction/morale/happiness for US companies. That was around 2004, I guess a lot has changed then. I came across this article o... More...

It’s a given that, whether you post a job online or in the classified section of the newspaper, the applications will likely be electronic submissions. So why not make the online world your recruiting partner? Here are 10 tips for making the most of ... More...

Do you believe that the workplace is structured for interruptions — meetings all day, your manager knocking on your door, phones ringing all the time? Do you believe that real work only takes place outside of working hours or on the weekends? I... More...

Managing Generation Y: Who They Are, Why They Leave, And How To Keep Them Generation Y, also known as Generation Why, Millennials, or Echo Boomers are those born roughly between 1977 and 1991. There are over 60 million out there, which is thr... More...

“In this ‘lull’ before New Year's, spend an hour a day thinking about your business and/or talking about it with a significant other or trusted colleague. Don't think about how to fix, repair, or commit to remedial work. Instead, focus on what you're... More...

Recognize This: If you build it, they will come. But you better update it, or they won’t stay. Ann Bares on Compensation Force wrote a great post on a commonly ignored best practice of employee recognition and incentive program design – “a ... More...

Talent management technology is great for solving efficiency problems and honestly this is where many companies want their technology focus. Let’s automate performance management and get rid of all the paper…Let’s automate the tracking of candidates ... More...

Let’s face it – change isn’t always welcomed or accepted especially when it comes to introducing new technology into a business environment. One would assume that employees and managers would be champing at the bit to use an automated and intuitive T... More...

Inch by inch it's a cinch; by the mile, it's a trial. - Zig Ziglar MBWA - Management by Walking Around. This concept has been around for over a hundred years. Throughout the Civil War, even President Lincoln made it a point to "get out and circul... More...

You could decide that the term life insurance coverage you possess through your company is sufficient on its own. However you need to keep in your mind that this insurance plan most likely is not everlasting. Consequently, group insurance coverag... More...

www.electronici9.com The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced its latest round of employer settlement agreements to resolve allegations of unlawful discrimination during the I-9 process. As with other recent settlement agreements, the DOJ f... More...

If the "experts" weren’t so serious — and often dire — with their predictions for 2011 and beyond, this could be a highly amusing time of year. Amongst all the holiday festivities we could be entertained — even l... More...

An organization’s most valuable asset is its workforce – the people who make everything work, for better or worse. This perspective has been a driving force in the transformation of traditional human resources processes into talent management, the ef... More...

Today in this economic environment, more than ever, an organization’s most valuable asset is its people and the individuals selected to lead your organization. If you operate in a global or local region, executive leaders rely on the people who execu... More...

My colleague, Brent Holland , continues with the second installment in our blog series, “Generational Hiring for the Optimal Customer Experience”. He considers two important questions: (1) how to define generational groups and (2) whether cont... More...

The paradox of an instant, worldwide, connected marketplace for all goods and services: All that succeeds is the unreasonable. You can get my attention if your product is unreasonably well designed, if your preparation is unreasonably over the ... More...

More and more defined contribution plans offer "target date funds" as investment options. Some estimates range as high as 75% of plans make these funds available to participants. These types of funds tailor investments to ... More...

By Jim Camp Adapted from his bestselling book, "Start with No" Most of us have been taught that if we want others to cooperate with us, we have to compromise -- that is, to get something, we have to give something. There's a better way, however, ... More...

You may be thinking about going back to college for a degree. You may be thinking it’s time to change jobs or strike out on your own. No matter what sort of changes you are contemplating in your life, your biggest obstacle won’t come from within. It ... More...

By Professor Preston Bottger As big surprises and difficult challenges await executives moving from functional to general management responsibilities, IMD researchers have developed a five-point activity guidance system designed to help General Ma... More...

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Embrace the Workplace Nap Time

5 Tips to Fast Forward your Job Search

Leadership Heroics

How to Track Employee Performance

Why Analytics Fail To Deliver?

Datalligence: Workforce Analytics

10 Tips for Making the Most of Online Recruiting

M&Ms is Why you Can't Get Work Done at Work

Managing Generation Y: Who They Are, Why They Leave, And How To Keep Them

Business New Year's Commitments – For Leaders and Lawyers

Keeping Employee Recognition Programs Current

Where’s the Beef in Talent Management Technology?

User Adoption: Ensuring a Smooth Transition to a New Talent Management System

Does MBWA Really Work?

Should I Access Term Insurance from my Agent or Alternatively via my Company Benefits

Justice Department continues crackdown on I-9 discrimination, announcing settlement agreements in Oregon and North Carolina

New Year’s Prediction Alert: It’s Silly Season Again!

Workforce Analytics: Do You Know How Much Your People Matter?

Assess Your Workforce and Motivate Your Talent

Who is a Boomer? Generational Hiring for the Optimal Customer Experience, Part 2

Unreasonable

Target Date Funds: More Disclosure Required

11 Ways to Get What You Want in 2011

Six Ways to get More Respect and Recognition this Coming Year

WHAT GENERAL MANAGERS NEED TO DO

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

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	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash