Blogs / 2010 / December

News

	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 / 2010 / December

When it comes to organizational sacred cows, strategic planning sits very close to the top of the list for most organizations. We all know the drill. Take the senior management team off-site for a weekend. Evaluate last year’s performance. Con... More...

Recognize This: Be sure to communicate to program development participants why and how final decisions are made if you want any hope of ultimate program success. As I discussed in yesterday’s post on Involving Program Participants and Invitin... More...

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has big plans and big changes coming for federal contractors. Here is a sneak peak at the top priorities and what you can expect in 2011 and beyond. The OFCCP’s top priorities are to stre... More...

In a recent team meeting at an organization that’s beginning to implement our Un-Suggestion System , we reaffirmed a basic truism about human nature in the workplace: if you want to get employees seriously engaged in continuous improvement efforts, ... More...

Before everyone gets excited about engaging in an argument about the constitutionality of health care reform and debating the various cases that are pending on the topic, understand this is not what this posting is about. I am just bringing out... More...

Leadership Success I’ve learned over the years that my most effective executive coaching leadership clients know the “why” of what they are passionate in achieving. They get excited in my office telling me inspiring stories of their hopes and st... More...

[December 13, 2010. Ottawa, ON] Corporate Renaissance Group (CRG) announced today that Forensic Technology, a leader in ballistic and firearms identification technology, has selected CRG emPerform™ as their employee performance management sol... More...

I’ve learned a lot in my nearly two years of blogging on strategic employee recognition, including how to offer posts that are useful, interesting, thought provoking. Now I’d like to try something new. Starting today, I’m changing the structure of... More...

There are very few things that any industry can call a “game changer” – that one thing that fundamentally changes how we perform certain tasks. Certainly the computer changed how we work in an office, and without question, the Internet and email dram... More...

The Secret Sauce of Leadership I’m often surprised when I walk into a client’s organization by the eerie silence. Employees are busy working on their computers, but there is very little interaction. One of my lawyer executive coaching client... More...

I'm working on a project that includes creating 'call center scripts'. Is there anyone willing to share their script(s) or can you provide a copy of a draft? Please forward to valclem2000@yahoo.com It would be greatly appreciated!... More...

How’s your 2011 planning going? What changes do you see on the horizon for your organization’s strategic plan? There’s been a great deal of fluctuation in strategic plans during the last three years as companies have reacted to economic pressures ... More...

“If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, Any Road Will Get You There.” From Alice in Wonderland Purposing is purpose plus action which IS goal setting. In assessing top-level executives, surveys have identified goal setting as essential to thei... More...

You Won't Reach Yours As A Learning Specialist Without Learning Transfer Through all my writings and speaking engagements I have made the case for learning transfer in a variety of ways. There is the economic argument, the organizational argum... More...

A video blog, or “vlog”, is a simple extension of the traditional blog format to include video. The use of video blogging can have many benefits for a business: they can be easier to share than their textual counterparts since the files can be saved ... More...

Coping During the Holidays (when things are less than perfect), Part 1 by Vivien Bergl, LCSW, CEAP Thanksgiving is behind us and hopefully it was pleasurable. You may have read some of the stress tips we have sent in the past to help you cope du... More...

“R”s – Relief and Reflection, Rejuvenation and Recommitment – Part I This past week I led programs with Metro-DC city and county government agencies that are in the throes of reorganization: a) the quasi-private/city government agency is anticipa... More...

Change happens. And while we can't control much of the world changing around us, we can control how we respond. We can choose to anticipate and embrace changes, or resist them. Resisting change is like trying to push water upstream. Generally we're q... More...

What is the value of self-ratings in 360 surveys? Aren’t they overly inflated, unreliable, and have no level of agreement with the ratings of peers, direct reports, or superiors? Isn’t this the reason competency measures are typically calculated with... More...

www.electronici9.com [Editor's Note: today's blog is courtesy of Dawn Lurie and Kevin Lashus of Greenberg Traurig] Today, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio) was appointed by the Republican congressional leadership as Chairman... More...

I’m honored to have an article I wrote included in last month’s issue of Workspan magazine: "The Power of Post-Recession Recognition." Here’s a key excerpt: “The survey showed 45% of respondents from organizations that had a recognition pro... More...

Negative effects of caregiving greatest for those aged 18 to 29 Americans who work a full-time job and say they care for an elderly or disabled family member, relative, or friend -- 16% of the full-time workforce -- suffer from lower wellbeing tha... More...

My last blog post looked at using the Holiday Season as a reminder of the importance of reviewing, assessing, celebrating, and refocusing – both at home and at work. Besides energizing us, it’s critical to our ongoing learning and development. In off... More...

There are 5 levels of Corporate Culture. The worst, is the Blame Culture. Here is a link to the complete levels and their explanations on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_culture#Arthur_F._Carmazzi You can find the free Cor... More...

Kansas City, Kan.– Even as the national unemployment rate lingers at nearly 10 percent and the economy continues to teeter along the line between recovery and recession, college enrollment rates are booming. Americans are realizing now is the time to... More...

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News

Time for a Strategic Planning Makeover

Balancing Input and Progress in Employee Recognition Program Design

AA Insights Winter 2010 Newsletter: Future Focus of OFCCP

When improvement gets personal.

Health Care Reform is Unconstitutional, sort-of, at least maybe.

3 Keys to Leadership Success

CRG emPerform Continues to Grow with the Addition of Forensic Technology as its Latest Customer

Blog Changes * Involve Program Participants & Invite Their Input

Recruiting 2.0: Attracting the Best Talent Means Casting a Wide Net, then Zeroing In

Emotions - The Secret Sauce of Leadership

Call Center Scripts

Knowing the Path to Your Destination * How to Communicate Your Strategic Plan

Goal Setting for the New Year

The Secret to Reaching Your Full Potential

Video Blogs Are Taking Over The World

Coping During the Holidays

The Stress Doc’s “Top Ten Commandments” for Transforming Reorganizational Crisis

Growing with Change

A New Paradigm for 360 Surveys

First Texas Republican is Appointed to Lead the Judiciary Committee. What does this mean for I-9 Enforcement?

“The Power of Post-Recession Recognition”

In U.S., Working Caregivers Face Wellbeing Challenges

The Seven Sins of Learning Impaired Management Teams

Free Corporate Culture Assessment

Tuition Reimbursement Helps Companies Build a Stronger Workforce