Blogs / 2011 / March

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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 / 2011 / March

Human capital issues, talent wars, shifting economies, and a changing workforce have put extraordinary stress on human resources. Strategic leadership, unquestioned integrity, superior operational management skills, and precise execution are critical... More...

Media producers and publishers of TV, radio, newspapers, books, magazines, blogs, and the like are especially enamored by media savvy predictors (the higher profile and credentialed the better) who confidentially provide succinct sound bites backed b... More...

www.electronici9.com The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the second edition of the E-Verify Connection newsletter which provides several updates and recent developments relating to the E-Verify program, as... More...

Kansas City, Kan. – The use of formal pay structures is not a new concept in corporate America. The ability to provide equal pay for equal work, without losing the flexibility to increase salaries based on a worker's unique skills and higher educatio... More...

"Coaching is the process of enabling others to act, of building on their strengths. ... To coach is to facilitate, which literally means 'to make easy' -- not less demanding, less exciting or less intense, but less discouraging, less bound up wit... More...

Whether it's to increase service/quality levels, boost engagement and morale, strengthen teamwork, or improve safety, we're working with many organizations to strengthen coaching and developing skills across the organization. Through this work we run... More...

How frequently and effectively do you recognize, engage, and coach the people you lead? Are these strengths or weaknesses? How do you know? What's your awareness of your self-awareness? As organizations rebound and rebuild for the coming years, th... More...

I recently had a career discussion with a sharp and ambitious young family friend who has been working for five years for a large multinational company. In his late twenties, he's now finishing up his MBA and looking for more growth and development t... More...

This section summarizes last month's LinkedIn Updates and Twitter Tweets sent about online articles or blog posts that I've flagged as worth reading. These are usually posted on weekends when I am doing much of my reading for research, learning, or l... More...

I've long been an avid collector of "famous last words." These are pronouncements by experts confidently projecting today's current limitations into tomorrow. These serve as stark reminders to be very careful about getting stuck in ruts of certainty ... More...

Catching up on my reading I recently came across a pair of Fortune articles on the vital importance of storytelling for leaders. Management often relies on directing, telling, and bossing - even if politely saying "please." Leadership seeks to influe... More...

We can gain great perspective and leadership lessons from looking back at how previous generations handled the sweeping changes and crisis of their day. I've been in London, England three times over the last few months, working with an international ... More...

Recognize This: Can recognition help build a great culture? Dan Pink & Facebook think so! I’m at the HCI Human Capital Summit this week in Atlanta and have been really taken by two presentations. First, Dan Pink , whom I love for hi... More...

A Recent survey of 2500 SME’s by renowned recruitment firm Reed have come across a startling discovery that recruitment demand amidst SME’s is an whopping 10 % higher than large organizations. The result of the survey is that today’s recruitment b... More...

With the advent of technology innovations in Recruitment industry, Websites, Job boards, Applicant Tracking Software have all made an immense impact. HR departments are minimizing staff time spent on manual admin tasks, and are focusing more on... More...

With more troops heading home, it reminded me of a long standing issue that bothers me quite a lot. The military is terrible at responding to requests for employment verification. Returning Veterans are looking for work in large numbers but are ... More...

Employee absence costs companies. It’s hard to imagine, but if you stopped to take count, you might be surprised to find that 7% of employees are absent from work. According to the latest survey from Statistics Canada, this represents a significant i... More...

On any given day in our workforce, at least three-to-10 per cent of employees are absent from work. They are ill, caring for sick children or caring for sick, elderly parents. This absence accounts for approximately 15 per cent of payroll and can cos... More...

While do-it-yourselfers are reportedly shaking up the real estate industry by jumping into the market to sell their own homes, a do-it-yourself human resource strategy is rarely as successful. That's because human resource management doesn't just ... More...

I'm frankly not sure that people realize the extent to which an emotional and psychological trauma can upset a person's equilibrium. A trauma such as this can shatter your sense of self, and your sense of security. You may feel overwhelmed and disori... More...

If you listen to the commercials, you'll hear advertisements that suggest the word older means age 40-45. Some commercials selling life insurance focus on older adults in the range of age 40-70 (all without a health exam.) But no matter what, thes... More...

While many business leaders have that well-known graduate degree called the MBA (master of business administration), there aren't many leaders that I know of who have achieved the degree called the MPM (master of people management). In fact, it doesn... More...

In today's environment, you often hear the term connected. Typically, this refers to living and working in a 24/7 global world and being connected through Internet technology. And it's true; take a look around you: How many people are continually co... More...

Employment attorneys often warn that employers of all sizes risk liability if they do not provide their staff with a written anti-harassment policy setting out their expectations regarding appropriate workplace conduct. Just drafting the policy is no... More...

While many loved ones celebrated Valentine's Day with a specially worded card and perhaps a delightful dining out experience followed by warm hugs and kisses, there are others who did not. On the extreme side of things, married military personnel wh... More...

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The CEO’s Successor – Why Not The Head of HR? by Andrew Goodman

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

.E-Verify Connection March 2011: Statistics, Developments, and More

Pay Range Adjustments Projected to Increase in 2011

Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on... Coaching and Development

Five Common Pitfalls and Traps to Coaching and Developing

More Evidence That Soft Skills Produce Hard Results

Growing and Developing People is Urgent

Tweet Reading: Recommended Online Resources

Snappy Video Shows How We Limit Our Possibilities

Persuasion and Influence: Storytelling Skills are Essential

The OP Riots: Now There's the Voice of the Customer!

Observations from the 2011 HCI Human Capital Summit

An Applicant Tracking System behind “recruitment boom being powered by SME’s”

Change....is also about contribution!.. Get R-Lite recruitment software!

Military Employment Verification Process Puts Vets at Disadvantage

Absenteeism Management

Work at Wellness: Set up basic program on the job

HR Matters: Don't Treat Human Resources as DIY

Employees deserve help, but in the end must do job

Age appropriate: Plan ways to make use of older workers and their knowledge

Tough task - Deal with disgruntled staff before problem spreads

Keeping in touch: Supervising off-site staff requires skill

Harassment Programs Must Exist in More than Name Only to Protect against Liability

Close quarters: Family businesses present unique stresses