Blogs / 2011 / September

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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 / September

Acumen Data Systems, Inc., a leading developer of business automation, workforce management, and time and attendance software and systems, is pleased to announce continued profitability as the company also announces three new career opportunities. ... More...

Recognize This! – Specific, detailed, sincere praise is never too much. I’ve had people respond to my posts on frequent , timely recognition with a concern that recognition too frequently given makes the recognition irrelevant over time... More...

The British internet provider CareerCast ranked the country's most stressful jobs. They found: Top 5 Stressful White-Collar Jobs 1. Commercial airline pilot 2. Public relations officer 3. Corporate Executive 4. Photojournalist ... More...

If you would like a free resource on world class learning stratieges visit http://www.learning2011.com/images/stories/LearningStrategies%20FINAL-8-2-11.pdf It addresses how organisations assist learning within rapidly changing environments.Full ... More...

According to Stephen Denning, organisations can change the way they communicate through storytelling. He argues that facts, statistics, charts, prose and dialogue do not by themselves lead to change. To be successful, leadership stories must get i... More...

My PhD sheds new light on what influences individual commitment to environmentally friendly practices in business. The study is of thirty-one business people employed in a variety of private sector and government organisations. The findings will b... More...

By Dianna Booher Presence is not an all-or-nothing commodity. Consider a continuum with your physical attributes, natural talents, communication skills, and character traits plotted along the way somewhere from one end to the other between "low pr... More...

The retirement plan of the Minnesota Department of Corrections ("DOC"), under its collective bargaining agreement, had an early retirement incentive. It provided that a plan participant who retired during the pay period of his or her 55th birthday, ... More...

An interesting successor liability case was recently decided by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. An auto glass installer had the misfortune of going into receivership and was purchased by a business that was in a similar field, but used a different... More...

The health benefit obligation exists if the employee has not informed the employer of no intent to return to work, but the employee is required to pay their regular portion of the premium. Moreover, this obligation to pay or continue premium payment... More...

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires covered employers (generally those with more than 100 employees) to provide 60 days notice of any layoffs of one-third of the employees or a plant closing. In this case, U.S. Stee... More...

Are you naughty or nice? I walked out of my client’s office and thought to myself, “Wow, what a nice guy. So genuine and warm. He really understands how to make someone feel comfortable; he must be great to work for.” But by the time I got to ... More...

By John Gibbons I recently had to have my entire upstairs rewired. You might think that I live in an ancient house or perhaps I'm in the middle of a major remodeling project, but you'd be wrong - my wiring was fine. When I bought my house in the m... More...

Where does selling begin? Why do we begin a buyer conversation by focusing on finding needs? What are we gaining/losing by starting there? Buying Facilitation® will help you begin facilitating the buyer's decision path - defined as those back-end ... More...

By Shara Karasic Since I listed 10 great small business apps in 2010, the use of iPhones and iPads for SMB’s has exploded in areas from business travel to communication to productivity. The office has become truly mobile. Here are must-have apps... More...

The number fourteen myth about Generation Y is that they are so self-focused they will never make good managers. Here's what we've learned. Often when you find a young self-starter who is doing well at his or her job, you think that would be a goo... More...

Online and offline networking is a must-do strategy for any business owner looking to build their business. Here are seven things you need to be aware of when building and nurturing your online network. Many business owners can see the value of usin... More...

What, exactly, is selling with integrity? Is it about creating great solutions that make a difference in companies and lives? Or respecting and serving our prospects and clients and employees? I'd like to talk about what that means for me...and ad... More...

As a seller, what's your job? Are you working to close a sale? Feed your family? Continue living in the style you're accustomed to? Be the best? Make a name for yourself? Keep your job? Meet your quota? Your ego? What would need to be true if your... More...

by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ Do your presentations have headlines? When you’re delivering a presentation, is there one sentence that sums up your presentation and sears it into the minds of your audience? When Steve Jobs announced the... More...

The number thirteen myth about Generation Y is that it's impossible to turn them into long-term employees. Now it is true that Generation Y will have higher rates of turnover than any new generation of workers since those statistics have been kept... More...

Bridging the Human Connection in a Virtual World The AIM Blog is brought to you by AIM Strategies®, a Human Capital Consulting Firm focused on bringing reality to virtual teams. Our CEO, Yael Zofi is an International Speaker, Trainer, Cross Cultur... More...

Q: How do I spot a high achiever? A: Go beyond traditional hiring techniques such as resume review and interviews. Pay attention to behavioral traits typically linked to superior performance. ■ Most top performing employees are “take char... More...

Effective employee goal setting can serve as a powerful tool for: - Motivating employees - Improving employee performance - Developing organizational talent - Setting measurable standards for review - Translating organization o... More...

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Acumen Data Systems Announces Continued Growth, Adds Employees

Can You Praise Employees Too Much?

MOST STRESSFUL JOBS

WORLD CLASS STUDIES ON LEARNING IN BUSINESS

USING STORYTELLING TO ASSIST DEEP ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

PHD FINDINGS - INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRACTICES

Creating Personal Presence - Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader

DOC PLAN DISCRIMINATES UNDER ADEA

SUCCESSOR LIABILITY FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

SUCCESSOR LIABILITY FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

EMPLOYERS' OBLIGATION IS TO MAINTAIN HEALTH BENEFITS UNDER FMLA

WARN ACT CLAIM FAILS

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Are you naughty or nice?

Compensation: HR's 21st Century Fuse Box

Where does selling begin? Activate the buying journey immediately

50 Must-Have Small Business iPhone and iPad Apps

"The #14 Myth about Generation Y"

Are You Engaging (or Disengaging and Enraging) Your Network?

Selling with Integrity

What is a seller's priority?

Your Next Presentation Needs a Headline

"The #13 Myth about Generation Y"

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