Blogs / 2012 / January

Recognize This! – We all make mistakes. What we do to fix them has far reaching effects on more than just the error. What do you do when you mess up at work? The gamut of responses runs from “lie and hide” to “sweep it under the rug and hope... More...

When it comes to salaries, location matters. But how can HR take geographic salary differentials into account when creating salary ranges or grades? Check out my latest blog article on CompDevil . More...

One of the most important aspects when interviewing a potential job candidate is giving an accurate talent evaluation rating. Unfortunately, this is not always an easy task. Other factors besides performance often get in the way and influence the int... More...

Our company is planning to layoff significant number of people in next 2 months due to financial issues. We have a very limited budget and we can only offer outplacement support to 5%. Does anyone have reccommendations and out of the box ide... More...

Health and welfare (H&W) benefits administration is a well-accepted foundation partner of the HRO services family. It is also the fastest growing part of benefits administration according to the last NelsonHall Targeting Benefits Administration m... More...

Offshoring is once again under the harsh glare of the polarized political spotlight in a presidential election year. As my NelsonHall HRO colleague Gary Bragar commented in his blog, President Obama is increasing focus on job creation including encou... More...

Carlsbad, CA — January 23, 2012 – Conflict comes from many places, including our own misperceptions of someone else’s behavior. Have a Nice Conflict, a new book just released from Jossey-Bass reveals many of the dynamics that are happening between p... More...

Conflict Prevention Week Offers Ways to Create More Success and Satisfaction in Your Relationships. Carlsbad, CA — January 26, 2012 – Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Conflict Prevention Week will feature webinars and activities focused on preven... More...

Ninety percent of the organisations I work with have a leadership model. Despite this, nearly all continue to have the same issue – a deployment “gap” somewhere around Board-1 or Board-2 level, a kind of leadership version of “The Doldrums”. The symp... More...

It may not be as simple as the equation above suggests, but when it comes to employee satisfaction, a little bit of well-placed recognition goes a long way—and it doesn’t have to be financial. A recent global survey shows that less than hal... More...

When times are tough, every company looks to cut costs where they can. Yet how can this be accomplished without eliminating key projects and people? It is actually quite simple if you have the right data in hand. With the appropriate per-customer ... More...

DUBLIN, CA – January 30, 2012 – Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions, today released a report summarizing the 2011 business climate and related talent management trends for 2012. After an extre... More...

Okay, you know who you are, Mr. or Ms. Internal or External Communications expert. You love what you do on one side of the internal vs. external communications fence. You view the “other side” as boring, limited, and/or frightening. You’re perfectly ... More...

RHR International Points Out the Pitfalls of Integrating Into a Role With no Predecessor CHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To answer pressing strategic or tactical challenges, organizations often find it necessary to create a new exec... More...

Recognize This! -Recognition done right advances your business objectives. I’m honoured to have an article included in the December issue of Candian HR Reporter in which I debunk 10 recognition and reward myths. 1. Employee recogni... More...

There is recognition that teamwork offers huge rewards in the end but many get frustrated with the amount of time and effort required to make teams work well. One of the ways to get an immediate return is to leverage the innate creativity of te... More...

www.electronici9.com According to the latest report from Morningstar , the first half of 2011 was an impressive one for mergers and acquisition deals, though it slowed for the second half of 2011. Overall deals still exceeded that of years... More...

World's Business Commerce Network Taps Xactly Incent to Efficiently Manage 60+ Compensation Plans in 20 Currencies for 567 Service and Sales Employees SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 30, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Xactly Corporation, the leader in on-demand ... More...

Customizable Templates Enable SMBs to Improve Sales Effectiveness by Easily Configuring Sales Compensation Plans Built on Decades of Customer Best Practices SAN JOSE, Calif. – January 24, 2011 – Xactly Corporation today announced the release of t... More...

Recognize This! – Everyone is responsible for creating the culture you want to work in every day. Who is responsible for people and culture in your organization? Is that considered the purview of HR? Or is it more correctly viewed as the resp... More...

Check out the 2012 Recognition Calendar , a free tool from Terryberry . Chock full of special dates and recognition holidays to remember. Don't miss an opportunity to recognize, reward, and inspire this year! Are you looking for recognition ide... More...

It can be very intimidating to think about changing your organization's learning transfer culture. Most likely the culture you have around learning transfer--or the lack thereof--has been in place for a looooong time. Changing your culture is... More...

Today I got fired… A few months ago, I was fired. I thought it would be a good lesson to record what was happening for me emotionally at the time. I had never been fired; conversely, I have fired people in the course of my career. It always bother... More...

First watch this video from Air New Zealand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_xrPl_i9M8 Yes this is a bit extreme and you would probably never ask your employees to participate in a project like this. But it should make you curious as to how far y... More...

Recognize This! –If employee retention is important enough to list as a substantial risk factor to meeting financial expectations, then it should be important enough to find ways to reduce employee stress. I just read an interesting story ... More...

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2 Ways to Fix Mistakes at Work

Approaches to Geographic Salary Differentials

6 Common Talent Evaluation Errors by Even Experienced Managers

How to reduce outplacement costs?

HRO – A Healthy Option for Health and Welfare Administration

Insourcing American Jobs – The Risk and Opportunity for HRO

“WHAT’S BEHIND THAT ANNOYING BEHAVIOR?” New Book Takes a Novel Approach to Interpersonal Conflict

HAVE A NICE CONFLICT BEFORE VALENTINE’S DAY

The Hidden Leadership Problem by Nick Kemsley, Co- Director of the Henley Business School Centre for HR Excellence

Recognition + Reward = Employee Satisfaction

If Cutting Costs Is A Must, Here’s How You Do It Painlessly

Taleo Report Links Aging National Workforce, Lack of Corporate Training and Development to Mounting US Critical Skills Shortages “Social Recruiting” continues to drive corporate hiring

Turning communications careers inside out: the generalist emerges

Newly Created Positions Can Cause C-Suite Confusion

10 Myths of Employee Recognition & Rewards

Are You Getting the Most From Your Team?

The Merger and Acquisition Process: Staying I-9 Compliant

Ariba Streamlines Sales Compensation Management with Xactly

Xactly Introduces the Xactly Express Plan Store

HR Is Not Responsible for Your Culture – You Are

2012 Recognition Calendar: Holidays for Praising Your People

Changing Your Learning Transfer Culture

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