Blogs / 2012 / April

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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 / 2012 / April

Recognize This! — Exponential Engagement enables and energizes employees to drive two times the operating margin. Once again, Abhishek Mittal has pointed us to an excellent resource on the next step in employee engagement – exponential eng... More...

Retaining the best talent is pivotal for all businesses. It might be the recruiter’s job to vet through hundreds of applications to find the best people, but it requires you, as PR professionals, to help ensure employee satisfaction once they’ve ente... More...

In an action, the EEOC alleged that CRST, a long-time truck hauler, subjected approximately 270 females to a hostile work environment. The District Court ruled in favor of the employer on all claims for various reasons and indeed awarded attorneys’ ... More...

An informal letter from the EEOC suggests that requiring all applicants to have a high school diploma may indeed violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Again, it is a question supposedly of showing that it is a diploma requirement that i... More...

This case involved former Medtronics’ employees, who left to work for Stryker, one of only two competitors in the balloon kyphoplasty market. Each of the employees, for separate consideration, had agreed to a broad non-compete for a period of two ye... More...

In one of at least two lawsuits involving whether or not posting of the NLRB poster was within the power of the NLRB, a District Court in Washington, D.C. ruled it was, but stated that the penalties for non-posting were invalid. Even though the pena... More...

More great advice from Alexandra Levit’s BLIND SPOTS, a book you should buy for everyone on your team, as an antidote to the nonsensical easy answers being sold by so called experts. Indeed, the whole book is organized around persuasively dispelling ... More...

One more shout out for my favorite book of 2011, BLIND SPOTS, by Alexandra Levit. In your continuing efforts to help employees succeed and earn more of what they need and want AND IN THE PROCESS become much better employees, consider using BLIND S... More...

According to the EEOC’s suit, Celadon, a trucking company headquartered in Indianapolis, performed medical examinations on applicants for driving positions before making conditional offers of employment to them. The agency alleged that Celadon conduc... More...

At the beginning of law school, every student learns “the method” used to help clients solve problems. IRAC stands for Issue, Rule, Analysis, and Conclusion. Issue: Issue spotting is a lawyer’s tool in trade. Never assume you know what the iss... More...

The quality of our lives and of our companies depends on the questions we ask and the challenges we set for ourselves. For example, you might ask yourself “Do I dare to be great?” That’s a good question. You can also ask yourself what kind of nonsens... More...

Business owners love the idea of independent contractors. They afford flexibility, expertise, outside perspective, and of course, reduced insurance, benefit and tax burdens. Unfortunately, for these same owners, the Federal and state authorities are ... More...

The government has an excellent publication covering everything about I-9s that all employers should know about. Here’s what it covers: Obtaining Forms and Updates Part One — Why Employers Must Verify Employment Authorization and Iden... More...

I’m a big fan of podcast learning. During the past four years, I’ve educated myself on a wide variety of subjects from business to personal growth, financial matters, and spiritual ones. I would encourage all businesses to make their managers and ... More...

Few would argue with the proposition that today’s corporate world requires a much more sophisticated player than in the past. Those at every level must be adept at influencing without authority, depersonalizing issues, accepting feedback, and asking ... More...

Costs for all types of medical plans are expected to increase by 9.9 percent for 2012, according to a survey by Buck Consultants, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX). This is the first time since 2001 that Buck’s survey has projected cost increases less than... More...

Authors: Ilyse Schuman and Russell Chapman After three days of oral arguments last week, the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) now lies in the hands of the nine Supreme Court justices. What, if any, provisions of the... More...

www.dbsquared.com/dbblogmation/ It is the nature of our market that we frequently engage with senior HR staff that understands the problem space extremely well. We often find ourselves being asked to help them ‘sell the solution’ to decision ma... More...

Recognize This! – Good managers minimize danger and maximize reward for employees. I found this video to be quite interesting on the brain science behind how employees react in the workplace. Essentially, the brain functions between two st... More...

It is the nature of our market that we frequently engage with senior HR staff that understands the problem space extremely well. We often find ourselves being asked to help them ‘sell the solution’ to decision makers in the organization, or even wor... More...

BY: Laura Rerucha, Director of Operations, The Leadership Circle This past year has resulted in a transformation for both The Leadership Circle and myself; a year ago I could have never imagined the powerful outcomes I’m currently witnessing. I ... More...

The social network was only a short time in existence before organizations began screening job applicant’s profile pages pre-hire. It is common knowledge that the majority of employers today will visit your profile page before deciding whether or not... More...

Working Resources is a San Francisco Bay Area Executive Coaching Firm Helping Innovative Companies and Law Firms Assess, Select, Coach, Engage and Retain Emotionally Intelligent Leaders; Executive Coaching; Leadership Development; Performance-Based... More...

by Mark Sanborn and Eric Chester After graduating from college, Eric started his career as a high school business teacher and coach. Mark launched his career selling in the magazine business. Do you remember your first job? I mean your first ti... More...

Welcome to the newly designed and renamed Guttman Insights. We hope that you find it a step up from the previous look. In this issue, Dr. Jeanne A.K. Hey discusses how she applied a high-performance approach to her team at the University of New Engla... More...

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Exponential Engagement: The Next Step

Retaining Talent: Why Brand Matters

EEOC SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDS ATTORNEYS’ FEES

A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENT MAY VIOLATE THE ADA

NON-COMPETE ENFORCED BY TEMPORARY INJUNCTION

NLRB POSTING RULE UPHELD, BUT PENALTY NOT

More Great Advice from Alexandra Levit’s BLIND SPOTS

One More Shout Out for my Favorite Book of 2011

EEOC Sues Trucking Company for Improper Pre-Hire Testing

IRAC – A Lawyer’s Way of Thinking

Questions for Leaders

How Companies Get Busted for Independent Contractor Violations

I-9 Employer Handbook

Podcast Learning

HR’s Role in Closing the Coaching Gap

Small Comfort: Health Care Costs Projected to Increase Less Than 10 Percent, First Time in Decade

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Health Care Reform: Will the Affordable Care Act Survive?

Sell? Don’t Sell? How About: What to Sell? Latest Blog Entry by Mark Tocco with DBSquared

Do Your Employees Need a SCARF?

Sell? Don't Sell? How about: What to Sell?

Growing Pains A Necessity for Success

Fired Over Facebook

Emotional Intelligence Key to Star Performance

How to Attract and Manage “Firsters” so they Last - Part One

High Performance in Higher Education