Blogs / 2012 / July

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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 / July

By Lisa Holland, RN, MBA and Gregory J. Hummer, MD The first step to achieving financial well-being is through optimal health. Today, individuals do not recognize how much money is spent on unhealthy habits and how those habits can negatively impa... More...

Details: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 12:00PM, CDT Presenter: Ron Nickelson Director, Global Recruitment Clover Global Solutions Event description: The Oil & Gas Industry is experiencing tremendous growth, making it an attractive target... More...

Recognize This! – Learning from others’ success makes our own path to success that much straighter. Intuit has been a trusted partner of ours for, oh, many years now. I’ve had the opportunity to share Intuit’s incredibly strong results thanks to... More...

From badges and points, to leaderboards and levels, there are many ways to introduce game elements to the workplace. But gamification is much more than play. For measurable results it must provide Social recognition. Psychologist Abraham Maslow r... More...

Not the best of situations, but common, especially for smaller technology implementations. Don’t despair, change management can always be weaved in to project work. Here are some general areas to address: Awareness Of two types- illustrating the ... More...

When PPACA was first passed in 2010, we created employee benefits communication videos that helped brokers, employers and employees understand some of the many aspects of the legislation. With the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the law, we h... More...

Employee benefits meetings are a great time to help employees understand some of the key drivers to health care costs. Use the video below as part of a Video Benefits Meeting to clearly and consistently communicate this important message. The video b... More...

Beginning September 23rd, as part of the Affordable Care Act, employers must make available a standardized Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) to employees as part of their employee benefits communication. Employers that don’t comply can fac... More...

A taproot is the core root of a plant that gathers nutrients from lateral roots and delivers them to the plant so it can flourish. Which makes it the perfect name for an organization that sees itself as a taproot for the nonprofit sector, drawing nu... More...

Growth in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers is outpacing that of all other jobs, and this trend is expected to continue well into the next decade. On top of this, STEM-qualified workers earn significantly more on average... More...

“Building Strategic Capability” – usually a term in bold font, at the top of an agenda in yet another executive PowerPoint slide deck from hell. When projected on the boardroom screen, all heads turn to the learning and development consultant (yup, ... More...

Today, after a beautiful morning run to the Sydney Opera House and back (yes, I get to show off on here too), I found myself poised and eager at my desk, readily attacking my inbox as is my morning routine. Sifting through the usual suspects, I came ... More...

By Andrew Butow – Presence of IT, Sydney Australia www.presenceofit.com.au “Gamifi-what?” is the general response from HR professionals when I slip this simple, yet powerful concept into a conversation. The misconceptions sit on a broad spectr... More...

It’s Karen D again, back to push to reach your NEXT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE. As promised here is Part two of the “right steps” you need to take, to be a kick-ass empowered, motivated and action oriented leader. 1. CHECK YOUR PERSONALITY AND ATTITU... More...

For those of you who don't know me, I am all about taking action. I myself am a life long learner, as I believe we all should be. But the reality is that you will never know if what you learned works if you don't take action. So let's get straigh... More...

The Leadership Circle offers well-written, researched white papers to help deepen your understanding and support your actions around leadership development. This month, Bob Anderson , Founder and CEO of The Leadership Circle, introduces a signi... More...

Recognize This! – Defining employee engagement isn’t nearly as important as creating an environment in which employees want to engage. I, among many others, write fairly often about employee engagement. Indeed, the importance of strategic, ... More...

Wage and hour laws are tricky, but when dealing with contingent, project based workers, there is an added layer of complexity – particularly when third parties such as staffing companies and MSPs are involved. Last year, a group of temporary wor... More...

The old distinctions between leaders and followers are gone. Great followers follow by leading. Here’s 11 ways to make sure you do just that. In 1982 I left a great job at MTV: Music Television for what is now the A&E Network for one reason: ... More...

Firms are now starting to notice of the advantages of hiring collegiate student athletes. There are approximately 50,000 student athletes graduating every year from respective universities across the country. There are five main reasons why firms s... More...

even more so than their American counterparts - have made a consistent effort to invest and support their workforces, even during turbulent economic conditions. Canada’s population is approximately 34 million people. The official languages are Eng... More...

Kansas City, Kan.— In 2012, nearly three-quarters of services industry employers experienced increases to their medical insurance premiums, according to the 2012 Compensation Data Services survey results. The average increase reported by these orga... More...

How do you incorporate a volunteer Program that will not be abused?? Does the unions get input on this?? More...

I am fed up with the continuing stream of unsubstantiated psychobabble about how younger generations need to be managed so much differently than previous generations. This usually comes from, or is spouted by “experts” to, mediocre managers who aren’... More...

If you’re a father I hope you enjoyed Father’s Day and were treated like a king. I tried to get our three kids — although they’re now in the twenties and hardly kids anymore — to give me the gift of laughing at all my Dad Jokes all day long. But they... More...

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Unlock Cash for Financial Wellness

Understanding Staffing Challenges in the Oil & Gas Industry

Learn Intuit’s Secret to Recognition Success: Webinar August 2, 1:00pm (EDT)

Why Your Employees Need Gamification

Change Management Without a Dedicated Resource

Affordable Care Act upheld – video communication for employers, and employees

Educating employees about health care costs

Benefits communication compliance deadline

A Skills-Based Revolutionary: Taproot’s Aaron Hurst

A visual snapshot of U.S. STEM career growth

Strategic Capability from the corners of Azeroth?

Performance Management in the Age of the Mob

Gamification - Are you "game"?

8 Tips to Step Up Your Self- Leadership Game. PART TWO

8 Tips to Step Up Your Self- Leadership Game. PART ONE.

Effective Leadership: Getting the Whole Picture

2 Perspectives: What It Takes to Engage Employees

Avoiding Wage and Hour Law Traps When Utilizing Temporary Workers

The 11 Leadership Secrets You've Never Heard About

Reasons to Hire a Student Athlete

“Software as a Service” Based Loyalty Programs – Country Focus: Canada

Services Employers Turn to Wellness Programs to Suppress Rising Costs

Will a Volunteer Program work?

More on Less Generational Nonsense

Jest for the Pun of It