Blogs / 2013 / January

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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 / 2013 / January

The critical element in any real performance-based system is that rewards must actually be tied to actions within the direct control of individuals. Perhaps the most common example of this is piecework, where individuals are paid an agreed-upon amoun... More...

A Q&A with CEO Mark Murphy Q: We hear it a lot… company X did a great job hiring a highly skilled worker, only to later discover that the new hire was a terrible fit for the organization. Why do so many interviews fail to assess whether ... More...

A Q&A with CEO Mark Murphy Q: Listening seems like it should be so simple, yet the average person retains only 10% of what they hear. What makes great listening so hard? MM: Great listening requires a lot more than nodding your ... More...

Stationed at a week-long health fair “Brain Fitness” vendor table provided the opportunity for sober learning about modern day living: most Baltimore, MD city employees – I’d say close to 75% – are not getting seven hours or more of sleep on a regul... More...

I never imagined that just a few days interacting with my girlfriend’s granddaughter would provide such a dynamic learning laboratory on tactics and strategies for effective, if somewhat unconventional, leadership. My tutor is a bubbly, vivacious 13... More...

Authors: William Emanuel In a split decision, the California Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of two statutes that restrict state court injunctions against picketing by labor unions on private property. Ralphs Grocery Co. v. Unit... More...

Typically, Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) are the last step prior to discharge. In evaluating whether a PIP is appropriate, please understand that it is often difficult to spell out measurable expectations and be able to explain the means of m... More...

The Eighth Circuit Case, in a case involving Iowa law that is certainly similar to Minnesota and Wisconsin with respect to independent contractors, determined that a salesman was an independent contractor. The suit arose when he was terminated as a ... More...

The NLRB recently held that an employer that terminated five at-will employees for violating its workplace bullying/harassment policy by posting comments about a co-worker on Facebook violated Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA. The decision in Hispanics U... More...

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, including the minimum wage and overtime provisions, an employee has a right to bring an action if they are retaliated against for making a complaint, which complaint can be oral. In the case in question, there was... More...

In a recent decision, the NLRB abandoned a 50-year precedent when it held that employers must continue deducting union dues from employee wages after the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement. The Board stated that its previous holding in ... More...

I recently did a workshop for a group of CEOs at which the Chair asked the participants, “What single piece of wisdom have you learned about managing people?” Here are some of their responses: 1. Don’t try to manage more than seven r... More...

In the excellent book, Emotionomics, the author’s company conducted a survey asking employees these five questions:hiring-questions 1. Does your manager help with work? 2. Do you feel that you’re part of a team? ... More...

How many of you have a mission statement for your work? Not a company one, but a personal one? Stephen Covey encouraged us to do this years ago, exhorting us to find that sweet spot where our personal mission statements and corporate mission statemen... More...

Since the California Supreme Court decided Edwards v. Arthur Anderson, 44 Cal 4th 937 (2008), state law has been that Labor Code Section 16600 invalidates agreements with provisions that restrain employees from engaging in competitive employment afte... More...

In a recent HR webinar, I asked three highly revealing polling questionshow-values. Here they are: What have you done to show your value? Nobody knows that you’re doing a great job unless you tell them. It’s not that they don’t care abou... More...

HR Magazine's December 2012 cover story features APQC research on using employee segmentation to set rewards and retention strategies. Rewards and retention best-practice organization, 3M , and APQC’s senior project manager, Rachele Williams, SPHR... More...

I recently listened to a great interview with Dan Hardy and Sean Stephenson, author of Get Off Your But. This guy has an amazing story. He’s all of 3 feet tall, wheelchair bound – and has become a YouTube sensation as a motivational speaker. Sean ... More...

By Kevin Martin Change - both anticipated and unanticipated - is rocking the business world and shows no signs of weakening. As revealed in i4cp's 2013 Critical Human Capital Issues study (debuting later this month), issues pertaining to chang... More...

Working Resources is an Executive Coaching San Francisco Bay Area Firm Helping Companies Assess, Select, Coach and Retain Emotionally Intelligent Leaders; Talent Management; Leadership Development; Competency Modeling; Succession Management; and Le... More...

I have talked to, preached to, exhorted, goaded, incited, pressured, encouraged everyone I meet, know and/or coach to manage their career; plan for their career future(s); invest in professional development; renew their purpose; design their le... More...

If I asked you to identify some of the Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions that continue to surface year after year, I bet you would guess – “lose weight”, “spend quality time with family and friends”, “stick to a budget”, “eat a more nutritious diet” or “e... More...

You have a mentor. Now what? Having a mentor can help you progress your career, find new opportunities, new network and a sounding board. Following are few tips which can help you while communicating with your mentor. 1. Be proactive and contact y... More...

Below are top 5 things which can make your mentoring program below par: 1. No management buy in. Management needs to support the mentoring program completely. They should be aware of the long term benefits of the mentoring program. 2. Engagemen... More...

Recognize This! – Regardless of the size of your organization, pay attention to your people. They are your business. Continuing this week’s series of lessons learned from top executives are brilliant insights from Herb Kelleher, founder and cha... More...

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Give People the Power to Control Their Own Rewards

Hiring for Attitude Q&A with Leadership IQ CEO, Mark Murphy

What makes great listening so difficult?

The Science and Art for Better Sleep: A Stress Doc Guide

What I Learned about Engagement, Motivation, and Leadership from a 13-Month Old – Part I

California Supreme Court Permits Picketing on Private Property

JANUARY TIP OF THE MONTH

SALESMAN WAS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

EMPLOYER THAT TERMINATED AT-WILL EMPLOYEES FOR FACEBOOK POSTINGS VIOLATED NLRA

RETALIATION UNDER FLSA

NLRB OVERRULES BETHLEHEM STEEL, REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO CONTINUE DUES CHECK-OFF OBLIGATIONS AFTER CBA EXPIRES

Wisdom About People Management

Five Great Survey Questions

What is the Mission of Human Resources?

Non-Compete Agreements: Can’t Stop Me Now! — At Least in California

A Snapshot of HR Executives in Small to Mid-Sized Companies

Employee Segmentation Key to Reward and Retention Strategies

Get Your ‘But’ Out of the Way

Managing Change is More Difficult Than Ever, Top Executives Say

Identify Your Talents and Strengths

How to Transform Your Career by Being Social!

Make Career Transformation an Attainable New Year’s Resolution

Do’s and Don’ts of mentees in a mentoring program

Top 5 reasons your mentoring program is below par

Wisdom from “Best Companies” Leaders: Southwest Airlines