Blogs / 2013 / March

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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 / March

What is your name? Why were you given that name? What does your name mean? Our name, a perfectly crafted combination of characters distinguishes us among 7 billion people on earth. It is our being, it carries our heritage and it was a gift of love... More...

The New Form I-9 and How to Properly Use It! Here is my blog post re: an important announcement that will affect every employer in the United States: http://musingsonimmigration.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-new-form-i-9-and-how-to-properly.html Timo... More...

( Crossposted from the Globoforce Blog ) What can five-year-olds teach us about social recognition? Rather a lot, it turns out. A recent study of five year olds by researchers at Yale University has turned up something very interesting about ... More...

There's a big push for employee wellness going on right now, so HR Directors are facing a lot of choices. If your insurance company offers wellness consulting, you may head there first - without a thought to some of the pitfalls. A... More...

Where Employees Are Valued & Why— Employee Retention Ideas… What retailer pays their employees 50-100% more than average? What company figured out that it only takes one great employee to do the work of 3 good employees? What business h... More...

“Listening is related to influence, such that those who are better listeners are more influential,” says a 2012 Columbia Business School research study titled, LISTENING AND ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCE. FOR STUDY CLICK HERE. The ... More...

Got Health Insurance? Looking for individual or group benefits? Whether your self-employed interested in LOW-COST individual/family insurance - or business owner looking for NO COST employee benefits - Voluntary and Worksite benefits are the ne... More...

- Big Data Initiatives Drive Growth in Demand for CloudPay’s SaaS-Based Global Payroll Management Solutions - RALEIGH, N.C. and LONDON, U.K. (March 7, 2013) – CloudPay , the pioneer of SaaS-based payroll automation for multinationals, t... More...

March 7, 2013 – San Francisco - BTS, a world leading strategy implementation firm, announced today that Susan Burnett, Vice President, BTS Leadership Development Practice, will be a speaker at the Argyle Executive Forum taking place today in San Fr... More...

I have always admired people who have made a real difference. I think it takes particular qualities to really inspire me and others. It is those qualities i have attempted to capture. My list of inspirational people is not exhaustive. I ... More...

Date: March 27, 2013 Time: 1:00 pm ET / 10:00 am PT Length: 1 Hour Cost: Complimentary REGISTER: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/521278640 The most measured and prevalent metric throughout corporate America—turnover—is one that ... More...

In celebration of National Sleep Awareness Week , consider going to sleep and waking up earlier for improved health and productivity. Read More: How Becoming an Early Riser can Impact Your Wellness More...

Lots of people are up in arms over Marissa Mayer's decision to outlaw working from home at Yahoo. As a manager at a media company with a fairly flexible work environment, it's not that I see no value in working from home. Say you have a sick ch... More...

By Tom McKeown | Monday, Nov 12th, 2012 According to the Center for Creative leadership, forty percent of all management rookies fail by getting fired or voluntarily bowing out of their position. This is a staggering statistic when you consider h... More...

So much "news", gossip and debate has circulated regarding risks of using background checks in the hiring process that many employers have considered stopping the practice altogether. The problem with that approach is that if an employee ultimately... More...

Bersin & Associates launches new awards program to laud organizations and their human resource leaders for employing talent initiatives in bold new ways across all spectrums of HR. Wednesday, March 6, 2013 In organizations around the world, b... More...

by Liz Lynch Personal development pioneer Jim Rohn once said, “The bigger the why, they easier the how.” If you’re ever had to take massive action to make a big change in your life, you know how important it is to set an inspiring vision. There’... More...

It can’t happen here, I have too much to do… Who took my desk and chair, my computer, too? They can’t replace me; the Branch Techno-file What do you mean I’m still in denial? Reorg Rag, Reorg Rag, Why does it feel I’ve been fragged? Reorg Rag... More...

(Warning: This article may be hazardous to the ironically impaired!) In this era of organizational restructuring or downsizing, or better still, what I call "fright-sizing," the challenge for top management is having the savvy and courage to gut ... More...

How to Be an Excellent Employee ( PDF ) – Only the rare and excellent company sets forth a list of desired behavior. It’s essential to remain positive with your employees. Remember – you get what you focus on. More...

Let’s say that you’re working for a company at a retail counter with a great deal of public interaction every day. Suppose that your storefront is in the middle of an affluent neighborhood, right next to a Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and Sun Trust Bank. ... More...

I recently responded to the LinkedIn question “How can a company attract and maintain top talent?” in this way: “Although you’ll get many responses about technique and strategy, in my experience that’s just the beginning of the answer. There’s a s... More...

I have a confession to make: I love In-N-Out Burger. As with any type of fast food, you can’t eat it frequently, but it’s amazingly good when you do. Both of my sons worked for In-N-Out; and the company has some of the best employees and managers in ... More...

Although many women work through their pregnancies without difficulty, some of them with physically demanding jobs or complicated pregnancies might seek accommodation at some point. However, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not define p... More...

“Wish for a hundred years of doing your duty.” The Upanishads (Ancient Hindu text) We’ve all heard the question “Do we eat to live or do we live to eat?” My uncle told me that his goal was the latter; not surprisingly, he died of obesity and heart... More...

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The Power in a Name, A Free Reward with Lasting Organization Impact

The New Form I-9 and How to Properly Use It!

What You Can Learn From A Kindergartner

Should you use your insurance company's wellness consultant?

Where Employees Are Valued & Why -- Employee Retention Ideas...

Become a Better Listener

How worksite benefits fill the "gaps"

CloudPay Experiences Record Growth in 2012, Gathers Strong Momentum for 2013

BTS VP of Leadership Development Leads Panel on Strategy Execution at Argyle Executive Forum

What Leaders Can Learn from Inspirational People

[WEBCAST] DISCOVER THE WINNING STRATEGY TO RETAIN TOP TALENT WITH WORKFORCE ANALYTICS

How Becoming an Early Riser can Impact Your Wellness

Working From Home Is A Mistake For 20-Somethings

You Can't Score if there is No Goal

Background Checks and the FCRA: A "Roadmap" for Employers

Examining 'WhatWorks'

Persuade with Purpose

The Reorg Rag (with apologies to no one)

The "Stress Doc's" Seven Highly Effective Strategies for Reorganizing or Downsizing

Form of the Month

What Would You Do? (A Great Interview Question)

Attracting and Maintaining Top Talent

In-N-Out Burger Sued for Discrimination

Accommodating Pregnancy in the Workplace

Editor’s Column: Do We Work to Live or Live to Work?