Blogs / 2014 / November

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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 / 2014 / November

“It’s about them, not about you,” I told an executive recently. He had all the technical skills and experience the company desperately needed to turn a poorly performing plant around. As his executive coach, I was going to help him with the people s... More...

It seems so helpful, so kind, and so innocent. Without even knowing it, you may have stepped into the Bermuda Triangulation of Conflict. What starts out to be a three-hour cruise can turn into a shipwreck. The triangulation occurs when someone comes ... More...

In July, the American Bar Association Journal, the flagship magazine of the ABA, began its annual nomination process for its ”Blawg 100″ list, which highlights the top 100 legal blogs. And guess what? Our blog was selected as one of the 2014 Blawg ... More...

By Michael Hickins - Originally posted on Forbes If a company’s survival hinges on the ability of its people to execute against a well-conceived strategy, then its fate depends to a huge extent on its ability to attract, retain, an... More...

What’s it like to work for your company? Do people get excited when they hear your company name? How would you feel if I told you Google was looking for someone just like you? What about Monsanto? Your employer brand, … Continue reading → http://www.... More...

Plan B Propels You Forward... The post Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Sales Tip #1023 appeared first on . http://www.smoothsale.net/attract-right-job-clientele-sales-tip-1023/ More...

What do you think goes on among a typical group of senior managers? Do you envision a group of smart, hard-driving executives engaged in open dialogue about the strategic issues affecting the bottom line of their company? Or, do you imagine a group o... More...

Dear Joan: I have a new hire that, just days short of reaching his six-month probation period, lied to me three times in one conversation. While verifying progress on a pilot program that was his sole responsibility, I asked three project-specific qu... More...

Dear Joan: Several years ago I was promoted from the Accounts Payable Supervisor to the Accounting Manager, who oversees both the Accounts Payable Department (A/P) and the Accounts Receivable Department (A/R). Against my recommendation, one of the A/... More...

Many companies are about to find out what happens if they haven’t been proactively developing bench-strength. Not only is the economy recovering, but Boomers are retiring, which means people will be on the move—leaving for new opportunities, or le... More...

Dear Joan, I’d like to see an article on employees who do their jobs very well but can’t seem to maintain good working relationships with coworkers. These on again/off again swings sometimes wreak havoc in the department and have staff on edge. At ot... More...

Dear Joan: I work at a small software company (total 10 people). There are four administrative workers (all female) including myself and the boss’s wife. One of the two other co-workers is my sister-in-law and the fourth person is the newest person. ... More...

Dear Joan: I am a relatively new manager of a few staff members and I am trying to establish a way of being in meetings with them to figure out how I can best be able to assist them throughout the year. I’ve set up meetings with each of these indiv... More...

Dear Joan: I’m a relatively new (nine months) employee with a medium-sized marketing company. This is my second job out of college and I’m still learning my way in business. Perhaps this is a naïve question but I was wondering what you could tell ... More...

Dear Joan: I am a salesperson for a large corporation. Recently, I went to a meeting at our headquarters to represent the field. At the meeting were representatives of two headquarters committees to discuss two sensitive issues. I was to lead the ... More...

Dear Joan: We work in a five-year-old company with about 30 employees. Our firm has always used a hierarchical management system and the owner has spent most of his time away from the office developing a client base. Now, the owner has implemented a ... More...

Dear Joan: I am very fed up with my current employment situation and I'm ready to make a move. The problem is that everyone I talk to suggests that with the holidays coming up I'd be better off if I waited until the New Year to begin my job search.... More...

There is a Communications Triangle in most organizations. Once a relationship sails into this danger zone, there’s no guarantee it will ever come back. Ironically, many managers enter the Triangle because they think it’s the right thing to do and the... More...

It was a case of “Whack a Mole Management.” You know the carnival game—where the mole’s head pops out of holes and you have to whack it with a hammer. The managers were so busy whacking issues as they popped up, they never took the time to proactive... More...

Dear Joan: My workgroup has been fairly stable over the past several years and in our business (technical consulting) that is a real rarity. The problem is that one of my newest employees has started to cause trouble in my division. She is a good ... More...

Culture and engagement have never been more prevalent. This is not another “unlike ever before” line simply to draw eyes – in fact, research shows that 87.2% of employed professionals “hoped” to leave their job at some point in 2014, with 52.6% of ... More...

My fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Sadist, was a master of peer pressure. The problem was, it never had the desired effect. When one student was misbehaving, she made the rest of the class stay in for recess. Instead of blaming him for our misfortune, we ... More...

You wouldn’t ask your staff—or any group of people for that matter—to get on a bus without a destination in mind and directions for getting there. Yet, every day, in companies all across America, people do just that. They gather people in a room, cl... More...

Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know, when it comes to having a performance review. It’s the perennial discussion that is too important to miss, even though it may be uncomfortable. Silence doesn’t necessarily translate into, “You’... More...

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Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Employee engagement secrets aren’t so secret

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Steer clear of the Bermuda Communication Triangle

The ABA Journal’s “2014 Blawg 100″ – We Were Selected!

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd: Make HR A Real-Time Application

How Your Employer Brand Affects Recruiting

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Sales Tip #1023

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: CEO behavior has huge impact on entire organization

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: How do I manage an employee who has lied to me?

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Senior leader sabotages manager by allowing end runs – everyone loses

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Succession Planning is not about choosing a replacement

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Dealing with a Diva

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Employee’s sudden attitude change signals underlying problem

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Use different meeting styles to accomplish different goals

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Holiday yules and rules

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Internal politics need exploring

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Not all team approaches are good for the team

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Take advantage of holiday time to step up your job hunting efforts

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: More advice for managers about communications triangles

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: More advice for managers about communications triangles

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: How to avoid being a whack a mole manager

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: When coworkers bring their complaints about each other to their manager

Are You Prepared for the 2020 Workforce?

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: General reprimand and peer pressure are not effective management techniques

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: The art of effective meetings

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Getting the most from your performance review