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A perfect storm of employee preferences and business realities has spurred the growth of telecommuting to almost 10 million workers in the United States. The quest for a better work-life balance, the increased use of part-time workers like retirees, ... More...

What is HR's Role in Your Organization, What's New in the Vendor Space, and Much More Greetings from my desk (for a change). HR's Role in your Firm Let me ask you a very important question. What is HR's role within your firm? Typically, w... More...

"Don´t sweat the small stuff." This seems like sound advice, but it doesn´t apply when the little things are the array of diminutive computing and communications gadgets that are proliferating in the workplace. Whether they´re pr... More...

Managers overseeing the performance of others need to start thinking of themselves as investment managers. Few managers think of their employees as investments, but that's what they are, especially since employers will no longer have the luxury of tr... More...

Professional Development is a broad term that I will use to capture the planning that professionals might do for: building skills and competencies, increasing their value to an organization, and, keeping themselves enthused, energized and vibrant dur... More...

Workplace complaint investigations are a necessary part of every human resource practice. When the investigation is over, we breathe a sigh of relief and, all too often, put it behind us. If we never go back, however, we miss an important... More...

Efficiently managing a contingent workforce-your contract professionals, administrative temporaries, and IT contractors that augment your full time employees-is a complex and challenging undertaking.Historically, many companies have turned to staffin... More...

The workplace landscape has changed significantly over the last decade. The mere fact that we have four different generations at work creates several challenges. Add to that the fact that individuals in each generation have a different value system a... More...

I attended a coaching workshop this past weekend where one of the themes was declaring our breakdowns-the place where we know we are incompetent. Everyone is incompetent in something. We don t want to admit it. Especially me. I thrive on ... More...

Excerpted from Utah Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Wood Crapo LLC Whenever you go to a program on employment law, the presenters probably emphasizes the importance of documentation, but you need to know when and how ... More...

A co-worker of yours has been in the military reserve for five years and was deployed for active duty. They have been in Iraq, or Afghanistan and will soon be returning home and back to work. You may be doing many of the tasks assigned to... More...

Have you ever seen the movie Pulp Fiction? After a rather bloody episode, Quentin Tarantino realized he had to call in the "Wolf," played by Harvey Keitel, to clean up the mess. There have been many times in my career when I´ve been called to c... More...

Dear Joan, I have an employee working for me that has the worst attendance I have ever witnessed. She started eight months ago, and during that time has had two negative performance reviews because of her attendance. As an example, in the last ... More...

I want to tell you a story about a recent trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I travel a lot and sometimes for fun, my luggage and I have a competition to see which one of us makes it to the destination first. We had a quick connection in Chic... More...

Implementing a new system means changing not only technology, but processes as well. Inevitably, it involves changes in how people work, and maybe even what they do. The technology changes are usually managed by a company´s IT department and th... More...

One of my most memorable job interviews occurred many years ago with a CEO by the name of J. Burgess Winter. I had completed most of my scheduled interviews and had taken some time to explore the community when the Corporate VP of Human Resources ask... More...

Meetings take place - by the million - every day in our world. Some are satisfying and productive for the people involved. But many are deeply frustrating. People depart feeling annoyed, unheard, and unsettled. The last hour - or five - has delivered... More...

Excerpted from Maine Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Murray, Plumb & Murray Unless you live in an alternate universe - and maybe even if you do - you know someone who's crazy about the Harry Potter series. Maybe it'... More...

1. Am I willing to say what I´m thinking? In a world of political correctness and office politics, many of us think things that we aren´t willing to say. Perhaps we fear seeming prejudiced or giving an emotional, rather than a logical ... More...

Drawing on their 18-year study of 33,000 HR professionals and line managers, leading HR experts Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank argue in their most recent book, The HR Value Proposition that earning a seat at the executive table is only the beginning... More...

Excerpted from Texas Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Ford & Harrison LLP Here's a common lament: If only I knew then what I know now. And we lawyers often hear that right after trial. Trial provides the wisdom of hi... More...

"Off-the-clock" conduct is increasingly resulting in costs to employers. Additionally, off-duty conduct that has long added to cost for employers (such as smoking or other unhealthy conduct) is now being identified and measured. In an att... More...

I love to steal. Good ideas, that is. At the inflection point of a new year, I see all kinds of great exercises from fellow coaches on summarizing the past year and setting goals for the new year. My thanks to the following coaches ... More...

One morning at the airport, I overheard an employee talking about her new boss. "He s a nice guy," she said. "He makes me feel good about working here." Like many employees, this young woman is more influenced by her boss s "soft" skills than his ... More...

"Made in China" just doesn´t mean what it used to. Manual labor from the country´s 1.3 billion citizens was long considered its sole competitive advantage in the global economy. While American business has turned a blind eye, th... More...

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Telecommuting: Why Managing People You Can´t See Is Visionary

Vendor Files, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 13, 2006

Mobile Tech Gadgets Pose Challenges to HR

Managing Your Human Capital Portfolio

Professional Development; Body and Soul

Analyzing Past Investigations: An Investment in the Future

Whose Best Interest? Understanding Vendor Neutrality

Shifting the Role of the HR Staff from Transactional to Strategic

Breakdowns

D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T

Back to Work: Reserve Forces Returning From Active Duty

Calling in the Wolf

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Time to Take Charge

Make Your Customers Say "Wow!"

Managing People Change: HR's Role in a System Rollout

Management In Real Life: Leadership

Skills for Transformative Group Facilitation

The HR School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Personal Integrity: A Self-Diagnostic

HR's New Directive is to Deliver Value to All Stakeholders

Trials Can Be Won Before They Begin

Employer or 'Big Brother'- 'Can I be Fired for What I do on My Own Time?

Six Questions For the New Year

What Good Managers Must Do

China's Secret Weapon