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I am in the process of reading Thomas L. Friedman´s latest book "THE WORLD IS FLAT" wherein he presents some very interesting and thought provoking information. I thought you might like the highlights to review in your environment. Mr.... More...

Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you want to really test a man´s character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln There is a lot of time, work and energies today going into leadership training and leadership development. It can be se... More...

People have told me that I´m good at networking. When I hear this, I think, "It´s so easy! It´s what I do naturally." In writing this article, I´m dissecting what it is I do naturally and putting words to what comes inst... More...

Are you sure that you´re providing the value your customers bought into? Even if your answer is an emphatic yes, you might want to take a closer look into your customer´s world. In my experience, 50-plus percent of all companies feel that... More...

Dear Joan: I am a college educated professional in my 40´s. I have worked with supposed "professional" people all my life. I have had this problem with inconsistency and favoritism in the last two jobs and in the current job I have. Without ... More...

Within every tragedy lies an opportunity. For the past few weeks we've been riveted by the destruction of Katrina - first as a natural disaster, then as a partisan, legal, sociological, bureaucratic nightmare resulting in death, destruction and ... More...

Excerpted from Indiana Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Baker & Daniels http://www.HRhero.com/inemp.shtml?HLe It's a common refrain from HR personnel and business owners everywhere: "I feel like I can't fire a... More...

You're the recruiter. You're visiting a prospective client's office. There's this undefinable but very present atmosphere that's like a dark cloud in a March sky. After meeting with the prospect for a few minutes, one of their staff contacts them.... More...

"There could be a worker shortfall of one million jobs by 2020." Conference Board of Canada "Even if Canada brings in 500,000 immigrants every year, it won´t solve the worker shortfall." Hon. Joe Fontana, Minister of Labour, October 31... More...

Oh my word...and then we wonder why things are going the way they are. It´s all because of the existence, or rather, the way we serve each other CUPs of "whatever" in the corporate environment, and not really excluding personal lives from... More...

Just when you think you've heard everything, along comes another surprise. Then again, you probably hadn't heard of Grupo Semco in Brazil, writes Kevin Herring. Part 3 of 3. Please click here to open this .pdf file. Read: Part 1. Par... More...

We can all think of examples when it's been easier to do something by ourselves than to hoave to work it out with so-and-so. The problem isn't so much that people couldn't get along as much as it was a lack of partnership. Please click here t... More...

If you are trying to initiate change, you need to have the right conversation writes Kevin Herring. Part 1 of 3. Please click here to open this .pdf file. Read: Part 2. Part 3. More...

If I am lucky I get to attend five or six HR events per year. As a relative newcomer to HR I am really fortunate to have some brilliant conversations with people that open up a whole new way of looking at the same old problems that most HR peop... More...

Managing people takes more than clear black and white views. Even though it certainly is important to make expectations and rules of conduct clear, it is not as simple as it is described in textbooks. Many good managers have discovered th... More...

Although booksellers might label it a New Age/self-help book, The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace, by Don Miguel Ruiz, makes some powerful points that I believe apply to the workplace. Ruiz cautions that since birth we ... More...

We can see a storm on the horizon. The Tsunami that struck Asia reminded us what the force of nature can do to unsuspecting people. The Tsunami's greatest danger is they give no warning. They appear when things seem to be safe and sou... More...

Whether it's God or the devil that's in the details, depending on whom you ask, it's clear that everyone's got an opinion on details and their importance. I used to think that only some very special people are "detail-oriented just like it re... More...

I wasn't the most compliant child and my mother often reminded me of that by reciting, "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? I will confess now, I wasn't much of a gardener either. My five year old standards were based on my pict... More...

The Human Resource Professional´s Career Guide: Building A Position Of Strength By Jeanne Palmer with Martha I. Finney Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer 2004 While there are many books about how to better manage human resources within organizations, The... More...

When you think about Leadership Confidence, your thoughts probably go to how employees feel about the senior leadershiop team. But have you thought about what leaders feel about themselves or about their own teams lately? Your senior executives se... More...

DBM, a global human resources consulting firm, today released the results of its 2002 study on worldwide career transition trends among human resource professionals. Throughout the year, DBM worked with approximately 500 human resource professiona... More...

After September 11th, 2001, the imagery of crashing airplanes was burned into our collective consciousness by repeated media coverage. Fear of airplanes and fear of air travel became a trigger for anxiety and panic attacks in many people. There are a... More...

Learning From Students Last week, I was invited to present in the Distinguished Professor series at the University of Colorado (CU), Boulder. The audience consisted of a group of doctoral students who are studying HR strategy, macro economics, organ... More...

An HR Manager Dreams As the safety drill ended, and the seat belts were fastened, I tilted my head toward my right. Our discussion on the socio-economic uplift of the middle class was yet incomplete. And I realized this conversation so far was from m... More...

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Developing Leaders or Character?

Networking Naturally

Value Creation-the New Core Competency for Growth-Minded Companies

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: The Grass Is Never Greener

Lawyer Leaders: The Opportunity Of Katrina

Yes, You May Still Fire Employees

Preventing the Toxic Manager

Engagement: The Power Base of the Future

CUP-Communication, Unrealistic expectations and Power play

Management in Real Life: Grupo Semco

Management in Real Life: Partnership

Management in Real Life: Relevance-Fit

Where is HR Leadership coming from?

Looking at the Other Side of a Coin

What if the Story was a Lie?

The Coming Workforce Tsunami

Everyone Notices Something

Effective Contrariness: How Does Your Garden Grow?

Book Review: The Human Resource Professional's Career Guide:Building a Position of Strength

October Leadership Pulse Results

HR Career Transition Study

Fear of Flying During Times of War: Guidelines for HR & Managers

Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM): What is it-REALLY???

A Day in the Life of a Human Resources Manager