eBulletin - Week of May 1, 2006

• Benefits
  Incentives Motivate Human Resource Departments to Reduce Costs
  Motivating human resource departments with incentives to reduce costs will give them a reason to research alternative health care systems and reduce insurance premiums, writes Ryan Kennedy.
  
  Read Jeff Chad's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Compensation
  Statements on Executive Pay
  It's shareholder-meeting season, and hundreds of companies released their information in proxy statements on executive pay; Fred Whittlesey offers his take on the situation.
  
  
• Human Resources Management
  From this Generation to the Next - The New HR Leader
  Now, as never before, is the time for organizations to pause .. reexamine ... and renew their focus on their talent issues.
  
  Read Debbie McGrath's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Labor Relations
  CEO Charisma Fails to Impress Employees
  Despite their personal charisma and the latest presentation technology, corporate chief executives are increasingly failing to connect with their employees, according to a study by Novations Group, a global consulting organization based in Boston.
  
  
• Legal
  Handling Employees Who are Hard to Handle
  Trouble employees - everyone has them. Employers are constantly faced with situations in which employees create unnecessary problems in the workplace; Workforce Q&A from M Lee Smith.
  
  
• Organizational Development
  The Need to Cultivate Minority Executive Leaders
  In an interview with Veritudes Workforce Insights, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, who heads the Center for Work-Life Policy in New York, argues that the double lives that many minority executives lead can and should be changed.
  
  Read Sylvia Henderson's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Performance Management
  Question of Respect
  You may have heard a version of this story before: the one about delivering a lot of exciting programs, yet other executives seem to give no respect. Markku Kauppinen explores how to change this perception.
  
  Read Aileen MacMillan's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Executive Coaching
  Succeeding at the Next Level
  Forty percent of new executives dont last 18 months. Heres how to beat the odds as a rising leader, from Scott Eblin.
  
  Read Merry Marcus' Latest Blog.
  
  
• Leadership
  Thought Leader: Chris DeNove on Listening to the Voice of the Customer
  Chris DeNove is Vice President of J D Powers and Associates, where he specializes in helping businesses improve customer satisfaction and profits through listening to the voice of their customer. He recently spoke with HR.com's Rich DiGeorgio about this issue.
  
  Read Karen Elmhirst's Latest Blog.
  
  
• HR Measurements and Metrics
  To Benchmark or Not To Benchmark? A Benchmark Tutorial
  Before making the decision to examine these external points of comparison, it is important to understand what goes into a benchmark and with whom you are actually comparing your results against, cautions David Youssefnia.
  
  Read Claude Balthazard's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Staffing and Recruitment
  Are Interviews Derailing Your Hiring Process?
  Are Interviews Derailing Your Hiring Process? Interviews are indeed a vital part of the hiring process, but they can also lead to its downfall, especially for a small company, writes Charlie Wonderlic.
  
  Read Michael Moretti's Latest Blog.
  
  
• Workforce Acquisition
  They're Either Coming to our Front Door or They're Leaving Out the Back
  Mark Drizen asks if it's any wonder that two thirds of all new-hires will disappoint their supervisor or manager within the first year of their employment?
  
  Read Mark McAuliffe's Latest Blog.
  
  
• HR Outsourcing
  Offshore Adoption Trends in HR Outsourcing Market Update Report
  Everest Research Institute finds nearly half of HRO transactions have offshore component healthcare, energy sectors are highest HRO offshore adopters, followed by manufacturing, telecom.
  
  Read Zachary Meyer's Latest Blog.
  
  
• HRIS/ERP
  The Eight Steps of ERP Selection
  Choosing the appropriate product involves far more than comparing product features and prices. Adhere to a rigorous selection process to simplify ERP selection; from InfoTech Research.
  
  
• Training and Development
  People Parts
  People are like parts. It is this mechanistic view of human capital that limits the attainment of business goals and objectives not to mention undermines the raw potential resident within every employee, writes Nathan Greeno.

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