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Whitepaper - The Changing Healthcare Landscape: Big Changes Brewing?
While there seems little chance that a solution to America's healthcare crisis will come out of the federal government anytime soon, the states have been responding. A whitepaper report from HRN Management Group
Read Jeff Chad's Latest Blog.
- Compensation
What You Do Makes a Difference
Businesses who employ relationship driven strategies with their staff and customers are more and more becoming the big winners in today's market, write Kimberly Thelen and Ken Thelen.
- Human Resources Management
How Many Companies Lose That Loving Feeling
As spirited, organic firms become company machines, Jim Clemmer cautions their founding spirit and best people slowly disappear.
Read Debbie McGrath's Latest Blog.
- Labor Relations
Settling Employment Cases Just Got Easier
If there is anything that the typical clever lawyer does right, it is to shy away from offering tax advice to his clients. Jan Frankel Schau, writing in Mediate.com, reviews how new tax law excludes attorney's fees' portion of recovery from income to plaintiff.
- Legal
Why put off what can be documented today?
Several steps managers and HR personnel should consider to minimize the likelihood of having to choose between continuing to employ poorly performing employees or risking being at the wrong end of a judgment in favor of the same employees who look fine on file.
- Organizational Development
Avoid Piecemeal Pitfalls: Use a Whole System Approach to Achieve Diversity Results
Joe Santana has repeatedly observed how companies - in many different situations and in many different environments - fail to understand the entire context of a problem.
Read Sylvia Henderson's Latest Blog.
- Performance Management
Success Tips: Conducting Performance Reviews by Dr. Judith Segal
Success Tips, powered by AthenaOnline, is a short video featuring Dr. Judith Segal on strategies behind good performance reviews for your employees.
Read Aileen MacMillan's Latest Blog.
- Executive Coaching
Ask the Coach - Issue 11: Choosing a Coaching Company OR Individual Coaches?
Executive Coach Merry Marcus offers advice for making this important decision.
Read Merry Marcus' Latest Blog.
- Leadership
Thought Leader: Dr. David Sirota on "The Truth About Motivating Your Workforce"
Most executives don't think much of HR: not a shocker in 2006 or any other year. Veritude's Workforce Data Insights finds that our business respondents' opinion of the value of human resources correlates with their beliefs on other aspects of the organization.
Read Karen Elmhirst's Latest Blog.
- HR Measurements and Metrics
Workforce Data Insights: The Value of HR
Most executives don't think much of HR: not a shocker in 2006 or any other year. Veritude's Workforce Data Insights finds that our business respondents' opinion of the value of human resources correlates with their beliefs on other aspects of the organization.
Read Claude Balthazard's Latest Blog.
- Staffing and Recruitment
Baby Boomer Versus Generation X: Managing the New Workforce
Many good employees are quitting traditional organizations because the older workforce does not know how to manage them properly, writes Greg Smith.
Read Michael Moretti's Latest Blog.
- Workforce Acquisition
Three Overlooked Sources For Great Employees
Every business has three sources of potentially excellent employees that most businesses overlook: friends of current employees, friends of current applicants and customers, writes Mel Kleiman.
Read Mark McAuliffe's Latest Blog.
- HR Outsourcing
Is Your Job in Jeopardy?
The Chinese Century by Oded Shenkar explores the exploding Chinese Economy and its impact on the Global Economy, the Balance of Power, and your job! Read this excerpt of from his new book.
Read Zachary Meyer's Latest Blog.
- HRIS/ERP
Five Innovative Restricted Party Screening Applications: Looking Beyond Your Customer Base
As organizations start to look beyond their customer base, and in many cases within the walls of their own company, innovative RPS applications are emerging as we aim to keep our supply chain, work environment and country safe, writes Larry Christensen.
- Training and Development
Unlock the Power of Training and Development Programs: Eliminate Dangerous Disconnects Between Employers and Employees
In the recent Emerging Workforce Survey, Spherion found that while employers have been busy bolstering their training and development programs, workers seem to have written these programs off.
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Educational Webcasts: ( Free for everyone )
Filling in the Gaps - the How To's of Using an Online Performance Management System | May 24, 2006
Grounded in performance management best practices, use of an online system will differ from your paper based process. How does the use of an online system change the performance management process? What are the new capabilities?
Measuring the Quality of Employment Relationships | May 25, 2006
Years ago, it was satisfaction; now it's all about engagement. Along the way, some have looked at employee loyalty, commitment, energy, and more. Are these things all the same? What should we be measuring about the employee experience?
A Practical Approach to Realizing Higher Workforce Performance | May 30, 2006
Are you interested in unlocking the potential and productivity of your workforce? Join us on May 30 to hear why the common approaches used to develop talent limit an organization's ability to realize maximum employee engagement and contribution. Learn what it means to create an inclusive culture of development and the positive impact it brings to the bottom line.
Good to Great! Winning Strategies to Improve a RPO Partnership | June 1, 2006
With the dissatisfaction of outsourcing on the rise, this web cast takes a step back to uncover the real issues clients are facing and what can be done about it.
Integrated Talent Management Platforms: One Client Makes the Strategy a Successful Reality | June 1, 2006
An important trend in talent management is the emergence of integrated talent management platforms. Join us as Claude Balthazard, Ph.D., Director of Research at HR.com interviews Cal Link, Head of Human Capital Management Systems at Weill Gotshal, as to how the implementation of a single platform talent management suite at Weil Gotshal has enabled them to achieve the benefits of an effective HCM talent strategy and system while enjoying a low total cost of ownership.
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Next week's Thought Leaders Live Webcast: ( Free for Premier members or pay $150 US each webcast )
Effectively Managing Virtual Teams | May 22, 2006 Many organizations have a multitude of virtual teams in place at any one time. How effective are they? Does your organization provide any support or training to help team leaders effectively manage in a virtual environment? What have been your own experiences as a virtual team member? Come hear a discussion with Gerry Falkowski who has had extensive experience with IBM and its clients developing effective teaming strategies.
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Next week's Reality HR Live Webcast : ( Free for Premier members or pay $150 US each webcast )
Strategic Human Capital Planning: A Reality HR Interview with Matthew Brush, Director, Human Resources, Corning | May 23, 2006
As business conditions change, HR must change: Human Capital Planning is the process Corning uses to capture these changes and drive a reasoned response at the business and corporate levels. Hear how Corning uses a 4 step, tools - based process to ensure it delivers the right number and type of people at the right time meet the Human Capital needs of each business, and how it scales its service offerings accordingly.
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We are proud to announce the addition of these amazing keynote speakers to the 5th Annual Employers of Excellence National Conference in Las Vegas this October. Come listen to these well-known HR experts and thought leaders who will educate, motivate and inspire you: David Ulrich, Patrick Lencioni, Lance Secretan, Libby Sartain, George Borst, Frances Hesselbein, Margaret Wheatley, Tony Schwartz, Ram Charan, Steven Levitt and more Inquire about joining a team, or bringing your team to this event.
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