eBulletin - Week of December 4, 2006

Week of December 4, 2006

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Benefits
HR.com Interview with GE Money's Eric Kirchner, National Sales Leader, Benefit Solutions by GE
Currently, as National Sales Leader for Benefit Solutions by GE, Eric Kirchner manages a 10-person sales team focusing on development of broker/consultant relationships nationwide. His team promotes GE's line of Wellness, Identity Theft Protection and Legal products in the employee marketplace. An interview by Claude Balthazard, Ph.D., Director of Research, HR.com.

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Compensation
2007 Worldwide Pay Survey
Globally, salaries are predicted to rise by an average of 5.9% next year - 1.9 percentage points above inflation - according to a study by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a global leader for HR and related financial advice and services.

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Human Resources Management
Closet Entrepreneurs
"I had lunch with a friend. He recently joined a start-up, after having achieved at an early age what most would deem great success in large, established companies. He's thrilled." wrties Carol Ross.

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Labor Relations
They Won't Say as Much, But They Left Because of the Manager
In a company's arsenal of tools and assets, there is one type of thing that is even more significant than the most sophisticated equipment, more critical than the latest software: It's the loyal, quality employee. Yvonne LaRose asks, So why is it that the most precious of assets is allowed to leave?

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Legal
Workplace Investigations - Top Eleven Pitfalls
It isn't a question of IF, it's a question of WHEN. No matter how thorough or complete your antidiscrimination policies and training programs are, it is only a matter of time before an investigation into workplace misconduct will be necessary, writes Debbie Muller.

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Organizational Development
How HR Can Grab Budget Influence
As human resources executives look ahead from the fourth quarter to budgets for 2007, they ask the question: How much say do we have in the budget process? From Workforce Insights, Veritude.

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Performance Management
Survey Says: No Silver Bullet in Performance Managment Technology
Nine key practices are critical in effective performance management; from HR.com.

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Executive Coaching
Ask the Coach - Issue 24: Managing Up?
Managing and delivering to your boss' expectations is a key to your professional success. Don't miss Executive Coach, Merry Marcus', suggestions for managing up effectively.

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Leadership
Why Culture Matters-and How You Can Manage Yours
For all of its implied significance, cultural change tends to rate alongside tarot card reading in terms of credibility. It lurks in the unfortunate category of "soft" issues that leaders can't quite discard for the nagging sense that there may actually be something there, write Stephanie Quappe, David Samso-Aparici, and Jon Warshawsky.

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HR Measurements and Metrics
The Right Person at the Right Place in the Organization: Insights into Human Capital
Insights into Human Capital from Developmental Theory from Otto E. Laske PhD., DPsy: A recent presentation by Dr. Laske to the EU Commission, Brussels, Direktorate for Learning and Development.

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Staffing and Recruitment
Redefining Diversity for the Workplace
The concept of diversity and inclusion is finally being recognized to encompass conventional as well as non-conventional differences, writes Redia Anderson Banks, chief diversity officer, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP.

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Workforce Acquisition
70 Percent of Businesses Are Struggling to Measure the Effectiveness of Recruiting
Authoria survey highlights business imperative for hiring metrics focused on quality of hire and organizational fit.

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HR Outsourcing
Management Speaks ... Views from the BPO World
Whatever it takes for whatever it is worth - The Consumption Offshoring Phenomenon; from Karvy Global Services.

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HRIS/ERP
Responsible IT Waste Management Saves the Planet and Your Budget
With increasingly strict environmental laws being passed to regulate the disposal of waste devices, enterprises face rising responsibilities and costs. Time to get informed; from InfoTech Research Group.

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Training and Development
The United States Military - A Learning Organization?
Nathan Greeno met with military personnel as part of his consulting work during 2005. He was amazed at the level of infrastructure put around the learning effort. It was more than just training events. It was an example of learning process.

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