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Week of December 18, 2006

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Benefits

Dealing with Illness
When faced with a serious and chronic illness, how do you manage to work under the strain? George Wassell shares tips.

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Compensation

CEOs Misjudge Benefits and Incentives Most Conducive to Employee
Retention
Opinion Research Corporation survey finds chief executive officers need better information than they currently have when it comes to answering the question, What makes an employee stick with an employer?

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Human Resources Management
Leadership Priorities to be Reshaped in 2007
Leadership priorities will take new shape next year as senior management confronts shifting competitive and internal pressures, according to a forecast by global consulting firm BlessingWhite.

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Labor Relations
Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
When starting a new company, do you discuss strategies of conflict resolution in the workplace? Joan Lloyd shares her thoughts.

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Legal
From The Poker Table To The Boardroom Table
They know when to hold them and when to fold them. HR and poker may not have much in common, but there are lessons HR pros can take away from the poker table.

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Organizational Development
Policies, Procedures, People... Pointless!
Whilst contemplating the relevance of policies and procedures in companies of any size, an article appeared in a local newspaper claiming that it had put in place stringent and extremely rigorous policies and procedures, implying that nothing could go wrong in their organization and processes.

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Performance Management
World-Class Procurement Organizations Spend Less
Discover the Hackett Group's five key best practices to help executives realize the full potential of a World-Class Procurement Function.

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Executive Coaching
Coaching Program for Women?
If you are thinking about starting a coaching program for female executives don't miss Executive Coach, Merry Marcus', observations about common strengths and habits limiting women's success.

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Leadership
Improvement Planning for Taking Charge of Change
Effective learning and capability development doesn't happen just because we want it to. What's needed is disciplined, rigorous
improvement planning.

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HR Measurements and Metrics
The Most Common Myth About Employees: Praise Can Serve As Substitute For Money
The most common misconception employers have about their employees is
that praise can serve as a substitute for money when seeking to motivate workers, according to Sirota Survey Intelligence.

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Staffing and Recruitment
Just The Facts, Please
Remember Dragnet, that classic TV show in which police detective Joe Friday solved mysteries by patiently interviewing everyone who could tell him anything about the crime? Fact-based hiring does exactly what Joe Friday did-but instead of revealing "whodunit" it reveals the best candidate for the job, writes Mel Kleinman.

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Workforce Acquisition
Worker Confidence Increases Significantly in November: Hudson
Employment IndexSM Rises
The Hudson Employment IndexSM gained nearly four points in November, climbing from 101.4 in October to 105.3. more than five points higher than last November.

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HR Outsourcing
World-Class Procurement Organizations Now Spend 25% Less : The Hackett Group
Hackett offers five key best practices to help executives realize the full potential of a world-class procurement function: improved effectiveness dramatically reduces direct & indirect spending.

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HRIS/ERP
Calculate the Fully-Loaded IT Cost of a New Employee
The process of acquiring new employees, assimilating them into the enterprise, and making them productive is not cheap. Onboarding new business users involves interacting with different departments,
establishing user accounts, procuring new equipment and licenses, training users, and troubleshooting any initial complications.

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Training and Development
Climate-the Emotional One That Is
How the emotional climate can impact someone's overall performance...
the quality of this atmosphere is largely determined by the person or people who have the power. Learn more in this article from Linda Adams.

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Understanding Mandatory Compliance Training: The Fundamentals that Impact All Employees
While workplace compliance training is a hot topic for learning, HR, and legal professionals, there is a great deal of confusion about mandatory training requirements. For example, what must employers provide to employees, regardless of their size or industry? What are the best practices to ensure a successful compliance training effort? This presentation will focus on the critical topics of ethics and code of conduct training, as well as harassment and discrimination prevention.

Date: January 17, 2007
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Presenter: Shanti Atkins, ELT

How to Attract & Retain Top Talent
Today approximately 60% of your employees are considering leaving your organization. What are you doing for your organization to prepare yourself and your firm for the War for Talent. Join Industry Experts Bill Larkin (VP of HRM Solutions at Kronos Incorporated) and Debbie McGrath (CEO of HR.com) in this informative 1 hour webcast and learn some of the more innovative best practices that today's leading organizations are using to combat the War for Talent. Whether you are
Circque de Soleil or a F1000's employer, this session will give you some of the top tips on how to retain, engage and recruit top players to your organization.

Date: January 18, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Debbie McGrath, HR.com | Bill Larkin, Kronos Incorporated

Workforce Scheduling: The Driving Force in Workforce Management
You've maximized efficiency from the back office and supply chain. You've automated the foundational aspects of payroll and HR tasks. You're ready to take the next step to help your company meet its growth objectives. Introducing workforce management.

Date: January 23, 2007
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Presenters: Jason Averbook, Knowledge Infusion | Joe Thomas, ADP, Time and Labor Management Services

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Do Leadership and Culture Really Impact the Bottom Line?
On average, only three out of ten strategic change initiatives produce their intended value. Companies that invest in increasing their strength of their leadership and adaptability of their culture outperform those that don’t. Come hear the results of a recent study that determined just how much.

Date: January 8, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Karen Elmhirst, HR.com | Richard Roi, Right Management

The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything

Book Author: Stephen M. R. Covey

The Speed of Trust challenges the assumptions that trust is merely a soft social virtue and articulates why it has become the key leadership competency of the new global economy. Find out more. Read this review.

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