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2009: The Year of Failure and Redemption for American Employees
2009 findings on employee financial issues have been released by Financial Finess. The report analyzes direct calls to the company’s helpline and online data from employees of over 300 employers across the country.
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Australian taxpayers pay $37 million for pay admin costs associated with MPs' perks and entitlements
The astonishing figure has been revealed by the Department of Finance as part of an inquiry looking to overhaul the system, which could recommend paying MPs a bigger base salary and axing all the hidden and costly payments and allowances.
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Is That Cupid Hiding Behind That Cubicle? Dealing with Workplace Romances
How should you deal with love at work? Are their hearts fluttering or pounding as fears of harassment claims; inappropriate workplace behavior and other similar unpleasantries can result from workplace romances.
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U.S. Labor Market Faces Bumpy Road from Recession to Recovery
The contradiction that showed U.S. employment and unemployment both going up in January is one of several complex aspects of the labor market’s road from recession to recovery, The Conference Board reports today.
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Workplace Violence: Employers Need to be Better Prepared
Why is workplace violence something employers are not better prepared for? Maybe its in infancy and many employers are not aware that it could happen in their workplace and also do not really know how to prepare. Or perhaps it is due to the fact that many employers just really do not understand the consequences of having an instance of workplace violence.
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How to Buy Innovation
Quantity (how many times, for how many years) matters in mechanical activities, where routine is not so dangerous. In areas that are fundamentally qualitative, including strategy and leadership, routine is dangerous and the significance of quantity is minimal. It's non-sense to assume that leadership qualities, synthetic (strategic) thinking, creativity emerge from years of practice...
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Leading from the Middle: Middle Managers Step Up
Middle managers know that for the company to thrive it must depend on all company leaders to help improve the company’s condition especially in difficult economic times. Human Resources is partnering with middle managers to develop a mindset of being more proactive in solving company challenges.
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Thanks…with Meaning and Purpose
It’s that time again. Finalizing the annual performance review and offering performance raises where earned. However, just like last year or perhaps even more so, budgets are tight and increases will be very small or non-existent. What do you have to give out?
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Research Confirms that Most Employees Don’t Love Their Jobs
When it comes to Gen Y, the findings are eye-opening: a whopping 27% love their job less than last year, nearly a 10% jump over the 16% who felt this way last year. In fact, 17% of Gen Y and 20% of Gen X workers are thinking about jumping ship and going back to school.
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Thoughts that Make You Go Hmmmm…..on Pursuing Excellence
We’ve heard a number of inspiring stories and seen many examples of personal and team excellence during the Vancouver Winter Olympics; The spirit, the will to win, etc. Learn ways to pursue excellence within your organization.
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> Beyond the Babble - Summary
Communication is one of the most important tools a leader can use to focus their employees on understanding, embracing, and delivering a company’s strategy. However, most individuals reach positions of leadership without learning how to communicate with others in a way that not only accurately conveys information, but elicits a successful response.
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Generating Buy-in for Performance Management Programs
Research has shown that organizations with consistent performance management practices have lower turnover and have nearly twice the revenue per employee. In this session you will learn how to ...
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Date: March 16, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Talent Management Trends in Healthcare - by Aberdeen Group
Aligning individual performance with business objectives and increasing engagement earned best-in-class organizations in the healthcare industry sizeable gains in employee performance, retention, and time to ...
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Date: March 18, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
How to Leverage Government Funding for Training in your Organization
Money for corporate training is tight. Budgets have been cut, yet training needs are greater than ever. Unknown to most corporations and large organizations, state and federal funds are available for a wide range of ...
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Date: March 18, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
How Corporate Responsibility and Environmentally Friendly Business
Practices Return the Investment
Is corporate responsibility (CR) and environmental business practices simply a fad? Using data from the Kenexa Research Institute, Dr. Anne Herman will illustrate how organizations that focus on these ...
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Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
How to Recruit, Retain and Inspire the Class of 2010: Study reveals what future employees look for
Do you know what it takes to attract and retain top young talent? A new survey conducted by I Love Rewards and Studentawards reveals what graduating students really look for in an employer and how they ...
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Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Elevating Your Hourly-Level Hiring Process from Good to Great
Today, more than ever, organizations need a better solution to identify qualified candidates with the best potential for high performance. They need a way to reduce time-to-hire and effectively screen-out ...
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Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
The New Landscape of Improving Performance in the Workplace
Human performance technology is a set of evidence-based methods, and a strategy for solving problems, for realizing opportunities related to the workplace performance of people. This presentation, by the ...
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Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Talent Management - The New Strategic Imperative for Performance Efficiency
This webcast based on a white paper that ADP developed, will discuss the evolution of Talent Management. Large employers were traditionally the early adopters of talent management programs. Now, the concept has ...
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Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
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> Social Networks Enhance Interpersonal Communications
We can no longer consider the social media phenomenon a "new thing". Google, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other sites have been around long enough for an entire generation of people to know nothing except these tools as communications media. That generation is a growing part of the workplace.
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