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Do You Need Documentation when Terminating At-Will Employees?
One question that managers often have is why they need to worry about documentation when terminating employees since everyone is an employee-at-will. The answer requires a short summary of employment law 101.
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Let People's Emotions Get the Best of Them
It’s a truism in sales that customers make up their minds on the basis of emotions and rationalize their decisions with reason. That principle holds true in most types of communication where you’re trying to win people over – regardless if it’s for a product, a service or a point of view.
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What To Say When Your Stars Mess Up
Every single person is going to mess up at some point. And when they do, your role as their leader obligates you to say something. But what you say is going to vary significantly depending on whether the employee is a high, middle or low performer. And in this brief article, I’m going to talk to you about what you say when your high performers (aka stars or Hundred Percenters) mess up. More...
How Middle Managers Can Lead Up: The View from Above
Developing managers who can lead from the middle is a sound management practice that won’t undermine a CEO’s authority. When these managers take ownership of issues, make decisions and accept accountability for the results, their bosses have the freedom to think and act strategically, without getting bogged down in tactical matters.
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> Make the Quid Pro Quo Explicit
If you're a manager one of the most important parts of your job is taking care of your people. You want to be generous. You want to be flexible with your people. Why wouldn't you? We all know there are managers who do more for their people. Is your quid pro quo explicit.
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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 ....
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Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Catch the Social Media Wave: A Guide for Talent Management Professionals
Many employers still have no comprehensive policy when it comes to social media. Most still try to prohibit or inhibit its use by employees. But the social media ‘wave’ appears to have reached a critical mass ...
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Date: April 7, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
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> 10 Steps to Successful Coaching - Summary
Workplace coaching has gained in popularity, and it has evolved from being viewed as a punishment for poor performance to a perk for those being groomed for positions of greater responsibility. In 10 Steps to Successful Coaching, Sophie Oberstein describes how coaching skills are becoming critical management competencies as organizations prepare the next generation of leaders using fewer financial, human, and training resources.
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