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Virtual HR Conferences
We invite you to attend one or more of the great conferences lined up for 2010. Watch live webcasts, earn credits, and browse virtual trade show booths. Registration is free for members.
Effective Onboarding for Smooth Transitions
- September 8, 2010.
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Quick - What Do People Think of When they think of Your Company? (And Why It Matters!)
- September 15, 2010.
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Rewards & Recognition: Are You Leveraging the Best Ways to Reward and Motivate Your Employees?
- September 22, 2010.
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Corporate Health & Wellness
- September 29, 2010.
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Wikis:
Do you have knowledge to share? Ever wanted to start your own wiki? HR.com invites you to check out our wikis and contribute your expertise.
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Seven Keys to Greater Change - Best Practices for Employer Health Programs
According to the recently released NBGH/Towers Watson Survey 83% of employers either have made significant changes or expect to revamp their healthcare strategies in the next two years, up from 59% in 2009. Through research, partnerships and three decades of practice, Healthways has identified significant opportunities for employer-based health programs to advance their ability to drive engagement, behavior change and ultimately financial success, download the whitepaper now.
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FSA Remuneration Code: Bonus Rules
The Financial Services Authority remuneration code is intended to end the practice that was common before the banking crisis that bankers received 100% of their annual bonus in cash.
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How Sales must Change to Remain Indispensable: Podcast 3 in Keeping Sellers Relevant
With a focus on understanding need and placing a solution while attempting to understand what's going on so you can place your solution it's no wonder that we've lost the real nugget of what is possible in the role of a seller.
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Companies Wake up to Stiff new whistleblower Provisions from Dodd-Frank bill - Seyfarth Shaw offers Recommendations for Employers
On July 21, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173) (WSRCPA) into law. The WSRCPA eliminates a number of defenses upon which employers have relied in defeating Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims, offers bounties designed to encourage employees to “blow the whistle” on fraud and creates new private rights of action.
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Would a Wiki Help Your Organization?
CLOs and training managers have witnessed the recent popularity of Social Learning technologies, such as wikis, blogs, and podcasts. As organizations struggle to retain and enhance workforce knowledge, and manage an increasing information flow, wikis are already playing a crucial role. Find out what they can do for your organization!
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Easy For You To Say!
Today's communications are predominately done by fingers – texting, twittering, emails. It's so easy to click “New” and begin typing. Many find it preferable to actually speaking to someone for fear of reprisal, appearing to be unintelligent, or just not wanting to be there when delivering bad news. But let's look at what the type word conveys versus the spoken word.
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Blending Web 2.0 Technologies: A Guide for CLOs and Training Managers
You've employed Social Learning technologies in other business contexts, but how can you incorporate them into your organization's training programs – without abandoning the investments you've already made from traditional training methods? This FREE whitepaper will help you find out how to utilize Social Learning technologies to maximize the value of your current training programs.
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Department of Homeland Security issues a Final Rule on I-9 Electronic Storage and Signature.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule amending an interim final rule on the electronic signature and storage of the Form I-9. This final rule makes minor changes to the interim final rule that employers should be aware of.
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How to Create an Effective Mentoring Program
Mentoring programs are one of the most effective tools in achieving business results. The authors of the book "War on Talent" reported, “Of those who have had a highly helpful mentoring experience, 95 percent indicated it motivated them to do their very best, 88 percent said it made them less likely to leave their company, and 97 percent said it contributed to their success at the company.”
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> Derailed - Summary
Tim Irwin's Derailed focuses on how a lack of key character qualities can cause a leader to go off track. Life is full of opportunities to make good and bad choices. The character of a leader provides a strong internal compass to guide choices, and it also offers a source of restraint. Irwin proposes that a lack or failure of key character qualities is the cause of many leadership failures.
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You CAN Handle the Truth: Reducing Applicants’ Response Distortion in Pre-employment Assessments
Oftentimes people “stretch the truth” during the job application process. During this session we’ll discuss applicants’ “response distortion”, its implications, and some of the ways we can reduce it based on ...
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Date: August 24, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
It's Okay to Be the Boss™
Bruce Tulgan puts his finger on one of the biggest problems in today’s workplace—an under management epidemic affecting managers at all levels of organizations in every industry—and helps explain why so many ...
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Date: August 24, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Service Awards: Six Missteps Businesses Make and How to Turn them into WOW!s
Could your company’s service award program be performing at a higher level and reaping greater returns for your business? Find out if your service recognition program is keeping pace with today’s ...
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Date: August 24, 2010
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
Transforming Talent Systems: The Mercy Behavioral Health Story
In the past six months, Mercy Behavioral Health has dramatically transformed their approach to talent. By partnering with Select International, they have developed a comprehensive competency model for all levels in ...
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Date: August 25, 2010
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
Fundamentals of Compensation Communication
Creating a culture of productivity and success requires appropriate communication around compensation. Inappropriate compensation conversations can be detrimental to the psyche of employees and may have legal or ...
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Date: August 25, 2010
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Time: The Next Dimension of Employee Engagement
Learn about a new approach to survey technology and engagement methodology that allows companies to listen and respond to their employees immediately, globally, accurately, and effortlessly. The result? The engagement ...
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Date: August 26, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Measuring Work Tolerance to Reduce Turnover in Front Line Jobs
Let's face it, front-line, customer-facing jobs are challenging. During this session we'll discuss those unique work tolerance characteristics that determine why some people fail while others succeed, so you ...
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Date: August 31, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Advance your career with HR certification
From this webcast, HR professionals will be able to learn how their careers and companies can benefit by earning the Professional in Human Resources (PHR®) Senior Professional in ...
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Date: September 1, 2010
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Protect Your Employees and Company from the #1 At-Work Killer
Are employee health & wellness and emergency preparedness your responsibilities? Then you need to know about sudden cardiac arrest – the #1 cause of death at work according to an OSHA-based study – and ...
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Date: September 9, 2010
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