"Do not accustom yourself to use big words for
little matters."
~ Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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- Corporate Identity
Language Spoken For Winning
Do you argue with yourself when you are talking to yourself? Yes talking to yourself, everyone does it! The trick in business as well as personal social situations is learning to talk to others and get them to ruly listen. If you aren't hearing them even though you are listening there will be no real communication!
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Remove Obstacles to Progress to Achieve Happiness at Work
Happiness at work. I hear that all the time. People are always talking, blogging, writing about how to achieve happiness at work. While of course I believe happiness at work is not only possible, but something every employee and employer should strive for, I think it misses the broader point – people are happiest when they are doing work they believe in.
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The Fun Factor: Steps to Making Work Engaging and Rewarding
Managers are constantly looking for ways to “motivate” team members. This has led to an endless search for the right combination of carrots and sticks. These often include financial incentives, reward programs such as travel, merchandise or public recognition, punishments, and performance management systems. All of which can be motivating or manipulative depending upon whether they are based on a set of values and assumptions that are traditional management or leadership-based.
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How to Manage a Major Writing Project
Writing a draft is one of the later stages of the overall project, not the beginning. With a complex writing task, take the project management approach. Mull over your writing project while you’re still doing the preliminary work. Don't wait until you actually begin drafting a 200-page proposal or 15-page white paper. Fifty percent of any writing effort is thinking.
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Virtual HR Conferences
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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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> What to call HR Technology implementations to increase odds of Success
I feel a change is in order with respect to how HR technology implementations are labeled, marketed and positioned within organizations. Whether we want to admit it or not, many HR technology implementations do not live up to expectations - either in terms of empirically measured ROI, or anecdotally reported perceptions of the new system or module. While there are many useful articles and blog posts about causal factors, perhaps we haven’t adequately considered the need to simply call these very strategic initiatives something else. Why?
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