Sat.Jul 23, 2011 - Fri.Jul 29, 2011

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10 Signs You're a High Maintenance Employee

45 Things

There's been publicity in the past about demands by high-profile celebrities and music stars. They insist on only white in their dressing rooms -- from white M&Ms to white sofas to white flowers. Or, they may request that special water is flown in from a small town in the south of France via Air Force One. (The water is for their dog, of course.

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Career Simplicity--Paring Down to the Essentials

The Bamboo Project Blog

We live in a complicated world, getting more complex all the time. I've come to believe that our best--really our ONLY--strategy for dealing with this on an individual basis is to look for career simplicity. How do we pare things down to the essentials so that we're able to focus and build on what really counts? . Beth Kanter had a great blog post a few years ago about the need for organizations to adopt a policy of simplicity in dealing with social media.

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Tips On Enhancing Team Effectiveness

TheHRBlog

Very simply put, a team is nothing but a system of getting people in a company to work together effectively. The idea is that a group of people working together can achieve much more than if the individuals of the team were working on their own. In a team, we bring together people who have […].

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Employee Engagement Myths and Kaizengagement Workshop: Small is the New Significant

David Zinger

Employee Engagement Workshop in London UK. The recent Employee Engagement Networking Event I ran in partnership with BergHind Joseph reflected the growing importance, interest and emphasis placed on employee engagement. The event attracted a number of people, most of whom were members of the over 4100 member Employee Engagement Network - a global network focused on employee engagement.

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Automate Your Onboarding Process In 7 Steps

Efficient employee onboarding is more than a warm welcome—it's a catalyst for business growth. Automated onboarding transforms new hires into productive team members faster, fostering long-term satisfaction and talent retention. For HR, automation means replacing inefficient manual processes with streamlined, cost-effective operations. Our eBook reveals how automating employee onboarding delivers these benefits, reducing HR challenges and elevating new employee readiness.

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Should You Go Back to School?

45 Things

When I graduated from college you could not have gotten me back in a classroom for any amount of money. Nope. Could not have paid me to go back to school. I was done. Kaput. Enough. No more term papers, no more boring lectures, no more studying for stuff I didn't care about. Flash forward many years and the career I loved -- journalism -- was going down the toilet faster than a dead goldfish.

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No Comment

Working Girl

'Dave Ryan and I were chatting the other day about how our recent project social topics have generated lots of new traffic but little in the way of comments so we decided our next PS topic would be, ‘Why do I comment?’ Of course, we don’t know if our reasons for commenting are the same as yours but we''re both so typical they probably are. So here’s why I comment: 1.

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Employee Engagement Wisdom Gets Lost As It Never Stops

David Zinger

Are you able to pause or come to a complete stop? Employee engagement never stops. People work everyday and the work on employee engagement never ceases. We are flooded with: Surveys, Tweets, Facebook entries, Google+ entries, LinkedIn updates, Employee Engagement Network contributions, Forums, Groups, Reports, White papers, Blog posts, News releases, Books, E-books, Videos, One thousand other streams of information.

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Effective Management: 5 Critical Skill Areas

QAspire

Managing effectively is not just one skill, but a mix of different skills. It is a combination of different kinds of intelligence we have as human beings, which makes it an art and a craft. Have you seen a manager who is highly skilled in technical areas but lacks empathy for others? Or the one [.

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Why Companies Won't Hire the Unemployed

Evil HR Lady

It's easier to find a job when you have a job. Some companies are taking this principle to the extreme and excluding the unemployed. Here's why.

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Modernizing Hiring: The Rise of Contingent Recruitment in 2024

The job market is changing fast, and to stay ahead, your hiring strategy needs to be flexible. With recent economic shifts, more companies are turning to contingent workers for their adaptability and cost savings. In fact, 32% of businesses are already prioritizing contingent over traditional full-time positions. Curious to learn more? In our new guide, you'll discover: The major benefits of incorporating contingent workers into your team.

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A Top 50 Human Resources Blog

Strategic HCM

'For the third year in a row, Evan Carmichael has rated this blog as one of his top 5 HR blogs. This year I’ve even made it to the top of the post, just below Kris Dunn (pictured) and his team’s blog, Fistful of Talent – star billing indeed! Thanks Evan! Technorati Tags: Evan Carmichael , top , HR , blog Consulting - Research - Speaking - Training - Writing Strategy - Talent - Engagement - Change and OD Contact me to create more value for your business jon [dot] ingham [at] strategic [dash] hcm

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Wednesday Inspiration - Bonhoeffer

NoExcusesHR

'If you are motivated to read the true story of one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century, pick up Eric Metaxas'' book Bonhoeffer. You will learn about a whole new level of leadership sacrifice that goes far beyoned the day to day worries of onboarding, vacancies, and corporate strategy. Let me know what you think. I''d love to discuss Dietrich''s work, and Eric''s book, anytime.

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5 Things You Can Do To Help Your Company – Right Now

Inpower Coaching

I’ve written a lot about how we’re leaving plentiful resources untapped by failing to adjust our business culture to invite more women into leadership roles and how we need to transform The System to take advantage of our talents. In recognition of the fact that a company with women in roughly 30% of its leadership tend to produce healthier and stronger performing companies, there are lots of good programs out there trying to help women.

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Are You Too Old To Get Hired?

Evil HR Lady

Age discrimination is an unfortunately reality of today's job market. Here are some suggestions to beat it and walk away with the job. Are You Too Old To Get Hired?

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The Essential Performance Review Checklist

Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.

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Workaiku: Stillpoint

David Zinger

No dancing movement. standing still inside the task. eternity works.

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Don't Be A Culture Vulture

NoExcusesHR

'I worry about finding talent for my organization. We need people with highly specialized clinical skills to care for some of the most fragile patients imaginable. Maybe we need a talent manifesto to make sure we go about it the right way. What I do know is that sometimes I get too caught up in worrying about "culture." Good Word - Misguided Focus Time for some self-disclosure.I get a bit fired up about culture.

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Connecting the Dots

The Bamboo Project Blog

A few years ago I posted about one of my favorite Steve Jobs' stories: . Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.

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Unemployed For a Long Time? Try This

Evil HR Lady

If you've been out of work a long time, you're not alone. Here are 10 suggestions to help you get a job, even in the face of long term unemployment. Click here to read: Unemployed For a Long Time?

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An HR Leaders Guide: 7 Questions To Ask When Developing Your Cancer Strategy

As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?

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Are You A Believer?

NoExcusesHR

'"Believe me, this is the right thing." "I''ve got to believe we''re on the right track." "We b elieve this is the best move going forward." Having strong beliefs is an integral part of society. Whether they are personal, spiritual, professional, or corporate beliefs, it seems we all have some whether we consciously think about them or not. So what is it that society is pushing us to believe?

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Are You Too Old To Get Hired?

Evil HR Lady

Age discrimination is an unfortunately reality of today's job market. Here are some suggestions to beat it and walk away with the job. Are You Too Old To Get Hired?

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Why Companies Won't Hire the Unemployed

Evil HR Lady

It's easier to find a job when you have a job. Some companies are taking this principle to the extreme and excluding the unemployed. Here's why.

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