Transparent Office

JULY 7, 2008

"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.” Somerset Maugham. Today as I reflect on the coming week, this quote popped onto my radar, and I thought of my team. Counting my intern and I, we have a team of 9. And we have gone through some big challenges together the past 6 months: 2 people quit to take jobs at other firms. 1 person got promoted to fill a brand new, very unique role in the firm.

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Josh Bersin

JULY 2, 2008

Whew. Earlier this year we embarked on a major research effort to understand the growing role of social networking in enterprise learning and talent management. The results are amazing. Let me give you a brief preview of some of our initial findings: Organizations are working mightily to figure out how to leverage social networking (blogs, Read more» The post Social Networking in Talent Management: Where are we?

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Knowledge Musings

JULY 28, 2008

Lucas McDonnell has a list of 15 tips for successful knowledge sharing. Reading through them, I couldn't help think of the Carnegie tips from How to Win Friends and Influence People. In both cases, the general principle is to listen more than you talk and let people have interesting ideas - no matter who really owns them. Here is Lucas' list (check the source for his comments): Share failures as well as successes.

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 2, 2008

This is completely off topic, and I apologize for it. On Monday, one of my friends was killed in a car crash. Her parents, who were with her, are in critical condition and the doctors don't expect her mother to survive. My friend was 46. An 18 year old girl ran a stop sign and t-boned them. She walked away with minor injuries. She was also text messaging while driving.

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JULY 28, 2008

'A common problem in many organizations. Employee turnover is very costly to any organization. Keep in mind that employee turnover is generally the result of more than one factor. Follow these steps in assessing and dealing with this problem: 1. Ask the employees how they feel about working for the organization. This can be accomplished in several ways, but anonymity is often important because employees often fear retaliation from superiors or peers.

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Transparent Office

JULY 24, 2008

I admit it, I am addicted to good blogs. Â . by David Zinger. We do not use an extensive blog-roll on Slacker Manager. I published the list of blogs I follow on my site: www.davidzinger.com. There was such a positive response with people finding new blogs or rediscovering old blogs that I decided there was good value to offer this list to you. Happy Reading!

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 15, 2008

I am a graduate looking for jobs. I frequently attend interviews and I am asked “ Why do you want to join this job?” I actually couldn’t reply anything. In the same way I got a interview call from another company in India. They have a opening for software engineer job. They have asked me to update my details and have to write “Reason why I am interested in this job” in 300 words.

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 14, 2008

I was issued a written warning for failure to use the proper channels to report a complaint, referencing a policy from the handbook. This stems from a private conversation I had with another manager regarding how my boss/hostile environment is making me sick. The other manager was concerned and reported to HR (or as some would say "threw me under the bus").

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Transparent Office

JULY 31, 2008

Get Psyched as a Manager. Â . by David Zinger. Sports is often used as a metaphor for leadership, management, and the workplace. What lessons have you learned from playing sports that helps you as a manager. My specific interest is the application of sports psychology to management performance. I taught Educational Psychology at the University of Manitoba for over 20 years and firmly believe many of the skills from sports psychology can transfer to the workplace.

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Transparent Office

JULY 31, 2008

Get Psyched as a Manager. Â . by David Zinger. Sports is often used as a metaphor for leadership, management, and the workplace. What lessons have you learned from playing sports that helps you as a manager. My specific interest is the application of sports psychology to management performance. I taught Educational Psychology at the University of Manitoba for over 20 years and firmly believe many of the skills from sports psychology can transfer to the workplace.

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Transparent Office

JULY 30, 2008

Leadership Now's Leading Blog is one of my favorite sources of leadership inspiration. Recently, they created some free leadership wallpapers with pictures and quotes from great leaders like: Winston Churchill. Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. and several others. I think this is a really great idea. Take some great quotes, add them to a nice picture of the quote, and then offer them as a free download for your readers.

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Transparent Office

JULY 30, 2008

Leadership Now's Leading Blog is one of my favorite sources of leadership inspiration. Recently, they created some free leadership wallpapers with pictures and quotes from great leaders like: Winston Churchill. Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. and several others. I think this is a really great idea. Take some great quotes, add them to a nice picture of the quote, and then offer them as a free download for your readers.

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Transparent Office

JULY 29, 2008

Do you slack? Can you slack? Have you thought about slacking to create focus, turn off work, and get fit? Slacking may not be what you think. In fact, slacking may reduce thinking. . Are you ready to think differently about being a slacker? You slack when you wobble atop a one-inch-wide strand of nylon webbing suspended between two poles, trees, etc.

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Transparent Office

JULY 29, 2008

Do you slack? Can you slack? Have you thought about slacking to create focus, turn off work, and get fit? Slacking may not be what you think. In fact, slacking may reduce thinking. . Are you ready to think differently about being a slacker? You slack when you wobble atop a one-inch-wide strand of nylon webbing suspended between two poles, trees, etc.

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Transparent Office

JULY 28, 2008

It shouldn't cost you a bunch of money to thank your team for a job well done. Some of the best awards I've received have cost the person giving it to me absolutely nothing, and I love those awards far more than any of the costly rewards I've gotten. As I've examined the rewards that have meant the most to me, I've come up with 4 things that all of the most meaningful awards had in common.

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Transparent Office

JULY 28, 2008

It shouldn't cost you a bunch of money to thank your team for a job well done. Some of the best awards I've received have cost the person giving it to me absolutely nothing, and I love those awards far more than any of the costly rewards I've gotten. As I've examined the rewards that have meant the most to me, I've come up with 4 things that all of the most meaningful awards had in common.

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Transparent Office

JULY 26, 2008

What are your 3 management wishes?  . Slacker Manager Readers Respond. Here is a selection of responses from Slacker Manager readers on 3 wishes they would like a Genie to grant. The 3 types of wishes were: . The wish I would grant for the people I manage is…      . The wish I would grant for the organization is… The wish I would grant for myself is… I alternated the display of wishes between red and black: happiness, regardless of their choice to work for me or my comp

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Transparent Office

JULY 26, 2008

What are your 3 management wishes?  . Slacker Manager Readers Respond. Here is a selection of responses from Slacker Manager readers on 3 wishes they would like a Genie to grant. The 3 types of wishes were: . The wish I would grant for the people I manage is…      . The wish I would grant for the organization is… The wish I would grant for myself is… I alternated the display of wishes between red and black: happiness, regardless of their choice to work for me or my comp

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 25, 2008

I got the following comment on my post on networking : Stop naming it networking, call it nepotism. Hiring people based on who they know is unprofessional. I work in HR and someone's recommendation means squat, I have enough of a brain to evaluate skills and not relationships. If you had to have life saving surgery would you pick the most qualified doctor or one that is funny at parties?

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 25, 2008

We pre-employment drug screen all applicants. Manager started someone, against my better judgment, before we got drug screen results. Of course, came back positive for Marijuana. Manager told applicant to stay home today, but this manager is in love with this applicant and wants to make exception to policy to keep them on board. Our policy says that the applicant can have other half of their specimen tested at their own expense and if it comes back negative we reimburse them and they can start w

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 25, 2008

I got the following comment on my post on networking : Stop naming it networking, call it nepotism. Hiring people based on who they know is unprofessional. I work in HR and someone's recommendation means squat, I have enough of a brain to evaluate skills and not relationships. If you had to have life saving surgery would you pick the most qualified doctor or one that is funny at parties?

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 25, 2008

We pre-employment drug screen all applicants. Manager started someone, against my better judgment, before we got drug screen results. Of course, came back positive for Marijuana. Manager told applicant to stay home today, but this manager is in love with this applicant and wants to make exception to policy to keep them on board. Our policy says that the applicant can have other half of their specimen tested at their own expense and if it comes back negative we reimburse them and they can start w

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Transparent Office

JULY 25, 2008

Sam Decker shared a fantastically helpful articled about the 5 stars of a Rockstar Employee. Initiative. Integrity. Execution. Strategic Agility. Communication. Here’s a bit of background on why Sam is qualified to write this list: In my career I've worked with hundreds of people, interviewed a few hundred, and hired over 100 people. A minority of these folks (say 10%) were rockstars, a minority I'd never hire or want to work with (another 10%), and the rest are in the middle.

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Transparent Office

JULY 25, 2008

Sam Decker shared a fantastically helpful articled about the 5 stars of a Rockstar Employee. Initiative. Integrity. Execution. Strategic Agility. Communication. Here’s a bit of background on why Sam is qualified to write this list: In my career I've worked with hundreds of people, interviewed a few hundred, and hired over 100 people. A minority of these folks (say 10%) were rockstars, a minority I'd never hire or want to work with (another 10%), and the rest are in the middle.

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Transparent Office

JULY 24, 2008

I admit it, I am addicted to good blogs. Â . by David Zinger. We do not use an extensive blog-roll on Slacker Manager. I published the list of blogs I follow on my site: www.davidzinger.com. There was such a positive response with people finding new blogs or rediscovering old blogs that I decided there was good value to offer this list to you. Happy Reading!

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Reviewsnap

JULY 23, 2008

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 23, 2008

I have worked for a company in Northern California for over 5 years. We have a small inside sales force that is extremely busy and we are all exempt employees. We are paid on commission (after our salary is covered). The company policy does not have a sick time policy for exempt employees and everyone is good about it but one of our top sales people.

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Evil HR Lady

JULY 23, 2008

I have worked for a company in Northern California for over 5 years. We have a small inside sales force that is extremely busy and we are all exempt employees. We are paid on commission (after our salary is covered). The company policy does not have a sick time policy for exempt employees and everyone is good about it but one of our top sales people.

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