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• Succession Progression

  BNET - 2006-01-16

  Done with the right technology, succession planning that reaches deep into the hierarchy can build a company's reputation as a great place to work and, perhaps most important, further strategic goals. The expense of hiring external candidates, combined with increased turnover in the corner suites, is helping to fuel the...

  Tags: Crain Communications Inc., Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Sound The Retreat

  BNET - 2003-09-01

  The article states that there is considerable debate about whether organizations can really rev up leadership skills or build a team through games, fire walking, rock-climbing, or whitewater rafting. If a group wants to build a team, it is more important to figure out what is hampering them dealing with...

  Tags: Workplace, Crain Communications Inc., Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Power To The Line People

  BNET - 2003-06-01

  From the executive summary: ‘Throwing out formal salary budgets may be a more radical step than most companies are prepared to take. At the same time, maintaining a rigid distribution of the budget may thwart attempts to provide managers with the power they need. When managers are limited to the...

  Tags: Crain Communications Inc., Manager, Leadership, Management

• Communicating in a Global Environment

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  It is very essential that, one need a strategy to make message crystal clear to employees -- no matter where in the world they are. Effective communication is the central lifeline of any organization. It's the vehicle for driving change, shaping expectations and rallying workers around a core purpose and...

  Tags: Environment, Communication, Crain Communications Inc., Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Strategy, Payroll Solutions, Management, Human Resources

• Truth And Myths Of Work/Life Balance

  BNET - 2002-12-01

  Ideally, work/life balance programs support diversity and are effective recruitment and retention tools. Trouble is, many companies do not deliver. Building a diverse workforce rests on an employer's ability to attract and retain female and minority employees who may not be able to work without flexible scheduling or benefit programs...

  Tags: Crain Communications Inc., Workforce Management, Benefits, Leadership, Human Resources, Management

• JA honors Crain, Fisher, Focus: Hope founders.(Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan awards)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-04-16

  Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan will induct four business and community leaders into the JA Business Hall of Fame at a May 1 dinner at the Ritz-Carlton, Dearborn. This year's inductees are Keith Crain, chairman of Crain Communications Inc.; the late Rev. William Cunningham,...

  Tags: co-founder, Crain Communications Inc., Leadership

• The Ethical Company

  BNET - 2000-12-01

  Building a company that does the right thing might not be cheap or easy, but firms that have such a foundation can avert crises, and show real returns: loyal employees and a better bottom line. Open lines of communication are an essential ingredient of any successful ethics program, and companies...

  Tags: Crain Communications Inc., Business Ethics, Quality, Leadership, Management, Business Operations

• Letters.

  - 2000-11-13

  Tucker taken to task, again Editor: I'm writing because I'm gay and was a Boy Scout and because I am incensed by Brian Tucker's Sept. 11 column, "Boy oh boy, how ridiculous can we get." I grew up in Cleveland and have family there. I visited ...

  Tags: Benefits, Biotechnology, Cleveland, Crain Communications Inc., Editor, Entrepreneurship, HEALTHCARE, leader, Leadership, SOFTWARE, Xerox Corp.

• Pros & Cons Of Pay For Performance

  BNET - 1999-02-01

  It is wildly unrealistic to assume that all incentive programs work, or that by taking away individual rewards, productivity per person will triple. Maybe that is why commissions and bonuses and other rewards programs seem always half-assembled-no one has figured out yet how to devise the perfect system. The new...

  Tags: Commission, Pay-for-performance, Crain Communications Inc., High-performance, Sales Force Management, Leadership, Sales, Management

• Facing Grief: How And Why To Help People Heal

  BNET - 1996-04-01

  Article focus on grief and bereavement which are traumatic experiences that diminish the energy, derail productivity and even change ability to think clearly and rationally. The process is a long one, during which we also can lose motivation and creativity. Plainly, every one is affected at some time in working...

  Tags: Crain Communications Inc., Leadership, Management