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- Robert Levin: Building a Network for Small Business
- Robert Levin's magazine, The New York Enterprise Report, has been serving the New York small-business community since 2003. Focusing on companies with 200 employees or less, its articles bring the wisdom of small-business leaders to their peers. Here Levin talks about his own business breakthrough and the issues business owners...
- Videos 2007-10-26
- Laying Off Employees |Leila's House of Corrections
- There's no easy way to do it. Laying off an employee is one of the biggest challenges for any manager and how you handle it shows the character and values of you and your organization. Learn 3 best practices to deliver the news with respect. If you have...
- Videos 2008-11-04
- Pension 2012: What Every UK Business Should Know
- Why Act Now? Business leaders have more pressing concerns and may feel 2012 is still a way off. But acting ahead of the regulations gives you time to communicate the changes fully and make adjustments gradually. Reinsurance and risk expert Benfield, which operates...
- Articles 2009-07-01
- Dealing with Employees' Personal Problems | Leila's House of Corrections
- Employees are only human and sometimes their personal problems can creep into the workplace. Whether it's marriage, drug or health problems, learn how you should handle such delicate issues as a trusted manager.
- Videos 2009-08-03
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- Re-Examining "Why We Hate HR"
- When it comes to a critique of human resources departments, the best article I have ever read on the matter remains Fast Company's 2005 piece "Why We Hate HR." Keith H. Hammonds a former colleague of mine outlines in telling and hilarious fashion why HR folk are...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Productivity Goals Should Extend to HR
- In tough business climates like the one we're in now, productivity is a major company goal. But we tend to view it purely on a team or personal level. In fact, a study by the Society for Human Resource Management finds that only 20 percent of HR executives view boosting...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- How to Measure HR Success Like Capital One
- The Find: HR functions can sometimes seem far removed from a company's strategic core, but new techniques of "evidence-based" HR are allowing much-maligned talent managers to show the links between soft HR programs and the cold, hard realities of the bottom line. The Source: A...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- HR: Nothing Personal
- "The more I know about you as a person, the less effective I am at my job in HR," says Punk Rock HR in this pithy little post. Initially, I read this as a deliberately provocative statement -- isn't it essential that an HR professional be a...
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- HR Directors Earn Top Salaries
- The UK's HR directors are the most highly paid in the world, according to Management Today's global salary survey. (Skip to the end if you just want to check out what everyone gets paid.) British HR directors take home £327,300 a year -- over £140,000 more than...
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Where Ethics and HR Collide
- Where Ethics and HR CollideWhere Should "Code of Ethics" Lie within an OrganizationInteresting... we have quality control on all our products and services to ensure we satisfy our customers, however, when it comes to quality control within the personnel of our company, well, where lies the responsibility to uphold the...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- HR: Are You Ready for the Workplace of 2009?
- HR has a big role to play in helping their employers weather a downturn. But HR professionals may need to adapt to the new demands of the workplace. They should take the initiative and start talking to senior executives in a language they will understand, says Dr John Sullivan in...
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- More Firms Find Benefit In Outsourcing HR
- Managing the Human Resources HR in organizations is very important activity from the point-of-view of sustaining long-term success. In order to successfully operationalize the critical HR functions, more and more organizations, today, are resorting to HR outsourcing wherein the HR functions are taken care by an outsourced agency. HR...
- White papers 2003-03-24
- HR Transformation Survey: A Case For Business Driven HR
- The talent crisis, global work force challenges, leadership development and risk threats have brought Human Resources HR Transformation to the forefront of concerns facing C-suite executives in the 21st century, and with alarming implications. Where HR executives are compelled to take on more strategic roles, this study reveals that HR...
- White papers 2007-12-05
- HR Managers Need More Long-Term Vision
- The Find: Assessing and planning for a firm's long-term talent needs rather than simply filling vacancies will be the role of successful HR departments in the future. The Source: A study from the Adecco Institute based on interviews with more than 5,000 HR professionals, along with an...
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Where Ethics and HR Collide
- The great majority of companies can't afford a full-time on-board ethicist to deal with delicate conflicts of interest and other moral dilemmas. Most employees turn to their Human Resources departments. So a study released this month by The Society for Human Resource Management SHRM and The Ethics...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Study: Execs Acknowledge HR Risk, Fail to Manage It
- The Find: You may think the C-suite is worried enough lately, but one survey finds executives are failing to sufficiently fret about one area of risk: human resources. The Source: Recent research from Ernst & Young entitled "2008 Global HR risk: From the danger zone to the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Outsource Your HR
- Managing the Human Resources HR in organizations is very important activity from the point-of-view of sustaining long-term success. The HR department is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining employee well-being. Some of the functions of the HR department include payroll management, hiring, firing, and maintaining compliance with Federal tax laws....
- White papers 2002-12-23
- Aligned At The Top: How Business And HR Executives View Today's Most Significant People Challenges
- Faced with increased competition, advances in technology and a relentless focus on innovation, senior business executives and Human Resources HR leaders agree that people are vital to all aspects of their company's performance. "Aligned at the Top," a new survey report shows that the strategic people agenda is not being...
- White papers 2007-05-22
- Hate HR or IT? Here's How to Stop Dysfunctional Organizational Behavior
- Organizational conflict occurs in every company. It destroys morale and affects operating performance. And when it's targeted at support functions like HR, IT or finance, it's disruptive and counterproductive to any organization, big or small. Contrary to what you might think, there's nothing normal or inevitable about this sort...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Putting Your HR Self-Service Solutions To The Test
- When it comes to HR technology investments, there's a new and powerful driver of return on investment that may surprise us: our employees. With Web-based, self-service applications sitting in front of even the most complex HR technology systems, employees are driving the success or failure of moving HR online. This...
- Case studies 2003-02-28
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