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Stop Procrastination And Take Action

Procrastination is a bad habit that can turn into a rapidly downward spiralling journey. It starts of innocently as an avoidance of tasks and responsibilities that need to be fulfilled, but if allowed to develop can turn into a nasty habit. There are many negative and harmful effects of procrastination,...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job

White papers 2007-12-01

How Procrastination Harms Your Life

It has often been said the procrastination is the grave of opportunity. Indeed, procrastinate today and you lose countless opportunities that could have blossomed had you not procrastinated. Procrastination is a bad habit, with many negative effects on your job, relationships and mental health. However, with enough perseverance and determination,...

Tags: health care, job

White papers 2007-12-01

Procrastination: Do It Now!

Procrastination is part of being human. We are all plagued by procrastination at one time or another. However, for some it is a major problem. This area will attempt to deal with the type of "Excessive postponing" that impacts one's academic performance. Procrastination usually has the same net results in...

Tags: Performance management, performance

White papers 2007-12-01

Procrastination Pointers

Procrastination is one of the biggest enemies we have to our Personal Productivity. Thinking about doing something and planning to do it are fine, but what if we fail to move ahead? Procrastinating the unimportant items in our day is a useful talent. The problem for many, however, is that...

Tags: Workforce management, talent

White papers 2007-12-01

Additional Resources

Dragging the chain on disarmament: Tilman Ruff writes on Australia's disarmament record.

If humans do manage the mighty challenge of making the transition to some kind of sustainable future--by ridding ourselves of all weapons of mass destruction before they are used in war, and learning to live within the capacity of the ecosphere to absorb our impact and sustain...

Articles 2007-12-01

CYBERSLACKERS

E-mailing, Web surfing and online journaling have advanced the workplace in countless ways. They've also created a new breed of employee, the cyberslacker. When boredom, procrastination or pressing personal business strike at work, the cyberslacker goes online to shop, play games, pay bills, view pornography, download...

Articles 2006-02-06

COFFEE RUN, ANYONE?

Procrastinators, Beware! Employee Output is Weakest Late in Day, Survey Shows A recent study confirms what our bodies have been telling us all along-we run out of steam as the day wears on. Thirty-three percent of executives surveyed said 4 to 6 p.m. is the least productive...

Articles 2005-09-01

Savings is win-win.(YourBusiness: Ways+Means)

Although Social Security and pension issues have been in the headlines for some time, many people still don't take advantage of employer-supported savings like 401k plans. Some of the reasons cited in a study done by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services firm, include procrastination,...

Articles 2005-09-01

Autopilot 401(k) boosts savings

Want an easy way to save more for retirement? Let someone else do it for you. Like many Americas, Amy Sadaune, vice president of human resources for First Community Credit Union in Houston, has her employer deposit a portion of her income into a 401k plan. But...

Articles 2005-08-28

Sacramento, Calif., Summer Jobs Are Still Open, Even for Procrastinators.

By Melanie Payne, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 20--Kids come into Whitney Oaks Golf Club almost every day looking for summer jobs. Archie Cart, the general manager of the Rocklin golf course feels for...

Articles 2002-05-20

[13] The briefs.(Neighbor)

New principal for Tefft Middle School Elgin Area School District U-46 announced Tefft Middle School Assistant Principal Lavonne Smiley will become the Streamwood school's new principal this fall. Smiley replaces Randall Hodges, who was recently named as the district's new director of human ...

Articles 2001-04-16

Zen And The Art Of Resolving HR, Personal Dilemmas

Are many of the issues human resources professionals deal with every day just an illusion? According to two people who spoke here, they are-but not for the HR folks as much as for the credit union personnel. Addressing the CUNA HR Council's Annual Summit here, Tim...

Articles 2001-04-16

Is your vendor compliant? (Countdown to Year 2000) (Industry Trend or Event)(Column)

Organizations need to take responsibility to ensure Year 2000 compliance from vendors. A difficulty is that most vendors will not simply admit they are not ready. Rather, they will most likely either say they are ready or they will be so. Organizations should be wary of such assertions and should...

Articles 1998-02-01