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On May 5, HarperCollins will release The New One Minute Manager, a new book based on the 1982 business classic co-authored by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. Recognizing that the world has chan... 
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By Eric B. Meyer
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By Eric B. Meyer One week ago today, a Germanwings plane carrying 150 people crashed and killed everyone on board. Since then, there is mounting evidence that the co-pilot, who was in great …
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This is going to be a major HR issue for some time...with lots of implications.
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Younger jobseekers are likely to be highly skilled and enthusiastic. So why do some employers avoid them?
Gary Campbell's curator insight,
April 3, 2015 7:33 AM
Generation Y is perfect for this country. So called democracy has sucked people dry of their time and energy, yet at the same time have made it more difficult for people to live and raise a family. Generation Y will do it their way, I wonder will it impact the way corporations do business, if they can't predict what their consumers will do or what they want?
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Deloitte recently released its 2015 Global Human Capital Trends report, their annual comprehensive study of HR, leadership, and talent challenges compiled using data from surveys and interviews taken by 3,300 plus HR and business leaders in 106...
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There's a major disconnect between employers and job seekers in today's hiring process. The hiring problem? Lack of specificity. Here's why...
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Employer: Job required MS-Office Skills Candidate's Resume: MS-Office Skills Typical? Yes! And a major problem. Read the article to see details of the problem -- and the solution!
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March 11, 2015 9:22 AM
Employer: Job required MS-Office Skills Candidate's Resume: MS-Office Skills Typical? Yes! And a major problem. Read the article to see details of the problem -- and the solution!
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We hate old school-reference checking. It’s almost a total waste of time. Even worse, it prevents HR departments from doing what they should be doing.
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A survey conducted by Training magazine and The Ken Blanchard Companies found that 89 percent of those polled want to meet with their manager at least monthly, and 44 percent want to meet weekly. T...
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A growing number of human resources executives are starting to dig deep into computerized statistical data on employees, to make decisions regarding salaries, promotions, and even benefit programs, a trend that excites some and worries others. Via AnalyticsInnovations
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As I spend a great deal of time every year looking at the latest technological advances for the enterprise, I've noticed a trend in recent years that's long been true but is clearly markedly accele...
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Two former hedge fund analysts have taken the Uber model to finance recruiting with a cutting-edge technology platform. Via Alexander Crépin
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Interesting.....
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The hiring process during my last 13 years in the recruitment industry, I cannot tell you how many times I had hiring managers tell me, “Just send me the best Via Alexander Crépin
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A major part of solving the retention puzzle is sorting out Organizational Culture. It has been identified by significant research as a “retention killer.”
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Relying on a corporate wellness program as the main strategy for improving employee health is like throwing a drowning person a DVD on how to do the backstroke.
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Good managers are the "best strategy" for many, many workplace issues -- maybe all!
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The Ban the Box movement seeks to give people with a criminal record a fairer chance at landing a job by removing the criminal conviction box on job applications.
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This is a major HR issue with lots of implications that need to be explored...
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Unspoken expectations are a curse upon relationships. It's a surefire way to guarantee you will have conflict and discord that leads to poor teamwork and collaboration in the workplace. Some time a...
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This is a critically important post -- and one that HR can play a key part in solving by training and implementing performance-based hiring.
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Futurist Faith Popcorn predicts that technology...
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When an employee resigns, exit interviews are hopefully conducted by the Human Resources staff to gather honest feedback about opportunities for organizational improvement. If you aren’t …
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Basically OK advice but conducting "retention" interviews of your current employees is a much more valuable exercise. There are also some very powerful structured and online processes for exit interviews that go beyond the basics identified here. I've taught a "card sort" technique that's very effective.
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March 9, 2015 6:37 AM
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Following are the core principles of the Theory of Hiring. It summarizes how human nature often causes people to make bad career decisions:
When the negatives of any job outweigh the positives, people start looking.
The magnitude of these differences determines how active people look for new jobs.
People accept jobs when the positives outweigh the negatives.
Most people overvalue the short-term positives and negatives when changing jobs and, as a result, take jobs for the wrong reasons.
Companies reinforce this wrong choice by screening candidates on the wrong criteria, emphasizing the short-
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March 5, 2015 4:29 PM
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I think the SHRM weekly email distribution list may have been hacked because that’s that only acceptable explanation for what I found in my email box this week. The subject line of the …
This is exactly the article I wanted to write upon seeing this e-mail message. Spot on! Definitely ignore this terrible advice!
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March 2, 2015 7:07 AM
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I could do an entire post on why HR lacks respect, but that has been done a thousand times, and in reality, having respect in HR isn’t a professional dilemma, it’s a personal one!
If you’re in HR and don’t have respect in your organization, don’t blame the HR profession — you need to look in the mirror!
All that being said, HR might be the king of the liars in your organization! Let’s break down a few of Top HR Lies:
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February 23, 2015 8:28 AM
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Q: Joscelyne asked a great question: Is the R-square simply a measure of the strength of the relationship between variables, or is it truly predictive based on how you did the research?
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February 23, 2015 8:18 AM
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HR could soon be leaping ahead of its fellow functions of Marketing, Operations and Supply Chain when it comes to using analytics to extract insights
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February 18, 2015 11:53 AM
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You’ve probably heard that organizations with a focus on diversity have stronger organizational cultures – they have happier and more productive employees, and are more socially ethical …
Hopefully this update of one of the most important "management" books ever written will have as much impact as the original. And importantly, it's clearly an "update" to the original not a repudiation -- the basic concepts are still there!