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Turn Here: GPS Tracking Gains Acceptance
In the early days, employees feared that GPS monitoring was a form of 'Big Brother' watching, but workers are becoming more accepting of tracking since companies are no longer just using the information as a threat to ensure workers stay on course.
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Showing Us That Smile Shows Us You're on Time
Companies are implementing biometric time clocks using facial recognition, fingerprint tracking or vein-pattern scanning to make it harder for hourly workers to steal company time. Still, some question whether Big Brother might be watching a little too closely.
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Manufacturing Should Ratchet Up Recruitment of Women, Experts Say
Women make up about a quarter of the manufacturing industry's workforce, according to a recent report by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute. The same report suggests the industry should actively focus on recruiting women to fill hundreds of thousands of empty positions.
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Deloitte Springs for Spring Break
Now in its sixth year, Deloitte's alternative spring-break event initiates college students in the company's culture and commitment to causes.
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As Per Sheryl Sandberg's Request, a Male Opinion About 'Lean In'
In a recent interview about her book, Sheryl Sandberg calls on men to 'lean in' when it comes to the discussion about women in the workplace. So that's what I'm doing: providing a male voice.
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Strategic Planning A Self-Assessment
… and weaknesses of the organization's strategic planning process. For each step in strategic planning listed in the left column, rate the ..... Ineffective 6 = Very Effective Step in the Strategic Planning Process Effectiveness Very Ineffective …
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Further Assessment: More Companies Using Evaluation Tools to Identify Future Leaders and More
… for team development. Now, they're using assessments to really grow leaders, to bring teams together around strategic planning and innovation, and looking to create clear career paths," Overbo says. In addition to a traditional base of …
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Innovation Formula: Trust but Clarify
We just published a package of stories about how to manage the workforce for innovation, and it strikes me the new formula for success might be summed up in three words: trust but clarify. "Trust but clarify" riffs off "trust but verify." The latter phrase is really about distrust—President Ronald
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Why Don't Our Managers Identify High-Potential Workers?
With the start of a new year, I am trying to assemble a brief guideline to help our supervisors and managers identify key employees within their department. What suggestions do you have as we begin this list? Would you suggest some criteria we could use?
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Honoring Diversity the Hawaiian Way
The 'Hawaiian Renaissance,' which helped restore the language and time-honored cultural practices, has changed workplaces in Hawaii, especially at tourist hotels.
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Korn/Ferry to Pay $80 Million for Leadership Firm
The deal marks the second major acquisition of a leadership consulting firm for Korn/Ferry.
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Homeward Bound
For years companies have looked to outsource jobs to cut costs, but now more U.S. employers are looking to beef up operations domestically. It's a trend known as 're-shoring.'
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Finding Your Way Through 'Nemo': How to Prepare for a Storm
In light of winter storm 'Nemo,' employers may want to review their disaster plans.
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The CYA Report: 'Re-shoring' America
The CYA Report podcast is a partnership between Workforce and Fistful of Talent. In this edition, Workforce Senior Editor Ed Frauenheim discusses his February cover story on bringing jobs back to America, a trend known as "re-shoring." Listen to the podcast below.
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'Slow Work' Theory Is Slowly Gaining Ground
… a winner at GSK in stimulating fresh ideas, McCord-Amasis says. "If I'm with my team and we're doing a strategic planning session, I like people to be in a different mind-set, so I'll take them off-site, McCord-Amasis says …
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Do Core Competencies Really Boost Performance?
… helping to boost overall performance. Several methods exist to help you identify your core competencies, similar to strategic planning exercises. You should: Inventory your existing competencies. Determine where the organization wants to go through …
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Creating a New Contingent Culture
… which is based in Delaware, Ohio, and employs some 16,000 people worldwide. Steve Youll, human resources strategic planning analyst for Greif, foresees a future when individuals and small bands of highly skilled people will engage with …
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Chicago Teachers Strike Could Offer a Lesson on Performance Evaluations
Performance evaluation “is a nationwide issue—and it's an issue that is not going away,” said Norm Solomon, a professor of management at Fairfield University in Connecticut. “I don't think anybody should be surprised that this issue is coming to the fore. The key thing to any evaluation system, ...
