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On the Right Course
Big training investment pays off in performance and lower turnover rate for Hendrick Automotive Group.
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2011 WINNER: Corporate Citizenship—Infosys BPO
For its efforts in Egypt, Infosys BPO is the 2011 winner of the Optimas Award for Corporate Citizenship.
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For Young Entrepreneurs, It's All Work, All Play—and It's All Good
Developing ideas is a 24/7 hobby for them, which might explain why they enjoy one another's company so much.
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How Do We Teach New Supervisors That It's OK to Be Assertive?
I am a new supervisor really struggling with what seems like a simple problem. How do I suggest assertiveness training to other new managers without coming across as demeaning? I want to make it part of annual reviews, but am not sure this is the best approach.
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Dear Workforce How Do We Effectively Measure the Impact of Training and Development?
The measurement of training effects is a sociological challenge, even under the best conditions and the most generous budgets. Someone first needs to champion the development of procedures and methods you’ll wish to follow.
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Dear Workforce Do Recognition and Rewards Really Help Boost Retention?
Treating employees well is common sense, but it needs to be common practice. Far more important for today's employees is this: intangible recognition for a job well done. This recognition usually requires little or no financial commitment for an organization, yet produces a high return.
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Financial Pros Add Expert Witness to R�sum�s
Small and midsize firms encourage their employees to get specialized training to help in winning clients.
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Dear Workforce Are Training Departments Becoming Obsolete?
I work in the training and development department of a company that competes in the cellular phone industry. Each of our departments has very specific tasks and functions. That got me to wondering: Are training departments becoming obsolete in today's specialized companies?
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How Do We Sustain High Motivation?
What strategies are effective for ensuring employees remain motivated during the recession (critical since companies are asking them to do more work with fewer resources)?
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Well-Trained Managers Can Curb Attrition
It may not always be a straight-line connection, but managers exert great influence on whether top performers stay or go.
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Is There a Meaningful Distinction Between Workforce Planning and Succession Planning?
Dear Perplexed:The goal of workforce planning and succession planning is the same: putting the right people—across the organization—in the right jobs, doing the right things at the right time. However, the difference between workforce and succession planning is distinct. Workforce planning is
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Dear Workforce How Do We Get Employees to Embrace Individual Development Plans?
Establish a clear connection between completing the plans and achievement of goals that employees consider significant. Also remember that not every employee will be motivated by the same thing.
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Dear Workforce Is There a Distinction Between HR Strategy and People Strategy Or Is It Merely Semantics?
Both are essential and need to be highly integrated, but the combination should be invisible to employees
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How Do We Turn Engineers Into Managers?
We have terrific engineers who are highly skilled and highly motivated. When it comes to leadership, however, most do a lousy job making the transition. This is despite the fact that we offer established leadership programs. Is there anything we can do differently?
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Selling Women's Shoes—a Guide to Culture Change at Work
You can't bring secret shoppers into your workplace to test how well managers and supervisors are following the rules—at least not unless you want to completely destroy workplace relationships.
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What Best Practices Do Organizations Use to Retain Contact-Center Staff?
Dear Answering the Call: Companies are undertaking numerous "better practices" to retain their top contact-center staff. It's probably easier to break out these practices into three categories: pre-hire, hired and post-hire. For the pre-hire phase, companies have increased their level of
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Special Report on Employee Engagement Losing Lifeblood
Cash-strapped companies haven't paid much attention to employee engagement since the recession dawned. Some are now starting to feel the results of that neglect, experts say.
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Companies Draw Up Coaching Play for Managers, but Many Can't Coach
The influx of younger workers from the millennial generation is driving interest in coaching because they tend to crave frequent feedback and one-on-one interaction with managers and mentors.
