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Integration Key to Effective Succession Planning by Shelly Heiden Whether attempting to crown the next CEO or determine which workers to tap for promotion to the company's managerial ranks, an organization needs a comprehensive view into the workforce's skills and talent in order to make the...

Fifth Third Bank: Putting People First by Agatha Gilmore In times of hardship, the natural response is to buckle down, retrench and strive to maintain the status quo. Today's stumbling economy presents no exception. While most financial institutions are focusing on the bottom line...

Work/Life Balance Steady by Jared Shelly | HRE Online June 04, 2008 The uncertain economy hasn't negatively affected work/life balance policies on the whole, according to a recent study. But not all of the news is positive. Paid-time off for maternity leave has decreased and some of HR's focus...

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Hone your corporate skills By:Sunder Ramachandran Trainer, HR professional, career practitioner, counsellor and coach -- a corporate trainer performs all these roles. Most professions today need certain specific skill sets that have to be learned in the classroom or through experience...

Thinking Globally, Learning Locally by Drew Darnbrough Global consulting firm Mercer has turned to a learning platform to better manage workforce performance, deliver employee development programs and capture knowledge worldwide. When asked what their most important asset is, most companies...

How Do We 'Back-Charge' Payroll Costs? Q: How do we "back-charge" payroll costs for a roving internal work team? We are creating a "utility team" that would be trained in several departments. We aren't sure how we should bill departments for borrowing staff from other departments. Is this...

Communities of Practice in the Workplace by Jeanne C. Meister Implementing communities of practice seems to have replaced the buzz that has surrounded knowledge management during the past decade. Etienne Wenger, an authority on communities of practice, defines them as: "Groups of people who...

Transitioning to a New Era: C&B at Nonprofits by Lindsay Edmonds Wickman How can nonprofits consider raising salaries when their mission is to fight world hunger? How can they pay for medical benefits when those dollars could help millions of people with AIDS? It seems contradictory to talk...

Bridging the Knowledge Gap by David Shadovitz Co-workers of different generations rarely interact with one another -- which could lead to significant problems if older workers take their knowledge with them when they retire. To enable the transfer of information, HR leaders will need to...

Leaders Developing Leaders by Edward E. Lawler III A company leader cannot single-handedly take an organization by its neck, shake it, and send it in the right direction. Success comes when the leader turns leadership into a team sport and develops a company of leaders. The following is...

The Balancing Act Real-world studies of working managers challenge the view that more time and energy working equals on-the-job effectiveness. In fact, studies show that leaders who achieve more balance between work and their personal lives are rated as significantly more effective by their...

Happy Together: Happy Together: Uniting Multiple Generations in Work and Learning by Brian Summerfield According to Randstad USA's just-released "2008 World of Work" survey, U.S. businesses face a serious talent problem with the coming retirement of baby boomers. Of course, this isn't news to...

Mid-Market Focus: Leveraging Brand to Compete by Pete Kadens An employment brand is one of the strongest weapons available when competing as a middle-market company against Fortune 500 or 100 corporations looking to hire the same people. Tailoring brand image to the collegiate, young and...

Listen With Your Eyes: Tips for Understanding Nonverbal Communication Susan M. Heathfield Is there ever any doubt in your mind as to the mood of a coworker upon their arrival at work? Nonverbal communication is the single most powerful form of communication. More than voice or even words...

Creating a Global Mindset Schon Beechler and Dennis Baltzley Companies that ignore the global mindset do so at their own peril. The ones that most effectively develop this quality in their employees - particularly senior leaders - will have a distinct advantage over their competitors...

Unusual Job Interview Questions - Supplement Behavioral Questions Susan M. Heathfield Are you interested in a new trend in job interview questions - or perhaps an old trend newly revived? Lynne Sarikas, director of the MBA Career Center at the Northeastern University business school, believes...

Multicultural Executives in the C-Suite by Jane Hyun An executive coach and cultural-leadership strategist offers strategies for creating a culturally inclusive talent-development initiative. The war for the talent is raging. As the need for qualified employees increases, engaging and...

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