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  • Negotiation Tips from a Professional Mediator

    Good negotiation skills have a huge impact on your career, whether you're a salesperson making deals or an entry-level employee trying to get good assignments or cube neighbors to quiet down. ...

  • The Qualities of a Great Hire

    We all know that an ideal prospective hire would be intelligent, competent, sensitive, curious, spirited, able, and confident. These attributes are at the top of our list. What should also ...

  • HR HUMOR

    "HR S P E A K" --"ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION:" You'll be making under $7 an hour. --"ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION IN AN UP-AND-COMING COMPANY:" You'll be making under $7 an hour; we'll be bankrupt ...

  • Master the Challenges of Global Collaboration

    Picture yourself starring in a foreign movie that lacks both a script and a director. You hear everyone’s words but feel you need subtitles to truly understand what’s going on. Sound ...

  • HR as a Strategic Partner: An Engagement Model

    This chart depicts the steps that must be undertaken for a Human Resources Office to become a strategic partner within its organization. The steps need not be followed in precisely the ...

  • Gender Diversity: Why They Leave, and Why They Stay

    There are key differences in the ways men and women evaluate potential job changes and make career decisions. Our findings show that men are more likely to value direct returns from ...

  • Global Workforce Engagement Vs. Productivity: A Paradox?

    In Mid-April I travelled to Bangalore, India to deliver a two-day workshop on Advanced Talent Management. The workshop is aimed at sophisticated and senior talent management and HR professionals (most of ...

  • Maximizing the Schwartzkopf Generation

    We refer to the 7.5% of the workforce born before 1946 as the Schwartzkopf Generation, with all due respect to the General. In the United States alone that amounts to more ...

  • How To Manage Employees Who Manage

    How many of the employees whom you manage are responsible for managing others? If you expect them to become as hands-on as you, you have to spend some time up front ...

  • How to Deal With Pregnancy, Legally - FAQs

    • Provide Another Job • Can She Work? • Length of Leave • Stay off Until Delivery? • Keep Job Open? • Status During Leave • Fringe Benefits • Hiring ...