Here are two scary stats for those looking to create a retirement nest egg: Only 36% of those who work for businesses with between 10 and 100 employees in 2011 had access to a company-sponsored retirement plan, says the Employee Benefit Research Institute, and A whopping 71% of businesses with fewer than 25 employees don’t […]
Posted on March 14th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This: No one owns “human capital” except the individual human. Any entrepreneurs out there reading this blog? Any small business owners? I would argue every employee reading this blog is a small business owner – you own your “human capital assets.” You make the decision every day whether you are bringing all of your […]
Posted on March 14th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This: Poorly structured recognition programs can be more damaging than no program at all. Dan McCarthy, author of the Great Leadership blog and a person I respect, recently blogged “Without Integrity and Trust, Rewards and Recognition are Meaningless.” Dan points out that poor program design allows for participants to “game the system” and “do […]
Posted on March 13th, 2012 by admin
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Would you go to the mall to buy health insurance or service your existing policy? Some companies are betting you would. NPR is reporting some health insurers are planning to establish a retail-type presence, by setting up physical stores. Reason: The healthcare reform law is going to require everyone to obtain health insurance. And with […]
Posted on March 13th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – Senior leaders need to improve respect for employees, trustworthiness, and caring to better manage the workforce. The Corporate Executive Board recently shared with us the Top 5 Critical HR Priorities for 2011 from their Corporate Leadership Council HR global agenda poll. Each day this week, I’ll address one priority.Priority 1 for HR […]
Posted on March 12th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – Line managers must improve ability to respect, trust and care for their employees, too. Continuing our look at the Top 5 Critical HR Priorities for 2011 from the Corporate Leadership Council HR global agenda poll, the requirements for achieving priority 2 are quite similar to priority 1. Priority 2 for HR in […]
Posted on March 12th, 2012 by admin
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Know how some supervisors seem determined to make employees’ lives as dismal as possible? Here’s a guide for managers that’ll guarantee that happy outcome. Researchers Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer — she’s a Harvard business professor, he’s a psychologist — have been looking at workplace dynamics for the past 15 years. They outline their findings […]
Posted on March 12th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – Don’t trust “fixed grin” employee engagement scores as an accurate representation of how employees really feel. In this third in a series of posts about the Top 5 Critical HR Priorities for 2011 from the Corporate Leadership Council HR global agenda poll, Priority 1 and Priority 2 drive Priority 3. Priority 3 […]
Posted on March 12th, 2012 by admin
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Recognize This! – Values + Strategy + Recognition = Effective Communication of Change Needs My fourth post in a series about the Top 5 Critical HR Priorities for 2011 from the Corporate Leadership Council HR global agenda poll, continues to bring together the learnings from Priority 1, Priority 2 and Priority 3. Priority 4 for […]
Posted on March 11th, 2012 by admin
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Companies have already been found guilty of violating the new breastfeeding break rule implemented by the healthcare reform bill and have started receiving citations. The Department of Labor (DOL) says 23 companies have been cited for violating the new rule. Some of the well-known companies that’ve been cited, according to an MSNBC report: Dollar General […]
Posted on March 11th, 2012 by admin
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