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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Hire On A WHIM

Before Selling Candidates On the Job, Sell Them Out of the Job First

Such is the advice of Garrett Miller, author of the new book Hire On A WHIM: Four Qualities That Make for Great Employees.  As the president and CEO of workplace management company CoTria, Miller frequently coaches companies and gives keynotes on the subject of workplace productivity. Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Interviewing, Selection, Talent Acquisition

Not Going Into the Office is the New Going Into the Office…And More News From This Week

While you were busy updating your Amazon.com wish list, confirming what you already suspected about your favorite 2 a.m. dining facility, or in no way whatsoever exploiting your reunion with a long-lost family member,  here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

By in In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

Leadership

Four Things Great Companies Do To Develop Their Leaders

For the sixth year in a row, Hay Group released the results of its Best Companies for Leadership study, naming General Electric the top company for leadership worldwide.  Proctor & Gamble, Intel, Siemens, Banco Santander, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Accenture, Walmart and Southwest rounded out the top 10. Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition

Retirement

Fewer Employees Postponing Their Retirements

It seems like just a year ago we were telling you that 72 percent of workers 60 and older were postponing retirement due to financial reasons. Turns out, it was. Where does the time go?

Who knows, but apparently in that year, the situation for mature workers began to improve. Continue reading

By in Survey Results

Derek Irvine

Why Recognition Matters: An Interview with the Author of “Winning with a Culture of Recognition”

“Engaged employees are the competitive advantage of today,” Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine argue in their new book, Winning with a Culture of Recognition.  If they’re to be believed, that means bad news for employers: Employee engagement is at its lowest level in 15 years, according to a recent Hewitt survey.  Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Talent Acquisition

Dress Codes Get a Little Too Close For Comfort…And More News From This Week

While you were busy surprising the technology world with the announcement of your resignation, surprising the technology world with the announcement of your temporary leave, or surprising…meh, probably not really anyone with the announcement of your retirement, here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week… Continue reading

By in In Review, Insights & Trends, Week in Review

great workplaces keep employees happy

FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For: What’s Their Secret, Anyway?

Yesterday, FORTUNE released its annual list of the Best Companies to Work For.

Simply looking at the profiles FORTUNE provides for each company, which includes such big names as Google, Whole Foods Market and Goldman Sachs, you might be thinking, Well, sure, if my company had an annual revenue of $23.6 billion, we could afford to give our employees on-site dry-cleaning and free gourmet lunches, too.  Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition

“The Company Men” Examines Layoffs from both Sides of the Table

Last week I got the chance to speak with John Wells, writer and director of “The Company Men” for our sister site, TheWorkBuzz.com. The film, which dissects the effects of layoffs on those who experience them, stars Academy Award winners Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones, and hits theaters today. Continue reading

By in Economy

Three In Four Employees Show Up to Work Sick

Is “Presenteeism” Infecting Your Workplace?

Missing out on the opportunity to catch up on the always-entertaining-for-one-reason-or-another The View, 72 percent of workers go to work when they are sick, according to a new survey released today by CareerBuilder.  Evidently, “presenteeism” and workplace pressures outweigh the desire to see the ridiculous charming banter between Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Whoopi Goldberg, as more than half of those workers (55 percent) say they feel guilty if they call in sick. Continue reading

By in Benefits, Employee Engagement, Employee Wellness, Survey Results

Business Casual

Are Workplace Dress Codes Necessary?

Add this to the list of terms that have become nothing more than meaningless business jargon: Workplace attire.  After all, when considering the following workplace stories, it’s hard to say what even constitutes appropriate “workplace attire” anymore…

First, there’s Esquire magazine recently naming Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg its ‘Worst Dressed Celebrity. Continue reading

By in Benefits, Employee Engagement

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