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- 5 tips for rewarding outstanding performance
Ongoing reward programs that recognize a job well done, not an annual gift to everyone, are more successful in motivating a work force to meet goals and be productive, experts say. Globoforce has developed these five tips for building an employee-engagement program: Kick off a year-round initiative, make rewards meaningful, include everyone in recognizing above-average performance, link rewards to meeting organizational goals and foster continuous communication. Manage Smarter
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 | Using Talent Supply Chain Management to Overcome Challenges in the Professional Services Market - Learn key processes within talent supply chain management and see how small improvements to those processes can significantly affect the overall performance of an organization. |
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| B-School Management Insight |
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- Everybody does it: Marketing to camouflage bad results
Executives of companies making a variety of products use marketing as a basic tool of earnings management, says Craig Chapman of the Kellogg School. Past studies suggest firms cut marketing expenditures to boost their earnings report, but Chapman's research finds soup makers double up on their marketing effort at the end of the fiscal year and after periods of poor financial performance, offering discounts that can help them meet targets but that also harm long-term profits. Kellogg Insight
(12/2008)
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 | The Lean Workforce - Applying Lean Principles to Improve Workforce Management- This white paper demonstrates how applying Lean principles to your workforce can enable your company to align labor resources with demand. |
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- Survey: Federal HR leaders say they need support
Federal government human resources staff indicated in a recent survey they need more resources from the next administration to be effective in their jobs. John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership which co-sponsored the survey, said respondents wanted more flexibility and a bigger voice. Government Executive
(12/3)
- Assessing innovation metrics: McKinsey Global Survey results
A McKinsey Global Survey shows companies are satisfied overall with their use of metrics to assess innovation portfolios, though many findings suggest they shouldn't be. The companies that get the highest returns from innovation do use metrics well; these organizations tend to assess innovation more comprehensively than the others. The McKinsey Quarterly (free registration for SmartBrief readers)
(11/2008)
- Freelancers experiment with new model for health benefits
The 92,000-member Freelancers Union has started its own health insurance company to provide a safety net for general contractors. While the Freelancers Insurance Co. lost about 50 policyholders when it raised premiums and cut benefits on its premium plan, union founder Sara Horowitz said the new administration is watching its model. "This is a first in a 100-year-old strategy of labor," she said. "We're trying something new." FastCompany.com
(12/8)
- Web site targets companies with illegal hires
Think your business is too small to attract the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement? Maybe so, but businesses of all sizes are getting attention from WeHireAliens.com, a vigilante Web site where tipsters can post suspicions about illegal hires -- with absolutely no proof. "We wanted to put the pressure on to the employer because they are the magnet drawing illegal aliens to invade our country," the site's co-founder says. The Dallas Morning News (free registration)
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- Advice: Don't let staff get petty over cultural differences
Wondering how to handle an employee whose religious beliefs mean he or she doesn't participate in Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day or birthday activities at work? The problem isn't the worker, says workplace coach Marie G. McIntyre, who advises a complaining manager to focus on how well the employee does their job, not these superficial differences. Feeling uneasy about a change in the office culture might be understandable, she acknowledges, but the staff needs leadership and guidance to become more accepting and mature. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(12/8)
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- Who still is hiring
Not every industry is bleeding jobs because of the recession. Education, health services and accounting are fields in which employment is picking up because unemployed workers are going back to school, aging baby boomers need more health care and tax season prompts the need for more workers. CNNMoney.com/Fortune
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