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How to set successful goals and New Year's resolutions - Click To Read Article
New Year’s resolutions are easy to make but often so much harder to keep. Cori revealed her secrets to successful goals and resolutions on Breakfast Television this New Year’s Eve. Don't worry if you weren’t able to catch her appearance-we’ve put together some information below that anyone can follow to make 2011 the most successful one yet.

How should I reward employee performance? - Click To Read Article
It’s that time of year again when all good Managers ponder the question, “Should I reward my employees’ performance with an increase in pay or through a bonus?” The answer to this age old question lies in the answer of another, much simpler question. Do you want to reward your employees’ good performance in 2010 in a way that will continue on for the rest of their career with you?

Human resources horrors: When HR goes bump in the night - Click To Read Article
As an experienced team of human resources consultants we have confronted many HR horrors in our time. Although Halloween is a short-lived occasion, the horrors of human resources gone wrong can be anything but. Our experiences have shown that many businesses don’t just have cobwebs in their employee handbooks; they’re often hiding skeletons in their closets, monsters under their desks and all sorts of scary practices behind closed doors.

Culture Shock - Click To Read Article
Do your People align with your Corporate Culture? Why do people stay with organizations and why do they go? What prompts someone to join a company or move to a new one, particularly if there isn’t much difference in salary or position? Thinking about these questions, I began to reflect back on my recent vacation.

The REAL top 5 reasons employees choose to stay - Click To Read Article
We asked friends and colleagues on LinkedIn what they thought the top five reasons were for employees choosing to stay with a company rather than look elsewhere. From their answers we created a summary of their top five reasons on our blog. So we thought we’d reveal the real top five reasons, taken from a list of 20 published in Love’em or Lose’em. Getting good people to stay, 2002. What were your top five? Do they match up?

Breaking up is hard to do: Ending the employment relationship - Click To Read Article
As human resources consultants, it’s our job to keep up with HR law so that you don’t have to. However, there are many legal areas employers need to be aware of and while we don’t claim that reading this will provide the answers to all, we do hope that it might open up some discussion. We’ll start with the often tricky topic of ending an employment relationship.

Should I Keep an Employee I Don't Trust? - Click To Read Article
My first response would be, "What don't you trust?" And is it possible that you as the leader are feeding the distrust.

5 simple steps to achieving and maintaining Organizational Clarity - Click To Read Article
Do you have Organizational Clarity? No I don't mean do you have a plaque posted in your lobby that has your vision, mission and values printed on it. Or that you have your vision, mission and values posted on your website for all to see. I'm talking about true Organizational Clarity where everyone in the organization from the Cleaner to the CEO, from the Accountant to the Customer Service Representative is on the same page and talking the same language. It's rarer than you might think.

The Art of Negotiation Cotton Candy Style - 5 anytime, anywhere negotiation tips - Click To Read Article
Jim (my husband) and I took our 6 year old god-daughter (affectionately known as our goddess daughter) to a carnival recently. We are not parents and thought "How hard can this be?" She is old enough to have a really great time, and I think we can handle this, no problem. I mean, she's only 6!" In reflecting on the day (or what I can remember of it), I am reminded of a few keys for successfully negotiating in any situation, even with a 6 year old.

Experienced human resources expertise - Click To Read Article
If someone tells you there is only one way to do something...run! No seriously, ask some clarifying questions. Is there only one way for legal, performance or other reasons? Why is there only one way? Make sure you understand the reason and that it makes good business sense - or don't do it. Trust the instincts that have made you successful to this point.

Culture Shock - do your people align with your corporate culture? - Click To Read Article
Why do people stay with organizations and why do they go? What prompts someone to join a company or move to a new one, particularly if there isn’t much difference in salary or position? Thinking about these questions, I began to reflect back on my recent vacation to Europe.





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