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This site for HR professionals features news, weekly columns, 8 HR communities that represent the main specialties within HR:
(1) Compensation and Benefits; (2) HR Information Systems; (3) HR Management; (4) Labor Relations; (5) Legal; (6) Organizational Development; (7) Staffing; and (8) Training & Development. Within each community,you’ll find options for taking action including finding articles, purchasing a book, contacting a consultant, connecting with a … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: HR.com | Subject: Human Resources
Shirley Temple Black
Intentions often melt in the face of unexpected opportunity.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Motivation, Opportunity
Repricing of Stock Options
As the stock markets have begun to pull back from their historically high levels, the boards of directors of corporations that have used stock options to attract and retain employees have found themselves under increasing pressure to modify or replace previously issued stock options that have gone “underwater.” (i.e. options whose exercise price is above the current market price of the corporation’s stock). To address … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Thomas J. St. Ville | Source: Miles & Stockbridge P.C. | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Human Resources
High Impact Hiring : How to Interview and Select Outstanding Employees
Content: Book | Author: Del J. Still | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Human Resources Issues in the Age of the Internet
Employment Agreement Template
Recruiting Faux Pas
Setting up a foreign office? Leave those American hiring practices at home. So says this informative article focused on international human resources issues.
Content: Article | Author: Constantine Von Hoffman | Source: The Standard | Subjects: Human Resources, International
Taking a Balanced View
We would all rather praise than criticize because it’s emotionally easier. But providing constructive criticism is an essential skill for any manager who wishes to avoid a messy termination. Even when an employee is worthy of praise, a manager must maintain a balanced outlook and act accordingly.
Content: Article | Author: Katherine Hammer | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Human Resources
VCs drop carry on staff
Article talks about how VCs are treating their admin staff members in wake of the talent crunch.
Content: Article | Author: Matthew A. DeBellis | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Human Resources, Venture Capital
How to Inspire Creativity and Reward Good Employees (Like You and Me)
Let’s face it. Anyone reading this article thinks that information about how to reward highly-regarded employees applies to them. And we all have ideas about what these rewards should be (more money, bigger title, bigger office, etc.) But short of giving out stock options that will be worth $500 zillion in six months, how can managers provide meaningful incentives, and rewards, for star performers? Wharton … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Making the Call When a Manager Needs to Leave
Katherine Hammer, CEO of ETI, reflects on her experiences terminating three once-valued and loyal managers, in the process identifying three major symptoms that alert her to problems.
Content: Article | Author: Katherine Hammer | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
Stock Option Usage Statistics
Employee Stock Options: Their Use and Policy Implications
This .pdf report from the National Commission on Entrepreneurship, offers an overview of stock option theory and practice with some interesting statistics and analysis/commentary.
Content: Article | Source: National Commission on Entrepreneurship (NCOE) | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Human Resources
Job Hopping Among New College Grads
College Students’ Work Preferences
Danger:Toxic Company
The problem isn’t that loyalty is dead or that careers are history. The real problem, argues Stanford’s Jeffrey Pfeffer, is that so many companies are toxic — and that they get exactly what they deserve.
Content: Article | Author: Alan M. Webber | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Are you taking your expatriate talent seriously?
To make the most of overseas opportunities, multinational companies must pay closer attention to the problems of executives transferred into them.
Content: Article | Authors: Johanne Lavoie, Robert A. P. Samek, Tsun-Yan Hsieh | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Human Resources, International