HR News & Information | HR Tradewinds - September, 2011 [vol. 1, issue 8]

This Week's Hot Topic

Variable Pay/Pay for Performance

Compensation experts like Dr. Ed Lawler argue that organizations should be increasing the proportion of variable pay in an employee's total compensation package. If you want to use variable pay, who can help? This article explains what the various types of service providers can do for you and how to choose the right one for your organization.

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Research

Free White Paper: Why 5-Point Scales Don't Work — and Other Deadly Sins of Employee Surveys

Through two decades of research and thousands of employee surveys, Leadership IQ has discovered that the typical employee survey makes many critical mistakes.

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Opinion/Editorial

Workplace Violence —
How to Deal with a Disgruntled Ex-employee

It is a calm Thursday afternoon and you are the VP of Human Resources working intently in your office when your assistant calls and informs you that a disgruntled ex-employee has shown up at the facility with a weapon and is threatening employees. Now what?

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For Giggles

Want your office to feel more homey for your staff?

Try this option for making the office environment feel more like home.

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Upcoming Webcast

How to Improve Quality-of-Hire and Efficiency Using Web 2.0 Reference-Checking

Date: September 14, 2011 Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT

SkillSurvey welcomes talent acquisition professionals, HR leaders and HRIS/shared services professionals to learn how to improve recruiting efficiency and quality-of-hire with new online reference-checking. Attendees will learn:
-How to improve quality-of-hire immediately.
-How to improve reference-checking efficiency by 85 percent.
-How to infuse consistency, reliability and validity into each reference check.
-How to improve passive sourcing.

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Recent Supplier News

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Trade Picks

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1		Leaders, Maximize Your Time With Six Practical Tips For leaders who feel like there aren't enough hours in the work day, here are ways to manage brief interactions effectively and make the most of short time bursts during the day.

2		5 Innovation Strategies All Organizations Can Use Innovation is not merely a novelty of the high-tech industry. Innovation is a process that any organization can use for solving problems and staying ahead of the competition.

3		Why Does ‘Horrible Bosses’ Strike a Chord With the American Public? The plot of the movie may be far-fetched, but there's a tinge of bitter reality in the utter disengagement, hopelessness and even despair some workers feel about their jobs.

4		The Career Trade-off: Combining Employment and Family Despite the number of flexibility-related accommodations available, working parents struggle when trying to balance their family and working commitments.

5		Black Women Lost More Jobs During Recovery While the recession hit black men harder than any other group, the economic recovery has shifted that impact to their female counterparts.

6		The Change Gremlin: Is Feeding It After Midnight An Urban Legend? How does the organization manage and communicate change AND facilitate a process where everyone views the change through the same lens?

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7		Incorporating energy efficiency into workplace culture Integrating efficiency into design: perception is everything

8		Whole Brain Thinking: Ignore It at Your Peril Whole brain thinking has everything to do with employee performance.

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