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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Human resources is a term with which many organizations describe the combination of traditionally administrative personnel functions with performance, Employee Relations and resource planning. The field draws upon concepts developed in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Human resources has at least two related interpretations depending on context. The original usage derives from political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of [read more]
Understand Boss-Subordinate Relationships
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Some of my colleagues and fellow managers are strong technical expertise as working in the advance technology industry; but they are weak in people management or managerial skills. They found hard time to start building relationship effectively with their subordinates from the first day in position. Remember your first day in your current position as a boss, you [read more]
The Secrets to Reducing Staff Turnover
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Good staff leaving your company will cost you between $20 - 38 000 to replace! Research by the William M. Mercer company, suggests that the cost of staff turnover is higher than most business owners believe. A good receptionist may know the names of your clients, and make them so comfortable that a percent of your business can attributed to referrals [read more]
The Differing Corporate Cultures in the Business World
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There have been dozens of references about unique corporate cultures and why some of them work better in certain situations. There are names being tossed around, some of them seem to be made up on the fly. For instance there is the Work Hard/Play Hard culture or the Live and Let Live Culture. For every pundit there is a new [read more]
Manage, Motivate and Inspire Others
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Being a good manager is a bit of a balancing act, as you need to be different things to different people. Your loyalty can be pulled this way and that. You are a counsellor, confidant, friend, foe, enforcer, arbitrator and motivator, all before coffee; which leaves the rest of the day to get on with what you employer might call, [read more]
Making an Executive -- The Principals of Executive Leadership Training
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There are an array of principals that corporate trainers are trying to help executives understand during their seminars, but they really want to get to the root of why the current state of affairs at the job are not turning results and how minds and culture can be aligned properly. It's a top down training principal where executive leadership coaching is [read more]
Major Work Issues, as Voted by You
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The results of last week's poll are very revealing. 38% of you voted low level motivation as the major pressing issue for you at work with unclear direction (21%) and a poor relationship with a colleague (24%) coming close behind. The second two probably contribute significantly to the first so let's take a look at all three. When we work with [read more]
Looking at Advisory Boards
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Looking at Advisory Boards When launching or maintaining a small business there are a number of goals that a business can seek to facilitate. The most common are maintain profits while minimizing losses and growing when possible. Of course, in order to be successful with either of these goals it becomes necessary to make the right decisions that will take a business in [read more]
Individual Thinking vs. Group Thinking
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There must be POWER in collective decision-making. We guess it is safer to say group thinking is more reliable than individual thinking. Throughout human history there is a secret consensus within shared cultures that uphold great societies, countries and civilizations and they had their 15 minutes of fame. The fine line in teamwork is: do you tend to create differences with [read more]
How to justify spending money on Wellness in a recession
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1. Surely Wellness isn't a priority right now? Make no mistake, there is no better time to look after your employees than when the pressure is on and demands on them are greatest. If you're working with teams who've had their numbers cut, they need to be engaged and motivated to focus on the job and not on insecurities around them. [read more]
How to be an Influential Speaker
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There isn't much difference between talking to just one person, to a small group, or to a wide audience. While you do have to talk a little louder with the latter, the kind of talk that usually goes on at a meeting does not deviate much, in essence, to the talk that goes on when you're at a party. Therefore, [read more]


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