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Companies Struggle to Define Integrity and Ethics
Hundreds of regional execs reveal their strategic standards for decision making. How uncanny! On the eve of the release of our Report on Integrity and Ethics, the longtime chairman and CEO of Freddie Mac, the president and COO, and the CFO were asked to step aside....
Learn How General Mental Abilities Impacts Employee Turnover
Costly Turnover results when HR executives undervalue mental skills. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch some water. Jack and Jill each had a 5 gallon container. Jack's container was shaped like a jug with a small mouth opening while Jill's container was a pail...
Job Stress Stretches Bottom Line
Supporting Workers in high stressed jobs is the target of a number of new techniques that can improve productivity It costs businesses dearly when employees call in sick at the last minute or even worse, when they come to work complaining and dragging their feet....
3 Factors That Influence Job Interview Success
How to avoid interviewing Dr. Jekyll and Hiring Mr. Hyde Chris joined Best Builders about four years ago. Shortly after a stint at college and a few years of on-the-job training, Chris was hired. She was enthusiastic, personable and showed a positive attitude toward...
Halo Effect: 4 Conditions To Avoid During Employee Evaluations
The termination and subsequent replacement of any employee is painful. And the retention of an under-performing manager, especially a senior manager, is like self-inflicting a wound. There is never a good time and it is always more expensive. Everything we do anymore...
7 Lessons Learned about Sales Personality Fit & Cognitive Skills
Sharon is Randy's manager. Randy is a nice young man. He's a good father, devoted husband, and hard-working employee. Randy is completing his second year with the company. Sharon really likes Randy and wrote off his first lackluster year to inexperience. But Randy was...
5 Step Checklist to Select and Prioritize Training
The Peter Principle still lives, and folks promoted beyond their level of competence continue to feed turnover and dampen morale. So? Is there a tactic to save the valuable employee who's become a less than shimmering manager. Here are the rules. A little more than...
Bottom Line Losses Tied to Bungling Managers
It's well documented that a manager has more impact upon the retention of an employee than any other individual or any benefits has within an organization. In fact, survey after survey confirms that employees leave more jobs due to the ineffectiveness of a manager...
3 Steps to Screen Faster, Hire Smarter
There are three steps that companies can take to screen faster and hire smarter, according to this new white paper. To read more about this white paper in this article published on Fox News Small Business Center. Download the 3 Steps to Screen Faster, Hire Smarter...
Steps To Improving Retention and Managerial Competency
Former employees give a lot of reasons for quitting. Unfortunately one thing nearly always stands out: a poor relationship with his or her immediate supervisor. Frontline supervisors, often chosen for their productivity or longevity rather than management skills, lack...
