Can temporary employees drive profits?
Discover six ways that temporary employees drive profits.
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How to Deny Distractions and Be More Productive
Your inbox. Your iPhone. Your Twitter pals. These days we're more distracted than ever. And these constant interruptions can take a big toll on you. In this article, you'll find strategies that really work to deny distractions and improve your personal and professional life.
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Keeping Employees Motivated During Tough Times
Are your employees worried about their job security? These days, most are, and their fear is getting in the way of their productivity. In this Best Practice, you'll discover four ways to keep your employees' fear from spiraling out of control--and keep them motivated.
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10 Tips For Developing a Dynamic and Positive Workforce
What does it take to create a happy, high performing team? This article will show you how to plan for, and manage your team to get the best possible results.
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10 Ways To Stimulate Employee Motivation
Can you believe the holiday decorations are already out? That must mean it's time for...the 2006 year-end rush! So how will you keep your team motivated (and focused) throughout the holiday season?
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36 Creative Ways to Get Your Ideas and Values Across!
The Olympics showed us that the athletes with the best plan for the race often gain the performance edge that makes all the difference. In this month's Innovative Idea, you'll see how this same approach to planning can make a big difference in the performance of your team. Even if you have a team of world-class talent, the process outlined in this article can help ensure you come out with gold medal performances!
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7 Tips for Earning Employee Commitment, Initiative and Motivation
Have you ever seen a Purple Cow? What’s a Purple Cow you ask? It’s something remarkable. A product. A service. A company. It’s something that really stands out and makes an impact—just like a Purple Cow would in a field of ordinary brown ones. In this issue of Innovations, our Innovative Idea will show you ideas that can make your company stand out from the crowd and get people talking.
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99 Ways to Relieve Stress
Stress can come from all directions—work, home, even the busy holiday season. Here are 99 quick ideas to help you handle the stress in your life.
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A Leadership Evolution-Part 1
From autocratic management in the mid 20th century to self directed work teams in the 90’s – What is next? Part one of two, will get you thinking about the next type of leadership. As the Baby Boomers prepare to exit the workforce, what kind of leadership will rise? Are you ready? Is your team?
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A Leadership Evolution-Part 2
What will it take to be a leader in the future? Part 2 of our look at the new Leadership Evolution will show you how this new leadership can help you manage your team to the highest level of success!
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A Manager's Guide to Orientation
Retention--it's one of the hottest topics in business today. With a significant labor shortage projected over the next several years, it's more important than ever to find and keep your top performers.
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A Program to Reward Loyalty - Service Awards
If good people are indeed, hard to find, you need a process to acknowledge your gratitude to employees for extended and loyal service. Here's a best practice that supplies all the details you will need to create and implement a service awards program.
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Achieving Better Balance
Want better balance in your work and personal life? Take this 10 question quiz on "Life Balance" to see where you are now. Then use the "Four Steps to Better Balance" to help make changes that can lead you to greater happiness and job satisfaction.
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Agenda 2005
Labor Shortages…Effective Leadership…Employee Training These are a few of the top challenges companies will be facing in the coming year. What can you do to prepare? HR Futurist Roger Herman takes a look at these issues and provides you with courses of action to make a powerful difference in 2005.
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Are You A Good Decision Maker?
Innovations. It’s not just the name of this newsletter. Innovations are the key to solving problems, developing new products, and achieving long-term success. And maybe most importantly, the key to sustaining a competitive advantage. Our Innovative Idea this month looks at some of the barriers to creating an innovative environment and what all managers can do to get their company on the fast track to innovation and success.
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Are You A Likeable Boss?
Do bosses really need to be liked in order to be effective leaders? In this month’s Best Practice, a few experts weigh in.
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Are You a Purple Cow?
Have you ever seen a Purple Cow? What’s a Purple Cow you ask? It’s something remarkable. A product. A service. A company. It’s something that really stands out and makes an impact—just like a Purple Cow would in a field of ordinary brown ones. In this issue of Innovations, our Innovative Idea will show you ideas that can make your company stand out from the crowd and get people talking.
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Are You Building A Leadership Engine?
Is your company really good at developing its future leaders? Do you have a talent development program? This Innovative Idea will show you the successes that some of the most well-known leaders in the world (e.g. Jack Welch and Zig Ziglar) have had in their leadership development programs.
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Are You Following These 5 Guiding Principles of Employee Compensation and Rewards?
This month's Innovative Idea tackles the complex subject of compensation and benefits to give you advice on what really works. Our Best Practice addresses performance management with tips on creating a work environment that keeps your people excited about what they do.
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Asking the Right Questions to Get the Best Employees
Believe it or not, great success can actually lead to even greater failure. In this month’s Innovative Idea, you’ll find out what causes these terrible turnarounds, and more importantly, what you can do to protect yourself and your organization.
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Boost Business Brainstorming
Southwest, Google, Microsoft... What do these top-notch companies have in common? They’re creative. They’re innovative and they’ve all built great corporate cultures. So how can you create a stronger culture in your firm? Follow the steps in this Innovative Idea.
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Boosting Employee Morale Increases Productivity
What is the single most effective way to motivate people? Cash? Time off? Actually, that's a trick question. There is no one size fits all solution to motivation, but the ideas in this feature article will work with just about anyone.
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Build resilience in your team
While no one knows the outcome of the current financial crisis, one thing is for sure: the emotional and financial condition of your employees will have a huge impact on worker motivation, employee retention and productivity. What's the best way to lead during these uncertain times? Follow the "TAKE CHARGE" method outlined in this Innovative Idea for some thought provoking ideas.
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Building a Better Boomerang
Turnover vs. Turn-around. It could be the new workforce battle. For many years, the big battle in most companies has been to reduce turnover. However, what is becoming equally important is increasing “turn-around.” What exactly is “turn-around”, and how will it help your company?
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Building a Happy, Productive and Talented Workforce
To get your year off to a great start, this issue of Innovations includes some terrific tips to motivate your employees and help you improve productivity around the office.
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Candidate Perishability
10 working days. That's the amount of time you have to fill a job opening with a top candidate. Anyone who has ever gone through the hiring process knows how difficult that can be. In order to secure the most highly qualified candidates for your company, you may need to streamline your hiring process-and it may be easier than you think. This article offers some quick and easy ways you can ensure you are able to hire the best candidates.
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Coach, Don’t Manage, Generation Y
In this issue, you'll find seven ways to retain your future leaders--Generation Y.
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Communicating Decisions: Seven Things to Share
Leaders know that communicating effectively is one of the most important things that they can do. However, in many organizations, people wish their leaders would communicate more often and more clearly. So what can--and should--you do? This article features the most important questions you need to ask.
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Communication, Perhaps Even More Important Than Pay
One of the most effective ways to increase commitment and improve productivity is through your willingness to communicate with your employees. In fact statistically, good communications appear to be even more important than pay.
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Creating an Environment for Innovation
Innovation doesn’t happen by chance. But wouldn’t it be nice if innovative ideas came from within your own company on a regular basis? This article will show you how the right atmosphere, communication, challenges, and internal processes can all foster internal innovation.
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Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Make them specific, measurable, and realistic. These are just some of the ways you can set and achieve “SMART” goals this year.
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Creative Ideas for Retaining Employees
$350 billion! That's how much some HR experts estimate the annual cost of employee turnover to be. To reduce the expense (and the aggravation of refilling positions), businesses need to make retention a high priority. In this article you'll find several success stories from companies who have gone the extra mile to retain their top performers.
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E-Book: Building Customer Loyalty, One Step at a Time
Many businesses spend a lot of time, energy and money trying to find new customers instead of focusing on the customers that they already have. The kicker is that it costs far less to keep your current clients happy and loyal than to recruit new ones. With the recession on everyone's mind, now is the time to really focus on your current clients.
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E-Book: Performance Reviews Made Easy
This handbook will give you a step-by-step approach to making your reviews more productive.
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Employee Involvement Programs Drive Performance
How are some of the world's most successful companies boosting morale, increasing productivity and solving problems faster? By getting more employee input, that's how! These companies are using innovative techniques to increase employee involvement, techniques like: * Idea campaigns * Mini-kaizens * Idea expositions Want to get your employees more involved? This innovative idea will show you how...
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Excellent Leaders Are Excellent Cheerleaders
How do you respond when one of your employees has a victory? What about a major setback? Find out how you can become your employees' biggest fan.
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Finding Ways To Make Your Employees Intrapreneurs
It's the American dream...the opportunity to be your own boss...to own your own business. Yet for Corporate America, it's a nightmare. Those who leave to start their own businesses tend to be the best and brightest. So how do you combat the entrepreneurial bug? You can give your valued employees the same sort of ownership and satisfaction within your company. It all starts with intrapreneuring.
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Five Business Lessons You Can Learn from Presidential Politics
Discover the top five lessons from the 2008 campaign trail.
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Four Things You Should Never Say To Your Employee
It's that time of year again...time for the annual employee performance reviews! While annual reviews can be very nerve wracking for both managers and employees, they really don't have to be. In this month's Innovative Idea you'll find ten tips for creating an employee appraisal system that will be painless for everyone.
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Future Insights
Stay flexible...recruit aggressively...get closer to your people. These are all steps needed to keep your business on a successful track into the future. Check out this month’s Best Practice for more ideas from Business Futurist, Roger Herman.
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Gutsy Leaders Anticipate The Future and Hang on Tight to Talent
What makes Southwest Airlines so successful? How does the SAS Institute (a large software company) keep turnover to less than one-fifth of industry averages? It's because these firms are run by GUTSY leaders. In this article from GUTS authors Kevin & Jackie Freiberg, you'll discover the most important things you can do to keep your top employees happy...and your company more profitable, even if you are not a multi million dollar firm!
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Hire The Best and Avoid The Rest Using Eemployee Assessments
Finding people to fill job openings may be easy, but selecting the right people can be very difficult. See how some companies are using behavior assessments to separate the imposters from the true high performers…
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Hiring Best Practices For Nonprofits
Nonprofits face some special challenges when it comes to hiring. But no matter what type of business you're in, we can all learn a lesson or two from this list of best practices that will show you how to find people who are a better fit with less effort.
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Hiring For Fit
Want to uncover a sure-fire way to find the best people for your company? Here's a five-step process that really works...
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Hiring to Save Your Life
You may know how to select the best talent. But are you as diligent in protecting yourself and your business from applicants with criminal convictions?
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How Success Can Lead to Failure
Believe it or not, great success can actually lead to even greater failure. In this month’s Innovative Idea, you’ll find out what causes these terrible turnarounds, and more importantly, what you can do to protect yourself and your organization.
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How to Create a First Class Internship Program
A well-managed internship program can be a great asset to your organization, and can be rewarding and productive to you and your interns. This handbook will show you how to create a first class internship program.
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How to Deal With Workplace Conflict
Leaders know that even the most cohesive teams will encounter conflict at some point. As a leader, it's often your job to bring the team back together. In our third feature e-book, you'll discover a seven step process to help manage conflict, create a formal process for dealing with conflict, and prevent conflict from occurring.
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How to Keep Your Employees Smiling
Review this easy five-step plan to help your management team put a smile on the faces of your employees. "Planned Spontaneous Recognition" is a program that works.
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How To Motivate Employees
What's the best way to motivate people? Believe it or not, money is not at the top of the list. In fact, many of the most effective ways to motivate employees don't cost a dime. So what works? This article will show you, plus it will help you understand some of the common mistakes organizations make that de-motivate their employees.
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HR Best Practices In Mergers & Acquisitions
83% of mergers fail to produce positive results. Why? It's about people, and this article will show you the keys to successfully integrating cultures--and the strategic importance of HR in the process.
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HR Coaching - Revolutionize Relationships
Want to learn to be more effective when you interface with others? Want an idea that could significantly enhance relationships between your HR Department and your company's managers and executives? Why not implement one-to-one HR coaching--a strategic program to help managers and executives with their "people skills". Here's how it works...
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Hurry Sickness
In this month's Innovative Idea, life coach and psychologist Dr. Lloyd Thomas prescribes eight "cures" to "hurry sickness".
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Innovation in HR Practices
Imagine a HR representative functioning as a business analyst. Can you picture a "Knowledge Manager" in your company? This unique article takes a glimpse at the innovative ways Human Resources will be used by organizations in the very near future.
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Innovative Leadership Assessment
Performance Consultant Greg Smith shares his leadership assessment with us. You can use it to determine how you rate as a leader. Or pass it along to others for an honest appraisal of your leadership skills.
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Interim Executives
If the use of temporary employees makes sense for production, clerical and technical work, why not for managers--up to and including the CEO? This article takes a closer look at the growing use of high powered, high level temporary executives, including some of the advantages--and disadvantages--of using them.
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Is Your Team Stuck In 'P'?
Do you feel that your team generates great ideas but they often have trouble getting implemented? It’s a common problem that occurs in many organizations. This article will help you identify bottlenecks in your project management as well as tips on how to get ideas out of the garage and onto the track.
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Leading your workforce during a recession
While no one knows the outcome of the current financial crisis, one thing is for sure: the emotional and financial condition of your employees will have a huge impact on worker motivation, employee retention and productivity. What's the best way to lead during these uncertain times? Follow the "TAKE CHARGE" method outlined in this Innovative Idea for some thought provoking ideas.
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Make New Hires, Great Hires
How do you help ensure new hires become top performing employees? It all starts at the beginning! This article will show you the number one reason why employees fail to meet expectations...and what you can do to ensure great results.
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Make the Most of Your Precious Minutes
We all feel it. Time ticking away...not enough minutes in the day. So what can you do to slow down the secondhand and make the most of the time you have? Follow the top seven secrets to time management success!
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Make Your Next Meeting Great
In this month’s Innovations, you’ll find some great tips for dealing with a problem that costs U.S. companies more than $105 billion per year.
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Making New Year’s Resolutions Count
Sadly, most New Year’s resolutions are long forgotten by February. This article provides some steps to help reverse the trend and ensure you stick with your resolutions.
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Managing for Retention
Turnover vs. Turn-around. It could be the new workforce battle. For many years, the big battle in most companies has been to reduce turnover. However, what is becoming equally important is increasing “turn-around.” What exactly is “turn-around”, and how will it help your company?
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Managing Overachievers
In this e-book you'll discover how to: - Identify overachievers on the job and during interviews. - Learn more about the mindset of the overachiever. - Spot the warning signs of difficulties overachievers face. - And, unleash the overachiever's true potential.
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Microteaching: Making the most of borrowed time
People in your organization need training, but how do you find the time to provide it? As an alternative to expensive and time consuming traditional approaches to training, try microteaching, a process that improves skills without disrupting your workload.
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Money Isn't the Only Motivator
Can you believe the holiday decorations are already out? That must mean it's time for...the 2006 year-end rush! So how will you keep your team motivated (and focused) throughout the holiday season?
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Motivate & Improve Employee Performance
This month's issue of Innovations offers some great ideas that will help you create a "staff-keeping" environment in your organization.
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Motivating Temporaries and Part-Timers
They are students, retirees, working mothers (and dads), professionals in transition, people needing schedule flexibility, and individuals who want a little extra cash. We often hire them because we're in desperate need. Work needs to get done. Deadlines must be met. And we need their skills and abilities. So why do we do such a bad job of managing them?
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Motivating Your Workforce Toward High Performance
It’s not all about money. Surprised? Today’s workers are looking for more than just a paycheck. They also want to be challenged. They want to feel appreciated. But how?
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Nine Steps To Transform Your Business and Install a High-Performance People Engine
How do you turn your company into an “exclusive club”? This month’s Innovative Ideas will show you the five keys to creating a sense of membership among your employees.
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No More Warm Bodies
Why do companies so often hire people who are under-qualified? Compromises and rash hiring decisions can lead to a host of painful problems. Want to avoid the problems-while still finding the resources you need to get things done?
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Prepare Now For an Upswing in the Economy
In this article, you'll discover six ways to stay afloat throughout the recession and prepare for an upswing in the near future.
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PrideStaff's Guide to Hiring Top Performers
Want to hire the best employees every time? Find the keys to hiring the best and brightest in this special e-book issue.
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Putting Out Fires
Use the stop-drop-and-role technique to put out fires at work.
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Re-careering
Displaced by outsourcing/off-shoring, nervous about career prospects in the current economy; or dissatisfied with the career path they find themselves on, people are moving towards more "fulfilling" avocations. Others are giving in to their latent entrepreneurial impulses . . .
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Re-recruiting - A Smart Strategy in a Competitive
To gauge the strength and loyalty of your workforce, invest resources in a re-recruitment campaign. Through this process, you can gain a better understanding of the stability, dedication and preparedness of your employees.
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Recruiting ala Carte
Want to improve your access to better candidates- without paying the high costs typically associated with direct hiring services? Try this innovative idea to compliment your internal capabilities.
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Resource Shortages: 9 Ways to Get Work Done
You've trimmed the fat. You've eliminated the waste. You're running a lean, mean, efficient organization. Just one problem...when business picks up, how will you get work done?