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Now That People Finally Matter To Businesses, HR Is The Next Big Thing

BY Marcia ConnerWed Sep 28, 2011

The social business movement is forcing employers to treat people like the valuable assets they've always been. Is Human Resources ready?READ»

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To Get Things Done At Work, Know The Personality-Driven Shortcuts To Success

BY Douglas CretsMon Aug 8, 2011

Working successfully with all the different personalities that make up a workplace can feel like a long, arduous road to success (if you ever get there at all). Author Brian Tolle shares tips for working well with your team from his recent book "Shortcut: Getting Through to People Who Slow You Down."READ»

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Training New Employees

BY Paul GloverFri Jul 8, 2011

Trying to fit in to their new workplace environment, new employees engage in "behavior modeling"--social learning where people learn to do what they see or experience in a hands-on way.READ»

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How To Appear More Authoritative On The Job

BY Cy WakemanTue Jun 21, 2011

When it comes to being more authoritative in your job, the work comes in long before you "act" a certain way. While acting with authority is crucial, eliminating your own limiting beliefs that will show up in your actions is really the key. READ»

EXPERTS

Looking For Talent? Here Are Three Steps To Making The Right Hire

BY Eric RyanMon Jun 13, 2011

The surest way to thwart a fast-growing company is to let the wrong employees on the bus, as Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great, would say. During Method’s explosive growth years, we would hear things like “I just need ... READ»

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Know When To Take a Break: Maintaining Composure Through Postponement

BY Paul GloverFri Jun 10, 2011

Last Friday, while on a weekly conference call, an issue generated enough heat to make one of the participants angry enough to leave the meeting. The meeting then proceeded without him (BTW: unless you are the boss, remember things ...READ»

FACEBOOK

Infographic Of The Day: Facebook Is Winning Silicon Valley's Talent War

BY Cliff KuangFri Jun 10, 2011

There's no more vital factor in the long-term success of Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Apple, and the rest than the quality of their human capital. No wonder then that Google has been paying $500,000, cash -- and as much as $50 million in ... READ»

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Spare Your Future Employers. Ditch The Digital Drama!

BY Cy WakemanMon May 9, 2011

Now that your digital dirt is cleaned up, an important but often ignored next step involves ditching your digital drama! Before you begin your job search, make sure you examine your online presence and clean up your act by following these simple tips.READ»

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Revitalize Your Job Search: Dust For Digital Dirt

BY Cy WakemanWed Apr 27, 2011

Many career coaches are encouraging job candidates to clean up their digital dirt. As the number of job seekers grows, so does the competition for each job. A minimal standard of simply removing your party pictures from Facebook or fixing a misrepresentation on your background check is no longer enough.READ»

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Charlie Sheening It! How to Avoid "Warlock" Tendencies and Recover From Being Fired

BY Cy WakemanFri Mar 25, 2011

Do you find yourself competing in a saturated market of job seekers, at a time when employers are taking longer than ever to fill positions AND you were fired from your last position for cause? While this may feel like the ultimate challenge, it is also a fabulous opportunity to ditch the drama, stop whining, and set yourself apart as the candidate who has grown the most!READ»

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Want to Be a Success? Burn Your "Party of No" Membership Card

BY Cy WakemanMon Jan 17, 2011

In today's workforce, people are increasingly becoming members of the "Party of No," choosing to be resistant to change all the while offering few, if any, options for how to move forward and progress as an organization.READ»

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The Hiring Process Is Broken

BY Shawn GrahamMon Dec 13, 2010

Today's hiring process has become a dysfunctional assembly line more focused on identifying why candidates aren't right than it is at identifying potential transferable skills. This finding a "square peg to fit a square hole" approach might have worked well when companies were looking to fill very specific manufacturing roles, but it is not equipped to effectively evaluate today's multitalented job seekers.READ»

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Please Kill the Open Door Policy, the Drama Is Killing Us

BY Cy WakemanWed Nov 17, 2010

As I work with leaders to ditch the drama and turn excuses into results, I am shocked to see the number of leaders who still tout an open door policy! I feel the urge to apologize on behalf of all of us who have ever suggested that an open door policy would lead to results--we lied.READ»

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Brand Is Culture, Culture Is Brand

BY William TaylorWed Oct 6, 2010

The most creative business leaders I know recognize that success is not just about marketing differently from other companies. It is also, and perhaps more importantly, about caring more than other companies--about customers, about colleagues, about how the organization conducts itself in a world with endless opportunities to cut corners and compromise on values.READ»

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Would You Rather Be Right or Happy at Work?

BY Cy WakemanTue Sep 21, 2010

There are two distinct camps in the business world today--leaders whose teams have failed to measure up and instead do nothing more than deliver excuses, and leaders whose teams have delivered results in spite of the same difficult circumstances. The difference between the two? The path that the leaders chose to take.READ»

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German Privacy Law Would Ban Firms From Using Facebook to Vet Potential Employees

BY Addy DugdaleMon Aug 23, 2010

Google given the wink over Facebook in Germany's proposed privacy lawREAD»

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Want to Attract the Best Employees? Make Work Addictive Like a Game

BY Cy WakemanTue Jul 27, 2010

With the some signs of the recession coming to an end, many CEOs may be beginning to worry about how to retain the top talent they have attracted. What if we stop trying to change the obvious motivators of the next generation and begin instead to create a workplace that replicates the most attractive qualities of gaming?READ»

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Why We (Shouldn't) Hate HR

BY William TaylorMon Jun 28, 2010

Whenever I talk to an HR audience, there's someone at the event who wants to talk about an article we published in Fast Company back in 2005. The essay, designed to stir up discussion, was titled "Why We Hate HR"--and it's left a mark.READ»

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Strategic HR: the Time is Now

BY Seth KahanFri Jun 11, 2010

Just twenty years ago, in the early 90s, CIO was considered a third-tier title at best. Most CIOs were mired in arcane technology with a simple mandate: just keep things running and don’t screw up finance - IT was considered by most ...READ»

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Foxconn's Human Resources Site Has Been Prank-Hacked

BY Dan NosowitzTue May 25, 2010

Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of the iPhone and site of several tragic suicides, has been hacked--a mysterious prankster published an incisive, satirical job posting on the company's HR site.READ»