Career Management

Virtual CHRO: 3 Tips to Navigating Career Decisions

Confusion, fury, and speculation erupted when a recent announcement from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) that they are developing a new certification. The

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Productivity / Strategic Planning

What You Need To Know About Employee Recognition

 [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-PFH9mfANA&w=560&h=315[/tube] Our intuition that recognition, delivered effectively, builds employee engagement, organization performance and employee retention is supported by survey after survey. A recent survey conducted

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Strategic Planning

Why Did it Happen? BP and The Challenger

Almost immediately after the gas alarms sounded, there were two explosions. Flames roared into the night sky as an inferno swallowed the [caption id="attachment_5989" align="alignright"

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Productivity

Workplace Solutions: Innocently Poisoning Your Co-Workers

Question We had an office lunch yesterday. These used to be fun events held to celebrate birthdays. Yesterday's ended abruptly.  Another employee pulled me aside

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Productivity

Workplace Solutions: Establishing Boundaries

Question: I'm an accountant. I recently joined the board of directors of an Alaska nonprofit. The organization recruited me for the board to help straighten

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Career Management / Competitive / Productivity

Am I Too Short to Get Hired?

Question: I moved into this state five months ago and I've been looking for a job ever since. Before I moved here, several employers expressed

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