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07/08/2015

Reference checks: how to get accurate data

By Neil I. Clark

Getting reference checks on your candidates can sometimes be considered unreliable. What are the key ingredients of an effective reference check? This is an important part of performance management...

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07/08/2015

The 10 golden rules of HR analytics

By Patrick Coolen

Applying statistical methods, like regression analyses, on data sets that combine HR and business data. The latter allows you to really determine the impact of HR elements...

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07/08/2015

Staff motivation: core truths about raising employee engagement in the workplace

By Paul Falcone

There are many books and articles available on how to motivate staff without money, how to reinvigorate weary teams in light of the ongoing changes and challenges in our competitive workplace...

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06/08/2015

The management series: the challenges of teaching self-management

By Bruce Tulgan

How many of your employees always come to work a little early, stay a little late, make very good use of their time; use good systems to stay organized; make good decisions; and generally gets things done?..

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13/07/2015

The top ten hardest things about managing people

By Bruce Tulgan

Between 2003 and 2013, we asked 37,419 managers (from 891 different organizations), “What is the hardest thing for you about managing people?” We collected narrative verbatim responses to this open-ended question...

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13/07/2015

Marshaling group resources

By Jeff Davidson

In retaining the same staff members over and over again for change campaigns, even when they have proven to be highly effective in working together, you risk applying staid approaches to varying challenges...

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