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A High-Performance Life
By Jessica Marquez
Stewart Friedman started seeing the world in a different light after his first child, Gabriel, was born.
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A TOUGH YEAR
Labor Day Holiday May Offer Little Optimism for Workers
August 28, 2008 6:00 AM PT
Companies are treating workers as skills providers to be utilized rather than as employees to be developed. The implication is that workers can expect ‘no government safety net, no corporate safety net, and have to look out for themselves.’
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SUCCESSION PROGRESSION
Going From CEO to HR Minder at Kohl’s
August 28, 2008 10:39 AM PT
If anything, the fact that ex-CEO Larry Montgomery is now supervising HR at the Wisconsin-based department store chain may be a sign of how important human resource issues are becoming, experts say.
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The Business of Management
Workforce Management editor John Hollon analyzes and comments on business, management and the art of leading a workforce.
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Whether it's technology, fancy management techniques, financial incentives or bosses just pushing employees to step up the hours in a workweek, today's mantra for boosting revenues is "worker do more." Some productivity approaches work. Others just get companies in hot water. And the risk of employee burnout still looms large.
Creating a high-performance workplace takes flexibility, training, and the right incentives. HR also has to pay attention to the toll absenteeism and stress can take on productivity.
The real impact of human resources comes when HR professionals turn their knowledge and skills into productivity for others, author and consultant Dave Ulrich contends.
The next move will have to be something other than longer hours worked by fewer people.
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Historically, human resources professionals have helped with the heavy training requirements when their organizations adopt Six Sigma.
It is shortsighted to expect huge cost savings simply by pushing additional work into the laps of busy line managers. To create efficiency, there must be some sort of innovation. Self-service technology is a good example.
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Multinationals are cutting costs and managing risks by forgoing additional Chinese expansion in favor of labor-rich locations in Southeast Asia.
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Outsourcing
Realistic HR Outsourcing: Go Slowly But Safely
Billion-dollar outsourcing contracts always make news. "Company
A" decides to outsource its entire human resources function in a
long-term deal, generating excitement and momentum throughout
the industry. In reality though, such deals are not realistic.
Most Organizations lace the financial resources, not to mention
the risk tolerance, to even consider end-to-end outsourcing.
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